2022–23 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

1. FSV Mainz 05
2022–23 season
President	Stefan Hofmann
Manager	Christian Heidel
Head coach	Bo Svensson
Stadium	Mewa Arena
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marcus Ingvartsen (10); All: ; Marcus Ingvartsen (12)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 118th season in the history of 1. FSV Mainz 05 and their 14th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.

Players

As of 5 September 2022^[1]^[2]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Finn Dahmen
3	DF	ESP	Aarón Martín
4	MF	MAR	Aymen Barkok
5	DF	GER	Maxim Leitsch
6	MF	GER	Anton Stach
7	MF	KOR	Lee Jae-sung
8	MF	LUX	Leandro Barreiro
9	FW	AUT	Karim Onisiwo
10	MF	FRA	Angelo Fulgini
11	FW	DEN	Marcus Ingvartsen
16	DF	GER	Stefan Bell
17	MF	GER	Niklas Tauer
19	DF	FRA	Anthony Caci
20	MF	SUI	Edimilson Fernandes


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	GER	Danny da Costa
27	GK	GER	Robin Zentner (vice-captain)
29	FW	GER	Jonathan Burkardt
30	DF	SUI	Silvan Widmer (captain)
31	MF	GER	Dominik Kohr
32	GK	GER	Lasse Rieß
36	FW	AUT	Marlon Mustapha
37	FW	NED	Delano Burgzorg
38	FW	GER	Ben Bobzien
41	MF	GER	Eniss Shabani
42	DF	GER	Alexander Hack
44	FW	GER	Nelson Weiper
—	MF	GER	Philipp Schulz

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
DF	Danny da Costa	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free	1 July 2022
MF	Aymen Barkok	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free	1 July 2022
DF	Anthony Caci	RC Strasbourg	Free	1 July 2022
MF	Dominik Kohr	Eintracht Frankfurt	€1.5m	1 July 2022
MF	Delano Burgzorg	Heracles Almelo	€2m	1 July 2022
FW	Marcus Ingvartsen	Union Berlin	€2.3m	1 July 2022
DF	Maxim Leitsch	VfL Bochum	€3.5m	1 July 2022
DF	Angelo Fulgini	Angers SCO	€6m	12 July 2022
DF	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	KAA Gent	€2.5m	13 January 2023
FW	Ludovic Ajorque	RC Strasbourg	€6m	24 January 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
DF	Jonathan Meier	Dynamo Dresden	€200,000	1 July 2022
DF	Dimitri Lavalée	KV Mechelen	€750,000	1 July 2022
MF	David Nemeth	FC St. Pauli	€1.3m	1 July 2022
DF	Jerry St. Juste	Sporting CP	€10m	1 July 2022
DF	Luca Kilian	1. FC Köln	€2m	1 July 2022
DF	Moussa Niakhaté	Nottingham Forest	€10m	6 July 2022
MF	Angelo Fulgini	RC Lens	Loan	31 January 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 July 2022 Friendly	Wormatia Worms	0–4	Mainz 05	Guntersblum, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bobzien 49' (pen.) Mustapha 47', 54' Schmidt 76' Kohr 86'	Stadium: Guntersblum Rasenplatz Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Daniel Greef

15 July 2022 Friendly	Mainz 05	0–1	Beşiktaş	Kufstein, Germany
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Tosun 24'	Stadium: Kufstein-Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Michael Egger (Austria)

18 July 2022 Friendly	Mainz 05	1–0	Newcastle United	Kufstein, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Burgzorg 58' Papela 74'	Report		Stadium: Kufstein-Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Patrick Elsier (Austria)

23 July 2022 Friendly	Mainz 05	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Mainz, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fernandes 120+1'	Report	N. Williams 40'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Patrick Alt (Germany)
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves.

28 August 2022 Friendly	Mainz 05	0–1	Wehen Wiesbaden	Mainz, Germany
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Prtajin 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Mewa Arena

22 September 2022 Friendly	Mainz 05	2–5	Karlsruher SC	Mainz, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Burgzorg 30' Shabani 90'	Report	Wanitzek 2' Jung 17' Kaufmann 34' Ballas 44' Arase 74'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Referee: Tim Waldinger

10 December 2022 Friendly	Mallorca	2–2	Mainz 05	Palma
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ndiaye 1' Muriqi 38'		Barkok 20' (pen.) Da Costa 52'	Stadium: Estadi Son Bibiloni Referee: Miguel Domato

10 January 2023 Friendly	Luzern	1–5	Mainz 05	Lucerne, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Campo 106'		Barreiro 2' Martín 45' Bobzien 72' (pen.) Lee Jae-sung 74' Rupil 81'	Stadium: Swissporarena
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves.

14 January 2023 Friendly	Mainz 05	2–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Mainz, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fulgini 28' Barreiro 106'		Che 57' Dabbur 138'	Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg
Note: Match was played in two 70-minute halves.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	6 August 2022	27 May 2023	Matchday 1	9th	34	12	10	12	54	55	−1	035.29
DFB-Pokal	31 July 2022	1 February 2023	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	066.67
Total					37	14	10	13	60	59	+1	037.84

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	13	11	10	58	52	+6	50	Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round^[a]
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	13	10	11	57	48	+9	49
9	Mainz 05	34	12	10	12	54	55	−1	46
10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	11	10	13	52	55	−3	43
11	1. FC Köln	34	10	12	12	49	54	−5	42

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[3]
Notes:

^ Since the 2022–23 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								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	12	10	12	54	55	−1	46	6	6	5	31	25	+6	6	4	7	23	30	−7

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D
Position	6	6	4	7	5	6	8	12	12	11	6	9	10	11	10	12	12	11	12	12	9	8	7	7	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	9	9

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[4]

6 August 2022 1	VfL Bochum	1–2	Mainz 05	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stafylidis 13' Stöger 39' Ganvoula 90+3'	Report	Onisiwo 26', 77' Stach 33' Bell 64' Burgzorg 84'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,110 Referee: Felix Zwayer

14 August 2022 2	Mainz 05	0–0	Union Berlin	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Onisiwo 5'	Report		Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 25,009 Referee: Daniel Schlager

20 August 2022 3	FC Augsburg	1–2	Mainz 05	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gouweleeuw 3' Rexhbeçaj 29' Demirović 35'	Report	Bell 29' Onisiwo 31' Martín 62' Burkardt 62' Lee Jae-sung 90+3'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 23,755 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

27 August 2022 4	Mainz 05	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Burgzorg 70'	Report	Hincapié 3' 77' Palacios 29' Frimpong 39', 41', 60' Andrich 45' Bakker 77' 90+4'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Christian Dingert

4 September 2022 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Mainz 05	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 26' Itakura 53'	Report	Barreiro 39' Lee Jae-sung 42' Martín 55' Kohr 88' Zentner 90+5'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,210 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

10 September 2022 6	1899 Hoffenheim	4–1	Mainz 05	Hoffenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Baumgartner 9' Akpoguma 10' Kramarić 53' Vogt 66' Prömel 69' Dabbur 80' Kadeřábek 90+2'	Report	Hack 41' Kohr 83' Onisiwo 85' Bell 87'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 20,114 Referee: Daniel Schlager

16 September 2022 7	Mainz 05	1–1	Hertha BSC	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kohr 40' Mustapha 67' Onisiwo 74' Caci 90+4'	Report	Tousart 30' Plattenhardt 48' Lukebakio 58' Dárdai 64' Boëtius 65' Christensen 90+4'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 25,300 Referee: Frank Willenborg

1 October 2022 8	SC Freiburg	2–1	Mainz 05	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gregoritsch 3' Kyereh 37' Höfler 70' Keitel 90+4'	Report	Bell 33' Martín 52' Barreiro 53' Stach 60' Kohr 90'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 34,700 Referee: Sven Jablonski

8 October 2022 9	Mainz 05	1–1	RB Leipzig	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ingvartsen 45' Hack 77'	Report	Forsberg 62' Nkunku 80'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 26,100 Referee: Felix Brych

15 October 2022 10	Werder Bremen	0–2	Mainz 05	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Füllkrug 90+2'	Report	Ingvartsen 36' Hack 45' Lee Jae-sung 66' Burkardt 90'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

21 October 2022 11	Mainz 05	5–0	1. FC Köln	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ingvartsen 11' (pen.) Kohr 35', 35' Stach 40' Martín 73' Onisiwo 83'	Report	Kilian 10' 28' Uth 35' Soldo 50' Martel 72'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 31,610 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

29 October 2022 12	Bayern Munich	6–2	Mainz 05	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gnabry 5' Musiala 28' Mané 43', 43' Goretzka 58' Tel 79' Choupo-Moting 86' Pavard 88'	Report	Fernandes 34' Burkardt 45+3' Widmer 45+4' Ingvartsen 82'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

5 November 2022 13	Mainz 05	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+2)	Stach 75'	Report	Wimmer 33' Arnold 70' Baku 53' 84'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 26,750 Referee: Daniel Siebert

9 November 2022 14	Schalke 04	1–0	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Terodde 10' Mollet 21' Yoshida 57' Karaman 69'	Report	Fernandes 67'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 58,256 Referee: Tobias Reichel

13 November 2022 15	Mainz 05	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Burkardt 40' Bell 45+1' Martín 58'	Report	Tuta 38' Kolo Muani 67', 75'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Robert Schröder

21 January 2023 16	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guirassy 36' Silas 70'	Report	Ingvartsen 40' (pen.) Kohr 62' Barreiro 79' Fulgini 90+1'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 45,903 Referee: Felix Brych

25 January 2023 17	Mainz 05	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Mainz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lee Jae-sung 2', 34' Fernandes 76'	Report	Ryerson 4' Reyna 90+3'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

28 January 2023 18	Mainz 05	5–2	VfL Bochum	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lee Jae-sung 1' Widmer 17' Onisiwo 28', 57', 87'	Report	Kunde 70' Mašović 72' Schlotterbeck 81'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 23,300 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

4 February 2023 19	Union Berlin	2–1	Mainz 05	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Behrens 32' Seguin 72' Pefok 84'	Report	Ajorque 45' Ingvartsen 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Florian Badstübner

11 February 2023 20	Mainz 05	3–1	FC Augsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lee Jae-sung 21', 52' Onisiwo 24' Stach 34'	Report	Demirović 28' (pen.) Gumny 33'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 22,200 Referee: Sven Jablonski

19 February 2023 21	Bayer Leverkusen	2–3	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tapsoba 23' Amiri 32' Schick 58' Hincapié 62' Adli 81' Frimpong 83' Tah 87' Hložek 88' Andrich 88'	Report	Caci 26' Bell 45' Barreiro 45+4', 79' Hanche-Olsen 55' Ingvartsen 82' (pen.) Kohr 87'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,002 Referee: Robert Schröder

24 February 2023 22	Mainz 05	4–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lee Jae-sung 25' Caci 36' Ingvartsen 49' Hanche-Olsen 50' Ajorque 72' Weiper 90+3'	Report	Stindl 66' Pléa 74' Koné 83'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Robert Hartmann

4 March 2023 23	Mainz 05	1–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Barreiro 33' Barkok 90+2'	Report	Geiger 66' Rudy 81' Baumgartner 85' Vogt 90'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 28,100 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

11 March 2023 24	Hertha BSC	1–1	Mainz 05	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ngankam 18' (pen.) Ciğerci 22' Tousart 66'	Report	Hanche-Olsen 52' Ajorque 57'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 41,689 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

19 March 2023 25	Mainz 05	1–1	SC Freiburg	Mainz
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ajorque 57' Caci 88' Onisiwo 90+6'	Report	Ginter 35' Gulde 51' Dōan 55'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 26,800 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1 April 2023 26	RB Leipzig	0–3	Mainz 05	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kampl 37' Olmo 65' Orbán 65'	Report	Ingvartsen 9', 64' Ajorque 57' Caci 61' Hanche-Olsen 65' Kohr 67'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 45,597 Referee: Christian Dingert

8 April 2023 27	Mainz 05	2–2	Werder Bremen	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Onisiwo 65' Ajorque 85' Weiper 90+3'	Report	Groß 28' Stage 42', 87' Ducksch 59' Gruev 81' Stark 83' Füllkrug 90+5'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Benjamin Brand

15 April 2023 28	1. FC Köln	1–1	Mainz 05	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kainz 8' Ljubičić 51' Hübers 86' Thielmann 90+2'	Report	Ajorque 17', 34' Kohr 90+2'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

22 April 2023 29	Mainz 05	3–1	Bayern Munich	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Martín 57', 79' Kohr 60' Ajorque 65' Barreiro 73'	Report	Mané 29'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Felix Zwayer

30 April 2023 30	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wind 5', 28' Bornauw 13', 86'	Report	Bell 45' Kohr 54' Martín 66'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,817 Referee: Daniel Siebert

5 May 2023 31	Mainz 05	2–3	Schalke 04	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ajorque 40' Barreiro 53', 90+14' Martín 70' Caci 90+11' Kohr 90+14'	Report	Bülter 26', 90+10' (pen.) Krauß 60' Drexler 90+14'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

13 May 2023 32	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Mainz 05	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamada 18' (pen.) Tuta 30' Buta 40' Kolo Muani 59'	Report	Bell 22' Hanche-Olsen 38' Shabani 88'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Felix Brych

21 May 2023 33	Mainz 05	1–4	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ingvartsen 23' Kohr 61' Bell 75' Ajorque 90+5'	Report	Endō 41', 73' Guirassy 64' Führich 78' Coulibaly 90+1'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Sven Jablonski

27 May 2023 34	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	Mainz 05	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haller 19' Guerreiro 40', 69' Süle 90+6'	Report	Hanche-Olsen 15' Onisiwo 24' Fernandes 71'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Marco Fritz

DFB-Pokal

31 July 2022 First round	Erzgebirge Aue	0–3	Mainz 05	Aue-Bad Schlema
18:01 CEST (UTC+2)	Sorge 50' Nazarov 61'	Report	Martín 14' Kohr 41', 51' Stach 55' Burgzorg 70', 74' Ingvartsen 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

18 October 2022 Second round	VfB Lübeck	0–3	Mainz 05	Lübeck
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grupe 38'	Report	Fulgini 9' Hack 16' Martín 28' Ingvartsen 43' Barkok 88'	Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 9,974 Referee: Robin Braun

1 February 2023 Round of 16	Mainz 05	0–4	Bayern Munich	Mainz
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Widmer 24' Hack 49' 86'	Report	Choupo-Moting 17' Musiala 30' Müller 38' Sané 44' Davies 83'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Deniz Aytekin