# 2012–13 Arminia Bielefeld season

The 2012–13 Arminia Bielefeld season is the 108th season in the club's football history.

## Review and events

In 2012–13 the club plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. It is the club's second season in this league, having been relegated from the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 2011.
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the second round and will face Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen next.
Arminia Bielefeld also takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the Westphalia Cup, having reached the third round after a 3–1 win over FC Gütersloh in the second round.

## Matches
### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### 3. Liga

| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 1 | 20 July 2012 | 20:15 | Alemannia Aachen | Home | 1–1 | Hille 22' | 12,110 | Dankert |
| 2 | 28 July 2012 | 14:00 | Borussia Dortmund II | Away | 1–1 | Schönfeld 19' | 5,500 | Christ |
| 3 | 3 August 2012 | 19:00 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | Home | 3–2 | Klos 32', 38', 90+3' | 7,423 | Blos |
| 4 | 8 August 2012 | 19:00 | Kickers Offenbach | Away | 3–1 | Klos 2', Hille 4', Appiah 87' | 6,643 | Rohde |
| 5 | 11 August 2012 | 14:00 | Karlsruher SC | Home | 1–0 | Klos 33' | 8,094 | Dietz |
| 6 | 25 August 2012 | 14:00 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Away | 2–0 | Salger 26', Testroet 72' | 4,412 | Kunsmann |
| 7 | 29 August 2012 | 19:00 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Home | 1–0 | Klos 52' | 9,090 | Ostheimer |
| 8 | 1 September 2012 | 14:00 | SpVgg Unterhaching | Away | 2–3 | Klos 58', Appiah 60' | 2,100 | Göpferich |
| 9 | 15 September 2012 | 14:00 | SV Babelsberg 03 | Home | 3–0 | Schönfeld 44', Klos 47', 64' (pen.) | 7,402 | Schmickartz |
| 10 | 22 September 2012 | 14:00 | Preußen Münster | Away | 0–4 | — | 14,512 | Welz |
| 11 | 25 September 2012 | 19:00 | Chemnitzer FC | Home | 0–0 | — | 5,871 | Jablonski |
| 12 | 29 September 2012 | 14:00 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Away | 3–1 | Burmeister 35' (pen.), Testroet 53', Hille 78' | 5,100 | Steinberg |
| 13 | 6 October 2012 | 14:00 | Hansa Rostock | Home | 0–1 | — | 9,365 | Hartmann |
| 14 | 20 October 2012 | 14:00 | Wehen Wiesbaden | Away | 1–0 | Rahn 8' | 2,963 | Gerach |
| 15 | 27 October 2012 | 14:00 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Home | 1–0 | Salger 32' | 6,828 | Aytekin |
| 16 | 3 November 2012 | 14:00 | Hallescher FC | Away | 2–2 | Klos 36', Hübener 41' (pen.) | 6,934 | Blos |
| 17 | 10 November 2012 | 14:00 | VfB Stuttgart II | Home | 1–1 | Testroet 66' | 6,262 | Aarnink |
| 18 | 17 November 2012 | 14:00 | VfL Osnabrück | Away | 0–0 | — | 16,000 | Zwayer |
| 19 | 24 November 2012 | 14:00 | Wacker Burghausen | Home | 3–0 | Rahn 9', Appiah 60', Klos 64' | 6,451 | Willenborg |
| 20 | 1 December 2012 | 14:00 | Alemannia Aachen | Away | 1–2 | Hille 58' | 12,837 | Unger |
| 21 | 8 December 2012 | 14:00 | Borussia Dortmund II | Home | 4–2 | Rahn 34', Klos 70', 74', Müller 82' | 7,598 | Göpferich |
| 23 | 25 January 2013 | 19:00 | Kickers Offenbach | Home | 3–1 | Klos 16', Hornig 54', Hille 75' | 7,560 | Siebert |
| 24 | 2 February 2013 | 14:00 | Karlsruher SC | Away | 0–0 | — | 11,460 | Welz |
| 25 | 9 February 2013 | 14:00 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Home | 2–0 | Hille 23', Schütz 71' | 7,211 | Wingenbach |
| 22 | 20 February 2013 | 19:00 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | Away | 4–2 | Klos 15', 34', Testroet 68', Glasner 90' | 3,036 | Gerach |
| 27 | 23 February 2013 | 14:00 | SpVgg Unterhaching | Home | 3–0 | Klos 13', Hille 25', Glasner 90' | 7,027 | Alt |
| 28 | 2 March 2013 | 14:00 | SV Babelsberg 03 | Away | 2–0 | Rahn 28', Jerat 84' | 3,696 | Kunzmann |
| 29 | 9 March 2013 | 14:00 | Preußen Münster | Home | 1–1 | Hille 20' | 26,026 | Weiner |
| 30 | 16 March 2013 | 14:00 | Chemnitzer FC | Away | 1–0 | Klos 70' | 4,750 | Ostheimer |
| 26 | 23 March 2013 | 15:00 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Away | 1–1 | Klos 56' | 3,440 | Kempter |
| 31 | 30 March 2013 | 14:00 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Home | 0–0 | — | 10,081 | Stein |
| 32 | 6 April 2013 | 14:00 | Hansa Rostock | Away | 2–0 | Müller 47', Hornig 60' | 9,000 | Fritz |
| 33 | 13 April 2013 | 14:00 | Wehen Wiesbaden | Home | 3–1 | Klos 45+1', Schönfeld 71', Rahn 75' | 10,339 | Rohde |
| 34 | 20 April 2013 | 14:00 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Away | 0–3 | — | 9,100 | Brand |
| 35 | 27 April 2013 | 14:00 | Hallescher FC | Home | 2–1 | Testroet 6', Kojola 89' (o.g.) | 14,435 | Winkmann |
| 36 | 3 May 2013 | 18:00 | VfB Stuttgart II | Away | 1–0 | Rahn 41' | 1,100 | Aarnink |
| 37 | 11 May 2013 | 13:30 | VfL Osnabrück | Home | 1–0 | Hille 56' | 26,500 | Stark |
| 38 | 18 May 2013 | 13:30 | Wacker Burghausen | Away | 0–1 | — | 3,200 | Fritz |

### DFB-Pokal

| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
| First round | 19 August 2012 | 16:00 | SC Paderborn | Home | 3–1 | Schütz 55', Schönfeld 86', Hübener 90+3' (pen.) | 18,587 | Wingenbach | |
| Second round | 31 October 2012 | 19:00 | Bayer Leverkusen | Home | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Hille 11', Schütz 82' | 24,771 | Drees | |