Editing Mainz (section)

==Sports==
The local football club [[1. FSV Mainz 05]] has a long history in the German football leagues. Since 2004 it has competed in the [[Bundesliga]] (First German soccer league) except a break in second level in 2007–08 season. Mainz is closely associated with renowned coach [[Jürgen Klopp]], who spent the vast majority of his playing career at the club and was also the manager for seven years, leading the club to Bundesliga football for the first time. After leaving Mainz Klopp went on to win two Bundesliga titles and reaching a [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] final with [[Borussia Dortmund]]. In the summer of 2011, the club opened its new stadium called [[Coface Arena]], which was later renamed Opel Arena. Further relevant football clubs are [[TSV Schott Mainz]],<ref name="TSV SCHOTT Mainz-2022">{{cite web |title=Sport ist unsere Leidenschaft |website=TSV SCHOTT Mainz |date=24 September 2022 |url=https://tsvschott.de/ |language=de |access-date=30 January 2023 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130221207/https://tsvschott.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[SV Gonsenheim]],<ref name="SV 1919 Gonsenheim e.V.-2022">{{cite web |title=SV 1919 Gonsenheim e.V. |website=SV 1919 Gonsenheim e.V. |date=11 August 2022 |url=https://sv-gonsenheim.de/ |language=de |access-date=30 January 2023 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130221211/https://sv-gonsenheim.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Fontana Finthen,<ref name="Fontana Finthen eV">{{cite web |title=Fontana Finthen eV |website=Fontana Finthen eV |url=http://www.fontana-finthen.de/ |language=de |access-date=30 January 2023 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130034927/http://www.fontana-finthen.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref> FC Fortuna Mombach<ref name="FC Fortuna Mombach 1975 e.V.-1970">{{cite web |title=Startseite |website=FC Fortuna Mombach 1975 e.V. |date=1 January 1970 |url=http://www.fortuna-mombach.de/ |language=de |access-date=30 January 2023 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130221205/http://www.fortuna-mombach.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and FVgg Mombach 03.<ref name="FVgg. 1903 Mainz-Mombach e.V.">{{cite web |title=Fußball aus Leidenschaft |website=FVgg. 1903 Mainz-Mombach e.V. |url=https://www.mombach03.de/ |language=de |access-date=30 January 2023 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130221206/https://www.mombach03.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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The local wrestling club ASV Mainz 1888 is currently in the top division of team wrestling in Germany, the [[Bundesliga (wrestling)|Bundesliga]]. In 1973, 1977, 2012 and 2023 the ASV Mainz 1888 won the German championship.<ref name="Fasel">{{cite web |last=Fasel |first=Torben |title=ASV Mainz 88 |website=ASV Mainz 88 |url=https://www.mainz88.de/verein/erfolge/index.html |language=de |access-date=30 January 2023 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130221503/https://www.mainz88.de/verein/erfolge/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2007 the [[Mainz Athletics]] won the [[German champions (baseball)#German Men's Champions|German Men's Championship in baseball]].<ref name="Mainz Athletics-1989">{{cite web |title=Home page |website=Mainz Athletics |date=31 December 1989 |url=https://www.mainz-athletics.de/ |language=de |access-date=30 January 2023 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130221603/https://www.mainz-athletics.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Landeshauptstadt Mainz-2015">{{cite web |title=Baseball – Mainz Athletics < 1. Bundesliga |website=Landeshauptstadt Mainz |date=23 March 2015 |url=https://www.mainz.de/freizeit-und-sport/mainz-athletics.php |language=de |access-date=30 January 2023 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130221715/https://www.mainz.de/freizeit-und-sport/mainz-athletics.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

As a result of the 2008 invasion of Georgia by Russian troops, Mainz acted as a neutral venue for the Georgian Vs Republic of Ireland football game.<ref name="Meuren-2008">{{cite news |last=Meuren |first=Daniel |title=1:2 gegen Irland: Georgier kraftlos im Exil |website=[[FAZ.NET]] |date=7 September 2008 |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/fussball/1-2-gegen-irland-georgier-kraftlos-im-exil-1699290.html |language=de |access-date=30 January 2023 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130222021/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/fussball/1-2-gegen-irland-georgier-kraftlos-im-exil-1699290.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The biggest basketball club in the city is the ASC Theresianum Mainz. Its men's team is playing in the Regionalliga and its women's team is playing in the 2.DBBL.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asc-theresianum-mainz.de/ |title=ASC Theresianum Mainz Basketball &#124; |publisher=Asc-theresianum-mainz.de |date=13 April 2018 |access-date=10 December 2014 |archive-date=18 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203939/http://www.asc-theresianum-mainz.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===USC Mainz===
'''Universitäts-Sportclub Mainz''' (University Sports Club Mainz) is a German sports club based in Mainz (Germany). It was founded on 9 September 1959<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usc-mainz.de/ |title=Universitäts Sportclub Mainz: USC Mainz |website=www.usc-mainz.de |access-date=31 January 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131161535/https://www.usc-mainz.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref> by Berno Wischmann primarily for students of the University of Mainz. It is considered one of the most powerful Athletics Sports clubs in Germany. 50 athletes of USC have distinguished themselves in a half-century in club history at Olympic Games, World and European Championships. In particular in the decathlon dominated USC athletes for decades: Already at the European Championships in Budapest in 1966, Mainz won three (Werner von Moltke, Jörg Mattheis and Horst Beyer) all decathlon medals. In the all-time list of the USC, there are nine athletes who have achieved more than 8,000 points – at the head of Siegfried Wentz (8762 points in 1983) and Guido Kratschmer (1980 world record with 8667 points). The most successful athlete of the association is more fighter, sprinter and long jumper Ingrid Becker (Olympic champion in 1968 in the pentathlon and Olympic champion in 1972 in the 4 × 100 Metres Relay and European champion in 1971 in the long jump). The most famous athletes of the present are the sprinter Marion Wagner (world champion in 2001 in the 4 × 100 Metres Relay) and the pole vaulters Carolin Hingst (Eighth of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing) and Anna Battke.<ref name="Universitäts Sportclub Mainz">{{cite web |title=Universitäts Sportclub Mainz: Olympiateilnehmer |website=Universitäts Sportclub Mainz |url=https://www.usc-mainz.de/der-club/historie/olympiateilnehmer.html |language=de |access-date=31 January 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131135622/https://www.usc-mainz.de/der-club/historie/olympiateilnehmer.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Three world titles adorn the balance of USC Mainz. For the discus thrower, Lars Riedel attended (1991 and 1993) and the already mentioned sprinter Marion Wagner (2001). Added to 5 titles at the European Championships, a total of 65 international medals and 260 victories at the German Athletics Championships.<ref>Peter H. Eisenhuth in der Mainzer Rhein-Zeitung 9 September 2009.</ref>

The players of USC's basketball section played from the season 1968/69 to the season 1974/75 in the National Basketball League (BBL) of the German Basketball Federation (DBB). As a finalist to winning the DBB Cup in 1971 USC Mainz played in the [[1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup]] against the Italian Cup winners of [[Fides Napoli]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72 |url=http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/C2_72.htm |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=Linguasport |archive-date=28 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228154153/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/C2_72.htm |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

===Mainz Athletics===
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The '''Baseball and Softball Club Mainz Athletics''' is a German baseball and softball club located in the city of Mainz in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]. The Athletics is one of the largest clubs in the [[Bundesliga (baseball)|Baseball-Bundesliga Süd]] in terms of membership, claiming to have hundreds of active players. The club has played in the Baseball-Bundesliga for more than two decades and has won the German Championship in 2007 and 2016.