The 2012–13 SC Paderborn 07 season is the 28th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13, the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It is the club's fourth consecutive season in this league, having played at this level since 2009–10, after it was promoted from the 3. Liga in 2009.

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, but was knocked out in the first round by third division side Arminia Bielefeld.DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 5 September 2012

The club finished the season in 12th place to secure a spot in the following year's 2. Bundesliga.

Squad

Transfers

In Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromFeeRef.1 July 2012CBPatrick ZieglerSpVgg UnterhachingFree transfer1 July 2012AMTobias KempeErzgebirge AueFree transfer1 July 2012CMMario VrančićBorussia Dortmund IIFree transfer1 July 2012CFDavid PoljanecFree transfer1 July 2012AMMassimo OrnatelliPreußen MünsterFree transfer1 July 2012CBManuel GuldeTSG 1899 HoffenheimFree transfer1 July 2012CBTobias FeisthammelAlemannia AachenFree transfer7 January 2013CFMahir SağlıkSt. PauliFree transfer

Loans in Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromDate untilRef.1 July 2012CMManuel Zeitz1. FC Nürnberg30 June 201330 July 2012CFPhilipp HofmannSchalke 0430 June 201331 July 2012CFDeniz YılmazMainz 0530 June 20133 January 2013RWElias KachungaBorussia Mönchengladbach30 June 2013

Out Date fromPositionNationalityNameToFeeRef.1 July 2012CFMatt TaylorPreußen MünsterUndisclosed1 July 2012CBFlorian MohrFC St. PauliFree1 July 2012CFSven KrauseSC WiedenbrückFree1 July 2012AMYasin KocatepeSC PfullendorfFree1 July 2012AMMehmet KaraUndisclosed1 July 2012FBSergej SchmikSV WilhelmshavenFree1 July 2012CBSören GontherFC St. PauliFree1 July 2012CFSören BrandyMSV DuisburgFree1 July 2012AMEnis Alushi1. FC KaiserslauternFree19 July 2012CFNick Proschwitz€3,300,00021 January 2013LWChristian RascheSportfreunde LotteFree21 January 2013AMTobias KempeDynamo DresdenFree

Friendly matches

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

League table

Results summary

Matches

DFB Pokal

Sources

External links 2012–13 SC Paderborn 07 season at Weltfussball.de 2012–13 SC Paderborn 07 season at kicker.de 2012–13 SC Paderborn 07 season at Fussballdaten.de