FSV Mainz 05
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Team Overview
FSV Mainz 05 are one of the Bundesliga's most recognizable overachievers, a club from Rhineland-Palatinate whose identity rests on energy, community roots and a reputation for punching above its financial weight. Mainz have long been associated with developing players and competing hard against bigger-budget rivals, and the club's carnival-city character gives it a distinctive place in German football culture. Their best top-flight finishes came in the early 2010s, when they reached the upper reaches of the table and earned European qualification. Since then they have generally been a mid-table side that fights to stay clear of the bottom places. Urs Fischer is the club's current manager.
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The current Bundesliga campaign, based on five matches, offers a mixed but encouraging picture. Mainz have won two, drawn one and lost two, and their form line reads DWLWL. A goal difference of +3, built on 13 goals scored and 10 conceded, suggests a team that is involved in open, high-scoring matches rather than tight, low-event ones. The attack has been productive, averaging 2.6 go
Squad (29 players)
Goalkeepers (4)




Defenders (9)









Midfielders (11)











Attackers (5)





Player Statistics
2026/27 Season| # | Player | Pos | Rating | Apps | Goals | Assists | Mins | Tackles | Passes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ![]() |
MF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 444 | 5 | 275 | |
| 21 | ![]() |
DF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 172 | 5 | 96 | |
| 7 | ![]() |
MF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 286 | 2 | 113 | |
| 19 | ![]() |
MF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 351 | 12 | 148 | |
| 2 | ![]() |
MF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 434 | 11 | 132 | |
| 9 | ![]() |
FW | 5 | 4 | 0 | 450 | 1 | 121 | |
| 6 | ![]() |
MF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 439 | 6 | 211 | |
| 23 | ![]() |
FW | 5 | 2 | 3 | 363 | 1 | 75 | |
| 11 | ![]() |
FW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 3 | 26 | |
| 3 | ![]() |
DF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 450 | 12 | 293 | |
| 48 | ![]() |
DF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 10 | 225 | |
| 4 | ![]() |
DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 358 | 8 | 206 | |
| 15 | ![]() |
MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 14 | |
| 1 | ![]() |
GK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 98 | |
| 20 | ![]() |
MF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 15 | |
| 27 | ![]() |
GK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 58 | |
| 5 | ![]() |
MF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 3 | 19 | |
| 17 | ![]() |
FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 21 | |
| 31 | ![]() |
DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 4 | 49 | |
| 30 | ![]() |
DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 |
Recent Transfers
2025/26 & 2026/27Arrivals (27)





Departures (39)





Injuries & Availability





Impact Analysis
FSV Mainz 05 have six players confirmed out and none listed as doubtful, so the squad has no uncertainty over who is unavailable. The absentees are P. Nebel (muscle injury), Silas (broken shinbone), D. Kohr (foot injury), S. Widmer (knee injury), O. Ruoppi (knee injury) and R. Zentner (hand injury). The data does not list positions, so the clearest pattern is in the injury types. Two players are out with knee problems, and the other four are spread across muscle, shinbone, foot and hand injuries. That suggests the setbacks are not concentrated in a single area of the body.
The available information also does not show how many minutes each player has played or how often they have started. That makes it hard to say how significant each absence is to the starting XI. The same limit applies to replacements, since the data does not describe the depth behind each player. Losing six players at once will still stretch the squad's resources, and the number of absences matters more here than any one name. Mainz's depth will be tested by the volume of unavailable players, and a full assessment would need more detail on roles and playing time.
Recent Form





Form Analysis
FSV Mainz 05's last five matches produced three wins and two defeats, a record that reflects an inconsistent run, with strong attacking numbers on one side and defensive lapses on the other. The team scored 16 goals, an average of 3.2 per match. They scored three or more in four of the five games, and the 5-0 win away at Hamburger SV was the high point. Even in defeat, they found the net three times against Bayer Leverkusen.
Defensively, the picture is less convincing. Mainz conceded 10 goals, and two clean sheets came against Waldhof Mannheim and Hamburger SV. In the other three matches they let in three or four goals each: four against Leverkusen, three against Borussia Mönchengladbach and three against Eintracht Frankfurt.
The home and away split is the clearest pattern. All three wins came on the road, while both home matches, against Leverkusen and Frankfurt, ended in defeat. Those two losses also came against Bundesliga opponents, and Mainz also conceded three in their away win at
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