In 2012–13 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football.

It is the club's fourth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2.

Bundesliga at the conclusion of the 2008–09 season.

The club also takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where Mainz was eliminated in the quarter-final stage by fellow Bundesliga side SC Freiburg on 26 February 2013.

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