Editing 1. FSV Mainz 05 (section)

===Play during the Nazi era===
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the club played in the [[Bezirksliga Main-Hessen]]&nbsp;– Gruppe Hessen, and the results included first-place finishes in 1932 and 1933. The results merited the team a place in the [[Gauliga Südwest]], one of 16 new first-division leagues formed in the re-organization of German football under the [[Third Reich]]. The club played only a single season at that level before being relegated, due to the high intensity play that they were unable to keep up with.{{vague|date=January 2024}} Karl Scherm scored in 23 out of 44 matches with Mainz during his last season. In 1938, Mainz was forced into a merger with Reichsbahn SV Mainz and played as '''Reichsbahn SV Mainz 05''' until the end of [[World War II]].<ref name="Anfang"/>