# 2022–23 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

The 2022–23 season was the 118th season in the history of 1. FSV Mainz 05 and their 14th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.

## Players

    As of 5 September 2022
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Finn Dahmen |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Aarón Martín |
| 4 | MF | MAR | Aymen Barkok |
| 5 | DF | GER | Maxim Leitsch |
| 6 | MF | GER | Anton Stach |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Lee Jae-sung |
| 8 | MF | LUX | Leandro Barreiro |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Karim Onisiwo |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Angelo Fulgini |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Marcus Ingvartsen |
| 16 | DF | GER | Stefan Bell |
| 17 | MF | GER | Niklas Tauer |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Anthony Caci |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Edimilson Fernandes |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa |
| 27 | GK | GER | Robin Zentner (vice-captain) |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jonathan Burkardt |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Silvan Widmer (captain) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr |
| 32 | GK | GER | Lasse Rieß |
| 36 | FW | AUT | Marlon Mustapha |
| 37 | FW | NED | Delano Burgzorg |
| 38 | FW | GER | Ben Bobzien |
| 41 | MF | GER | Eniss Shabani |
| 42 | DF | GER | Alexander Hack |
| 44 | FW | GER | Nelson Weiper |
| — | MF | GER | Philipp Schulz |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Danny da Costa | Eintracht Frankfurt | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Aymen Barkok | Eintracht Frankfurt | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Anthony Caci | RC Strasbourg | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Dominik Kohr | Eintracht Frankfurt | €1.5m | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Delano Burgzorg | Heracles Almelo | €2m | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Marcus Ingvartsen | Union Berlin | €2.3m | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Maxim Leitsch | VfL Bochum | €3.5m | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Angelo Fulgini | Angers SCO | €6m | 12 July 2022 |
| DF | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | KAA Gent | €2.5m | 13 January 2023 |
| FW | Ludovic Ajorque | RC Strasbourg | €6m | 24 January 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Jonathan Meier | Dynamo Dresden | €200,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Dimitri Lavalée | KV Mechelen | €750,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | David Nemeth | FC St. Pauli | €1.3m | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Jerry St. Juste | Sporting CP | €10m | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Luca Kilian | 1. FC Köln | €2m | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Moussa Niakhaté | Nottingham Forest | €10m | 6 July 2022 |
| MF | Angelo Fulgini | RC Lens | Loan | 31 January 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 6 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 035.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 31 July 2022 | 1 February 2023 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 037.84 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 49 | |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 46 | |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 43 | |
| 11 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 42 | |
* ↑ Since the 2022–23 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.