# 2017–18 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

The 2017–18 1. FSV Mainz 05 season is the 113th season in the football club's history and 9th consecutive and 12th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2009. In addition to the domestic league, Mainz 05 also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 7th season for Mainz in the Opel Arena, located in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 29 April 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | René Adler |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Giulio Donati |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Leon Balogun |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Abdou Diallo |
| 5 | MF | NED | Nigel de Jong |
| 6 | MF | GER | Danny Latza |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Robin Quaison |
| 8 | MF | GER | Levin Öztunalı |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Yoshinori Mutō |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Maxim |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Emil Berggreen |
| 13 | DF | CRO | Marin Šverko |
| 16 | DF | GER | Stefan Bell (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | GER | Daniel Brosinski |
| 20 | FW | NGA | Anthony Ujah |
| 21 | FW | AUT | Karim Onisiwo |
| 22 | GK | GER | Florian Müller |
| 23 | MF | GER | Suat Serdar |
| 25 | MF | CIV | Jean-Philippe Gbamin |
| 26 | DF | GER | Niko Bungert |
| 27 | GK | GER | Robin Zentner |
| 32 | FW | ARG | Pablo de Blasis |
| 34 | MF | GER | Bote Baku |
| 38 | MF | GER | Gerrit Holtmann |
| 42 | DF | GER | Alexander Hack |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| 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 | 19 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 026.47 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 August 2017 | 7 February 2018 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 031.58 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 41 | |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 39 | |
| 14 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 36 | |
| 15 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 36 | |
| 16 | VfL Wolfsburg (O) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |