# 2012–13 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 2012–13 Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 fifth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008.
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the second round and lost to fellow Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf.
In Europe the club qualified for the 2012–13 edition of the UEFA Europa League, where it played AEL Limassol, Fenerbahçe and Marseille in Group C of the group stage. The club had qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League but was knocked out by Dynamo Kyiv.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 10 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 44 | |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal

| Round | Date | Time | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Borussia goalscorers | Source |
| 1 | 18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) | 15:30 | New Tivoli | Aachen | Alemannia Aachen | 2 – 0 | 31,736 | Arango 70' Nordtveit 90' | |
| 2 | 31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) | 20:30 | Esprit Arena | Düsseldorf | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0 – 1 | 54,000 | | |

### Europe
#### UEFA Europa League
##### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Marseille | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 | |
| 4 | AEL Limassol | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | |
| Match | Date | Time | Venue | City | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) | 19:00 | GSP Stadium | Nicosia, Cyprus | AEL Limassol | 0 – 0 |
| 2 | 4 October 2012 (2012-10-04) | 21:05 | Borussia-Park | Mönchengladbach, Germany | Fenerbahçe | 2 – 4 |
| 3 | 25 October 2012 (2012-10-25) | 21:05 | Borussia-Park | Mönchengladbach, Germany | Marseille | 2 – 0 |
| 4 | 8 November 2012 (2012-11-08) | 21:05 | Stade Vélodrome | Marseille, France | Marseille | 2 – 2 |
| 5 | 22 November 2012 (2012-11-22) | 19:00 | Borussia-Park | Mönchengladbach, Germany | AEL Limassol | 2 – 0 |
| 6 | 6 December 2012 (2012-12-06) | 19:00 | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium | Istanbul, Turkey | Fenerbahçe | 3 – 0 |

##### Knockout phase
###### Round of 32
## Squad
### Squad and statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals

As of 31 August 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Marc-André ter Stegen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Janis Blaswich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Christofer Heimeroth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Matthias Zimmermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Filip Daems | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Roel Brouwers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Álvaro Domínguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Oscar Wendt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Tony Jantschke | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Niklas Dams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | AUT | Martin Stranzl | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | FIN | Alexander Ring | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Tolga Ciğerci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Patrick Herrmann | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Lukas Rupp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Thorben Marx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Håvard Nordtveit | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | VEN | Juan Arango | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Yuki Otsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Amin Younes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Julian Korb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Alexander Bieler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | SUI | Granit Xhaka | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Strikers ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NED | Luuk de Jong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Igor de Camargo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Mike Hanke | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | GER | Peniel Mlapa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SWE | Branimir Hrgota | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 34 | MF | Granit Xhaka | 19 | | Basel | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | € 8.5M |
| | FW | Peniel Mlapa | 21 | EU | 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Undisclosed |
| | DF | Tobias Levels | 25 | EU | Fortuna Düsseldorf | | Summer | End of loan | |
| | ST | Branimir Hrgota | 19 | EU | Jönköpings Södra IF | | Summer | 2017 | undisclosed |
| 9 | ST | Luuk de Jong | 21 | EU | Twente | | Summer | 2017 | € 15M |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 11 | MF | Marco Reus | 23 | EU | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Summer | €17.5M |
| 13 | MF | Roman Neustädter | 24 | EU | Schalke 04 | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 31 | DF | Dante | 28 | | Bayern Munich | Transfer | Summer | € 4.5M |

## Kits

| Home | Home Alternate | Away | Europa | Europa Alt. |

## Sources

* ↑ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 13 September 2012
* ↑ Europa League 2012/2013 .:. Gruppe C (in German) UEFA Europa League 2012–13 – Group C, accessed: 13 September 2012
* ↑ Champions League Qual. 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) UEFA Champions League 2012–13 – Qualifying, accessed: 13 September 2012
* ↑ "Sommerfahrplan: Neun Spiele terminiert" [Summer schedule: nine matches appointed] (in German). VfL Bochum. 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
* ↑ "VfL verliert Eröffnungsspiel" [VfL loses opening-friendly] (in German). VfL Bochum. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
* ↑ "Vertrag bis 2017: Xhaka ist Gladbacher". kicker (in German). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
* ↑ "Fohlen eisen Mlapa von Hoffenheim los". kicker (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
* ↑ "Borussia Monchengladbach Snap Up Luuk de Jong from FC Twente". 18 July 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
* ↑ "Coup! Der BVB holt Marco Reus". kicker (in German). 4 January 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
* ↑ "Fix: Neustädter kommt - aber erst im Sommer". kicker (in German). 10 January 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
* ↑ "Dante-Wechsel perfekt: Bis 2016 bei den Bayern". kicker (in German). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.