The 2012–13 Bayer Leverkusen season was the 109th 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 34th season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1979.
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal.
In Europe the club had qualified for the 2012–13 edition of the UEFA Europa League where it played Metalist Kharkiv, Rapid Wien and Rosenborg in Group K of the group stage.
Review and events In the 2011–12 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished fifth in the 2011–12 Bundesliga. Therefore the club qualified for the 2012–13 Bundesliga, 2012–13 DFB-Pokal and 2012–13 Europa League.
Bayer Leverkusen rejected a bid for André Schürrle worth €25 million from Chelsea. Bayer Leverkusen has decided not to sell Schürrle because they were "unable to sign a replacement" because suitable replacements are "too expensive" and would be forced to sign "a weaker player" who is "overpriced". Leverkusen CEO Wolfgang Holzhäuser accused Bayern Munich coach of Jupp Heynckes "tapping up" Lars Bender. The club had rejected an "official" offer from Bayern Munich the previous week.
Matches
Legend
Bundesliga
League results and fixtures
Source 1 15:30 Commerzbank-Arena Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 27,900 Kießling Aigner Lanig T12 0 2 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen SC Freiburg 2–0 23,635 Castro Wollscheid — T9 3 3 15:30 Signal Iduna Park Dortmund Borussia Dortmund 0–3 80,645 — Hummels Błaszczykowski Lewandowski 12 3 4 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 27,640 Kadlec Herrmann 13 4 5 20:00 SGL arena Augsburg FC Augsburg 3–1 25,211 Kießling Wollscheid Schürrle Werner 8 7 6 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen Greuther Fürth 2–0 25,700 Sam — 7 10 7 17:30 Mercedes-Benz Arena Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart 2–2 47,400 Kießling Ibišević 6 11 8 15:30 BayArena Lueverkusen Mainz 05 2–2 28,077 Kießling Castro Szalai Risse 5 12 9 17:30 Allianz Arena Munich Bayern Munich 2–1 71,000 Kießling Sam Mandžukić 5 15 10 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–2 27,153 Sam Schürrle Castro Rafael Bodzek 4 18 11 15:30 Volkswagen-Arena Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 24,825 Kießling Diego Dost 5 18 12 18:30 BayArena Leverkusen Schalke 04 2–0 30,000 Schürrle Kießling — 5 21 13 17:30 Rhein-Neckar Arena Sinsheim 1899 Hoffenheim 2–1 22,100 Bender Carvajal Johnson 5 24 14 20:00 Weserstadion Bremen Werder Bremen 4–1 37,231 Castro Rolfes Hegeler Petersen 2 27 15 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen 1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 22,000 Kießling — 2 30 16 17:30 AWD-Arena Hanover Hannover 96 2–3 45,800 Castro Kießling Huszti Diouf 2 30 17 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen Hamburger SV 3–0 29,489 Kießling Schürrle — 2 33 18 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 28,767 Boenisch Kießling Schürrle Meier 2 36 19 18:30 Mage Solar Stadion Freiburg SC Freiburg 0–0 22,500 — — 2 37 20 17:30 BayArena Leverkusen Borussia Dortmund 2–3 30,210 Reinartz Reus Błaszczykowski Lewandowski 3 37 21 15:30 Borussia-Park Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–3 45,000 Sam Kießling Schürrle Stranzl De Jong Herrmann 3 38 22 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen FC Augsburg 2–1 22,784 Kießling Bender Mölders 3 41 23 17:30 Trolli Arena Fürth Greuther Fürth 0–0 14,635 — — 3 42 24 18:30 BayArena Leverkusen VfB Stuttgart 2–1 27,058 Kießling Bender Ibišević 3 45 25 15:30 Coface Arena Mainz Mainz 05 0–1 30,124 — Ivanschitz 3 45 26 18:30 BayArena Leverkusen Bayern Munich 1–2 30,210 Rolfes Gómez Wollscheid 3 45 27 15:30 Esprit Arena Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–1 53,265 Kießling Schürrle Schwaab 3 48 28 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 29,288Schürrle Kjær 3 49 29 18:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Schalke 04 2–2 61,619 Rolfes Kießling Pukki Raffael 3 50 30 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen 1899 Hoffenheim 5–028,683Kießling
Schürrle
Reinartz — 3 53 31 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen Werder Bremen1–0 30,210Kießling — 3 56 32 15:30 Stadion Nürnberg Nuremberg 1. FC Nuremberg2–0 40,581Toprak
Kießling — 3 59 33 15:30 BayArena Leverkusen Hannover 963–129,904Hegeler
Kießling Sobiech 3 62 34 15:30 Imtech Arena Hamburg Hamburger SV1–0 57,000Kießling — 3 65
League table
League summary table
DFB-Pokal
Source 1 15:30 Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Jena Carl Zeiss Jena 4–0 8,043 Rolfes Bellarabi Kießling Fernandes — 2 19:00 Bielefelder Alm Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld 3–2 24,771 Hegeler Friedrich Schürrle Hille Schütz 19:00 Volkswagen Arena Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 10,781 Fagner Träsch Dost
Europa League
Group stage
Group results
Source 1 21:05 BayArena Leverkusen, Germany Metalist Kharkiv 0–0 15,300 — — T2 1 2 19:00 Lerkendal Stadion Trondheim, Norway Rosenborg 1–0 12,587 Kießling — 2 4 3 19:00 Ernst-Happel-Stadion Vienna, Austria Rapid Wien 4–0 42,600 Wollscheid Castro Bellarabi — 1 7 4 21:05 BayArena Leverkusen, Germany Rapid Wien 3–0 19,842 Hegeler Schürrle Friedrich — 1 10 5 19:00 Metalist Stadium Kharkiv, Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 0–2 39,218 — Cristaldo Xavier 2 10 6 21:05 BayArena Leverkusen, Germany Rosenborg 1–0 10,513 Riedel — 2 13
Group table
Team Metalist Kharkiv641193+613 Bayer Leverkusen641192+713 Rosenborg6204710−36 Rapid Wien6105414−103
Group summary table
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Overall record
Competition First match Last matchRecordGWDLGFGAGDWin % Bundesliga 25 August 2012 18 May 2013 DFB-Pokal 18 August 2012 19 December 2012 Europa League 20 September 2012 21 February 2013 Total
Squad information
Squad and statistics
Squad, appearances and goals
Sources:
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! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards
! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| No longer at the club
Minutes played, goal scorers and scoring rate
Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League 40 Julian Riedel 90 1 1.00 0 0 — 0 0 — 90 1 1.00 18 Sidney Sam 694 5 0.65 494 5 0.94 40 0 0.00 160 0 0.00 11 Stefan Kießling 2,802 18 0.58 2,223 16 0.65 136 1 0.66 353 1 0.26 9 André Schürrle 2,775 9 0.29 2,147 6 0.25 278 1 0.32 350 2 0.51 38 Karim Bellarabi 659 2 0.27 411 0 0.00 68 1 1.32 180 1 0.50 13 Jens Hegeler 1,040 3 0.26 477 1 0.19 141 1 0.64 422 1 0.21 27 Gonzalo Castro 2,808 7 0.22 2,188 5 0.21 209 0 0.00 411 2 0.44 5 Manuel Friedrich 942 2 0.19 356 0 0.00 180 1 0.50 406 1 0.22 17 Sebastian Boenisch 963 1 0.09 775 1 0.12 90 0 0.00 98 0 0.00 8 Lars Bender 2,860 3 0.09 2,180 3 0.12 300 0 0.00 380 0 0.00 4 Philipp Wollscheid 2,970 3 0.09 2,160 2 0.08 180 0 0.00 630 1 0.14 24 Michal Kadlec 1,123 1 0.08 843 1 0.11 90 0 0.00 190 0 0.00 3 Stefan Reinartz 2,404 2 0.07 1,861 2 0.10 178 0 0.00 365 0 0.00 6 Simon Rolfes 2,457 3 0.11 1,737 2 0.10 136 1 0.66 584 0 0.00 20 Daniel Carvajal 2,443 1 0.04 2,069 1 0.04 210 0 0.00 164 0 0.00
Bookings
Transfers
In
Out 15 GK René Adler 27 EU Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer 2017 Free
Kits
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info Home Red Black Red Home Alt. Red Red Red UEFA EL, Group stage, October 4 against Trondheim Home Alt. 2 Red Black Black Bundesliga, Match 34, May 18 against Hamburg Away White White White Third Navy Navy Navy
Sources
Match reports
Other
External links 2012–13 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season at Weltfussball.de 2012–13 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season at kicker.de 2012–13 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season at Fussballdaten.de