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
Retirements
National teams
Germany national football team
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Friendlies
Germany women's national football team
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2013 Algarve Cup
Friendlies
League standings
Men
Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga
3. Liga
Women
Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga
North
South
German clubs in Europe
UEFA Champions League
Play-off round
Group stage
Group B
Group D
Group F
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
UEFA Europa League
Third qualifying round
Play-off Round
Group stage
Group C
Group E
Group K
Group L
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Round of 16
UEFA Women's Champions League
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Managerial changes
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointmentFC Augsburg Jos Luhukay5 May 2012 Markus Weinzierl17 May 2012SV Babelsberg 03 Dietmar Demuth15 May 2012 Christian Benbennek15 May 2012SpVgg Unterhaching Heiko Herrlich25 May 2012 Claus Schromm28 June 2012Wacker Burghausen Reinhard Stumpf30 June 2012 Georgi Donkov1 July 20121. FC Köln Frank Schaefer30 June 2012 Holger Stanislawski1 July 20121. FC Kaiserslautern Krasimir Balakov30 June 2012 Franco Foda1 July 2012Hertha BSC Otto Rehhagel30 June 2012 Jos Luhukay1 July 2012Jahn Regensburg Markus Weinzierl30 June 2012 Oscar Corrochano1 July 2012SC Paderborn 07 Roger Schmidt30 June 2012 Stephan Schmidt10 July 2012Rot-Weiß Erfurt Stefan Emmerling25 August 2012 Alois Schwartz10 September 2012MSV Duisburg Oliver Reck25 August 2012 Kosta Runjaić3 September 2012SV Darmstadt 98 Kosta Runjaić2 September 2012 Jürgen Seeberger5 September 2012Hansa Rostock Wolfgang Wolf3 September 2012 Marc Fascher5 September 2012Alemannia Aachen Ralf Außem3 September 2012 René van Eck10 September 2012FC St. Pauli André Schubert26 September 2012 Michael Frontzeck3 October 2012VfL Wolfsburg Felix Magath25 October 2012 Dieter Hecking22 December 2012VfL Bochum Andreas Bergmann28 October 2012 Karsten Neitzel (caretaker)28 October 2012Jahn Regensburg Oscar Corrochano4 November 2012 Franciszek Smuda2 January 20131860 Munich Reiner Maurer18 November 2012 Alexander Schmidt18 November 2012SV Sandhausen Gerd Dais19 November 2012 Hans-Jürgen Boysen20 November 2012Stuttgarter Kickers Dirk Schuster19 November 2012 Guido Buchwald (interim)20 December 20121899 Hoffenheim Markus Babbel3 December 2012 Marco Kurz1 January 2013Dynamo Dresden Ralf Loose9 December 2012 Peter Pacult3 January 2013SV Darmstadt 98 Jürgen Seeberger17 December 2012 Dirk Schuster28 December 2012Schalke 04 Huub Stevens16 December 2012 Jens Keller16 December 2012Stuttgarter Kickers Guido Buchwald20 December 2012 Gerd Dais20 December 20121. FC Nürnberg Dieter Hecking22 December 2012 Michael Wiesinger24 December 2012Kickers Offenbach Arie van Lent6 February 2013 Rico Schmitt13 February 2013Greuther Fürth Mike Büskens20 February 2013 Frank Kramer11 March 20131899 Hoffenheim Marco Kurz2 April 2013 Markus Gisdol2 April 2013Stuttgarter Kickers Gerd Dais7 April 2013 Massimo Morales7 April 2013VfL Bochum Karsten Neitzel8 April 2013 Peter Neururer8 April 2013SV Babelsberg 03 Christian Benbennek9 April 2013 Almedin Civa (interim)19 April 2013FC Erzgebirge Aue Karsten Baumann28 April 2013 Falko Götz29 April 2013SV Babelsberg 03 Almedin Civa29 April 2013 Dieter Timme29 April 2013SC Paderborn 07 Stephan Schmidt5 May 2013 René Müller (caretaker)5 May 2013Werder Bremen Thomas Schaaf15 May 2013 Wolfgang Rolff15 May 2013VfL Osnabrück Claus-Dieter Wollitz17 May 2013 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. 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. 22 November 2012 – Raimund Krauth, 59, striker for Karlsruher SC, Eintracht Frankfurt, and FK Pirmasens. 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. 7 April 2013 – Hans Jäcker, 80, goalkeeper for Eintracht Braunschweig. 15 June 2013 – Heinz Flohe, 65, midfielder for 1. FC Köln and TSV 1860 Munich. He was a member of the 1974 World Cup champion West Germany squad as well as the 1976 Euro and 1978 World Cup squads. 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.
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