# 2013–14 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

The 2013–14 season was the 109th season of competitive association football played by 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05, a professional football club based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The club's 13th-placed finish in 2012–13 meant the club would again compete in the Bundesliga, alongside the DFB-Pokal. The 2013–14 season ran from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014.
The club finished 7th in the Bundesliga, securing qualification for the following season's UEFA Europa League qualification rounds. Manager Thomas Tuchel left the club at the end of the season.

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 52 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 72 | 70 | +2 | 44 | |
* 1 2 3 The 2013–14 DFB-Pokal finalists (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) qualified for the UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 April 2020. Source:

#### Matches

Bundesliga match details :
| Date | Time | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | League position |
| 11 August 2013 | 15:30 | VfB Stuttgart | H | W | 3–2 | Müller 14', 78', Okazaki 65' | 30,279 | 6th |
| 17 August 2013 | 15:30 | SC Freiburg | A | W | 2–1 | | | 4th |
| 24 August 2013 | 15:30 | VfL Wolfsburg | H | W | 2–0 | | | 4th |
| 31 August 2013 | 15:30 | Hannover 96 | A | L | 1–4 | | | 5th |
| 14 September 2013 | 15:30 | Schalke 04 | H | L | 0–1 | | | 5th |
| 21 September 2013 | 15:30 | Bayer Leverkusen | H | L | 1–4 | | | 7th |
| 28 September 2013 | 15:30 | Hertha BSC | A | L | 1–3 | | | 12th |
| 5 October 2013 | 15:30 | 1899 Hoffenheim | H | D | 2–2 | | | 11th |
| 19 October 2013 | 15:30 | Bayern Munich | A | L | 1–4 | | | 14th |
| 26 October 2013 | 15:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | H | W | 2–0 | | | 11th |
| 3 November 2013 | 15:30 | FC Augsburg | A | L | 1–2 | | | 12th |
| 10 November 2013 | 15:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | H | W | 1–0 | | | 9th |
| 24 November 2013 | 17:30 | Werder Bremen | A | W | 3–2 | | | 7th |
| 30 November 2013 | 15:30 | Borussia Dortmund | H | L | 1–3 | | | 8th |
| 6 December 2013 | 20:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | A | D | 1–1 | | | 8th |
| 14 December 2013 | 15:30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | H | D | 0–0 | | | 9th |
| 21 December 2013 | 15:30 | Hamburger SV | A | W | 3–2 | | | 9th |
| 25 January 2014 | 15:30 | VfB Stuttgart | A | W | 2–1 | | | 8th |
| 1 February 2014 | 15:30 | SC Freiburg | H | W | 2–0 | | | 7th |
| 8 February 2014 | 15:30 | VfL Wolfsburg | A | L | 0–3 | | | 9th |
| 14 February 2014 | 20:30 | Hannover 96 | H | W | 2–0 | | | 7th |
| 21 February 2014 | 20:30 | Schalke 04 | A | D | 0–0 | | | 9th |
| 1 March 2014 | 15:30 | Bayer Leverkusen | A | W | 1–0 | | | 6th |
| 9 March 2014 | 17:30 | Hertha BSC | H | D | 1–1 | | | 7th |
| 15 March 2014 | 15:30 | 1899 Hoffenheim | A | W | 4–2 | | | 5th |
| 22 March 2014 | 15:30 | Bayern Munich | H | L | 0–2 | | | 7th |
| 25 March 2014 | 20:00 | Eintracht Braunschweig | A | L | 1–3 | | | 7th |
| 29 March 2014 | 15:30 | FC Augsburg | H | W | 3–0 | | | 7th |
| 5 April 2014 | 15:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | A | L | 0–2 | | | 7th |
| 12 April 2014 | 15:30 | Werder Bremen | H | W | 3–0 | | | 7th |
| 19 April 2014 | 15:30 | Borussia Dortmund | A | L | 2–4 | | | 7th |
| 26 April 2014 | 15:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | H | W | 2–0 | | | 7th |
| 3 May 2014 | 15:30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | A | L | 1–3 | | | 7th |
| 10 May 2014 | 15:30 | Hamburger SV | H | W | 3–2 | | | 7th |

### DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details :
| Round | Date | Time | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| First round | 3 August 2013 | 15:30 | Fortuna Köln | A | W | 2–1 | Müller 14', Choupo-Moting 87' | 6,712 | |
| Second round | 24 September 2013 | 20:30 | 1. FC Köln | H | L | 0–1 | | 22,782 | |

## Player 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 |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Bo Svensson | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Zdeněk Pospěch | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | MKD | Nikolce Noveski | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Benedikt Saller | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Johannes Geis | 34 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Niki Zimling | 15 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Christoph Moritz | 27 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Sebastian Polter | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 34 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Yunus Mallı | 23 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | KOR | Koo Ja-cheol | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Julian Baumgartlinger | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | CRO | Dario Krešić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Stefan Bell | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Dani Schahin | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | COL | Elkin Soto | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CRC | Júnior Díaz | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Loris Karius | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Julian Koch | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | JPN | Shinji Okazaki | 35 | 15 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KOR | Park Joo-ho | 29 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Niko Bungert | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolai Müller | 28 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Christian Wetklo | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | GER | Shawn Parker | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | CRO | Petar Sliskovic | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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