2017–18 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

Mainz 05
2017–18 season
President	Harald Strutz
Sporting director	Rouven Schröder
Manager	Sandro Schwarz
Stadium	Opel Arena
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Yoshinori Muto; (8 goals); All: ; Yoshinori Muto; (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	34,000
Lowest home attendance	10,441
Average home league attendance	28,766
Biggest win	Mainz 3–0 Leipzig
Biggest defeat	Bayern 4–0 Mainz
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 21 May 2018.

The 2017–18 1. FSV Mainz 05 season is the 113th season in the football club's history and 9th consecutive and 12th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2009. In addition to the domestic league, Mainz 05 also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 7th season for Mainz in the Opel Arena, located in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 29 April 2018^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	René Adler
2	DF	ITA	Giulio Donati
3	DF	NGA	Leon Balogun
4	DF	FRA	Abdou Diallo
5	MF	NED	Nigel de Jong
6	MF	GER	Danny Latza
7	MF	SWE	Robin Quaison
8	MF	GER	Levin Öztunalı
9	FW	JPN	Yoshinori Mutō
10	MF	ROU	Alexandru Maxim
11	FW	DEN	Emil Berggreen
13	DF	CRO	Marin Šverko
16	DF	GER	Stefan Bell (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	GER	Daniel Brosinski
20	FW	NGA	Anthony Ujah
21	FW	AUT	Karim Onisiwo
22	GK	GER	Florian Müller
23	MF	GER	Suat Serdar
25	MF	CIV	Jean-Philippe Gbamin
26	DF	GER	Niko Bungert
27	GK	GER	Robin Zentner
32	FW	ARG	Pablo de Blasis
34	MF	GER	Bote Baku
38	MF	GER	Gerrit Holtmann
42	DF	GER	Alexander Hack

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 August 2017	12 May 2018	Matchday 1		34	9	9	16	38	52	−14	026.47
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2017	7 February 2018	First round	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	075.00
Total					38	12	9	17	47	59	−12	031.58

Last updated: 21 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	FC Augsburg	34	10	11	13	43	46	−3	41
13	Hannover 96	34	10	9	15	44	54	−10	39
14	Mainz 05	34	9	9	16	38	52	−14	36
15	SC Freiburg	34	8	12	14	32	56	−24	36
16	VfL Wolfsburg (O)	34	6	15	13	36	48	−12	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
(O) Play-off winners

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	9	9	16	38	52	−14	36	7	3	7	22	21	+1	2	6	9	16	31	−15

Last updated: 21 May 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L
Position	11	16	13	15	15	14	13	10	12	13	13	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 1	Mainz 05	0–1	Hannover 96	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Harnik 73'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 28,279 Referee: Felix Brych

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 2	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Badstuber 53'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,100 Referee: Benjamin Brand

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 3	Mainz 05	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mutō 45' Diallo 57' Serdar 71'	Report	Kohr 22'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 24,876 Referee: Markus Schmidt

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 4	Bayern Munich	4–0	Mainz 05	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Müller 11' Robben 23' Lewandowski 50', 77'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 5	Mainz 05	2–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Latza 5' Mutō 16'	Report	Amiri 23' Wagner 45+1' Uth 90+2'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 23,477 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 6	Mainz 05	1–0	Hertha BSC	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	de Blasis 54' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 23,517 Referee: Tobias Stieler

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 7	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guilavogui 55'	Report	Mutō 74'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,352 Referee: Robert Hartmann

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 8	Mainz 05	3–2	Hamburger SV	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Maxim 2' Bell 52' Latza 58'	Report	Walace 9' Salihović 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 30,371 Referee: Felix Brych

20 October 2017 (2017-10-20) 9	Schalke 04	2–0	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Goretzka 13' Burgstaller 74'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 59,476 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

27 October 2017 (2017-10-27) 10	Mainz 05	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Serdar 71'	Report	Bell 37' (o.g.)	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 33,794 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Mainz 05	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vestergaard 67'	Report	Diallo 19'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,659 Referee: Sven Jablonski

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 12	Mainz 05	1–0	1. FC Köln	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Brosinski 43' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 30,473 Referee: Felix Brych

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 13	SC Freiburg	2–1	Mainz 05	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen 51' Kath 90+1'	Report	Berggreen 90+2'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

2 December 2017 (2017-12-02) 14	Mainz 05	1–3	FC Augsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Holtmann 85'	Report	Gregoritsch 22' Finnbogason 43' (pen.), 86'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 25,037 Referee: Frank Willenborg

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 15	RB Leipzig	2–2	Mainz 05	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kampl 29' Werner 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Quaison 39' Berggreen 86'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 32,817 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

12 December 2017 (2017-12-12) 16	Mainz 05	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Papastathopoulos 55' Kagawa 89'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 32,976 Referee: Benjamin Brand

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 17	Werder Bremen	2–2	Mainz 05	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bargfrede 2' Belfodil 17'	Report	Quaison 70' Frei 90+3'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

13 January 2018 (2018-01-13) 18	Hannover 96	3–2	Mainz 05	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Füllkrug 33', 38' (pen.), 75'	Report	Mutō 26' Hack 31'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Bastian Dankert

20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 19	Mainz 05	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mutō 45+2', 54' Holtmann 64'	Report	Badstuber 19' Ginczek 90+1'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 25,736 Referee: Harm Osmers

28 January 2018 (2018-01-28) 20	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bailey 48' Wendell 68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,471 Referee: Frank Willenborg

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 21	Mainz 05	0–2	Bayern Munich	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Ribéry 33' Rodríguez 44'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Sören Storks

10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) 22	1899 Hoffenheim	4–2	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Szalai 27', 74' Kramarić 67', 88'	Report	Berggreen 28', 80'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,105 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

16 February 2018 (2018-02-16) 23	Hertha BSC	0–2	Mainz 05	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Quaison 40', 65'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 30,908 Referee: Martin Petersen

23 February 2018 (2018-02-23) 24	Mainz 05	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mutō 44'	Report	Brekalo 6'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 25,173 Referee: Bastian Dankert

3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 25	Hamburger SV	0–0	Mainz 05	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 46,739 Referee: Markus Schmidt

9 March 2018 (2018-03-09) 26	Mainz 05	0–1	Schalke 04	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Caligiuri 55'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 30,655 Referee: Felix Brych

17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 27	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Mainz 05	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boateng 6' Jović 23' Rebić 41'	Report		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1 April 2018 (2018-04-01) 28	Mainz 05	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 30,173 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 29	1. FC Köln	1–1	Mainz 05	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hector 7'	Report	De Blasis 50'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

16 April 2018 (2018-04-16) 30	Mainz 05	2–0	SC Freiburg	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	de Blasis 45+7' (pen.), 78'	Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 26,407 Referee: Guido Winkmann

22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 31	FC Augsburg	2–0	Mainz 05	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gregoritsch 29' Finnbogason 90+2'	Report		Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 29,110 Referee: Frank Willenborg

29 April 2018 (2018-04-29) 32	Mainz 05	3–0	RB Leipzig	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Blasis 29' (pen.) Maxim 85' Baku 90'	Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 30,083 Referee: Bastian Dankert

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 33	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Mainz 05	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Philipp 16'	Report	Baku 4' Mutō 13'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,360 Referee: Daniel Siebert

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 34	Mainz 05	1–2	Werder Bremen	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gbamin 12'	Report	Kainz 23' Gebre Selassie 79'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

DFB-Pokal

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) First round	LSK Hansa	1–3	Mainz 05	Lüneburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vobejda 31'	Report	Mutō 13', 60' Brosinski 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportanlage Sülzwiesen Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24) Second round	Mainz 05	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Holstein Kiel	Mainz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Fischer 22', 67' Brosinski 101'	Report	Schindler 54' (pen.) Drexler 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 10,441 Referee: Daniel Schlager

19 December 2017 (2017-12-19) Round of 16	Mainz 05	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Berggreen 62' Diallo 71' Serdar 90+3'	Report	Gentner 41'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 22,143 Referee: Tobias Stieler

7 February 2018 (2018-02-07) Quarter-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Mainz 05	Frankfurt
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rebić 17' Hack 53' (o.g.) Mascarell 62'	Report		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 48,200 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

References

^ "Mainz 05". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012.
^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2017.

[1] "Mainz 05". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012.

[2] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2017.

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