# 2011–12 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

The 2011–12 1. FSV Mainz 05 season is the club's 106th year of existence. They participated in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League.

## Review and events

On 19 November, the match against Mainz 05 was cancelled after the referee for the match, Babak Rafati, attempted suicide. The match was eventually rescheduled for 13 December.
Mainz 05 were eliminated from the DFB-Pokal by Holstein Kiel.
For the winter break, Mainz 05 returned to practice on 3 January 2012 at 10:00 CET (UTC+01) and had training camp in Llucmajor, Majorca, from 6 January to 12 January.

## Player information
### Roster and statistics

As of 16 December 2011
Squad Season 2011-12 :
| Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League | Totals | Totals |
| Player | Nat. | Date of birth (age) | at Mainz since | Previous club | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goal | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| Heinz Müller | GER | (1978-05-30)30 May 1978 (aged 33) | 2009 | Barnsley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Christian Wetklo | GER | (1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 31) | 2000 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Loris Karius | GER | (1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 18) | 2011 | Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| Niko Bungert | GER | (1986-10-24)24 October 1986 (aged 24) | 2008 | Kickers Offenbach | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 |
| Malik Fathi | GER | (1983-10-29)29 October 1983 (aged 27) | 2010 | Spartak Moscow | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Eugen Gopko | GER | (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 20) | 2006 | TuS Neuhausen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan Kirchhoff | GER | (1990-10-01)1 October 1990 (aged 20) | 2007 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Nikolče Noveski | MKD | (1979-04-28)28 April 1979 (aged 32) | 2004 | Erzgebirge Aue | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Zdeněk Pospěch | CZE | (1978-12-14)14 December 1978 (aged 32) | 2011 | Copenhagen | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Fabian Schönheim | GER | (1987-02-14)14 February 1987 (aged 24) | 2011 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bo Svensson | DEN | (1979-08-04)4 August 1979 (aged 32) | 2007 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Radoslav Zabavník | SVK | (1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 30) | 2010 | Terek Grozny | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| Julian Baumgartlinger | AUT | (1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 23) | 2011 | Austria Wien | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Marco Caligiuri | GER | (1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 27) | 2010 | Greuther Fürth | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Florian Heller | GER | (1982-03-10)10 March 1982 (aged 29) | 2008 | Erzgebirge Aue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andreas Ivanschitz | AUT | (1983-10-15)15 October 1983 (aged 27) | 2009 | Panathinaikos | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| Yunus Mallı | GER | (1992-02-24)24 February 1992 (aged 19) | 2011 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nicolai Müller | GER | (1992-02-24)24 February 1992 (aged 19) | 2011 | Greuther Fürth | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Eugen Polanski | POL | (1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 25) | 2009 | Getafe | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Marcel Risse | GER | (1989-12-17)17 December 1989 (aged 21) | 2010 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| Elkin Soto | COL | (1980-08-04)4 August 1980 (aged 31) | 2007 | Guayaquil | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Zoltán Stieber | HUN | (1988-10-16)16 October 1988 (aged 22) | 2011 | Alemannia Aachen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| Sami Allagui | GER | (1986-05-28)28 May 1986 (aged 25) | 2010 | Greuther Fürth | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | CMR | (1988-10-16)16 October 1988 (aged 22) | 2011 | Hamburger SV | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mario Gavranović | SUI | (1989-11-22)22 November 1989 (aged 21) | 2011 | Schalke 04 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Shawn Parker | GER | (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 18) | 2005 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ádám Szalai | HUN | (1987-12-09)9 December 1987 (aged 23) | 2010 | Real Madrid | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Anthony Ujah | NGA | (1990-10-14)14 October 1990 (aged 20) | 2011 | Lillestrøm | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Deniz Yılmaz | GER | (1988-02-26)26 February 1988 (aged 23) | 2011 | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers
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