2012–13 Bundesliga#League table

{{Short description|50th season of the Bundesliga}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Bundesliga

| image = Bundesliga logo (2012).svg

| pixels = 220

| season = 2012–13

| dates = 24 August 2012 – 18 May 2013

| winners = Bayern Munich
22nd Bundesliga title
23rd German title

| relegated = Fortuna Düsseldorf
Greuther Fürth

| continentalcup1 = Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund
Bayer Leverkusen
Schalke 04

| continentalcup2 = Europa League

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = SC Freiburg
Eintracht Frankfurt
VfB Stuttgart (via domestic cup)

| league topscorer = Stefan Kießling
(25 goals)

| biggest home win = Bayern Munich 9–2 Hamburger SV

| biggest away win = Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–5 Bayern Munich
Werder Bremen 0–5 Borussia Dortmund
Greuther Fürth 1–6 Borussia Dortmund
Hannover 96 1–6 Bayern Munich

| highest scoring = Bayern Munich 9–2 Hamburger SV

| longest wins = 14 games
Bayern Munich

| longest unbeaten = 25 games
Bayern Munich

| longest losses = 6 games
1899 Hoffenheim

| longest winless = 17 games
Greuther Fürth

| matches = 306

| total goals = 898

| highest attendance = 80,645{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/_/league/ger.1/german-bundesliga?cc=5739 |title=German Bundesliga Stats – 2012–13 |publisher=ESPN Soccernet |access-date=24 August 2012 |archive-date=10 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210141848/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/_/league/ger.1/german-bundesliga?cc=5739 |url-status=dead }}
12 games

| lowest attendance = 14,425
Greuther Fürth 0–3 Mainz 05

| average attendance = 42,421{{cite web|url=http://www.bundesliga.de/de/statistik/saison/index.php |title=Allgemeine Statistiken |work=Fußball-Bundesliga |access-date=23 November 2012 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807074136/http://www.bundesliga.de/de/statistik/saison/index.php |archive-date=7 August 2012 }}

| prevseason = 2011–12

| nextseason = 2013–14

}}

The 2012–13 Bundesliga was the 50th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season began on 24 August 2012 with the season opening match at Westfalenstadion involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and SV Werder Bremen{{cite web|last=Bundesliga|first=Fussball|title=Matchdays and Fixtures|url=http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga/matches/2012/index.php?tag=1|work=Fußball-Bundesliga|access-date=22 July 2012|archive-date=30 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730201843/http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga/matches/2012/index.php?tag=1|url-status=dead}} and ended with the last games on 18 May 2013, with a winter break between the weekends around 15 December 2012 and 19 January 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/rahmenterminkalender-20122f13-562995/artikel|title=Rahmenterminkalender 2012/13|trans-title=2012–13 Preliminary Calendar|work=kicker.de|date=9 January 2012|access-date=26 March 2012|language=de}} Bayern Munich managed to secure the championship of the 2012–13 season after only 28 match days, beating their previous record by two matches.{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/apr/08/bayern-crowned-champions-party-mood|title= Bayern Munich are crowned champions but struggle to get into party mood|date=6 April 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=9 April 2013 }}{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22053686|title= Bayern Munich win Bundesliga title in record time|date=6 April 2013|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=11 April 2013 }}

The league comprises eighteen teams: The best fifteen teams of the 2011–12 season, the best two teams from the 2011–12 2. Bundesliga and the winners of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Bundesliga team and the third-placed 2. Bundesliga team.

Teams

1. FC Köln and 1. FC Kaiserslautern were relegated to the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga after finishing in one of the bottom two spots at the end of the 2011–12 season. Köln were relegated to the second level after four Bundesliga seasons, while Kaiserslautern ended a two-year tenure in the top flight.

The two relegated teams were replaced by SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Eintracht Frankfurt. Greuther Fürth made their Bundesliga debut while also returning to the top level after 49 seasons, as predecessors SpVgg Fürth missed out on qualification for the Bundesliga at the end of the 1962–63 season. In turn, Eintracht Frankfurt made an immediate comeback to the league after being relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season.

A further place in the league was determined by a two-legged play-off between Hertha BSC, the 16th-placed team of the 2011–12 season, and Fortuna Düsseldorf, the third-placed team of the 2011–12 2. Bundesliga. Düsseldorf won the play-off by 4–3 on aggregate; the club returned to the top level after 15 years in lower levels of the league pyramid. Hertha made only a cameo appearance in the league and immediately dropped back to the 2. Bundesliga.

=Stadiums and locations=

Promotees SpVgg Greuther Fürth expanded the capacity of their Trolli Arena to 18,000 spectators in order to guarantee all matches of the campaign being played at their own ground.{{cite news|title=Fürth trägt alle Heimspiele im Ronhof aus|url=https://www.kicker.de/fuerth-traegt-alle-heimspiele-im-ronhof-aus-569775/artikel|access-date=31 May 2012|newspaper=kicker Sportmagazin|date=30 May 2012|language=de}} Bayern Munich also expanded the capacity of their Allianz Arena by 2,000 people; the new total capacity for the ground is 71,000 spectators.{{cite news|title=71.000: Mehr Platz in Bayerns Wohnzimmer|url=https://www.kicker.de/71-000_mehr-platz-in-bayerns-wohnzimmer-574037/artikel|access-date=29 August 2012|newspaper=kicker Sportmagazin|date=29 August 2012|language=de}}

{{Location map+|Germany|width=325|float=right|caption=Locations of the 2012–13 Fußball-Bundesliga teams|places=

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=48.3225 |long=10.882222|label=Augsburg|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=48.218773|long=11.624760|label=Bayern Munich}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=53.065337|long=8.836722|label=Bremen}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=51.512139|long=7.463394|label=Dortmund}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=51.261593|long=6.733204|label=Düsseldorf}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=50.069206|long=8.644234|label=Eintr. Frankfurt}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=47.988945|long=7.892947|label=Freiburg}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=49.486958|long=10.999261|label=Gr. Fürth|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=53.587095|long=9.898711|label=Hamburg}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=52.360771|long=9.730700|label=Hannover|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=49.272168|long=8.840847|label=Hoffenheim|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=51.037708|long=7.002651|label=Leverkusen}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=50.000928|long=8.245731|label=Mainz|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=51.174530|long=6.385407|label=M'gladbach|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=49.426230|long=11.125740|label=Nürnberg|}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=51.554498|long=7.067554|label=Schalke|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=48.792295|long=9.232141|label=Stuttgart}}

{{Location map~|Germany|lat=52.421923|long=10.784980|label=Wolfsburg|position=bottom}}

}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
Team

! Location

! Stadium

! Capacity{{cite journal|last=Smentek|first=Klaus|date=8 August 2012|title=kicker Bundesliga Sonderheft 2012/13|journal=kicker Sportmagazin|publisher=Olympia Verlag|location=Nuremberg|issn=0948-7964|language=de|display-authors=etal}}

{{sort|Augsburg|FC Augsburg}}

|Augsburg

|SGL arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 30,660

Bayer Leverkusen

|Leverkusen

|BayArena

| style="text-align:center;"| 30,210

Bayern Munich

|Munich

|Allianz Arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 71,000

Borussia Dortmund

|Dortmund

|Signal Iduna Park

| style="text-align:center;"| 80,645

Borussia Mönchengladbach

|{{sort|Monchengladbach|Mönchengladbach}}

|Borussia-Park

| style="text-align:center;"| 54,010

{{sort|Frankfurt|Eintracht Frankfurt}}

|Frankfurt

|Commerzbank-Arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 51,500

{{sort|Fortuna Düsseldorf|Fortuna Düsseldorf}}

|Düsseldorf

|Esprit Arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 54,600

{{sort|Freiburg|SC Freiburg}}

|Freiburg

|Dreisamstadion

| style="text-align:center;"| 24,000

{{sort|Greuther Furth|SpVgg Greuther Fürth}}

|{{sort|Furth|Fürth}}

|Trolli Arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 18,000

Hamburger SV

|Hamburg

|Imtech Arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 57,000

Hannover 96

|Hanover

|AWD-Arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 49,000

{{sort|Hoffenheim|TSG 1899 Hoffenheim}}

|Sinsheim

|Rhein-Neckar Arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 30,150

{{sort|Mainz|Mainz 05}}

|Mainz

|Coface Arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 34,000

{{sort|Nurnberg|1. FC Nürnberg}}

|Nuremberg

|Frankenstadion

| style="text-align:center;"| 50,000{{cite web |url=http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien/index.php?head=Stadion-Nuernberg-vorerst-ohne-Namensgeber&folder=sites&site=news_detail&news_id=7847 |title=Stadion Nürnberg vorerst ohne Namensgeber – Stadien & Arenen |publisher=Stadionwelt.de |access-date=26 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017014809/http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien/index.php?head=Stadion-Nuernberg-vorerst-ohne-Namensgeber&folder=sites&site=news_detail&news_id=7847 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}

{{sort|Schalke|FC Schalke 04}}

|Gelsenkirchen

|Veltins-Arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 61,673

{{sort|Stuttgart|VfB Stuttgart}}

|Stuttgart

|Mercedes-Benz Arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 60,300

SV Werder Bremen

|Bremen

|Weserstadion

| style="text-align:center;"| 42,100

{{sort|Wolfsburg|VfL Wolfsburg}}

|Wolfsburg

|Volkswagen Arena

| style="text-align:center;"| 30,000

=Personnel and kits=

Borussia Dortmund changed their kit suppliers from Kappa to Puma, signing a contract through the 2019–20 season with the German sports brand.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} Furthermore, a couple of shirt sponsoring contracts were not renewed. VfB Stuttgart replaced the Gazi brand of dairy product company garmo with the banking section of automobile company Mercedes-Benz as their new shirt sponsors,{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}} and Fortuna Düsseldorf changed from home retail chain Bauhaus to discount phone company o.tel.o.

Three further clubs finalized new sponsoring contracts shortly before the first matches were played. Fraport chose not to renew their contract with Eintracht Frankfurt;{{cite news|title=Fraport AG: Eintracht Frankfurt verliert Hauptsponsor|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/fraport-ag-eintracht-frankfurt-verliert-hauptsponsor-11574743.html|access-date=10 May 2012|newspaper=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|date=21 December 2011|language=de}} the Hessian club announced a deal with brewery Krombacher at the end of July.{{Citation needed|date=September 2012}} Elsewhere, the agreements between 1. FC Nürnberg and Areva and between Werder Bremen and Targobank expired. Werder announced their new main sponsor to be poultry giant Wiesenhof in early August 2012, despite prolonged protests due to the company's suspected animal abuse.{{cite news|title=Werder in der Wiesenhof-Falle|url=http://www.ndr.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/werderbremen109.html|access-date=10 August 2012|language=de}} Finally, Nürnberg agreed to a multi-year contract with clothing retailers NKD just days before the start of the season.{{cite news|title=Club präsentiert neuen Trikotsponsor|url=http://www.br.de/franken/inhalt/aktuelles-aus-franken/nuernberg-club-trikotsponsor-neu-100.html|access-date=2 September 2012|newspaper=BR online|date=23 August 2012|language=de}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

!Manager

!Captain

!Kit manufacturer{{cite web|title=Laufsteg Bundesliga – schlicht, schnörkellos, signalstark|url=https://www.kicker.de/laufsteg-bundesliga---schlicht-schnoerkellos-signalstark-570700/slideshow|publisher=kicker Sportmagazin|access-date=12 July 2012|language=de}}

!Shirt sponsor

{{sort|Augsburg|FC Augsburg}}

| {{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Markus|Weinzierl}}

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} {{sortname|Paul|Verhaegh}}

| Jako

| AL-KO

Bayer Leverkusen

| {{flagicon|FIN}} {{sortname|Sami|Hyypiä}}
{{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Sascha|Lewandowski}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Simon|Rolfes}}

| adidas

| SunPower

Bayern Munich

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Jupp|Heynckes}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Philipp|Lahm}}

| Adidas

| T-Mobile

Borussia Dortmund

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Jürgen|Klopp}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Sebastian|Kehl}}

| Puma

| Evonik

Borussia Mönchengladbach

| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{sortname|Lucien|Favre}}

| {{flagicon|Belgium}} {{sortname|Filip|Daems}}

| Lotto

| Postbank

Eintracht Frankfurt

| {{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Armin|Veh}}

| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Pirmin|Schwegler}}

| Jako

| Krombacher

Fortuna Düsseldorf

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Norbert|Meier}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Andreas|Lambertz}}

| Puma

| o.tel.o

{{sort|Freiburg|SC Freiburg}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Christian|Streich}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Julian|Schuster}}

| Nike

| Ehrmann

{{sort|Greuther Furth|SpVgg Greuther Fürth}}

| {{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Frank |Kramer|Frank Kramer (footballer born 1972)}}

| {{flagicon|ALB}} {{sortname|Mërgim|Mavraj}}

| Jako

| Ergo Direkt

Hamburger SV

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Thorsten|Fink}}

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} {{sortname|Rafael van der|Vaart}}

| adidas

| Fly Emirates

Hannover 96

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Mirko|Slomka}}

| {{flagicon|United States}} {{sortname|Steve|Cherundolo}}

| Jako

| TUI

{{sort|Hoffenheim|TSG 1899 Hoffenheim}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Markus|Gisdol}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Andreas|Beck|Andreas Beck (footballer)}}

| Puma

| Suntech

{{sort|Mainz|1. FSV Mainz 05}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Thomas|Tuchel}}

| {{flagicon|Macedonia}} {{sortname|Nikolče|Noveski}}

| Nike

| Entega

{{sort|Nurnberg|1. FC Nürnberg}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Michael|Wiesinger}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Raphael|Schäfer}}

| adidas

| NKD

{{sort|Schalke|FC Schalke 04}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Jens|Keller}} (caretaker)

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Benedikt|Höwedes}}

| adidas

| Gazprom

{{sort|Stuttgart|VfB Stuttgart}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Bruno|Labbadia}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Serdar|Tasci}}

| Puma

| Mercedes-Benz Bank

SV Werder Bremen

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Wolfgang|Rolff}} (caretaker)

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Clemens|Fritz}}

| Nike

| Wiesenhof

{{sort|Wolfsburg|VfL Wolfsburg}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}} {{sortname|Dieter|Hecking}}

| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{sortname|Diego|Benaglio}}

| adidas

| Volkswagen/Golf/Golf GTI (in cup matches)

=Managerial changes=

class="wikitable"
Team

! Outgoing manager

! Manner of departure

! Date of vacancy

! Position in table

! Incoming manager

! Date of appointment

FC Augsburg

|{{flagicon|NED}} Jos Luhukay

|Resigned

|5 May 2012{{cite web|title=Luhukay beim FC Augsburg zurückgetreten|trans-title=Luhukay resigns at FC Augsburg|language=de|date=5 May 2012|access-date=5 May 2012|publisher=DFL|url=http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2011/0000211585.php|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017071418/http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2011/0000211585.php|url-status=dead}}

|Pre-season

|{{flagicon|GER}} Markus Weinzierl

|17 May 2012{{cite web|title=FCA-Trainer: Weinzierl wird's|trans-title=FCA manager: it's going to be Weinzierl|language=de|date=17 May 2012|access-date=17 May 2012|publisher=FC Augsburg|url=http://www.fcaugsburg.de/cms/website.php?sid=47529f7bd779437182631b87cb6c6815&id=/index/aktuell/news/data14625.htm|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017023107/http://www.fcaugsburg.de/cms/website.php?sid=47529f7bd779437182631b87cb6c6815&id=%2Findex%2Faktuell%2Fnews%2Fdata14625.htm|url-status=dead}}

VfL Wolfsburg

|{{flagicon|GER}} Felix Magath

|Mutual consent

|25 October 2012{{cite web|title=VfL Wolfsburg und Felix Magath trennen sich einvernehmlich.|trans-title=VfL Wolfsburg and Felix Magath separate amicably.|language=de|date=25 October 2012|access-date=25 October 2012|publisher=VfL Wolfsburg|url=https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/info/aktuelles/detailseite/artikel/zusammenarbeit-beendet.html}}

|18th

|{{flagicon|GER}} Dieter Hecking

|22 December 2012{{cite web|title=Wechsel perfekt! Hecking nach Wolfsburg|trans-title=Chance perfect: Hecking to Wolfsburg|language=de|date=22 December 2012|access-date=22 December 2012|publisher=Bild|url=http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/dieter-hecking/wechsel-nach-wolfsburg-perfekt-27777896.bild.html}}

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

|{{flagicon|GER}} Markus Babbel

|Sacked

|3 December 2012{{cite web|title=Hoffenheim beurlaubt Babbel – Kramer übernimmt|trans-title=Hoffenheim sacks Babbel – Kramer takes over|language=de|date=3 December 2012|access-date=3 December 2012|publisher=DFL|url=http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2012/0000232115.php|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017071406/http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2012/0000232115.php|url-status=dead}}

|16th

|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Kurz

|1 January 2013{{cite web|title=Marco Kurz unveiled as new Hoffenheim boss|date=18 December 2012|access-date=18 December 2012|publisher=TSG 1899 Hoffenheim|url=http://www.achtzehn99.de/marco-kurz-unveiled-as-new-hoffenheim-boss/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417101334/http://www.achtzehn99.de/marco-kurz-unveiled-as-new-hoffenheim-boss|archive-date=17 April 2013|url-status=dead}}

Schalke 04

|{{flagicon|NED}} Huub Stevens

|Sacked

|16 December 2012{{cite web|title=FC Schalke 04 beurlaubt Huub Stevens – Jens Keller übernimmt|trans-title=FC Schalke 04 sacks Hubb Stevens – Jens Keller takes over|language=de|date=16 December 2012|access-date=16 December 2012|publisher=DFL|url=http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2012/0000233994.php|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017071411/http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2012/0000233994.php|url-status=dead}}

|7th

|{{flagicon|GER}} Jens Keller

|16 December 2012

1. FC Nürnberg

|{{flagicon|GER}} Dieter Hecking

|Signed by VfL Wolfsburg

|22 December 2012{{cite web|title=Dieter Hecking verlässt den Club|trans-title=Dieter Hecking quits the Club|language=de|date=22 December 2012|access-date=22 December 2012|publisher=fcn.de|url=http://www.fcn.de/news/artikel/hecking-verlaesst-club/}}

|14th

|{{flagicon|GER}} Michael Wiesinger

|24 December 2012{{cite web|title=Fix: Wiesinger übernimmt für Hecking|trans-title=Fix: Wiesinger übernimmt für Hecking|language=de|date=24 December 2012|access-date=24 December 2012|publisher=Kicker|url=https://www.kicker.de/fix_wiesinger-uebernimmt-fuer-hecking-579550/artikel}}

Greuther Fürth

|{{flagicon|GER}} Mike Büskens

|Sacked

|20 February 2013{{cite web|title=Fürth trennt sich von Trainer Mike Büskens|trans-title=Fürth separates from manager Mike Büskens|language=de|date=20 February 2013|access-date=20 February 2013|publisher=DFL|url=http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2012/0000241931.php|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017071401/http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2012/0000241931.php|url-status=dead}}

|18th

|{{flagicon|GER}} Frank Kramer

|11 March 2013{{cite web|title=Das Kleeblatt verpflichtet Frank Kramer|language=de|date=11 March 2013|access-date=11 March 2013|publisher=greuther-fuerth.de|url=http://www.greuther-fuerth.de/aktuell/aktuelle-news/news-detail/article/das-kleeblatt-verpflichtet-frank-kramer.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314101218/http://www.greuther-fuerth.de/aktuell/aktuelle-news/news-detail/article/das-kleeblatt-verpflichtet-frank-kramer.html|archive-date=14 March 2013|url-status=dead}}

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Kurz

|Sacked

|2 April 2013{{cite web|title=Aus für Müller und Kurz! Mit Gisdol "zurück zu den Wurzeln"|language=de|date=2 April 2013|access-date=3 April 2013|publisher=Kicker|url=https://www.kicker.de/aus-fuer-mueller-und-kurz-mit-gisdol-zurueck-zu-den-wurzeln-584111/artikel}}

|17th

|{{flagicon|GER}} Markus Gisdol

|2 April 2013

Werder Bremen

|{{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Schaaf

|Mutual consent

|15 May 2013{{cite web|title=Werder Bremen part ways with coach Schaaf|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-werder-bremen-part-ways-coach-schaaf-14-083450336.html|publisher=sports.yahoo.com|access-date=15 May 2013}}

|14th

|{{flagicon|GER}} Wolfgang Rolff

|15 May 2013

League table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

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|team2=BVB|name_BVB=Borussia Dortmund

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|team6=SGE|name_SGE=Eintracht Frankfurt

|team7=HSV|name_HSV=Hamburger SV

|team8=BMG|name_BMG=Borussia Mönchengladbach

|team9=H96|name_H96=Hannover 96

|team10=FCN|name_FCN=1. FC Nürnberg

|team11=WOB|name_WOB=VfL Wolfsburg

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|team13=M05|name_M05=Mainz 05

|team14=SVW|name_SVW=Werder Bremen

|team15=FCA|name_FCA=FC Augsburg

|team16=TSG|name_TSG=1899 Hoffenheim

|team17=F95|name_F95=Fortuna Düsseldorf

|team18=SGF|name_SGF=Greuther Fürth

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|win_BVB=19|draw_BVB=9|loss_BVB=6|gf_BVB=81|ga_BVB=42

|win_B04=19|draw_B04=8|loss_B04=7|gf_B04=65|ga_B04=39

|win_S04=16|draw_S04=7|loss_S04=11|gf_S04=58|ga_S04=50

|win_SCF=14|draw_SCF=9|loss_SCF=11|gf_SCF=45|ga_SCF=40

|win_SGE=14|draw_SGE=9|loss_SGE=11|gf_SGE=49|ga_SGE=46

|win_HSV=14|draw_HSV=6|loss_HSV=14|gf_HSV=42|ga_HSV=53

|win_BMG=12|draw_BMG=11|loss_BMG=11|gf_BMG=45|ga_BMG=49

|win_H96=13|draw_H96=6|loss_H96=15|gf_H96=60|ga_H96=62

|win_FCN=11|draw_FCN=11|loss_FCN=12|gf_FCN=39|ga_FCN=47

|win_WOB=10|draw_WOB=13|loss_WOB=11|gf_WOB=47|ga_WOB=52

|win_VFB=12|draw_VFB=7|loss_VFB=15|gf_VFB=37|ga_VFB=55

|win_M05=10|draw_M05=12|loss_M05=12|gf_M05=42|ga_M05=44

|win_SVW=8|draw_SVW=10|loss_SVW=16|gf_SVW=50|ga_SVW=66

|win_FCA=8|draw_FCA=9|loss_FCA=17|gf_FCA=33|ga_FCA=51

|win_TSG=8|draw_TSG=7|loss_TSG=19|gf_TSG=42|ga_TSG=67|status_TSG=O

|win_F95=7|draw_F95=9|loss_F95=18|gf_F95=39|ga_F95=57|status_F95=R

|win_SGF=4|draw_SGF=9|loss_SGF=21|gf_SGF=26|ga_SGF=60|status_SGF=R

|col_CLGS=green1|text_CLGS=Qualification for the Champions League group stage

|result1=CLGS|result2=CLGS|result3=CLGS

|col_CLPO=green2|text_CLPO=Qualification for the Champions League play-off round

|result4=CLPO

|col_ELGS=blue1|text_ELGS=Qualification for the Europa League group stage

|result5=ELGS

|col_ELPO=blue2|text_ELPO=Qualification for the Europa League play-off round

|result6=ELPO

|col_EL3Q=blue3|text_EL3Q={{nowrap|Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round}}

|note_res_EL3Q=VfB Stuttgart qualified for the Europa League by playing Champions League-qualified Bayern Munich in the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal final. Since they lost, they entered the third qualifying round, and the fifth- and sixth-placed team of the 2012–13 Bundesliga entered the group stage and play-off round respectively.

|result12=EL3Q

|col_Q=red2|text_Q=Qualification for the relegation play-offs

|result16=Q

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

|result17=R|result18=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|source=[http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga/tabelle/ Bundesliga.de], [https://www.kicker.de/bundesliga/spieltag/2012-13 kicker.de]

|update=complete

}}

Results

{{#invoke:Sports results|main

| source = [https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fcompetitions%2F12%2Fseasons%2F9024%2Fmatchday%2F34 DFB]

| update = complete

| matches_style = FBR

| team1 = FCA | name_FCA = FC Augsburg

| team2 = SVW | name_SVW = Werder Bremen

| team3 = BVB | name_BVB = Borussia Dortmund

| team4 = F95 | name_F95 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

| team5 = SGE | name_SGE = Eintracht Frankfurt

| team6 = SCF | name_SCF = SC Freiburg

| team7 = SGF | name_SGF = Greuther Fürth

| team8 = HSV | name_HSV = Hamburger SV

| team9 = H96 | name_H96 = Hannover 96

| team10 = TSG | name_TSG = 1899 Hoffenheim

| team11 = B04 | name_B04 = Bayer Leverkusen

| team12 = M05 | name_M05 = Mainz 05

| team13 = BMG | name_BMG = Borussia Mönchengladbach

| team14 = FCB | name_FCB = Bayern Munich

| team15 = FCN | name_FCN = 1. FC Nürnberg

| team16 = S04 | name_S04 = Schalke 04

| team17 = VFB | name_VFB = VfB Stuttgart

| team18 = WOB | name_WOB = VfL Wolfsburg

| match_FCA_SVW = 3–1

| match_FCA_BVB = 1–3

| match_FCA_F95 = 0–2

| match_FCA_SGE = 2–0

| match_FCA_SCF = 1–1

| match_FCA_SGF = 3–1

| match_FCA_HSV = 0–2

| match_FCA_H96 = 0–2

| match_FCA_TSG = 2–1

| match_FCA_B04 = 1–3

| match_FCA_M05 = 1–1

| match_FCA_BMG = 1–1

| match_FCA_FCB = 0–2

| match_FCA_FCN = 1–2

| match_FCA_S04 = 0–0

| match_FCA_VFB = 3–0

| match_FCA_WOB = 0–0

| match_SVW_FCA = 0–1

| match_SVW_BVB = 0–5

| match_SVW_F95 = 2–1

| match_SVW_SGE = 1–1

| match_SVW_SCF = 2–3

| match_SVW_SGF = 2–2

| match_SVW_HSV = 2–0

| match_SVW_H96 = 2–0

| match_SVW_TSG = 2–2

| match_SVW_B04 = 1–4

| match_SVW_M05 = 2–1

| match_SVW_BMG = 4–0

| match_SVW_FCB = 0–2

| match_SVW_FCN = 1–1

| match_SVW_S04 = 0–2

| match_SVW_VFB = 2–2

| match_SVW_WOB = 0–3

| match_BVB_FCA = 4–2

| match_BVB_SVW = 2–1

| match_BVB_F95 = 1–1

| match_BVB_SGE = 3–0

| match_BVB_SCF = 5–1

| match_BVB_SGF = 3–1

| match_BVB_HSV = 1–4

| match_BVB_H96 = 3–1

| match_BVB_TSG = 1–2

| match_BVB_B04 = 3–0

| match_BVB_M05 = 2–0

| match_BVB_BMG = 5–0

| match_BVB_FCB = 1–1

| match_BVB_FCN = 3–0

| match_BVB_S04 = 1–2

| match_BVB_VFB = 0–0

| match_BVB_WOB = 2–3

| match_F95_FCA = 2–3

| match_F95_SVW = 2–2

| match_F95_BVB = 1–2

| match_F95_SGE = 4–0

| match_F95_SCF = 0–0

| match_F95_SGF = 1–0

| match_F95_HSV = 2–0

| match_F95_H96 = 2–1

| match_F95_TSG = 1–1

| match_F95_B04 = 1–4

| match_F95_M05 = 1–1

| match_F95_BMG = 0–0

| match_F95_FCB = 0–5

| match_F95_FCN = 1–2

| match_F95_S04 = 2–2

| match_F95_VFB = 3–1

| match_F95_WOB = 1–4

| match_SGE_FCA = 4–2

| match_SGE_SVW = 4–1

| match_SGE_BVB = 3–3

| match_SGE_F95 = 3–1

| match_SGE_SCF = 2–1

| match_SGE_SGF = 1–1

| match_SGE_HSV = 3–2

| match_SGE_H96 = 3–1

| match_SGE_TSG = 2–1

| match_SGE_B04 = 2–1

| match_SGE_M05 = 1–3

| match_SGE_BMG = 0–1

| match_SGE_FCB = 0–1

| match_SGE_FCN = 0–0

| match_SGE_S04 = 1–0

| match_SGE_VFB = 1–2

| match_SGE_WOB = 2–2

| match_SCF_FCA = 2–0

| match_SCF_SVW = 1–2

| match_SCF_BVB = 0–2

| match_SCF_F95 = 1–0

| match_SCF_SGE = 0–0

| match_SCF_SGF = 1–0

| match_SCF_HSV = 0–0

| match_SCF_H96 = 3–1

| match_SCF_TSG = 5–3

| match_SCF_B04 = 0–0

| match_SCF_M05 = 1–1

| match_SCF_BMG = 2–0

| match_SCF_FCB = 0–2

| match_SCF_FCN = 3–0

| match_SCF_S04 = 1–2

| match_SCF_VFB = 3–0

| match_SCF_WOB = 2–5

| match_SGF_FCA = 1–1

| match_SGF_SVW = 1–1

| match_SGF_BVB = 1–6

| match_SGF_F95 = 0–2

| match_SGF_SGE = 2–3

| match_SGF_SCF = 1–2

| match_SGF_HSV = 0–1

| match_SGF_H96 = 2–3

| match_SGF_TSG = 0–3

| match_SGF_B04 = 0–0

| match_SGF_M05 = 0–3

| match_SGF_BMG = 2–4

| match_SGF_FCB = 0–3

| match_SGF_FCN = 0–0

| match_SGF_S04 = 0–2

| match_SGF_VFB = 0–1

| match_SGF_WOB = 0–1

| match_HSV_FCA = 0–1

| match_HSV_SVW = 3–2

| match_HSV_BVB = 3–2

| match_HSV_F95 = 2–1

| match_HSV_SGE = 0–2

| match_HSV_SCF = 0–1

| match_HSV_SGF = 1–1

| match_HSV_H96 = 1–0

| match_HSV_TSG = 2–0

| match_HSV_B04 = 0–1

| match_HSV_M05 = 1–0

| match_HSV_BMG = 1–0

| match_HSV_FCB = 0–3

| match_HSV_FCN = 0–1

| match_HSV_S04 = 3–1

| match_HSV_VFB = 0–1

| match_HSV_WOB = 1–1

| match_H96_FCA = 2–0

| match_H96_SVW = 3–2

| match_H96_BVB = 1–1

| match_H96_F95 = 3–0

| match_H96_SGE = 0–0

| match_H96_SCF = 1–2

| match_H96_SGF = 2–0

| match_H96_HSV = 5–1

| match_H96_TSG = 1–0

| match_H96_B04 = 3–2

| match_H96_M05 = 2–2

| match_H96_BMG = 2–3

| match_H96_FCB = 1–6

| match_H96_FCN = 4–1

| match_H96_S04 = 2–2

| match_H96_VFB = 0–0

| match_H96_WOB = 2–1

| match_TSG_FCA = 0–0

| match_TSG_SVW = 1–4

| match_TSG_BVB = 1–3

| match_TSG_F95 = 3–0

| match_TSG_SGE = 0–4

| match_TSG_SCF = 2–1

| match_TSG_SGF = 3–3

| match_TSG_HSV = 1–4

| match_TSG_H96 = 3–1

| match_TSG_B04 = 1–2

| match_TSG_M05 = 0–0

| match_TSG_BMG = 0–0

| match_TSG_FCB = 0–1

| match_TSG_FCN = 2–1

| match_TSG_S04 = 3–2

| match_TSG_VFB = 0–1

| match_TSG_WOB = 1–3

| match_B04_FCA = 2–1

| match_B04_SVW = 1–0

| match_B04_BVB = 2–3

| match_B04_F95 = 3–2

| match_B04_SGE = 3–1

| match_B04_SCF = 2–0

| match_B04_SGF = 2–0

| match_B04_HSV = 3–0

| match_B04_H96 = 3–1

| match_B04_TSG = 5–0

| match_B04_M05 = 2–2

| match_B04_BMG = 1–1

| match_B04_FCB = 1–2

| match_B04_FCN = 1–0

| match_B04_S04 = 2–0

| match_B04_VFB = 2–1

| match_B04_WOB = 1–1

| match_M05_FCA = 2–0

| match_M05_SVW = 1–1

| match_M05_BVB = 1–2

| match_M05_F95 = 1–0

| match_M05_SGE = 0–0

| match_M05_SCF = 0–0

| match_M05_SGF = 0–1

| match_M05_HSV = 1–2

| match_M05_H96 = 2–1

| match_M05_TSG = 3–0

| match_M05_B04 = 1–0

| match_M05_BMG = 2–4

| match_M05_FCB = 0–3

| match_M05_FCN = 2–1

| match_M05_S04 = 2–2

| match_M05_VFB = 3–1

| match_M05_WOB = 1–1

| match_BMG_FCA = 1–0

| match_BMG_SVW = 1–1

| match_BMG_BVB = 1–1

| match_BMG_F95 = 2–1

| match_BMG_SGE = 2–0

| match_BMG_SCF = 1–1

| match_BMG_SGF = 1–0

| match_BMG_HSV = 2–2

| match_BMG_H96 = 1–0

| match_BMG_TSG = 2–1

| match_BMG_B04 = 3–3

| match_BMG_M05 = 2–0

| match_BMG_FCB = 3–4

| match_BMG_FCN = 2–3

| match_BMG_S04 = 0–1

| match_BMG_VFB = 1–2

| match_BMG_WOB = 2–0

| match_FCB_FCA = 3–0

| match_FCB_SVW = 6–1

| match_FCB_BVB = 1–1

| match_FCB_F95 = 3–2

| match_FCB_SGE = 2–0

| match_FCB_SCF = 1–0

| match_FCB_SGF = 2–0

| match_FCB_HSV = 9–2

| match_FCB_H96 = 5–0

| match_FCB_TSG = 2–0

| match_FCB_B04 = 1–2

| match_FCB_M05 = 3–1

| match_FCB_BMG = 1–1

| match_FCB_FCN = 4–0

| match_FCB_S04 = 4–0

| match_FCB_VFB = 6–1

| match_FCB_WOB = 3–0

| match_FCN_FCA = 0–0

| match_FCN_SVW = 3–2

| match_FCN_BVB = 1–1

| match_FCN_F95 = 2–0

| match_FCN_SGE = 1–2

| match_FCN_SCF = 1–1

| match_FCN_SGF = 0–1

| match_FCN_HSV = 1–1

| match_FCN_H96 = 2–2

| match_FCN_TSG = 4–2

| match_FCN_B04 = 0–2

| match_FCN_M05 = 2–1

| match_FCN_BMG = 2–1

| match_FCN_FCB = 1–1

| match_FCN_S04 = 3–0

| match_FCN_VFB = 0–2

| match_FCN_WOB = 1–0

| match_S04_FCA = 3–1

| match_S04_SVW = 2–1

| match_S04_BVB = 2–1

| match_S04_F95 = 2–1

| match_S04_SGE = 1–1

| match_S04_SCF = 1–3

| match_S04_SGF = 1–2

| match_S04_HSV = 4–1

| match_S04_H96 = 5–4

| match_S04_TSG = 3–0

| match_S04_B04 = 2–2

| match_S04_M05 = 3–0

| match_S04_BMG = 1–1

| match_S04_FCB = 0–2

| match_S04_FCN = 1–0

| match_S04_VFB = 1–2

| match_S04_WOB = 3–0

| match_VFB_FCA = 2–1

| match_VFB_SVW = 1–4

| match_VFB_BVB = 1–2

| match_VFB_F95 = 0–0

| match_VFB_SGE = 2–1

| match_VFB_SCF = 2–1

| match_VFB_SGF = 0–2

| match_VFB_HSV = 0–1

| match_VFB_H96 = 2–4

| match_VFB_TSG = 0–3

| match_VFB_B04 = 2–2

| match_VFB_M05 = 2–2

| match_VFB_BMG = 2–0

| match_VFB_FCB = 0–2

| match_VFB_FCN = 1–1

| match_VFB_S04 = 3–1

| match_VFB_WOB = 0–1

| match_WOB_FCA = 1–1

| match_WOB_SVW = 1–1

| match_WOB_BVB = 3–3

| match_WOB_F95 = 1–1

| match_WOB_SGE = 0–2

| match_WOB_SCF = 0–2

| match_WOB_SGF = 1–1

| match_WOB_HSV = 1–1

| match_WOB_H96 = 0–4

| match_WOB_TSG = 2–2

| match_WOB_B04 = 3–1

| match_WOB_M05 = 0–2

| match_WOB_BMG = 3–1

| match_WOB_FCB = 0–2

| match_WOB_FCN = 2–2

| match_WOB_S04 = 1–4

| match_WOB_VFB = 2–0

}}

Relegation play-offs

1899 Hoffenheim as the 16th-placed team faced the 3rd-placed 2012–13 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern in a two-legged play-off.

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2013|5|23|df=y}}

| time = 20:30 CEST

| team1 = 1899 Hoffenheim

| team2 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| score = 3–1

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Rhein-Neckar Arena, Sinsheim

| attendance = 30,135

| referee = Felix Brych (Munich)

| report = [https://www.kicker.de/hoffenheim-gegen-klautern-2013-bundesliga-relegation-1876167/analyse Report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2013|5|27|df=y}}

| time = 20:30 CEST

| team1 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| team2 = 1899 Hoffenheim

| score = 1–2

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

| attendance = 49,780

| referee = Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

| report = [https://www.kicker.de/klautern-gegen-hoffenheim-2013-bundesliga-relegation-1876168/analyse Report]

}}

1899 Hoffenheim won 5–2 on aggregate and retained its Bundesliga spot for the 2013–14 season.

Season statistics

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

=Top scorers=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals{{cite web |url=http://www.weltfussball.de/torjaeger/bundesliga-2012-2013/ |title=Bundesliga 2012/2013 » Goals |language=de}}

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Stefan Kießling

|align="left"|Bayer Leverkusen

|25

2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|POL}} Robert Lewandowski

|align="left"|Borussia Dortmund

|24

3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Meier

|align="left"|Eintracht Frankfurt

|16

rowspan="2"|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BIH}} Vedad Ibišević

|align="left"|VfB Stuttgart

|15

align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Mario Mandžukić

|align="left"|Bayern Munich

|15

6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Reus

|align="left"|Borussia Dortmund

|14

rowspan="2"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Müller

|align="left"|Bayern Munich

|13

align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Ádám Szalai

|align="left"|Mainz 05

|13

rowspan="3"|9

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SEN}} Mame Biram Diouf

|align="left"|Hannover 96

|12

align="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Artjoms Rudņevs

|align="left"|Hamburger SV

|12

align="left"|{{flagicon|KOR}} Son Heung-Min

|align="left"|Hamburger SV

|12

{{col-2}}

{{col-end}}

=Hat-tricks=

class="wikitable sortable"
PlayerForAgainststyle="text-align:center"| ResultDate
{{flagicon|HUN}} {{sortname|Ádám|Szalai}}1. FSV Mainz 051899 Hoffenheimstyle="text-align:center;"| 3–0{{cite news |title=Mainz 3–0 TSG Hoffenheim |url=http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/346329/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739 |publisher=ESPN FC |date=27 October 2012 |access-date=27 October 2012}}{{dts|format=dmy|2012|10|27}}
{{flagicon|AUT}} {{sortname|Marko|Arnautović}}Werder Bremen1899 Hoffenheimstyle="text-align:center;"| 4–1{{cite news |title=Arnautovic hat-trick inspires Werder |url=http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/346277/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739 |publisher=ESPN FC |date=2 November 2012 |access-date=3 November 2012}}{{dts|format=dmy|2012|12|2}}
{{flagicon|BIH}} {{sortname|Vedad|Ibišević}}VfB StuttgartSchalke 04style="text-align:center;"| 3–1{{cite news |title=VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Schalke 04 |url=http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/346265/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739 |publisher=ESPN FC |date=8 December 2012 |access-date=8 December 2012}}{{dts|format=dmy|2012|12|8}}
{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Marco|Reus}}Borussia DortmundEintracht Frankfurtstyle="text-align:center;"| 3–0{{cite news |title=Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt |url=http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/346209/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739 |publisher=ESPN FC |date=16 February 2013 |access-date=16 February 2013}}{{dts|format=dmy|2013|2|16}}
{{flagicon|PER}} {{sortname|Claudio|Pizarro}}4Bayern MunichHamburger SVstyle="text-align:center;"| 9–2{{cite news |title=Bayern Munich 9–2 Hamburger SV |url=http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/346165/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739 |publisher=ESPN FC |date=30 March 2013 |access-date=30 March 2013}}{{dts|format=dmy|2013|3|30}}
{{flagicon|NED}} {{sortname|Klaas-Jan|Huntelaar}}Schalke 04Hamburger SVstyle="text-align:center;"| 4–1{{cite web |title=Schalke 04 4–1 Hamburger SV |url=http://espnfc.com/en/report/346128/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=4716 |publisher=ESPN FC |date=28 April 2013 |access-date=12 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023105013/http://espnfc.com/en/report/346128/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=4716 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{dts|format=dmy|2013|4|28}}
{{flagicon|SWE}} {{sortname|Branimir|Hrgota}}Borussia Mönchengladbach1. FSV Mainz 05style="text-align:center;"| 4–2{{cite news |title=Mainz 2–4 Borussia Monchengladbach |url=http://espnfc.com/en/report/346109/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=4716 |publisher=ESPN FC |date=11 May 2013 |access-date=12 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023105011/http://espnfc.com/en/report/346109/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=4716 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{dts|format=dmy|2013|5|11}}

  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

References

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