Season 2012–13 Dates 3 Aug 2012 – 19 May 2013 Goals scored 790 | Champions Hertha BSC Champion Hertha BSC Matches played 306 | |
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Promoted Hertha BSC
Eintracht Braunschweig Top goalscorer Dominick Kumbela
(19 goals) Biggest home win Erzgebirge Aue 6–1 VfL Bochum Biggest away win SV Sandhausen 1–6 Hertha BSC Relegated MSV Duisburg, SSV Jahn Regensburg Similar 2013–14 2 Bundesliga, 2015–16 2 Bundesliga, 2012–13 Bundesliga, 2007–08 2 Bundesliga, 2011–12 Bundesliga | ||
The 2012–13 2. Bundesliga was the 39th season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second-level football league. The season began on 3 August 2012 and ended with the last games on 19 May 2013, with a winter break held between the weekends around 15 December 2012 and 2 February 2013.
Contents
- Teams
- Stadiums and locations
- League table
- Positions by round
- Results
- Relegation play offs
- Scoring
- References
The league comprised eighteen teams: The teams placed fourth through fifteenth of the 2011–12 season, the worst two teams from the 2011–12 Bundesliga, the best two teams from the 2011–12 3. Liga, the losers of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Bundesliga team and the third-placed 2nd Bundesliga team and the winners of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed 2nd Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3. Liga team.
Teams
At the end of the 2011–12 season, SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Eintracht Frankfurt were directly promoted to the 2012–13 Bundesliga. Greuther Fürth left the second level after fifteen seasons and will make debut for top level, while Eintracht only made a cameo appearance in the league. The two promoted teams were replaced by 1. FC Köln and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, who were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 Bundesliga season. Köln re-entered the second level after four consecutive Bundesliga seasons, while Kaiserslautern returned to the 2nd Bundesliga after two years.
On the other end of the table, Alemannia Aachen and Hansa Rostock were directly relegated to the 2012–13 3rd Liga. Aachen dropped to the third tier for the first time since the 1998–99 season, while Rostock concluded a cameo appearance in the league. The two relegated clubs will be replaced with 2011–12 3rd Liga champions SV Sandhausen and runners-up VfR Aalen, who earned direct promotion spots are thus both made their debut on this level of the league system.
Two further spots were available via two-legged play-offs. The playoff between 16th-placed 2011–12 Bundesliga sides Hertha BSC and 3rd-placed 2011–12 2nd Bundesliga team Fortuna Düsseldorf ended 4–3 on aggregate for the latter. Consequently, Fortuna finished a three-year spell at second level and returned to the Bundesliga after fifteen years in lower leagues; in turn, Hertha concluded a cameo appearance at the top level and returned to the 2nd Bundesliga. However, this decision is provisional since Hertha have appealed against the result of the second leg, which was marred by several incidents of crowd disturbance.
Elsewhere, the playoff between 16th-placed 2011–12 2. Bundesliga sides Karlsruher SC and 3rd-placed 2011–12 3rd Liga team Jahn Regensburg ended 3–3 on aggregate and saw Jahn promoted via the away goal rule. The Bavarian club returned to the second level after eight years; in turn, Karlsruhe finished a three-year spell at the second level and returned to the third level for the first time since the 2000–01 season.
Stadiums and locations
Five clubs expanded the seating capacities of their stadiums. Following their promotion, Aalen, Jahn Regensburg and Sandhausen all increased the capacity of their stadiums to 12,500, 13,251 and 12,100 spectators, respectively. Elsewhere, St. Pauli's Millerntor-Stadion was undergoing reconstruction during the autumn as the entire Back Straight was being rebuilt. Finally, 1860 Munich will benefit from an expansion of Allianz Arena by co-tenants and city rivals Bayern Munich, who increased the total capacity of the ground to 71,000 people in late August 2012.
An additional three clubs will have a slightly decreased capacity, as Eintracht Braunschweig, FSV Frankfurt and Union Berlin all are rebuilding a stand of their stadiums. Braunschweig will thus be able to host 22,100 spectators, while Frankfurt and Union can accommodate 10,470 and 16,750 people, respectively, during reconstruction.
Notes
- The total capacity of Allianz Arena was 69,000 people before being expanded to 71,000 in late August 2012.
- Stadium is under reconstruction for all of the 2012–13 season.
- Stadium is under reconstruction during the 2012–13 season. The capacity will increase to 12,542 spectators upon completion of the works.
League table
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. Fußball-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.
(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.
Positions by round
Source: kicker.de
Results
Source: Bundesliga.de
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation play-offs
Dynamo Dresden, who finished 16th, face VfL Osnabrück, the 3rd-placed 2012–13 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2013–14 2. Bundesliga. The two sides met in the same fixture two seasons ago, although this time the roles are reversed.
Dynamo Dresden won 2–1 on aggregate and retained its 2. Fußball-Bundesliga spot for the 2013–14 season.