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NICKNAME – Die Nullfünf (The 05), Der Karnevalsverein (The Carnival Club)
FOUNDED – 1905
LOCATED IN – Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate
STADIUM – Mewa Arena
BY BUS – 5 minutes from the train station (Lines 54, 55, 58, 68, 69)
CAPACITY – 34,034
PROMOTED – 2009
BEST LEAGUE FINISH – 5th (2010/2011)
BEST DFB POKAL RUN – QF (5 times)
BEST UC/EL FINISH – Group Stage (2016/2017)
RECORD GOALSCORER – Michael Thurk (64)
2022/2023 FINISH – 9th

FIVE FACTS ABOUT 1 FSV MAINZ 05
1. Mainz are nicknamed the “Carnival Club” after the city’s famous carnival, which is only rivalled by Düsseldorf’s and Cologne’s.
2. The music played after every goal they score is a carnival song called the “Narrhallamarsch” (Jester’s Heaven March).
3. They reached the Bundesliga for the first time under the stewardship of player turned coach, Jürgen Klopp, architect of the “gegenpressing” style.
4. Mainz really lucked out with managers, as a certain Thomas Tuchel then led them to their best ever finish of 5th in 2010/2011.
5. That year they equalled the best ever start to a Bundesliga season by winning their first seven games.

FIVE FACTS ABOUT MAINZ
1. The city dates back to Roman times; Emperor Severus Alexander was assassinated here by his own soldiers.
2. Mainz is synonymous with Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press that revolutionised the spread of information.
3. The Archbishop of Mainz was the Archbishop of the Holy Roman Empire. The Vatican and Mainz are the only two Holy Sees of the Catholic church.
4. The city includes a park of protected sand dunes, which play host to vegetation alien to the rest of the region.
5. Mainz lies in the very heart of Germany’s wine country.

INTERESTING VIDEO LINKS
Goal music
“Halli Galli Anpfiff”
“Nur ein Karnevalsverein”
A look around Mainz

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