# 2012–13 1. FC Nürnberg season

The 2012–13 1. FC Nürnberg season is the 113th season in the club's football history.

## Review and events

In 2012–13, the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs fourth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2009.
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it was knocked out by fourth division side TSV Havelse, losing 3–2 in extra time.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League results and fixtures
#### League table
##### Results summary

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

### Overall

| Matches played | 34 |
| Matches won | 10 |
| Matches drawn | 11 |
| Matches lost | 13 |
| Goals scored | 38 |
| Goals conceded | 48 |
| Goal difference | −10 |
| Clean sheets | 7 |
| Yellow cards | |
| Red cards | 2 |
| Best result(s) | 3 – 0 (vs. Schalke 04) |
| Worst result(s) | 0 – 4 (vs. Bayern Munich) |
| Points earned | 41/102 (34.50%) |

## Squad
### Squad and statistics

Squad Season 2012–13 Sources: :
| Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Totals | Totals |
| Player | Nat. | Birthday | at FCN since | Previous club | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goal | Matches | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| Raphael Schäfer | | 30 January 1979 | 2008 | VfB Stuttgart | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Patrick Rakovsky | | 2 June 1993 | 2011 | Schalke 04 youth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| Per Nilsson | | 15 September 1982 | 2010 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6 |
| Marcos António | | 25 May 1983 | 2012 | Rapid București | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Timm Klose | | 9 May 1988 | 2011 | Thun | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| Noah Korczowski | | 8 January 1994 | 2012 | Schalke 04 youth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Marvin Plattenhardt | | 26 January 1992 | 2010 | Nürnberg II | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Berkay Dabanli | | 27 June 1990 | 2013 | Kayserispor | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Javier Pinola | | 24 February 1983 | 2005 | Racing Club | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Timothy Chandler | | 29 March 1990 | 2010 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| Timmy Simons | | 11 December 1976 | 2010 | PSV | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 5 |
| Hanno Balitsch | | 2 January 1981 | 2012 | Bayer Leverkusen | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Markus Feulner | | 12 February 1982 | 2011 | Borussia Dortmund | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| Timo Gebhart | | 12 April 1989 | 2013 | VfB Stuttgart | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | | 12 November 1989 | 2012 | Cerezo Osaka | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| Róbert Mak | | 8 March 1991 | 2010 | Manchester City | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
| Mike Frantz | | 14 October 1986 | 2008 | Saarbrücken | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Almog Cohen | | 1 September 1988 | 2010 | Maccabi Netanya | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Muhammed Ildiz | | 14 May 1991 | 2013 | Rapid Wien | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Markus Mendler | | 7 January 1993 | 2010 | Nürnberg youth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mu Kanazaki | | 16 February 1989 | 2013 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Niklas Stark | | 14 April 1995 | 2013 | Nürnberg youth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| Sebastian Polter | | 1 April 1991 | 2012 | VfL Wolfsburg | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| Tomáš Pekhart | | 26 May 1989 | 2011 | Baumit Jablonec | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| Alexander Esswein | | 25 March 1990 | 2011 | Dynamo Dresden | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 3 |

## Sources

* ↑ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013.:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 6 September 2012
* ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg – eingesetzte Spieler Saison 2011/12" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
* ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg – Kader". fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik Havelse – 1. FC Nürnberg". fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 February 2013.