# 2020–21 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

The 2020–21 1. FSV Mainz 05 season was the club's 116th season in existence and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FSV Mainz 05 participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
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 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Jerry St. Juste |
| 5 | MF | NED | Jean-Paul Boëtius |
| 6 | MF | GER | Danny Latza (captain) |
| 7 | FW | SWE | Robin Quaison |
| 8 | MF | GER | Levin Öztunalı |
| 9 | FW | GER | Robert Glatzel (on loan from Cardiff City) |
| 14 | MF | CMR | Pierre Kunde |
| 15 | DF | GER | Luca Kilian |
| 16 | DF | GER | Stefan Bell |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Kevin Stöger |
| 18 | DF | GER | Daniel Brosinski |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Moussa Niakhaté (vice-captain) |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Edimilson Fernandes |
| 21 | FW | AUT | Karim Onisiwo |
| 22 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | AUT | Phillipp Mwene |
| 24 | MF | GER | Merveille Papela |
| 25 | MF | GER | Niklas Tauer |
| 26 | MF | GER | Paul Nebel |
| 27 | GK | GER | Robin Zentner |
| 28 | FW | HUN | Ádám Szalai |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jonathan Burkardt |
| 31 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 33 | GK | ISR | Omer Hanin |
| 35 | MF | LUX | Leandro Barreiro |
| 36 | FW | AUT | Marlon Mustapha |
| 37 | GK | GER | Finn Dahmen |
| 41 | GK | GER | Marius Liesegang |
| 42 | DF | GER | Alexander Hack |

### Out 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 |
| — | GK | GER | Florian Müller (at SC Freiburg until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | GER | Ahmet Gürleyen (at SV Wehen Wiesbaden until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | BEL | Dimitri Lavalée (at Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ESP | Aarón Martín (at Celta Vigo until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | GER | Jonathan Meier (at Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRA | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (at Stade Brestois 29 until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | GHA | Abass Issah (at FC Twente until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | FRA | Jean-Philippe Mateta (at Crystal Palace until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | KOR | Ji Dong-won (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

### Out
## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 20 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 029.41 |
| DFB-Pokal | 11 September 2020 | 23 December 2020 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 030.56 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 43 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 39 |
| 13 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 36 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 35 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 27 | GK | GER | Robin Zentner | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ISR | Omer Hanin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | GER | Finn Dahmen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | GER | Marius Liesegang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | NED | Jerry St. Juste | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Luca Kilian | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Stefan Bell | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Daniel Brosinski | 22 | 2 | 16+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Moussa Niakhaté | 34 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AUT | Phillipp Mwene | 20 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | GER | Alexander Hack | 22 | 1 | 14+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | NED | Jean-Paul Boëtius | 33 | 3 | 23+8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Danny Latza | 31 | 1 | 21+8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Levin Öztunalı | 18 | 1 | 7+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CMR | Pierre Kunde | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Kevin Stöger | 20 | 3 | 4+15 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Edimilson Fernandes | 15 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Merveille Papela | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Niklas Tauer | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Paul Nebel | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr | 17 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | LUX | Leandro Barreiro | 31 | 2 | 27+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | SWE | Robin Quaison | 30 | 7 | 18+10 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Robert Glatzel | 13 | 2 | 3+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | AUT | Karim Onisiwo | 32 | 4 | 19+12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | HUN | Ádám Szalai | 20 | 2 | 8+10 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jonathan Burkardt | 31 | 2 | 16+13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | AUT | Marlon Mustapha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Aarón Martín | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jean-Philippe Mateta | 17 | 10 | 12+3 | 7 | 1+1 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Ji Dong-won | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BEL | Dimitri Lavalée | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GHA | Abass Issah | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | GER | Ridle Baku | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 22 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Jean-Philippe Mateta | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Robin Quaison | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 21 | FW | | Karim Onisiwo | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 39 | 7 | 46 |