# 2012–13 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 2012–13 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 113th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's first season back in this league and 44th overall, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2012. Finishing the domestic season in sixth position, Eintracht qualified for the UEFA Europa League 2013–14.
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it was knocked out by 2. Bundesliga side Erzgebirge Aue.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 48 | |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 47 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |

#### Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Bayern Munich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Schalke 04 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| SC Freiburg | 11 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Hamburger SV | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Hannover 96 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 7 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Mainz 05 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Werder Bremen | 14 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| FC Augsburg | 17 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 12 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 18 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
* Leader
* 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group stage
* 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
* 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
* 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
* Qualification to relegation playoffs
* Relegation to 2014–15 2. Bundesliga

#### Matches
### Indoor soccer tournament (Frankfurt Cup)
## Squad
### Squad and statistics

As of 5 June 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | PER | Carlos Zambrano | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Heiko Butscher | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marco Russ | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Vadim Demidov | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Martin Amedick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Bastian Oczipka | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Benjamin Köhler | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Takashi Inui | 34 | 6 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Olivier Occéan | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AUT | Erwin Hoffer | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Srđan Lakić | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Martin Lanig | 19 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Alexander Meier | 32 | 16 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CIV | Constant Djapka | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Stefan Aigner | 35 | 9 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Dorge Kouemaha | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Sebastian Rode | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Karim Matmour | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Stefano Celozzi | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Anderson Bamba | 28 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Sebastian Jung | 33 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SUI | Pirmin Schwegler | 28 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Sonny Kittel | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | CAN | Rob Friend | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Kevin Trapp | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | TUR | Aykut Özer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Alexander Hien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | GER | Erik Wille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | GER | Marc-Oliver Kempf | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Marc Stendera | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Julian Dudda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |