# 2012–13 Hertha BSC season

The 2012–13 Hertha BSC season was the 120th season in club history. Hertha BSC lost to Fortuna Düsseldorf in the promotion/relegation playoff. The sports court and the Federal Court of the German Football Association (DFB) confirmed the club's relegation after the club appealed the result of the second leg, losing both appeals.
Defender Levan Kobiashvili was suspended for the remainder of the 2012 calendar year, whilst goalkeeper Thomas Kraft was suspended for five matches for their role in an altercation with the referee during the promotion/relegation playoff against Fortuna Düsseldorf. Christian Lell and Andre Mijatović were also suspended for their participation in the altercation. But both were eventually released from the club.

## Review and events

Hertha BSC were relegated during the 2011–12 Bundesliga season after losing to 2. Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf in the promotion/relegation playoff. The sports court and the Federal Court of the DFB confirmed the relegation after the club appealed the result of the second leg and lost both appeals. The DFB also issued suspensions to several Hertha players—Levan Kobiashvili was banned for a year, Christian Lell was banned for six matches, Thomas Kraft was banned for five matches and Andre Mijatović was banned for four matches. Kobiashvili's suspension was reduced to seven and a half months and Lell's ban was reduced to 5 matches. The suspensions were for an altercation with the referee during the playoff with Fortuna Düsseldorf. Lell and Mijatović were eventually released by the club. The club itself was also disciplined for its role in the events of the second leg of the playoff, originally being issued a €50,000 fine and limited to 20,000 tickets sold for their league match against Paderborn 07. The fine, however, was later reduced to €40,000 and the ticket sale limit increased to 27,500. No tickets are allowed to be sold on the matchday. The club was also ordered to spend an additional €40,000 on a non-profit program as part of the discipline. Christian Lell, Andre Mijatović, Andreas Ottl and Patrick Ebert were all released from the club following the conclusion of the 2011–12 season.
Hertha BSC participated in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where it was knocked out in the first round by Regionalliga Südwest side Wormatia Worms.
After its 1–0 win over SV Sandhausen on 21 April 2013, Hertha ensured direct promotion to the top-flight Bundesliga for the 2013–14 season. They later secured the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga title after defeating 1. FC Köln 2–1 on 12 May, their third 2. Bundesliga championship.

## Match results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League results and fixtures
#### Table
##### Overall league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hertha BSC (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 76 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Eintracht Braunschweig (P) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 67 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 58 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | FSV Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 54 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 54 | |

##### Table summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2013. Source: kicker.de

### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals scored

Sources: As of 18 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Thomas Kraft | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GEO | Levan Kobiashvili | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CZE | Roman Hubník | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Maik Franz | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Christoph Janker | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Daniel Beichler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Marcel Ndjeng | 28 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COL | Adrián Ramos | 33 | 11 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | TUN | Änis Ben-Hatira | 19 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Sami Allagui | 26 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Ronny | 34 | 18 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | GER | Elias Kachunga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ISR | Ben Sahar | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Peter Niemeyer | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Pierre-Michel Lasogga | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Sascha Burchert | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Felix Bastians | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Peer Kluge | 27 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | USA | John Brooks | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Nico Schulz | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | USA | Alfredo Morales | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Marvin Knoll | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Shervin Radjabali-Fardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Fabian Holland | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Sandro Wagner | 32 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Hany Mukhtar | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | GER | Philip Sprint | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

#### Bookings

| Number | Position | Name | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Thomas Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Peter Pekarík | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Roman Hubník | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Maik Franz | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Marcel Ndjeng | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Adrián Ramos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Änis Ben-Hatira | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Sami Allagui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Ronny | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Peter Niemeyer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Sascha Burchert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Felix Bastians | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Peer Kluge | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Nico Schulz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Alfredo Morales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Fabian Lustenberger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Fabian Holland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Sandro Wagner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | Philip Sprint | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 58 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 2 |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends |
| 2 | DF | Peter Pekarík | 25 | EU | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | Summer | |
| 8 | MF | Marcel Ndjeng | 30 | EU | FC Augsburg | Transfer | Summer | 2014 |
| 11 | FW | Sami Allagui | 26 | EU | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | 2016 |
| 15 | FW | Elias Kachunga | 20 | EU | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Loan | Summer | 2013 |
| 16 | FW | Ben Sahar | 22 | EU | Espanyol | Transfer | Summer | 2014 |
| 25 | MF | Peer Kluge | 31 | EU | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | 2014 |
| 33 | FW | Sandro Wagner | 24 | EU | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | 2014 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 2 | DF | Christian Lell | 27 | EU | Levante | Released | Summer | Free |
| 5 | DF | Andre Mijatović | 32 | EU | FC Ingolstadt | Released | Summer | Free |
| 8 | MF | Andreas Ottl | 27 | EU | FC Augsburg | Released | Summer | Free |
| 13 | MF | Nikita Rukavytsya | 25 | Non EU | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | |
| 20 | MF | Patrick Ebert | 25 | EU | Real Valladolid | Released | Summer | Free |
| 29 | DF | Sebastian Neumann | 21 | EU | VfL Osnabrück | Transfer | Summer | |
| 39 | FW | Marco Djuricin | 19 | EU | Jahn Regensburg | Loan | Summer | |

## Kits

| Home | Away | Away Alternate | Third |

## Sources

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* ↑ "Hertha scheitert — Chaosspiel wird nicht wiederholt". Die Welt (in German). 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
* 1 2 3 "Kontrollausschuss fordert ein Jahr Sperre für Kobiashvili". Die Welt (in German). 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
* ↑ "Siebeneinhalb Monate! Rekordstrafe für Kobiashvili". kicker (in German). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
* ↑ "DFB-Sportgericht sperrt Lell für fünf Spiele". kicker (in German). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Die "Alte Dame" sortiert ein Quartett aus". kicker (in German). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
* 1 2 3 4 5 "Hertha darf fürs erste Heimspiel mehr Tickets verkaufen". kicker (in German). 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
* ↑ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan(in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 23 September 2012
* ↑ "Zweite Fußball-Bundesliga: Hertha BSC steigt wieder auf". Retrieved 3 December 2020 – via www.faz.net.
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* ↑ "Marcel Ndjeng dritter Neuzugang - Teams - HerthaBSC.de". www.herthabsc.de. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
* ↑ "Sami Allagui kommt als vierter Neuzugang - Teams - HerthaBSC.de". www.herthabsc.de. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
* ↑ "Elias Kachunga kommt zu Hertha BSC - Teams - HerthaBSC.de". www.herthabsc.de. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
* ↑ "Hertha BSC holt Israels Nationalspieler Ben Sahar - Teams - HerthaBSC.de". www.herthabsc.de. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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* ↑ "Sandro Wagner ist Herthas neue Nummer 33 - Teams - HerthaBSC.de". www.herthabsc.de. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
* ↑ "Marco Djuricin wechselt auf Leihbasis nach Regensburg - Teams - HerthaBSC.de". www.herthabsc.de. Retrieved 3 December 2020.