2012–13 in German football

Football in Germany

Season	2012–13
Bundesliga	Bayern Munich
2. Bundesliga	Hertha BSC
3. Liga	Karlsruher SC
DFB-Pokal	Bayern Munich
DFL-Supercup	Bayern Munich
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season is the 103rd season of competitive football in Germany.

Promotion and relegation

Pre Season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	SpVgg Greuther Fürth Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Düsseldorf	1. FC Köln 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hertha BSC
2. Bundesliga	SV Sandhausen VfR Aalen SSV Jahn Regensburg	Alemannia Aachen Hansa Rostock Karlsruher SC
3. Liga	Borussia Dortmund II Stuttgarter Kickers Hallescher FC	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen FC Carl Zeiss Jena SV Werder Bremen II
Bundesliga (women)	VfL Sindelfingen FSV Gütersloh 2009	Hamburger SV (women) 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (women)
2. Bundesliga (women)	Blau-Weiß Hohen Neuendorf Holstein Kiel SC Sand SV Bardenbach 1. FFC Recklinghausen	Mellendorfer TV FCR 2001 Duisburg FV Löchgau Borussia Mönchengladbach

Post Season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	Hertha BSC Eintracht Braunschweig	SpVgg Greuther Fürth Fortuna Düsseldorf
2. Bundesliga	Karlsruher SC Arminia Bielefeld	MSV Duisburg SSV Jahn Regensburg
3. Liga	RB Leipzig SV Elversberg Holstein Kiel	Kickers Offenbach SV Babelsberg 03 Alemannia Aachen
Bundesliga (women)	BV Cloppenburg (women) TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr FSV Gütersloh 2009
2. Bundesliga (women)	FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin VfL Bochum SV 67 Weinberg TuS Wörrstadt Wolfsburg II	Holstein Kiel FFC Oldesloe 1. FFC Recklinghausen SV RW Bardenbach Bad Neuenahr II

National teams

Germany national football team

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Germany  v  Faroe Islands

7 September 2012 Group C Match 1	Germany	3 – 0	Faroe Islands	Hanover
20:45	Götze  28' Lahm  42' Özil  54', 72'	Report	Baldvinsson  4'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 32,769 Referee: Bobby Madden Assistant referees: William Conquer Alan Mulvanny Fourth official: Arnold Hunter

Austria  v  Germany

11 September 2012 Group C Match 2	Austria	1 – 2	Germany	Vienna
20:30	Prödl  18' Junuzović  57' Fuchs  60' Baumgartlinger  81'	Report	Reus  44' Özil  52' (pen.) Lahm  71'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel Erwin Zeinstra Fourth official: Richard Liesveld

Republic of Ireland  v  Germany

12 October 2012 Group C Match 3	Republic of Ireland	1 – 6	Germany	Dublin
19:45	O'Dea  47' Long  78' Keogh  90+2'	Report	Reus  30'  32', 40' Özil  55' (pen.) Klose  58' Kroos  61', 83' Badstuber  87'	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 51,151 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli Assistant referees: Renato Faverani Andrea Stefani Fourth official: Luca Banti

Germany  v  Sweden

16 October 2012 Group C Match 4	Germany	4 – 4	Sweden	Berlin
20:45	Klose  8', 15' Mertesacker  39' Özil  56' Reus  83' Lahm  89' Schweinsteiger  90+2'	Report	Isaksson  39' Ibrahimović  62' Lustig  64' Elmander  76' Elm  90+3'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 72,369 Referee: Pedro Proença Assistant referees: Tiago Garcias Trigo Bolinhas Bertino Cunha Miranda Fourth official: Duarte Nuno Pereira Gomes

Kazakhstan  v  Germany

22 March 2013 Group C Match 5	Kazakhstan	0 – 3	Germany	Astana
			Schweinsteiger  20' Götze  22' Müller  73'	Stadium: Astana Arena

Germany  v  Kazakhstan

26 March 2013 Group C Match 6	Germany	4 – 1	Kazakhstan
	Reus  23', 90' Götze  27' Gündoğan  32'		Schmidtgal	Attendance: 43,500

Friendlies

Germany  v  Argentina

15 August 2012	Germany	1–3	Argentina	Frankfurt, Germany
20:45 CEST	Zieler  30' Höwedes  82'	Report	Zabaleta  26' Messi 32'  52' Khedira  45' (o.g.) Di María  73'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 48,808 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Netherlands  v  Germany

14 November 2012	Netherlands	0–0	Germany	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

France  v  Germany

6 February 2013	France	1–2	Germany	Saint-Denis
21:00	Valbuena  44'	Summary	Müller  51' Khedira  74'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

United States  v  Germany

2 June 2013	United States	4–3	Germany	Washington, D.C.
14:30 EDT	Altidore  13' ter Stegen  16' (o.g.) Dempsey  60', 64'	Report	Westermann  52' Kruse  79' Draxler  81'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 47,359 Referee: Paúl Enrique Delgadillo (Mexico)

Germany women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying

Kazakhstan  v  Germany

15 September 2012	Kazakhstan	0–7	Germany	Karaganda, Kazakhstan
15:00		report	8', 42' Okoyino da Mbabi  33' Odebrecht  55' Mittag  63' Schmidt  86' Müller  87' Goessling	Stadium: Shakhtyor Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Monica Larsen (Norway)

Germany  v  Turkey

19 September 2012	Germany	10–0	Turkey	Duisburg, Germany
17:00	Okoyino da Mbabi  17', 74' Mittag  23' Laudehr  45+1' (pen.) Behringer  52', 60' (pen.) Müller  72', 86', 90+2' Bajramaj  85'	report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 6,467 Referee: Natalija Awdontschenko (Russia)

2013 Algarve Cup

Denmark  v  Germany

6 March 2013 Group A match 1	Denmark	0–0	Germany	Albufeira, Portugal
17:00 WET		Report		Stadium: Municipal Stadium Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Germany  v  Japan

8 March 2013 Group A match 2	Germany	2–1	Japan	Parchal, Portugal
12:15 WET	Faißt  7' Marozsán  55'	Report	Tanaka  18' 44'	Stadium: Stadium Bela Vista Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)

Germany  v  Norway

11 March 2013 Group A match 3	Germany	2–0	Norway	Lagos, Portugal
12:20 WET	Okoyino da Mbabi  52' Keßler  86'	Report	Christensen  84'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)

Germany  v  United States

13 March 2013 Final	Germany	0–2	United States	Algarve, Portugal
17:00 WET		Report	Morgan  13', 34' Leroux  83'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

Friendlies

United States  v  Germany

20 October 2012	United States	1–1	Germany	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:06 CDT	Wambach  2'	Report	Mittag  14'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 19,522 Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)

United States  v  Germany

23 October 2012	United States	2–2	Germany	East Hartford, Connecticut
19:30 EDT	Wambach  44' Heath  67' Mitts  74'	Report	Marozsán  48', 85' Goeßling  55'	Stadium: Rentschler Field Attendance: 18,870 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

Germany  v  France

29 November 2012	Germany	1–1	France	Halle
15:15 CET	Faißt  2'	Report	Franco  23'	Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark Attendance: 5,123 Referee: Haikkinen (Finland)

France  v  Germany

13 February 2013	France	3–3	Germany	Strasbourg, France
18:30 CET	Nécib  14', 22' Delie  53'	Report	Schmidt  12' Keßler  66', 81'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 15,888 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

Germany  v  United States

5 April 2013	Germany	3–3	United States	Offenbach
18:15 CEST	Kulig  63' Okoyino da Mbabi  85' Mittag  86'	Report	Wambach  47' Rapinoe  55' Morgan  71'	Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium Attendance: 16,090 Referee: Christina Pederson (Norway)

Germany  v  Scotland

15 June 2013	Germany	3–0	Scotland	Essen
15:30 CEST	Goeßling  34' Okoyino da Mbabi  44', 45'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Essen Attendance: 9,237 Referee: Florence Guillemin (France)

Germany  v  Canada

19 June 2013	Germany	1–0	Canada	Paderborn
18:00 CEST	Maier  53'	Report		Attendance: 9,781 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

Germany  v  Japan

29 June 2013	Germany	4–2	Japan	Munich
17:45 CEST	Maier  17' Okoyino da Mbabi  47' (pen.), 87' Laudehr  90+2' (pen.)	Report	Miyama  29' Ohno  40' Ōgimi  60'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 46,104 Referee: Alexandra Ihringova (England)

League standings

Men

Bundesliga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	29	4	1	98	18	+80	91	2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	19	9	6	81	42	+39	66
3	Bayer Leverkusen	34	19	8	7	65	39	+26	65
4	Schalke 04	34	16	7	11	58	50	+8	55	2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-off round
5	SC Freiburg	34	14	9	11	45	40	+5	51	2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	14	9	11	49	46	+3	51	2013–14 UEFA 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 Nuremberg	34	11	11	12	39	47	−8	44
11	VfL Wolfsburg	34	10	13	11	47	52	−5	43
12	VfB Stuttgart	34	12	7	15	37	55	−18	43	2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round^Note
13	FSV Mainz 05	34	10	12	12	42	44	−2	42
14	Werder Bremen	34	8	10	16	50	66	−16	34
15	FC Augsburg	34	8	9	17	33	51	−18	33
16	1899 Hoffenheim (Q)	34	8	7	19	42	67	−25	31	Qualification to the relegation play-offs
17	Fortuna Düsseldorf (R)	34	7	9	18	39	57	−18	30	Relegation to 2013–14 2. Bundesliga
18	SpVgg Greuther Fürth (R)	34	4	9	21	26	60	−34	21

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
VfB Stuttgart qualified for the Europa League as they were runners-up to Champions League-qualified Bayern Munich in the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal final. They entered the third qualifying round, and the fifth- and sixth-placed team of the 2012–13 Bundesliga entered the group stage and play-off round respectively.

2. Bundesliga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hertha BSC (C) (P)	34	22	10	2	65	28	+37	76	Promotion to 2013–14 Bundesliga
2	Eintracht Braunschweig (P)	34	19	10	5	52	34	+18	67
3	1. FC Kaiserslautern (Q)	34	15	13	6	55	33	+22	58	Qualification for 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
6	TSV 1860 München	34	12	13	9	39	31	+8	49
7	1. FC Union Berlin	34	13	10	11	50	49	+1	49
8	Energie Cottbus	34	12	12	10	41	36	+5	48
9	VfR Aalen	34	12	10	12	40	39	+1	46
10	FC St. Pauli	34	11	10	13	44	47	−3	43
11	MSV Duisburg (R)	34	11	10	13	37	49	−12	043^1	Relegation to 3. Liga
12	SC Paderborn	34	11	9	14	45	45	0	42
13	FC Ingolstadt 04	34	10	12	12	36	43	−7	42
14	VfL Bochum	34	10	8	16	40	52	−12	38
15	Erzgebirge Aue	34	9	10	15	39	46	−7	37
16	Dynamo Dresden (Q)	34	9	10	15	35	49	−14	37	Qualification to the relegation play-offs
17	SV Sandhausen	34	6	8	20	38	66	−28	26
18	Jahn Regensburg (R)	34	4	7	23	36	65	−29	19	Relegation to 3. Liga

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹MSV Duisburg were denied a license for the 2013–14 2. Bundesliga season, and, in accordance with the rules of the DFL (Deutsche Fußball-Liga), Duisburg are replaced by the best-placed originally relegated team, SV Sandhausen.^[1]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

3. Liga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Karlsruher SC (P)	38	23	10	5	69	27	+42	79	Promotion to 2013–14 2. Bundesliga
2	Arminia Bielefeld (P)	38	22	10	6	59	32	+27	76
3	VfL Osnabrück (Q)	38	22	7	9	64	35	+29	73	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Preußen Münster	38	20	12	6	63	33	+30	72
5	1. FC Heidenheim	38	21	9	8	69	47	+22	72
6	Chemnitzer FC	38	15	10	13	56	47	+9	55
7	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	38	11	18	9	51	51	0	51
8	Wacker Burghausen	38	14	9	15	45	45	0	51
9	SpVgg Unterhaching	38	14	9	15	48	55	−7	51
10	Hallescher FC	38	12	10	16	37	50	−13	46
11	1. FC Saarbrücken	38	12	9	17	52	62	−10	45
12	Hansa Rostock	38	11	11	16	39	52	−13	44
13	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	38	11	11	16	44	58	−14	44
14	VfB Stuttgart II	38	11	10	17	35	42	−7	43
15	Kickers Offenbach (R)	38	11	11	16	41	44	−3	042^1	Relegation to Regionalliga
16	Borussia Dortmund II	38	9	14	15	39	58	−19	41
17	Stuttgarter Kickers	38	10	10	18	39	48	−9	40
18	SV Darmstadt 98	38	8	14	16	32	46	−14	38
19	SV Babelsberg 03 (R)	38	9	10	19	32	54	−22	37	Relegation to Regionalliga
20	Alemannia Aachen (R)	38	7	10	21	40	68	−28	026^2

Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Offenbach has two points deducted for using bond money from a DFB fund. After the end of the season, Offenbach were not granted a license for the following season and are thus relegated.^[2]
2 Aachen has five points deducted for using bond money from a DFB fund and not paying back in time.^[3]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Alemannia Aachen took voluntary relegation on 23 November 2012, due to financial insolvency.^[4]

Women

Bundesliga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	VfL Wolfsburg (C)	22	17	2	3	71	16	+55	53	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Round of 32
2	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	22	16	1	5	70	16	+54	49
3	1. FFC Frankfurt	22	15	2	5	52	26	+26	47
4	FC Bayern Munich	22	14	1	7	49	24	+25	43
5	SC Freiburg	22	9	5	8	33	31	+2	32
6	SGS Essen	22	8	6	8	26	30	−4	30
7	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr (R)	22	8	6	8	25	29	−4	030^1	Relegation to 2013–14 2. Bundesliga
8	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	22	6	8	8	31	40	−9	26
9	FCR 2001 Duisburg	22	7	3	12	37	47	−10	24
10	FF USV Jena	22	6	4	12	24	47	−23	22
11	VfL Sindelfingen	22	3	3	16	14	73	−59	012^1
12	FSV Gütersloh 2009 (R)	22	2	1	19	19	72	−53	7	Relegation to 2013–14 2. Bundesliga

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹SC 07 Bad Neuenahr were relegated following bankruptcy which resulted in VfL Sindelfingen remaining in the Bundesliga.^[5]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2. Bundesliga

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BV Cloppenburg (C)	22	17	3	2	54	14	+40	54	Promotion to 2013–14 Bundesliga
2	Herfoerder SV	22	15	2	5	62	26	+36	47
3	SV Meppen	22	15	1	6	40	22	+18	46
4	Turbine Potsdam II	22	14	3	5	60	27	+33	45
5	Werder Bremen	22	13	3	6	54	32	+22	42
6	1. FC Lok Leipzig	22	9	6	7	41	37	+4	33
7	1. FC Lübars	22	9	2	11	31	28	+3	29
8	Magdeburger FFC	22	6	6	10	28	36	−8	24
9	FF USV Jena II	22	4	4	14	23	49	−26	16
10	Blau-Weiß Hohen Neuendorf	22	3	5	14	18	56	−38	14	Qualification to the relegation playoff
11	Holstein Kiel (R)	22	3	4	15	20	54	−34	13	Relegation to 2013–14 Regionalliga
12	FFC Oldesloe (R)	22	4	1	17	16	66	−50	13

Updated to games played on 30 May 2013.
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1899 Hoffenheim (C)	22	18	2	2	73	23	+50	56	Promotion to 2013–14 Bundesliga
2	1. FC Köln	22	17	4	1	66	14	+52	55
3	SC Sand	22	17	3	2	65	22	+43	54
4	TSV Crailsheim	22	9	5	8	39	31	+8	32
5	ETSV Würzburg	22	10	2	10	44	53	−9	32
6	1. FC Saarbrücken	22	9	3	10	40	36	+4	30
7	Bayern Munich II	22	8	5	9	42	32	+10	29
8	FFC Frankfurt II	22	8	2	12	27	40	−13	26
9	1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen	22	6	4	12	37	40	−3	22
10	1. FFC Recklinghausen (R)	22	5	2	15	31	79	−48	17	Qualification to the relegation playoff
11	Bad Neuenahr II (R)	22	3	5	14	17	48	−31	14	Relegation to 2013–14 Regionalliga
12	SV RW Bardenbach (R)	22	2	3	17	23	86	−63	9

Updated to games played on 30 May 2013.
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League

Managerial changes

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FC Augsburg	Jos Luhukay	5 May 2012[6]	Markus Weinzierl	17 May 2012[7]
SV Babelsberg 03	Dietmar Demuth	15 May 2012[8]	Christian Benbennek	15 May 2012
SpVgg Unterhaching	Heiko Herrlich	25 May 2012[9]	Claus Schromm	28 June 2012[10]
Wacker Burghausen	Reinhard Stumpf	30 June 2012[11]	Georgi Donkov	1 July 2012[12]
1. FC Köln	Frank Schaefer	30 June 2012[13]	Holger Stanislawski	1 July 2012[13]
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Krasimir Balakov	30 June 2012[14]	Franco Foda	1 July 2012[15]
Hertha BSC	Otto Rehhagel	30 June 2012[16]	Jos Luhukay	1 July 2012[16]
Jahn Regensburg	Markus Weinzierl	30 June 2012[17]	Oscar Corrochano	1 July 2012[18]
SC Paderborn 07	Roger Schmidt	30 June 2012[19]	Stephan Schmidt	10 July 2012[20]
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Stefan Emmerling	25 August 2012[21]	Alois Schwartz	10 September 2012[22]
MSV Duisburg	Oliver Reck	25 August 2012[23]	Kosta Runjaić	3 September 2012[24]
SV Darmstadt 98	Kosta Runjaić	2 September 2012[24]	Jürgen Seeberger	5 September 2012[25]
Hansa Rostock	Wolfgang Wolf	3 September 2012[26]	Marc Fascher	5 September 2012[27]
Alemannia Aachen	Ralf Außem	3 September 2012[28]	René van Eck	10 September 2012[29]
FC St. Pauli	André Schubert	26 September 2012[30]	Michael Frontzeck	3 October 2012[31]
VfL Wolfsburg	Felix Magath	25 October 2012[32]	Dieter Hecking	22 December 2012[33]
VfL Bochum	Andreas Bergmann	28 October 2012[34]	Karsten Neitzel (caretaker)	28 October 2012[34]
Jahn Regensburg	Oscar Corrochano	4 November 2012[35]	Franciszek Smuda	2 January 2013[36]
1860 München	Reiner Maurer	18 November 2012[37]	Alexander Schmidt	18 November 2012
SV Sandhausen	Gerd Dais	19 November 2012[38]	Hans-Jürgen Boysen	20 November 2012[39]
Stuttgarter Kickers	Dirk Schuster	19 November 2012[40]	Guido Buchwald (interim)	20 December 2012
1899 Hoffenheim	Markus Babbel	3 December 2012[41]	Marco Kurz	1 January 2013[42]
Dynamo Dresden	Ralf Loose	9 December 2012[43]	Peter Pacult	3 January 2013[44]
SV Darmstadt 98	Jürgen Seeberger	17 December 2012[45]	Dirk Schuster	28 December 2012[46]
Schalke 04	Huub Stevens	16 December 2012[47]	Jens Keller	16 December 2012[47]
Stuttgarter Kickers	Guido Buchwald	20 December 2012	Gerd Dais	20 December 2012[48]
1. FC Nuremberg	Dieter Hecking	22 December 2012[49]	Michael Wiesinger	24 December 2012[50]
Kickers Offenbach	Arie van Lent	6 February 2013[51]	Rico Schmitt	13 February 2013[52]
Greuther Fürth	Mike Büskens	20 February 2013[53]	Frank Kramer	11 March 2013[54]
1899 Hoffenheim	Marco Kurz	2 April 2013[55]	Markus Gisdol	2 April 2013[55]
Stuttgarter Kickers	Gerd Dais	7 April 2013[56]	Massimo Morales	7 April 2013
VfL Bochum	Karsten Neitzel	8 April 2013[57]	Peter Neururer	8 April 2013[57]
SV Babelsberg 03	Christian Benbennek	9 April 2013[58]	Almedin Civa (interim)	19 April 2013
FC Erzgebirge Aue	Karsten Baumann	28 April 2013[59]	Falko Götz	29 April 2013[60]
SV Babelsberg 03	Almedin Civa	29 April 2013[61]	Dieter Timme	29 April 2013
SC Paderborn 07	Stephan Schmidt	5 May 2013[62]	René Müller (caretaker)	5 May 2013
Werder Bremen	Thomas Schaaf	15 May 2013[63]	Wolfgang Rolff	15 May 2013
VfL Osnabrück	Claus-Dieter Wollitz	17 May 2013[64]	Alexander Ukrow (interim)	17 May 2013

Transfers

• List of German football transfers summer 2012

Deaths

• 19 July 2012 – Hans Nowak, 74, defender for FC Schalke 04, FC Bayern Munich, and Kickers Offenbach and member of the 1962 West Germany World Cup squad.^[65]
• 11 October 2012 – Helmut Haller, 73, midfielder for FC Augsburg. A German international, Haller played 3 World Cups. Outside Germany, he won almost 200 Serie A caps in Italy.^[66]
• 22 November 2012 – Raimund Krauth, 59, striker for Karlsruher SC, Eintracht Frankfurt, and FK Pirmasens.^[67]
• 28 March 2013 – Heinz Patzig, 83, midfielder for Eintracht Braunschweig and others. After his playing career, he worked as Braunschweig's assistant manager for 27 straight seasons.^[68]
• 7 April 2013 – Hans Jäcker, 80, goalkeeper for Eintracht Braunschweig.^[69]
• 15 June 2013 – Heinz Flohe, 65, midfielder for 1. FC Köln and TSV 1860 München. He was a member of the 1974 World Cup champion West Germany squad as well as the 1976 Euro and 1978 World Cup squads.^[70]
• 16 June 2013 – Ottmar Walter, 89, forward for 1. FC Kaiserslautern and others. He was a member of the 1954 World Cup champion West Germany squad.^[71]

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