1. FSV Mainz 05 is a privately owned German sports club established in 1905 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club's primary activity is professional football, currently competing in the Bundesliga. Mainz 05 also operates handball and table tennis divisions. The club employs approximately 250 people and considers Eintracht Frankfurt and Kaiserslautern its main local rivals. Mainz 05's most recent promotion to the Bundesliga occurred before the 2009-10 season.
