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.

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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
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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All statistics correct as of 7 May 2016.

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

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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

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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)

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Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

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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[lower-alpha 1]
6	Mainz 05	34	14	8	12	46	42	+4	50
7	Hertha BSC	34	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45

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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:

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.

Results summary

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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

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Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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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

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

Matches

Mainz 05 v FC Ingolstadt

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v Hannover 96

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

Schalke 04 v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v TSG Hoffenheim

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

Bayer Leverkusen v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v Bayern Munich

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

Darmstadt 98 v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v Borussia Dortmund

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

Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen

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

FC Augsburg v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

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

1. FC Köln v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Hamburger SV v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v VfB Stuttgart

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

Hertha BSC v Mainz 05

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

FC Ingolstadt v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Hannover 96 v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v Schalke 04

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

TSG Hoffenheim v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v Bayer Leverkusen

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

Bayern Munich v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v Darmstadt 98

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

Borussia Dortmund v Mainz 05

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

Werder Bremen v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v FC Augsburg

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

VfL Wolfsburg v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v 1. FC Köln

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v Hamburger SV

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

VfB Stuttgart v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v Hertha BSC

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

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

Energie Cottbus v Mainz 05

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

Mainz 05 v 1860 Munich

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