美因茨05足球俱乐部

A failed attempt to start a football team in the city in 1903 was followed up two years later by the successful creation of 1. Mainzer Fussballclub Hassia 1905. After a number of years of play in the Süddeutschen Fußballverband (South German Football League), the club merged with FC Hermannia 07 – the former football side of Mainzer TV 1817 – to form 1. Mainzer Fussballverein Hassia 05, which dropped "Hassia" from its name in August 1912. Another merger after World War I, in 1919, with Sportverein 1908 Mainz, resulted in the formation of 1. Mainzer Fußball- und Sportverein 05.

Die Nullfünfer were a solid club that earned several league championships in the period between the wars and qualified for the opening round of the national championships in 1921. With the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich in 1933 they found themselves playing in one of the sixteen new first division Gauligen. Unfortunately, they only managed a single season of play at that level before being relegated. In 1938 they were forced into a merger with Reichsbahn SV Mainz and played as Reichsbahn SV Mainz 05 until the end of World War II.

After the war the team again joined the upper ranks of league play in Germany's Oberliga Südwest, where they remained through to the founding of the new professional league, the Bundesliga, in 1963. They would then play as a second division side for most of the next four decades. They withdrew for a time – from the late 70's into the late 80's – to the Amateur Oberliga Sudwest (III), as the result of a series of financial problems. Mainz earned honours as the German amateur champions in 1982. The club returned to professional play in 1990 with promotion to the 2.Bundesliga. They failed in three attempts to make it to the top flight in 1997, 2002, and 2003, but their persistence paid dividends with an ascent into the Bundesliga in 2005. Now out from under the shadow of neighbouring and long-time rival 1. FC Kaiserslautern, the team is currently playing their second season at the top flight.

The originally urban stadium at the break way was opened 1929. From the built volumes at that time, consisting of a 80 meters broad open grandstand, a hard place and a dirt track, exists nothing more. To the loss of the association-own stadium away with the National Railroad sports association Mainz to the National Railroad sports association the 05 fused 1 changed being gene. Mainzer FSV 05 in 500 meters and in the meantime the stadium at the break way, renamed lain north, to Herbert Norkus stadium. After the Second World War the stadium was not tapable two years. In February 1947 the again-created association returned to the break way. The old main grandstand (2002) the old Gegengerade (2002) increases the old main grandstand (2002) increases the old Gegengerade (2002) 1951 became from rubble debris, under it fragments of Roman gravestones, those in parts to in 21. Century existing seven-level standing terrace establishes. The capacity of the stadium rose thereby to 20.000 places. With the 1:4-Niederlage against the 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 12 April 1953 was the developed stadium for the first time sells off. 1953 got the stadium at the break way for the first time a rasenplatz. The next two structural alteration measures were the roofings of the main grandstand (1965) and the Gegengeraden (1981). With the friendship game against Borussia Moenchengladbach in the summer 1995 was inaugurated the floodlight installation. The stadium a little later got for the first time an electronic indicating panel. On the occasion of the large opportunities for advancement 1997 in place of the old curves two steel tube grandstands behind the gates were established. For the same reason 2002 the main grandstand and the Gegengerade was torn off. A modern grandstand, those among other things. Crew cabs and the VIP area accommodates, as well as a further steel tube grandstand with seat and stehplaetzen were established. After the federal league ascent 2004 beside the main grandstand two further open provisional auxiliary grandstands with in each case 800 places were built. Beyond that the stadium corners were closed beside the Gegengeraden with noise protection walls. The largest documented spectator number amounts to 24,000 (DFB cup quarter finals against the 1.FC Nuernberg on 27 February 1965). For this portion particularly an auxiliary grandstand was established. Since the stadium since that time never more than 20,300 spectators seized, this record is indisputable. Today one discusses to remove either the stadium or to establish a new stadium at a new location. The goal is a capacity of approx.. 30.000 to 35,000 places.