# 2012–13 Frauen-Bundesliga

The 2012–13 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 23rd season of Germany's premier women's football league. The season began on 1 September 2012 and ended on 12 May 2013. Turbine Potsdam were the defending champions.
The title was won by VfL Wolfsburg for the first time. Turbine Potsdam finished in second place and qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League.
Duisburg and Bad Neuenahr went into administration during the season. As a result, Bad Neuenahr decided to withdraw from the league, sparing Sindelfingen from relegation.

## Changes from 2011–12

SG Essen-Schönebeck was renamed SGS Essen and played their home games in the Stadion Essen.

## Teams

The teams promoted from the previous season's 2nd Bundesliga were VfL Sindelfingen as winners of the Southern division and FSV Gütersloh 2009 as runners-up of the Northern division.
| Team | Home city | Home ground |
| SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler | Apollinarisstadion |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Leverkusen | Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion (Amateur) |
| FC Bayern Munich | Munich | Sportpark Aschheim |
| FCR 2001 Duisburg | Duisburg | PCC-Stadion |
| SGS Essen | Essen | Stadion für Essen |
| 1. FFC Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Stadion am Brentanobad |
| SC Freiburg | Freiburg | Möslestadion |
| FSV Gütersloh 2009 | Gütersloh | Heidewaldstadion |
| FF USV Jena | Jena | Sportzentrum Oberaue |
| VfL Sindelfingen | Sindelfingen | Floschenstadion |
| 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | Potsdam | Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | VfL-Stadium |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position |
| 1. FFC Frankfurt | Sven Kahlert | Sacked | 12 September 2012 | Philipp Dahm | 13 September 2012 | 4th |
| FCR 2001 Duisburg | Marco Ketelaer | Mutual consent | 31 December 2012 | Petra Hauser | 1 January 2013 | 9th |
| FCR 2001 Duisburg | Petra Hauser | Sacked | 28 February 2013 | Sven Kahlert | 1 March 2013 | 9th |
| 1. FFC Frankfurt | Philipp Dahm | Sacked | 18 April 2013 | Sascha Glass (interim) | 18 April 2013 | 3rd |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VfL Wolfsburg (C) | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 16 | +55 | 53 | 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Round of 32 |
| 2 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 70 | 16 | +54 | 49 | 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Round of 32 |
| 3 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 47 | |
| 4 | FC Bayern Munich | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 43 | |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 32 | |
| 6 | SGS Essen | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 30 | |
| 7 | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr (R) | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 30 | Club withdrawal |
| 8 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 26 | |
| 9 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 24 | |
| 10 | FF USV Jena | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 47 | −23 | 22 | |
| 11 | VfL Sindelfingen | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 73 | −59 | 12 | |
| 12 | FSV Gütersloh 2009 (R) | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 72 | −53 | 7 | Relegation to 2013–14 2. Bundesliga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAD | LEV | BAY | DUI | ESS | FRA | FRE | GÜT | JEN | SIN | POT | WOL |
| Bad Neuenahr | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–4 |
| Bayern Munich | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| MSV Duisburg | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 7–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| SGS Essen | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| FFC Frankfurt | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Freiburg | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| FSV Gütersloh 2009 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–4 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Jena | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| VfL Sindelfingen | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–9 | 0–6 |
| Turbine Potsdam | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 | | 2–0 |
| Wolfsburg | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 10–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | |

## Top scorers

Ogimi won her first top-scorer award in the Bundesliga (women).
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Yūki Ōgimi | Turbine Potsdam | 18 |
| 2 | Conny Pohlers | Wolfsburg | 16 |
| 3 | Mandy Islacker | Duisburg | 15 |
| 4 | Lena Lotzen | Bayern Munich | 14 |
| 5 | Kerstin Garefrekes | Frankfurt | 13 |
| 5 | Sarah Hagen | Bayern Munich | 13 |
| 7 | Genoveva Añonma | Turbine Potsdam | 12 |
| 7 | Martina Müller | Wolfsburg | 12 |
| 7 | Alexandra Popp | Wolfsburg | 12 |
| 10 | Célia Okoyino da Mbabi | Bad Neuenahr | 10 |