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Mainz 05: Finally back in Europe! Opening against AC Fiorentina!
FSV Mainz 05 will play against AC Fiorentina in the UEFA Conference League on November 6, 2025. Follow the games live on RTL+.
Mainz 05: Finally back in Europe! Opening against AC Fiorentina!
An exciting football year is ahead! On November 6, 2025, 1. FSV Mainz 05 will face Italian club AC Florenz in the UEFA Conference League. The game will take place in the home stadium at 6:45 p.m. and can be followed live on RTL and in the stream on RTL+. The Mainz 05 team qualified for this European tour as sixth-placed in the 2024/25 Bundesliga season and can look forward to an exciting return to international football after their last appearance in an international competition was in the 2016/17 season when they played in the Europa League. News.de reports that qualification was secured with a successful second leg win against record champions Rosenborg Trondheim.
The league phase this season features some exciting opponents for Mainz. The Mainz team was able to celebrate their first success against Omonia Nicosia on October 2, 2025: a 1-0 win thanks to a penalty kick from Nadiem Amiri. Another highlight was the 1-0 win against Zrinjski Mostar on October 23rd, where talented striker Nelson Weiper scored the decisive goal. However, there was a small moment of shock when the game had to be briefly interrupted because Nicosia supporters threw cups. Sports show shows that the further league phase games against Universitatea Craiova (Romania), Lech Poznan (Poland) and Samsunspor (Türkiye) are scheduled for December.
UEFA Conference League mode
The UEFA Conference League has a special mode: In the league phase, the 36 teams not only compete in home and away games, but also in a large table with six games against six different opponents. Mainz 05 is lucky not to have to play against teams from their own league. The best eight teams qualify directly for the round of 16, while places nine to 24 fight for the remaining places in the play-offs. Places 25 to 36 will be eliminated and the knockout games will then be played in a home and away format.
The upcoming games promise a lot of excitement and drama for the fans in Mainz. It remains to be seen how the team will fare in the duel with Fiorentina. The games in the UEFA Conference League not only offer 1. FSV Mainz 05 the chance to prove themselves on the international stage, but also to regain confidence in their own abilities and perhaps even experience one or two football miracles.
The season highlight, the final of the Conference League, will take place on May 27, 2026 in the RB Arena in Leipzig, which has space for 47,000 spectators. Whether Mainz can play a good role by then depends on the upcoming performances.