# 2023–24 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

The 2023–24 season was 1. FSV Mainz 05's 119th season in existence and 15th consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Lasse Rieß |
| 2 | DF | AUT | Phillipp Mwene |
| 3 | DF | NED | Sepp van den Berg (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Maxim Leitsch |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Lee Jae-sung |
| 8 | MF | LUX | Leandro Barreiro |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Karim Onisiwo |
| 10 | FW | GER | Marco Richter |
| 11 | FW | GER | Jessic Ngankam (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tom Krauß |
| 16 | DF | GER | Stefan Bell |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Ludovic Ajorque |
| 18 | MF | GER | Nadiem Amiri |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Anthony Caci |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Edimilson Fernandes |
| 21 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Josuha Guilavogui |
| 24 | MF | GER | Merveille Papela |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Andreas Hanche-Olsen |
| 27 | GK | GER | Robin Zentner (vice-captain) |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jonathan Burkardt |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Silvan Widmer (captain) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr |
| 33 | GK | GER | Daniel Batz |
| 41 | MF | ALB | Eniss Shabani |
| 43 | FW | GER | Brajan Gruda |
| 44 | FW | GER | Nelson Weiper |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Lucas Laux (at SV Sandhausen until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | MAR | Aymen Barkok (at Hertha BSC until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | GER | Paul Nebel (at Karlsruher SC until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Niklas Tauer (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | GER | Ben Bobzien (at Austria Lustenau until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | NED | Delano Burgzorg (at Huddersfield Town until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Sepp van den Berg | Liverpool | Loan | 13 July 2023 |
| MF | Tom Krauß | RB Leipzig | €5,000,000 | 14 July 2023 |
| MF | Marco Richter | Hertha BSC | €3,000,000 | 22 August 2023 |
| DF | Phillipp Mwene | PSV Eindhoven | €1,000,000 | 23 August 2023 |
| MF | Anwar El Ghazi | Unattached | Free | 22 September 2023 |
| MF | Josuha Guilavogui | Unattached | Free | 25 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Angelo Fulgini | Lens | €7,200,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Aarón Martín | Genoa | Free | 3 July 2023 |
| FW | Marcus Ingvartsen | Nordsjælland | €3,000,000 | 7 July 2023 |
| FW | Marlon Mustapha | Como | €900,000 | 12 July 2023 |
| DF | Alexander Hack | Al Qadsiah | €1,500,000 | 14 August 2023 |
| MF | Anwar El Ghazi | Released | Released | 3 November 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 20 August 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 020.59 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 August 2023 | 1 November 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 022.22 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 39 |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 37 |
| 13 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 35 |
| 14 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 34 |
| 15 | Union Berlin | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 33 |

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

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    As of 17 February 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Lasse Rieß | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | GER | Robin Zentner | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Daniel Batz | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | AUT | Phillipp Mwene | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Sepp van den Berg | 23 | 2 | 19+2 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Maxim Leitsch | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Stefan Bell | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Anthony Caci | 22 | 2 | 19+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa | 17 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Silvan Widmer | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KOR | Lee Jae-sung | 20 | 2 | 14+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | LUX | Leandro Barreiro | 22 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tom Krauß | 22 | 1 | 12+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Nadiem Amiri | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Edimilson Fernandes | 16 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Josuha Guilavogui | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Merveille Papela | 12 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr | 23 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ALB | Eniss Shabani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | GER | David Mamutovic | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | AUT | Karim Onisiwo | 19 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GER | Marco Richter | 17 | 1 | 7+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Jessic Ngankam | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Ludovic Ajorque | 20 | 3 | 12+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jonathan Burkardt | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | GER | Brajan Gruda | 19 | 1 | 10+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | GER | Nelson Weiper | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | GER | Marcus Müller | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who made an appearance this season but left the club ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | MAR | Aymen Barkok | 14 | 1 | 1+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Anton Stach | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 2 March 2024
| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | 17 | | Ludovic Ajorque | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | | Lee Jae-sung | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | | Leandro Barreiro | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | 19 | | Anthony Caci | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | 3 | | Sepp van den Berg | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | FW | 29 | | Jonathan Burkardt | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 14 | | Tom Krauß | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 4 | | Aymen Barkok | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 43 | | Brajan Gruda | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 10 | | Marco Richter | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 30 | | Silvan Widmer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 31 | | Dominik Kohr | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 19 | 1 | 20 |