# 2012–13 Hamburger SV season

The 2012–13 Hamburger SV season was the 125th 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 50th season in this league, being the only club to have played every season in the Bundesliga since its introduction in 1963.
The club finished seventh in the Bundesliga and also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it was knocked out in the first round by third division side Karlsruher SC.

## Review and events

At the end of the summer transfer deadline, former HSV player Rafael van der Vaart was signed. He was given the captain wristband in the second half of the season due to a weak performance of the team.

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 45 | |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics

As of 15 December 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Dennis Diekmeier | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Michael Mancienne | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Heiko Westermann | 31 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Bruma | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Dennis Aogo | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Marcell Jansen | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | VEN | Tomás Rincón | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | LVA | Artjoms Rudņevs | 31 | 11 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Tom Mickel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Milan Badelj | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | GER | René Adler | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Marcus Berg | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Zhi-Gin Lam | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | TUR | Tolgay Arslan | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CZE | Petr Jiráček | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AUT | Paul Scharner | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Maximilian Beister | 16 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Sala | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NED | Rafael van der Vaart | 23 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SRB | Slobodan Rajković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Sven Neuhaus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | DEN | Christian Nørgaard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Janek Sternberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | KOR | Son Heung-min | 30 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SRB | Gojko Kačar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Bookings
## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 23 | MF | Rafael van der Vaart | 29 | EU | Tottenham Hotspur | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €13M |
| 14 | MF | Milan Badelj | 23 | EU | Dinamo Zagreb | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €4M |
| 19 | MF | Petr Jiráček | 26 | EU | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €4M |
| 10 | FW | Artjoms Rudņevs | 24 | EU | Lech Poznań | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €3.5M |
| | MF | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 18 | EU | Karlsruher SC | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €2.5M |
| 20 | DF | Paul Scharner | 32 | EU | West Bromwich Albion | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free |
| 15 | GK | René Adler | 27 | EU | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 33 | MF | Christian Nørgaard | 18 | EU | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2015 | N/A |
| 21 | MF | Maximilian Beister | 28 | EU | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan Return | Summer | 2016 | N/A |
| | FW | Macauley Chrisantus | 21 | EU | FSV Frankfurt | Loan Return | Summer | 2012 | N/A |
| | DF | Lennard Sowah | 19 | EU | Millwall | Loan Return | Summer | 2013 | N/A |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 9 | FW | Paolo Guerrero | 28 | | Corinthians | Transfer | Summer | €3.5M |
| 17 | MF | Gökhan Töre | 20 | EU | Rubin Kazan | Transfer | Summer | €3M |
| 34 | DF | Muhamed Bešić | 19 | | Ferencváros | End of Contract | Summer | N/A |
| 19 | DF | Lennard Sowah | 19 | EU | Youth system | Demoted | Summer | N/A |
| | FW | Macauley Chrisantus | 19 | | UD Las Palmas | End of Contract | Summer | N/A |
| 36 | MF | Kevin Ingreso | 19 | EU | Youth system | Demoted | Summer | N/A |
| 10 | FW | Mladen Petrić | 31 | EU | Fulham | End of Contract | Summer | N/A |
| 31 | MF | Dániel Nagy | 27 | EU | VfL Osnabrück | End of Contract | Summer | N/A |
| 33 | DF | Miroslav Štěpánek | 22 | EU | Senica | End of Contract | Summer | N/A |
| 27 | MF | Sören Bertram | 21 | EU | VfL Bochum | End of Contract | Summer | N/A |
| 42 | MF | Mickaël Tavares | 29 | | Fulham | End of Contract | Summer | N/A |
| 14 | MF | David Jarolím | 33 | EU | Evian | End of Contract | Summer | N/A |
| 18 | DF | Romeo Castelen | 29 | EU | Free agent | End of Contract | Summer | N/A |
| | MF | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 18 | EU | Karlsruher SC | Loan | Summer | N/A |
| 13 | MF | Robert Tesche | 25 | EU | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | Winter | N/A |
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

## Kits

| Home | Home Alternate | Home Alt. 2 | Away | Third | Third Alternate |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
| Home | White | Red | Blue | |
| Home Alt. | White | Red | White | DFB-Pokal, Round 1, August 19 against Karlsruher SC |
| Home Alt. 2 | White | White | White | Bundesliga, Match 17, December 15 against Leverkusen |
| Away | Navy | Navy | Navy | |
| Third | Sky blue | Black | Sky blue | |
| Third Alt. | Sky blue | White | Sky blue | Bundesliga, Match 11, 10 November against SC Freiburg |

## Sources

* ↑ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 13 September 2012
* ↑ "Van der Vaart neuer HSV-Kapitän". Kicker (in German). 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
* ↑ "Van der Vaart ist zurück: "Bin kein Supermann"". kicker (in German). 31 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
* ↑ "HSV sign Croatian playmaker Milan Badelj". HSV.de. 13 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
* ↑ "Done deal! Petr Jiracek joins HSV". HSV.de. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
* ↑ "Rudnevs-Wechsel perfekt: "Ich bin bereit für harte Arbeit"". HSV.de (in German). 11 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
* ↑ "Der HSV verpflichtet Hakan Calhanoglu". HSV.de (in German). 11 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-16. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
* ↑ "Done deal: Paul Scharner signs for HSV". HSV.de. 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
* ↑ "Done deal: René Adler to HSV". HSV.de. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
* ↑ "Perfekt: Maximilian Beister unterschreibt bis 2016". HSV.de (in German). 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
* ↑ "HSV lässt Guerrero zu Corinthians ziehen". kicker (in German). 11 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
* ↑ "Auch Töre weg - Fink wird langsam ungeduldig". kicker (in German). 26 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
* ↑ "Besic wechselt zu Ferencváros Budapest". HSV.de (in German). 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
* ↑ "Töre to Rubin Kasan, Chrisantus bound for Spain". HSV.de (in German). 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
* ↑ "Petric Signs". fulhamfc.com. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
* ↑ "Daniel Nagy kommt aus Hamburg". vfl.de (in German). 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
* ↑ "Taveres Signs". fulhamfc.com. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
* ↑ ""Jaro" signs for FC Evian". HSV.de. 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
* ↑ "Tesche joins Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan". HSV.de. 16 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2012.