2015–16 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

1. FSV Mainz 05
2015–16 season
Sport director	Christian Heidel
President	Harald Strutz
Manager	Martin Schmidt
Stadium	Coface Arena, Mainz
Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	Round 2
Top goalscorer	Yunus Mallı (11)
Highest home attendance	34,000 (sold out: 4x)
Lowest home attendance	17,617 (vs. 1860 Munich)
Average home league attendance	30,881
Biggest win	Mainz 3–0 Hannover
Biggest defeat	Mainz 0–3 Bayern
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →
	All statistics correct as of 7 May 2016.

The 2015–16 1. FSV Mainz 05 season is the 111th season in the football club's history and 7th consecutive and 10th 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 will also participate in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This will be the 5th season for the club in the Coface Arena, located in Mainz, Germany. The stadium has a capacity of 34,034. The season covers a period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Loris Karius
2	DF	ITA	Giulio Donati
3	DF	NGA	Leon Balogun
5	DF	POR	Henrique Sereno
6	MF	GER	Danny Latza
7	DF	SWE	Pierre Bengtsson
8	MF	GER	Christoph Moritz
9	FW	JPN	Yoshinori Muto
10	MF	TUR	Yunus Mallı
11	FW	DEN	Emil Berggreen
14	MF	AUT	Julian Baumgartlinger (captain)
15	FW	COL	Jhon Córdoba (on loan from Granada)
16	DF	GER	Stefan Bell
17	MF	ESP	Jairo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	GER	Daniel Brosinski
19	MF	COL	Elkin Soto
20	MF	SUI	Fabian Frei
21	FW	AUT	Karim Onisiwo
23	GK	ITA	Gianluca Curci
24	DF	FRA	Gaëtan Bussmann
26	DF	GER	Niko Bungert
27	MF	GER	Christian Clemens (on loan from Schalke 04)
29	FW	GER	Devante Parker
32	FW	ARG	Pablo de Blasis
33	GK	GER	Jannik Huth
42	DF	GER	Alexander Hack
45	MF	GER	Suat Serdar
47	MF	GER	Philipp Klement

On loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	MF	BUL	Todor Nedelev (at Botev Plovdiv)
31	FW	GER	Florian Niederlechner (at SC Freiburg)
25	MF	DEN	Niki Zimling (at FSV Frankfurt)
—	MF	GER	Maximilian Beister (at 1860 Munich)
—	GK	GER	Robin Zentner (at Holstein Kiel)
—	MF	KOS	Besar Halimi (at FSV Frankfurt)

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	17	4	13	67	50	+17	55	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Schalke 04	34	15	7	12	51	49	+2	52	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Mainz 05	34	14	8	12	46	42	+4	50	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	Hertha BSC	34	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.^[1]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

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	14	8	12	46	42	+4	50	8	4	5	23	18	+5	6	4	7	23	24	−1

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	D
Position	13	8	5	10	7	9	12	8	11	13	12	9	11	9	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	5	6

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 1	Mainz 05	0–1	FC Ingolstadt	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Brosinski 39' Baumgartlinger 64'	Report	Leckie 44' Hübner 52' Hinterseer 66' Engel 88'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 27,152 Referee: Guido Winkmann

23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	Mainz 05	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Herrmann 54' Wendt 78' Korb 90'	Report	Jairo 42' Frei 44' Clemens 79'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,172 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 3	Mainz 05	3–0	Hannover 96	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Muto 15', 29' Mallı 47'	Report	Prib 67' Sorg 85'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 26,872 Referee: Peter Sippel

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 4	Schalke 04	2–1	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matip 37', 84' Huntelaar 61'	Report	Bengtsson 24' Latza 40' Mallı 42' Bell 73'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,083 Referee: Robert Hartmann

18 September 2015 (2015-09-18) 5	Mainz 05	3–1	TSG Hoffenheim	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mallı 18', 61', 68' Niederlechner 90'	Report	Schmid 13' Schär 41' Bičakčić 49'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 28,973 Referee: Daniel Siebert

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 6	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bender 51' Hernández 69' Donati 75' Ramalho 84'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,805 Referee: Marco Fritz

2 October 2015 (2015-10-02) 7	Mainz 05	0–3	Bayern Munich	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baumgartlinger 28'	Report	Alonso 27' Lewandowski 51', 63' Coman 68'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 8	Darmstadt 98	2–3	Mainz 05	Darmstadt
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Heller 27' Caldirola 52' Sailer 57'	Report	Bell 15' Latza 21' Mallı 24' de Blasis 64' Karius 70'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

23 October 2015 (2015-10-23) 9	Mainz 05	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jairo 59' Brosinski 68'	Report	Mkhitaryan 10', 82' Reus 18'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 10	Mainz 05	1–3	Werder Bremen	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balogun 62' Jairo 79' Muto 90'	Report	Fritz 11' Ujah 39', 44' Bartels 45+3'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30,837 Referee: Robert Hartmann

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 11	FC Augsburg	3–3	Mainz 05	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Verhaegh 42' (pen.) Koo 50', 63' Ji 62' Kohr 69' Bobadilla 81'	Report	Muto 18', 30', 90+3' de Blasis 41' Jara 44' Latza 47'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 27,200 Referee: Marco Fritz

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 12	Mainz 05	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	de Blasis 31' Jairo 34' Latza 57' Mallı 75'	Report	Draxler 13' Luiz Gustavo 35' Caligiuri 76' Dante 80'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 26,331 Referee: Daniel Siebert

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 13	1. FC Köln	0–0	Mainz 05	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Modeste 34'	Report	Muto 61'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 46,700 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 14	Mainz 05	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mainz
15:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Muto 5' Mallı 42' Latza 62' Hack 65' Niederlechner 83' Baumgartlinger 90+3'	Report	Abraham 25' Meier 28' 40' Seferovic 61' Gaćinović 89'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,098 Referee: Bastian Dankert

13 December 2015 (2015-12-13) 15	Hamburger SV	1–3	Mainz 05	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jung 44' Djourou 84', 90'	Report	Jairo 16', 51' Baumgartlinger 43' Clemens 76'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 51,698 Referee: Benjamin Brand

15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) 16	Mainz 05	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bungert 36'	Report	Rupp 88'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 29,104 Referee: Felix Zwayer

20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 17	Hertha BSC	2–0	Mainz 05	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Darida 34' Kalou 54'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 39,835 Referee: Peter Sippel

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 18	FC Ingolstadt	1–0	Mainz 05	Ingolstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hartmann 41' (pen.) Groß 52' Morales 60'	Report	Latza 79' Córdoba 88'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Florian Meyer

29 January 2016 (2016-01-29) 19	Mainz 05	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Clemens 21'	Report	Nordtveit 63' Korb 80'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 32,015 Referee: Benjamin Brand

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 20	Hannover 96	0–1	Mainz 05	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Milošević 81'	Report	Bell 2' Jairo 24' Muto 58'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 35,596 Referee: Robert Hartmann

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12) 21	Mainz 05	2–1	Schalke 04	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bussmann 33' Latza 43' Baumgartlinger 79' Donati 81' Balogun 90+3'	Report	Caiçara 45+1' Belhanda 46'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 32,107 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 22	TSG Hoffenheim	3–2	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Amiri 13' Rudy 14' Uth 68', 76'	Report	Córdoba 11' Balogun 27' Jairo 78', 90+1'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,019 Referee: Günter Perl

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 23	Mainz 05	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mallı 14', 58' (pen.) Bussmann 25' Córdoba 32'	Report	Jedvaj 57' Hernández 65'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 26,557 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 24	Bayern Munich	1–2	Mainz 05	Munich
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rafinha 50' Robben 64'	Report	Jairo 26' Balogun 62' Bussmann 84' Córdoba 86'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 25	Mainz 05	0–0	Darmstadt 98	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Donati 57'	Report	Jungwirth 42' Gondorf 45' Rajković 63' Niemeyer 84' Vrančić 86'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 26	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Mainz 05	Dortmund
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Reus 30' Kagawa 73'	Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 27	Werder Bremen	1–1	Mainz 05	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fritz 38' Pizarro 45+3' (pen.) Djilobodji 62'	Report	Baumgartlinger 38' Jairo 61' Bell 89'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 38,416 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 28	Mainz 05	4–2	FC Augsburg	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Clemens 13', 76' de Blasis 24', 53' Bussmann 54'	Report	Caiuby 9' Koo 40', 72' Feulner 57'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 31,780 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 29	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Naldo 27' Schürrle 53' Henrique 84' Dante 86' 90+1'	Report	Latza 3' Jairo 66' Clemens 72'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 27,844 Referee: Günter Perl

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 30	Mainz 05	2–3	1. FC Köln	Mainz
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Córdoba 8' Balogun 49' Donati 67'	Report	Mavraj 48' Risse 64' Jojić 74' Gerhardt 79' Modeste 83'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,275 Referee: Peter Sippel

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 31	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Mainz 05	Frankfurt
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Russ 17', 28' Ben-Hatira 44' Huszti 52' Bell 84' (o.g.) Zambrano 89'	Report	Brosinski 18', 27' Baumgartlinger 36' Donati 45+1' Córdoba 60'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50,300 Referee: Felix Zwayer

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32	Mainz 05	0–0	Hamburger SV	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Spahić 22' Bahoui 61' Kačar 63'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 6' Didavi 18' Šunjić 70' Baumgartl 90'	Report	Bungert 33' Mallı 37' Baumgartlinger 53' Córdoba 53' Onisiwo 77'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34	Mainz 05	0–0	Hertha BSC	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baumgartlinger 22' Onisiwo 49' Donati 74'	Report	Lustenberger 64' Stark 75' 87' Schieber 90+4' Weiser 90+5'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,800 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

DFB-Pokal

9 August 2015 (2015-08-09) Round 1	Energie Cottbus	0–3	Mainz 05	Cottbus
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Frei 30' Jairo 33' Clemens 62'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Robert Hartmann

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) Round 2	Mainz 05	1–2	1860 Munich	Mainz
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schindler 6' (o.g.) Niederlechner 25' Bengtsson 45'	Report	Yegenoglu 51' Neudecker 61' Degenek 68' Mugoša 70' Okotie 77' Kagelmacher 87'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 17,617 Referee: Harm Osmers

References

^ "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.25767273095328-1] Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

[2] "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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