Struggles are all part of football and Mainz are no complete strangers to needing to defend their Bundesliga location. Since promo in 2009 the Nullfünfer have actually continually been on lots of people’s list as transfer prospects, yet every year they punch above their weight and make it through another year. This season nevertheless sees the club in a bad method with a go back to the 2.Bundesliga an unique possibility if their fortunes don’t alter quite rapidly.

The club sacked coach Jan Siewert on Monday after having actually formerly parted methods with Bo Svensson back in November, Coaching modifications of that consistency can spell absolutely nothing however Mödanger and with the club being in 17th location and just off the bottom of the table on objective distinction, the outlook is bleak to state the least. 

“We expressly thank Jan for his commitment,” sporting director Christian Heidel stated on Monday. “He handled the job at a hard time with a great deal of enthusiasm and precision and offered the group excellent incentive with his work. 

“Unfortunately, this did not translate into a fundamental turnaround or results. The situation in the relegation battle has become significantly worse for us in the last few weeks. Unfortunately, we now see the change in the coaching position as a necessary step in order to be able to bring about a positive turnaround.”

Bad start

After 2 leading half surfaces in a row under previous gamer Bo Svensson, the existing season started in horrible design for Mainz. The Danish coach started the project with 5 beats in the opening 6 video games with the only point can be found in a 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt. A loss to Bayern Munich was then sandwiched in between succeeding 2-2 draws with Mönchengladbach and VfL Bochum,

The depressing run led the club to take the tough choice to part business with the popular and faithful Bo Svensson. The man they delegated to dig them out of their hole was U23 coach Jan Siewert and the visit of an ‘insider’ was viewed as the perfect service.

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Bad middle

The brand-new coach left to the ideal start with a 2-0 win over RB Leipzig at the Mewa Arena to lastly offer the  long-suffering fans something to cheer. Their kind nevertheless rapidly went back to type. Although they have actually lost less matches, the next eleven matches stopped working to produce a single win (6 draws and 5 beats). Four of the losses were by the exact same 1-0 scoreline and because eleven video game run, Mainz scored just 5 objectives. They are joint bottom together with beginners Darmstadt and it is incredibly tough to see where the next win is going to originate from.

Confidence is certainly low and the gamers confessed as much following their 3-1 loss at Stuttgart on Sunday. “It’s brutally disappointing  to have taken another hit. It’s just shit at the moment, a shitty situation,” stated Jonathan Burkardt. “After the 0-1 we collapsed completely, completely lost track and especially our head. The last 20-30 minutes in the first half were a disgrace” the striker included. 

Good/ bad end?

Mainz have actually moved rapidly to select their 3rd coach of the season with Dane Bo Henriksen being handed an agreement till 2026. The 49-year-old was the coach at Swiss side FC Zurich, however had actually notified the club he would not be extending his agreement, which ended at the end of this season.

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“We have looked intensively at our current situation and analysed which type of coach with which footballing approach suits us in this difficult sporting situation” described sporting director Christian Heidel. 

“This led us to Bo Henriksen, a coach who has repeated this in his career and managed to form teams under very different conditions and to play football that was equally pragmatic, but also courageous and ultimately successful. In addition, Bo Henriksen is a very emotional, open and opinionated character who radiates an incredibly positive energy and  will fit very well with Mainz 05.”

The brand-new coach has 13 video games delegated conserve Mainz’s season and protected another year of Bundesliga football.