# 2012–13 Borussia Dortmund season

The 2012–13 Borussia Dortmund season was the 104th 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 37th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1976.

## Review and events

The 2012–13 Borussia Dortmund season started on 18 August 2012 with a win against FC Oberneuland. Borussia Dortmund qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League and were tied in a group with Ajax, Manchester City and Real Madrid; despite being labelled the "group of death", they topped the group by three points. The club's opening league match was against Werder Bremen on 25 August and their opening Champions League match was against Ajax on 18 September. Hamburger SV end the club's 31-match unbeaten streak on 22 September. On 30 April, Borussia Dortmund reached the Champions League Final after defeating group stage opponents Real Madrid 4–3 on aggregate. However, Real Madrid manager José Mourinho was critical of referee Howard Webb not giving Mats Hummels a red card after handling the ball, claiming that he spared Hummels for the Final. On 25 May, in the first all-German Champions League Final, Dortmund lost 2–1 to Bayern Munich.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| DFL-Supercup | Final | — | Runners-up | 12 August 2012 | 12 August 2012 |
| Bundesliga | — | — | 2nd | 24 August 2012 | 18 May 2013 |
| DFB-Pokal | Round 1 | — | Quarter-finals | 18 August 2012 | 27 February 2013 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | — | Runners-up | 18 September 2012 | 25 May 2013 |
Updated to match played 25 May 2013 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 98 | 18 | +80 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 81 | 42 | +39 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2013. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DOR | RMA | AJX | MCI |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–4 | 1–4 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Final
## Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Roman Weidenfeller (vice-captain) | 44 | EU | 2002 | 346 | 0 | 2013 | Free transfer | |
| 4 | CB | Neven Subotić | 36 | EU | 2008 | 191 | 15 | 2016 | €0.8M | |
| 5 | DM | Sebastian Kehl (captain) | 45 | EU | 2001 | 300 | 19 | 2013 | €3.2M | |
| 6 | DM | Sven Bender | 35 | EU | 2009 | 122 | 3 | 2017 | | |
| 7 | AM | Moritz Leitner | 32 | EU | 2011 | 54 | 0 | 2015 | | |
| 8 | DM | İlkay Gündoğan | 34 | EU | 2011 | 81 | 8 | 2015 | €5.5M | Second nationality: Turkey |
| 9 | CF | Robert Lewandowski | 36 | EU | 2010 | 139 | 75 | 2014 | €4.75M | |
| 10 | AM | Mario Götze | 32 | EU | 2009 | 116 | 30 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 11 | FW | Marco Reus | 35 | EU | 2012 | 47 | 24 | 2017 | €17M | Originally from youth system |
| 15 | CB | Mats Hummels | 36 | EU | 2008 | 191 | 19 | 2017 | €4M | |
| 16 | AM | Jakub Błaszczykowski | 39 | EU | 2007 | 208 | 29 | 2016 | €3M | |
| 18 | DM | Nuri Şahin | 36 | EU | 2013 | 19 | 3 | 2014 | Youth system | Second nationality: Germany |
| 19 | AM | Kevin Großkreutz | 36 | EU | 2009 | 163 | 24 | 2014 | | |
| 20 | GK | Mitchell Langerak | 36 | Non-EU | 2010 | 9 | 0 | 2016 | | |
| 21 | DF | Oliver Kirch | 42 | EU | 2012 | 6 | 0 | 2016 | €0.35M | |
| 23 | CF | Julian Schieber | 36 | EU | 2012 | 37 | 5 | 2016 | €5.5M | |
| 26 | RB | Łukasz Piszczek | 39 | EU | 2010 | 132 | 6 | 2017 | free | |
| 27 | DF | Felipe Santana | 38 | Non-EU | 2008 | 113 | 8 | 2014 | €2M | |
| 29 | LB | Marcel Schmelzer | 37 | EU | 2007 | 172 | 3 | 2017 | Youth system | |
* Last updated: 25 May 2013
* Source:, Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals)
* Ordered by squad number.

### Squad and statistics

As of 25 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFL-Supercup | DFL-Supercup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Roman Weidenfeller | 49 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Marc Hornschuh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Neven Subotić | 41 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Sebastian Kehl | 34 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Sven Bender | 32 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Moritz Leitner | 31 | 0 | 8+17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | İlkay Gündoğan | 45 | 4 | 26+2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | POL | Robert Lewandowski | 49 | 36 | 29+2 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12+1 | 10 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Mario Götze | 44 | 16 | 23+5 | 10 | 3+1 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Marco Reus | 49 | 19 | 27+5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 14 (44 in Champions League) | MF | CRO | Ivan Perišić | 23 | 3 | 5+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Mats Hummels | 42 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | POL | Jakub Błaszczykowski | 41 | 14 | 23+4 | 11 | 2+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8+2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | TUR | Nuri Şahin | 18 | 3 | 9+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Kevin Großkreutz | 44 | 2 | 19+10 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Mitchell Langerak | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Oliver Kirch | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Patrick Owomoyela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | GER | Julian Schieber | 37 | 5 | 6+17 | 3 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+8 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Chris Löwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Thomas Meißner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | POL | Łukasz Piszczek | 46 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Felipe Santana | 31 | 3 | 15+6 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Mustafa Amini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Marcel Schmelzer | 46 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Marvin Bakalorz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt | 7 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Zlatan Alomerović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | GER | Marvin Ducksch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Jonas Hofmann | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | HUN | Bálint Bajner | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Scorer | Goals |
| Robert Lewandowski | 36 (1)* |
| Marco Reus | 19 |
| Mario Götze | 16 |
| Jakub Błaszczykowski | 14 |
| Julian Schieber | 5 |
| İlkay Gündoğan | 4 |
| Neven Subotić | 3 |
| Ivan Perišić | 3 |
| Mats Hummels | 3 |
| Nuri Şahin | 3 |
| Felipe Santana | 3 |
| Kevin Großkreutz | 2 |
| Łukasz Piszczek | 2 |
| Marcel Schmelzer | 2 |
| Sven Bender | 1 |
| Leonardo Bittencourt | 1 |
| Scorer | Goals |
| Robert Lewandowski | 24 |
| Marco Reus | 14 |
| Jakub Błaszczykowski | 11 |
| Mario Götze | 10 |
| Neven Subotić | 3 |
| İlkay Gündoğan | 3 |
| Nuri Şahin | 3 |
| Julian Schieber | 3 |
| Ivan Perišić | 2 |
| Kevin Großkreutz | 2 |
| Łukasz Piszczek | 2 |
| Sven Bender | 1 |
| Mats Hummels | 1 |
| Felipe Santana | 1 |
| Leonardo Bittencourt | 1 |
| Scorer | Goals |
| Mario Götze | 4 |
| Jakub Błaszczykowski | 2 |
| Robert Lewandowski | 1 |
| Marco Reus | 1 |
| Ivan Perišić | 1 |
| Mats Hummels | 1 |
| Julian Schieber | 1 |
| Marcel Schmelzer | 1 |
| Scorer | Goals |
| Robert Lewandowski | 10 |
| Marco Reus | 4 |
| Mario Götze | 2 |
| Felipe Santana | 2 |
| İlkay Gündoğan | 1 |
| Mats Hummels | 1 |
| Jakub Błaszczykowski | 1 |
| Julian Schieber | 1 |
| Marcel Schmelzer | 1 |
* = Goals in DFL Supercup :
Last updated: 26 May 2013 :

### Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | GER | Marco Reus (from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 21 | MF | GER | Oliver Kirch (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 23 | FW | GER | Julian Schieber (from VfB Stuttgart) |
| 28 | FW | AUS | Mustafa Amini (loan return from Central Coast Mariners) |
| 32 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt (from Energie Cottbus) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Julian Koch (on loan to MSV Duisburg) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Florian Kringe (to FC St. Pauli) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Antônio da Silva (to MSV Duisburg) |
| 18 | FW | PAR | Lucas Barrios (to Guangzhou Evergrande) |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Shinji Kagawa (to Manchester United) |
| 37 | FW | USA | Terrence Boyd (to Rapid Wien) |
| 41 | GK | GER | Johannes Focher (to Sturm Graz) |
| -- | FW | GER | Marco Stiepermann (to Energie Cottbus, previously on loan at Alemannia Aachen) |
| -- | DF | GER | Lasse Sobiech (on loan to Greuther Fürth, previously on loan at FC St. Pauli) |
| -- | FW | GER | Daniel Ginczek (on loan to FC St. Pauli, previously on loan at VfL Bochum) |
| -- | FW | BUL | Dimitar Rangelov (to Luzern, previously on loan at Energie Cottbus) |

#### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Daniel Ginczek (at FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | GER | Julian Koch (at MSV Duisburg until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | GER | Lasse Sobiech (at Greuther Fû until 30 June 2013) |
For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers summer 2012 and List of German football transfers winter 2011–12.

### Winter transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MID | TUR | Nuri Şahin (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MID | CRO | Ivan Perišić (to VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 24 | LB | GER | Chris Löwe (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |