Editing 1. FSV Mainz 05 (section)

==Reserve team==
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The club's reserve team, Mainz 05 II, has also, with the rise of the senior side to Bundesliga level, risen through the ranks.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='has also, with the rise... risen through the ranks'?}} The team first reached Oberliga level in 1999, followed by promotion to the Regionalliga in 2003.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} After playing there for two seasons, the team dropped to the Oberliga once more.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='once more'? but this is the first time to drop?}}{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In 2008, it won promotion to the [[Regionalliga West]] again and when this league was reduced in size in 2012, it entered the new [[Regionalliga Südwest]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} A third-place finish in this league in 2014 allowed the team to enter the promotion round to the [[3. Liga]], where it was successful against the [[Regionalliga Nordost]] champions and played at this level in 2014–15.