2012–13 Bundesliga

The 2012–13 Bundesliga was the 50th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season began on 24 August 2012 with the season opening match at Westfalenstadion involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and SV Werder Bremen and ended with the last games on 18 May 2013, with a winter break between the weekends around 15 December 2012 and 19 January 2013. Bayern Munich managed to secure the championship of the 2012–13 season after only 28 match days, beating their previous record by two matches.
The league comprises eighteen teams: The best fifteen teams of the 2011–12 season, the best two teams from the 2011–12 2. Bundesliga and the winners of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Bundesliga team and the third-placed 2. Bundesliga team.
Notably, in the 2012–13 season, there are no teams located in the former East Germany, including the capital city, Berlin.
==Teams==
1. FC Köln and 1. FC Kaiserslautern were relegated to the 2012–13 2nd Bundesliga after finishing in one of the bottom two spots of the table at the end of the 2011–12 season. Köln were relegated to the second level after four Bundesliga seasons, while Kaiserslautern ended a two-year tenure in the top flight.
The two relegated teams will be replaced by SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Eintracht Frankfurt. Greuther Fürth will make their Bundesliga debut while also returning to the top level after 49 seasons, as predecessors SpVgg Fürth missed out on qualification for the Bundesliga at the end of the 1962–63 season. In turn, Eintracht Frankfurt make an immediate comeback to the league after being relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season.
A further place in the league was determined by a two-legged play-off between Hertha BSC, the 16th-placed team of the 2011–12 season, and Fortuna Düsseldorf, the third-placed team of the 2011–12 2nd Bundesliga. Düsseldorf won the play-off by 4–3 on aggregate; the club returned to the top level after 15 years in lower levels of the league pyramid. Hertha made only a cameo appearance in the league and immediately dropped back to the 2nd Bundesliga.
===Stadiums and locations===
Promotees SpVgg Greuther Fürth expanded the capacity of their Trolli Arena to 18,000 spectators in order to guarantee all matches of the campaign being played at their own ground. Bayern Munich also expanded the capacity of their Allianz Arena by 2,000 people; the new total capacity for the ground is 71,000 spectators.
Team 	Location 	Stadium 	Capacity
 	Augsburg 	SGL arena 	30,660
Bayer Leverkusen 	Leverkusen 	BayArena 	30,210
Bayern Munich 	Munich 	Allianz Arena 	71,000
Borussia Dortmund 	Dortmund 	Westfalenstadion 	80,645
Borussia Mönchengladbach	 	Borussia-Park 	54,010
 	Frankfurt 	Commerzbank-Arena 	51,500
 	Düsseldorf 	Esprit Arena 	54,600
 	Freiburg 	Dreisamstadion 	24,000
 	 	Trolli Arena 	18,000
Hamburger SV 	Hamburg 	Volksparkstadion 	57,000
Hannover 96 	Hanover 	AWD-Arena 	49,000
 	Sinsheim 	Rhein-Neckar Arena 	30,150
 	Mainz 	Coface Arena 	34,000
 	Nuremberg 	Frankenstadion 	50,000
 	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena 	61,673
 	Stuttgart 	Mercedes-Benz Arena	60,300
SV Werder Bremen 	Bremen 	Weserstadion 	42,100
 	Wolfsburg 	Volkswagen Arena 	30,000
===Personnel and kits===
Borussia Dortmund changed their kit suppliers from Kappa to Puma, signing a contract through the 2019–20 season with the German sports brand. Furthermore, a couple of shirt sponsoring contracts were not renewed. VfB Stuttgart replaced the Gazi brand of dairy product company garmo with the banking section of automobile company Mercedes-Benz as their new shirt sponsors, and Fortuna Düsseldorf changed from home retail chain Bauhaus to discount phone company o.tel.o.
Three further clubs finalized new sponsoring contracts shortly before the first matches were played. Fraport chose not to renew their contract with Eintracht Frankfurt; the Hessian club announced a deal with brewery Krombacher at the end of July. Elsewhere, the agreements between 1. FC Nuremberg and Areva and between Werder Bremen and Targobank expired. Werder announced their new main sponsor to be poultry giant Wiesenhof in early August 2012, despite prolonged protests due to the company's suspected animal abuse. Finally, Nuremberg agreed to a multi-year contract with clothing retailers NKD just days before the start of the season.
Team 	Manager 	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
 	 	 	Jako 	AL-KO
Bayer Leverkusen 	 	 	adidas 	SunPower
Bayern Munich 	 	 	adidas 	T-Mobile
Borussia Dortmund 	 	 	Puma 	Evonik
Borussia Mönchengladbach	 	 	Lotto 	Postbank
Eintracht Frankfurt 	 	 	Jako 	Krombacher
Fortuna Düsseldorf 	 	 	Puma 	o.tel.o
 	 	 	Nike 	Ehrmann
 	 	 	Jako 	Ergo Direkt Versicherungen
Hamburger SV 	 	 	adidas 	Emirates
Hannover 96 	 	 	Jako 	TUI
 	 	 	Puma 	Suntech
 	 	 	Nike 	Entega
 	 	 	adidas 	NKD
 	(caretaker)	 	adidas 	Gazprom
 	 	 	Puma 	Mercedes-Benz Bank
SV Werder Bremen 	(caretaker)	 	Nike 	Wiesenhof (PHW-Gruppe)
 	 	 	adidas 	Volkswagen
===Managerial changes===
Team 	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure 	Date of vacancy 	Position in table	Incoming manager 	Date of appointment
FC Augsburg 	Jos Luhukay 	Resigned 	5 May 2012 	Pre-season 	Markus Weinzierl 	17 May 2012
VfL Wolfsburg 	Felix Magath 	Mutual consent 	25 October 2012 	18th 	Dieter Hecking 	22 December 2012
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Markus Babbel 	Sacked 	3 December 2012 	16th 	Marco Kurz 	1 January 2013
Schalke 04 	Huub Stevens 	Sacked 	16 December 2012	7th 	Jens Keller 	16 December 2012
1. FC Nuremberg 	Dieter Hecking 	Signed by VfL Wolfsburg	22 December 2012	14th 	Michael Wiesinger	24 December 2012
Greuther Fürth 	Mike Büskens 	Sacked 	20 February 2013	18th 	Frank Kramer 	11 March 2013
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Marco Kurz 	Sacked 	2 April 2013 	17th 	Markus Gisdol 	2 April 2013
Werder Bremen 	Thomas Schaaf 	Mutual consent 	15 May 2013 	14th 	Wolfgang Rolff 	15 May 2013
==League table==
VfB Stuttgart qualified for the Europa League by playing Champions League-qualified Bayern Munich in the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal final. Since they lost, they will enter the third qualifying round, and the fifth- and sixth-placed team of the 2012–13 Bundesliga will enter the group stage and play-off round respectively.
===Positions by round===
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
	Leader
	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Qualification to relegation playoffs
	Relegation to 2013–14 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
==Results==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Relegation play-offs==
1899 Hoffenheim as 16th-placed team faced 3rd-placed 2012–13 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern in a two-legged play-off.
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1899 Hoffenheim won 5–2 on aggregate and retained its Fußball-Bundesliga spot for the 2013–14 season.
==Season statistics==
===Top scorers===
Rank	Player 	Club 	Goals
1 	Stefan Kießling 	Bayer Leverkusen 	25
2 	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund 	24
3 	Alexander Meier 	Eintracht Frankfurt	16
4 	Vedad Ibišević 	VfB Stuttgart 	15
4 	Mario Mandžukić 	Bayern Munich 	15
6 	Marco Reus 	Borussia Dortmund 	14
7 	Thomas Müller 	Bayern Munich 	13
7 	Ádám Szalai 	1. FSV Mainz 05 	13
9 	Mame Biram Diouf 	Hannover 96 	12
9 	Artjoms Rudņevs 	Hamburger SV 	12
9 	Son Heung-Min 	Hamburger SV 	12
===Top assists===
Rank	Player 	Club 	Assists
1 	Franck Ribéry 	Bayern Munich 	15
2 	Jakub Błaszczykowski	Borussia Dortmund	12
3 	Szabolcs Huszti 	Hannover 96 	11
3 	Hiroshi Kiyotake 	1. FC Nuremberg 	11
3 	Philipp Lahm 	Bayern München 	11
3 	Thomas Müller 	Bayern München 	11
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===Hat-tricks===
Player	For 	Against 	Result	Date
 	1. FSV Mainz 05 	1899 Hoffenheim 	3–0 	
 	Werder Bremen 	1899 Hoffenheim 	4–1 	
 	VfB Stuttgart 	Schalke 04 	3–1 	
 	Borussia Dortmund 	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0 	
4 	Bayern Munich 	Hamburger SV 	9–2 	
 	Schalke 04 	Hamburger SV 	4–1 	
 	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1. FSV Mainz 05 	4–2 	
* 4 Player scored 4 goals
==Number of teams by state==
 	State 	Number of teams	Teams
1	North Rhine-Westphalia	5 	Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Schalke 04
2	Bavaria 	4 	1. FC Nuremberg, Bayern Munich, FC Augsburg, and SpVgg Greuther Fürth
3	Baden-Württemberg 	3 	1899 Hoffenheim, SC Freiburg and VfB Stuttgart
4	Lower Saxony 	2 	Hannover 96 and VfL Wolfsburg
5	Bremen 	1 	Werder Bremen
5	Hamburg 	1 	Hamburger SV
5	Hesse 	1 	Eintracht Frankfurt
5	Rhineland-Palatinate 	1 	Mainz 05
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==External links==
*Official website
Category:2012–13 in German football leagues
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