# 2012–13 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

The 2012–13 1. FSV Mainz 05 season is the 108th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the club's fourth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga at the conclusion of the 2008–09 season.
The club also takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where Mainz was eliminated in the quarter-final stage by fellow Bundesliga side SC Freiburg on 26 February 2013.

## Match Results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### DFB-Pokal
## Squad information
### Squad and statistics

As of 25 February 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 21 | GK | GER | Loris Karius | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | GER | Christian Wetklo | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Heinz Müller | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | DEN | Bo Svensson | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Zdeněk Pospěch | 26 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Nikolče Noveski | 27 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | SVK | Radoslav Zabavník | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Jan Kirchhoff | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Stefan Bell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CRC | Júnior Díaz | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Tobias Schilk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Niko Bungert | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Marco Caligiuri | 21 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Niki Zimling | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Yunus Mallı | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Nikita Rukavytsya | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Julian Baumgartlinger | 26 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Chinedu Ede | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | COL | Elkin Soto | 24 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Marcel Risse | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | AUT | Andreas Ivanschitz | 25 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolai Müller | 26 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Strikers ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | CMR | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | HUN | Ádám Szalai | 27 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
| 31 | FW | GER | Shawn Parker | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | FW | CRO | Ivan Klasnić | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 4 March 2013. Source: kicker.de

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 20 | DF | Júnior Díaz | 28 | EU | Club Brugge | Transfer | Summer | June 2015 | Undisclosed |
| 17 | MF | Chinedu Ede | 25 | EU | Union Berlin | Transfer | Summer | June 2016 | Undisclosed |
| 13 | MF | Nikita Rukavytsya | 25 | EU | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | June 2015 | ~€1,000,000 |
| 39 | FW | Ivan Klasnić | 32 | EU | Bolton Wanderers | End of contract | Summer | June 2013 | Free |
| 7 | MF | Niki Zimling | 27 | EU | Club Brugge | Transfer | Winter | June 2017 | Undisclosed |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 42 | MF | Eugen Polanski | 26 | EU | 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| | FW | Mario Gavranović | 23 | EU | Schalke 04 | End of loan | Summer | None |
| | FW | Mohamed Zidan | 30 | EU | Baniyas | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 16 | MF | Zoltán Stieber | 23 | EU | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 34 | DF | Fabian Schönheim | 25 | EU | Union Berlin | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 11 | FW | Sami Allagui | 26 | EU | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 15 | DF | Malik Fathi | 28 | EU | Kayserispor | Loan | Summer | €200,000 |
| 10 | FW | Deniz Yılmaz | 24 | EU | SC Paderborn | Loan | Summer | €50,000 |

## Sources

* ↑ .:. Match Report (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 27 February 2013
* ↑ "05-Neuzugang Junior Diaz verteidigt links". kicker (in German). 6 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
* ↑ "Ede nimmt die Herausforderung an". kicker (in German). 23 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
* ↑ "Rukavytsya landet beim FSV". kicker (in German). 31 August 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
* ↑ "Plan B: Die Nullfünfer verpflichten Ivan Klasnic". kicker (in German). 4 September 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
* ↑ "Zimling springt für Polanski ein". kicker (in German). 25 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
* ↑ "Polanski versucht es im Kraichgau". kicker (in German). 24 May 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
* ↑ "Gavranovic kehrt in die Heimat zurück". kicker (in German). 25 January 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
* ↑ "Heidel: "Keine Nachverhandlungen"". kicker (in German). 25 May 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
* ↑ "Stieber kommt in den Ronhof". kicker (in German). 21 June 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
* ↑ "Union leiht Schönheim aus". kicker (in German). 26 June 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
* ↑ "Nach Allagui und Wagner - auch Sahar zur Hertha". kicker (in German). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
* ↑ "Fathi wechselt auf Leihbasis zu Kayserispor". kicker (in German). 27 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
* ↑ "Yilmaz verstärkt Schmidts Sturm". kicker (in German). 31 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.