1. FSV Mainz 05 II

1. FSV Mainz 05 II is a German association football club from the town of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate.

Mainz 05 II
GroundStadion am Bruchweg
Capacity7,378
ManagerBartosch Gaul
LeagueRegionalliga Südwest
2018–1914th

It is the reserve team of 1. FSV Mainz 05. The team's greatest achievement came in 2014 when it won promotion to the 3. Liga for the first time, the highest league a reserve team can play in Germany. During the professional days of the senior side it played as 1. FSV Mainz 05 Amateure but when the senior side itself played at amateur level, from 1976 to 1988 and once more in 1989–90, the team played as 1. FSV Mainz 05 II. Since 2005 it has permanently adopted the name 1. FSV Mainz 05 II.

History

The history of the reserve side of Mainz 05 is strongly intertwined with the fortunes of the senior side, having risen to higher league levels when the first team started to enjoy 2. Bundesliga and Bundesliga success. The senior side was a long term member of the Oberliga Südwest from 1945, then a tier one league, to 1963 when the Bundesliga was introduced. Mainz did not qualify for the Bundesliga but played in the tier two Regionalliga Südwest instead. When the 2. Bundesliga was formed the club joined this league in 1974. Mainz played at this level for two seasons before disappearing into amateur football for 12 years. From 1990 the club reestablished itself in professional football and has been playing there since.

The reserve side, in the early years after the Second World War, played mostly in local amateur football. It rose to the tier three Amateurliga Südwest for a season in 1957–58 but came last and was promptly relegated again. It dropped through the 2. Amateurliga Rheinhessen as well but made a return to this league in 1973, being relegated again in 1977. It returned to what had now become the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen in 1981 for three seasons. After this the team did not make another appearance in the higher amateur leagues again until the late 1990s, having been disbanded for a time in between.[1]

In 1996 the club, freshly promoted to the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen (VII), won a league title and promotion, followed by a championship in the Landesliga Südwest-Ost (VI) in 1997. It entered the Verbandsliga Südwest (V) for two seasons before another title in 1999 took the team up to the Oberliga.[1]

The club spent the next four seasons in the Oberliga Südwest as a top of the table side, culminating in a second-place finish in 2002 and a league championship the year after.[2] The later took the side to the side to the tier three Regionalliga Süd where it experienced two difficult seasons before being relegated again in 2005.[3] In this era the club also saw five consecutive South West Cup wins from 2001 to 2005, a competition the team has been barred from like all reserve sides in Germany, following a rule change in 2008. Each of those cup wins entitled the club to enter the German Cup where it was knocked out in the first round at each occasion.

Another three good seasons in the Oberliga Südwest followed in which Mainz 05 II finished third, second and, eventually in 2008, league champions again.[2] This time promotion took the club up to the Regionalliga West, a newly introduced league that was formed alongside the introduction of the 3. Liga that year. The first season there saw the club come fifth, the following three seasons after that it finished much lower.[4]

Another change in the league system in 2012 saw the introduction of the Regionalliga Südwest, in which Mainz 05 II was now placed. In this league te club came eleventh in its first season there.[5]

The 2013–14 Regionalliga season saw the best performance of the club at this level, finishing third. Because runners-up SC Freiburg II declined the opportunity to take part in the promotion round, choosing not to apply for a 3. Liga license, Mainz received its spot instead.[5] There the team won promotion to the 3. Liga after overcoming Regionalliga Nordost champions TSG Neustrelitz 5–1 on aggregate in the promotion round.[6]

Stadium

1. FSV Mainz 05 II plays its home games in the Bruchwegstadion which hosts 20,300 spectators and used to be the home ground of the first team until it moved to the Coface Arena in 2011.[7]

Players

Current squad
As of 27 August 2019

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  ISR Omer Hanin
2 DF  GER Corey Lee Anton
3 DF  CRO Marin Šverko
4 DF  ARG Giuliano Modica
5 DF  GHA Michael Akoto
7 MF  GER Luis Kersthold
8 MF  GER Oliver Wähling
9 FW  GER Simon Brandstetter
10 MF  GER Nils Lihsek
11 FW  GER Cyrill Akono
12 GK  GER Marius Liesegang
13 MF  GER Dominic Peitz
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  NOR Thomas Rekdal
15 FW  LUX Florian Bohnert
17 MF  GER Tolga Demirbaş
19 FW  GER Lucas Hermes
20 DF  GER Laurin Stich
21 DF  GER Vitus Scheithauer
22 DF  GER Jonas Fedl
23 DF  GER Niklas Kölle
28 GK  GER Patrick Manthe
29 FW  GER Devante Parker
31 GK  GER Julian Bauer

Honours

The club's honours:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[8][9]

Season Division Tier Position
1999–2000 Oberliga Südwest IV 4th
2000–01 Oberliga Südwest 7th
2001–02 Oberliga Südwest 2nd
2002–03 Oberliga Südwest 1st ↑
2003–04 Regionalliga Süd III 14th
2004–05 Regionalliga Süd 17th ↓
2005–06 Oberliga Südwest IV 3rd
2006–07 Oberliga Südwest 2nd
2007–08 Oberliga Südwest 1st ↑
2008–09 Regionalliga West 5th
2009–10 Regionalliga West 15th
2010–11 Regionalliga West 13th
2011–12 Regionalliga West 12th
2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest 11th
2013–14 Regionalliga Südwest 3rd ↑
2014–15 3. Liga III 16th
2015–16 3. Liga 12th
2016–17 3. Liga 19th ↓
2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest IV 7th
2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 14th
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References
  1. Landesverband Südwest amateur leagues tables Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv, accessed: 20 July 2014
  2. Oberliga Südwest tables and results Weltfussball.de, accessed: 20 July 2014
  3. Regionalliga Süd tables and results Weltfussball.de, accessed: 20 July 2014
  4. Regionalliga West tables and results Weltfussball.de, accessed: 20 July 2014
  5. Regionalliga Südwest tables and results Weltfussball.de, accessed: 20 July 2014
  6. Fortuna Köln feiert Last-Minute-Aufstieg (in German) Weltfussball.de, published: 1 June 2014, accessed: 20 July 2014
  7. Bruchwegstadion Weltfussball.de, accessed: 20 July 2014
  8. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  9. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
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