2025–26 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

Mainz 05
2025–26 season
ManagerBo Henriksen (until 3 December 2025)
Benjamin Hoffmann (interim, 3–7 December 2025)
Urs Fischer (from 7 December 2025)
StadiumMewa Arena
Bundesliga18th
DFB-PokalSecond round
(eliminated by VfB Stuttgart)
UEFA Conference League8th (league phase)
Top goalscorerLeague: Nadiem Amiri (3)
All: Nadiem Amiri (7)
All statistics correct as of 16:12, 17 December 2025 (UTC).

The 2025–26 season is the 121st season in the history of the 1. FSV Mainz 05 and the club's 17th consecutive season in the Bundesliga.

Background and pre-season

Bo Henriksen was appointed as manager of Mainz 05 in February 2024, and helped the club to avoid relegation from the Bundesliga, which they achieved on the final day of the 2023–24 Bundesliga.[1][2] The club won just twice in their opening nine matches of the 2024–25 season, though their results improved as the season progressed and they were in the Champions League qualification places of the Bundesliga table by March 2025.[2][3] However, Mainz won only once in their final 9 Bundesliga matches and eventually finished 6th,[4] qualifying them for the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League.[5]

Review

Manager Bo Henriksen was sacked on 3 December 2025, with the club bottom of the Bundesliga table on 6 points.[6] Under-23 manager Benjamin Hoffmann took over as manager on an interim basis.[6] On 7 December 2025, former Union Berlin manager Urs Fischer was appointed as the club's new manager.[7]

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2025–26 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Hamburger SV 14 4 3 7 15 24 −9 15
15 FC Augsburg 14 4 1 9 17 28 −11 13
16 FC St. Pauli 14 3 2 9 13 26 −13 11 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Heidenheim 14 3 2 9 13 30 −17 11 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Mainz 05 14 1 4 9 13 26 −13 7
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2025. Source: Bundesliga
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.[8]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Match details

Bundesliga match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance League
position		 Ref.
1 24 August 2025 15:30 1. FC Köln Home 0–1 33,305 14th [9]
2 31 August 2025 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg Away 1–1 Amiri 89' pen. 21,893 13th [10]
3 13 September 2025 15:30 RB Leipzig Home 0–1 32,000 15th [11]
4 20 September 2025 15:30 FC Augsburg Away 4–1 Sano 14', Kohr 26', Nebel 60', Sieb 69' 29,162 13th [12]
5 27 September 2025 15:30 Borussia Dortmund Home 0–2 33,305 14th [13]
6 5 October 2025 17:30 Hamburger SV Away 0–4 57,000 16th [14]
7 18 October 2025 15:30 Bayer Leverkusen Home 3–4 Lee 34', Amiri 71' pen., Sieb 90' 33,305 16th [15]
8 26 October 2025 17:30 VfB Stuttgart Away 1–2 Amiri 41' pen. 59,000 16th [16]
9 1 November 2025 15:30 Werder Bremen Home 1–1 Widmer 36' 33,305 17th [17]
10 9 November 2025 19:30 Eintracht Frankfurt Away 0–1 59,000 17th [18]
11 21 November 2025 20:30 TSG Hoffenheim Home 1–1 da Costa 76' 28,000 17th [19]
12 30 November 2025 19:30 SC Freiburg Away 0–4 33,200 18th [20]
13 5 December 2025 20:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach Home 0–1 30,500 18th [21]
14 14 December 2025 17:30 Bayern Munich Away 2–2 Potulski 45+2', Lee 67' 75,000 18th [22]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2025–26 DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 18 August 2025 18:00 Dynamo Dresden Away 1–0 Amiri 22' 30,105 [23]
Second round 29 October 2025 18:00 VfB Stuttgart Away 0–2 29,400 [24]

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League

Qualification

Conference League qualifying match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
Play-off round, first leg 21 August 2025 18:00 Rosenborg BK Away 1–2 Amiri 26' 18,293 [25]
Play-off round, second leg 28 August 2025 21:00 Rosenborg BK Home 4–1 Bell 28', Lee 43', Weiper 44', Amiri 57' 30,000 [26]

League phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Rayo Vallecano 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 13 Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
6 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13
7 Mainz 05 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13
8 AEK Larnaca 6 3 3 0 7 1 +6 12
9 Lausanne-Sport 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
Source: UEFA[27]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Conference League league phase match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
1 2 October 2025 18:45 AC Omonia Away 1–0 Amiri 75' pen. 9,500 [28]
2 23 October 2025 21:00 Zrinjski Mostar Home 1–0 Weiper 24' 30,200 [29]
3 6 November 2025 18:45 AC Fiorentina Home 2–1 Hollerbach 68', Lee 90+5' 30,300 [30]
4 27 November 2025 18:45 Universitatea Craiova Away 0–1 24,284 [31]
5 11 December 2025 21:00 Lech Poznan Away 1–1 Kawasaki 28' 28,139 [32]
6 18 December 2025 21:00 Samsunspor Home 2–0 Widner 44', Amiri 48' pen. 33,000 [33]

References

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  28. ^ "Amiri sichert Mainzer Auftaktsieg in Nikosia vom Punkt". kicker (in German). 2 October 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
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