# 2021–22 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

The 2021–22 season was the 117th season in the existence of 1. FSV Mainz 05 and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Mainz participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 February 2022
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Finn Dahmen |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Aarón Martín |
| 4 | DF | NED | Jerry St. Juste |
| 5 | MF | NED | Jean-Paul Boëtius |
| 6 | MF | GER | Anton Stach |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Lee Jae-sung |
| 8 | MF | LUX | Leandro Barreiro |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Karim Onisiwo |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Marcus Ingvartsen (on loan from Union Berlin) |
| 16 | DF | GER | Stefan Bell |
| 18 | DF | GER | Daniel Brosinski |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Moussa Niakhaté (captain) |
| 22 | MF | AUT | Kevin Stöger |
| 23 | DF | ANG | Anderson Lucoqui |
| 24 | MF | GER | Merveille Papela |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | GER | Niklas Tauer |
| 26 | MF | GER | Paul Nebel |
| 27 | GK | GER | Robin Zentner (vice-captain) |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jonathan Burkardt |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Silvan Widmer |
| 31 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 32 | GK | GER | Lasse Rieß |
| 33 | GK | ISR | Omer Hanin |
| 34 | DF | AUT | David Nemeth |
| 35 | MF | GER | Stephan Fürstner |
| 36 | MF | JPN | Kaito Mizuta |
| 37 | FW | NED | Delano Burgzorg (on loan from Heracles Almelo) |
| 38 | FW | GER | Ben Bobzien |
| 42 | DF | GER | Alexander Hack |
| 43 | MF | GER | Romario Rösch |

### 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 | FRA | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (at Brest until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | GER | Luca Kilian (at FC Köln until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | BEL | Dimitri Lavalée (at Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | FRA | Jean-Philippe Mateta (at Crystal Palace until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | GER | Jonathan Meier (at Hansa Rostock until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SUI | Edimilson Fernandes (at Young Boys until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | GHA | Abass Issah (at Rijeka until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | AUT | Marlon Mustapha (at Admira Wacker until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 June 2021 | DF | Phillipp Mwene | PSV | Free |
| 1 June 2021 | MF | Danny Latza | Schalke 04 | Free |
| 1 June 2021 | MF | Levin Öztunali | Union Berlin | Free |
| 10 June 2021 | FW | Marlon Mustapha | Admira Wacker Mödling | Loan |
| 10 June 2021 | GK | Florian Muller | VFB Stuttgart | €5 million |
| 23 June 2021 | MF | Pierre Kunde | Olympiacos F.C. | Undisclosed |
| 29 June 2021 | MF | Issah Abass | NK Rijeka | Loan |
| 8 July 2021 | FW | Ji Dong-Won | FC Seoul | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2021 | FW | Robin Quaison | Al-Ettifaq | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2021 | DF | Jonathan Maier | Hansa Rostock | Loan |
| 25 August 2021 | DF | Luca Killian | 1. FC Köln | Loan |

## 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 | 15 August 2021 | 14 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 038.24 |
| DFB-Pokal | 8 August 2021 | 18 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 037.84 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 46 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 46 | |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 45 | |
* 1 2 Since the 2021–22 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.