| 2012–13 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Lucien Favre | |||
| Bundesliga | 8th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Second round | |||
| UEFA Champions League | Play-off round | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Luuk de Jong Patrick Herrmann (6 each) All: Juan Arango (9)  | |||
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The 2012–13 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 113th 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 fifth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008.
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the second round and lost to fellow Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf.[1]
In Europe the club qualified for the 2012–13 edition of the UEFA Europa League, where it played AEL Limassol, Fenerbahçe and Marseille in Group C of the group stage.[2] The club had qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League but was knocked out by Dynamo Kyiv.[3]
Review and events
Matches
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
| 11 July 2012 | SSVg Velbert | 0–6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Velbert | 
| 18:30 CEST | Ciğerci  Hrgota Own goal Own goal De Camargo Herrmann  | 
Stadium: Stadion Sonnenblume Attendance: 3,517 Referee: Felix Schmitz (Xanten)  | 
| 14 July 2012 | Preußen Münster | 0–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Ahaus | 
| 16:00 CEST | De Camargo  Marx Hrgota  | 
Stadium: Stadion am Bahnhof, Alstätte | 
| 21 July 2012 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 |   | Munich | 
| 16:00 CEST | Zimmermann  Marx  | 
Davies  Asante  | 
Stadium: ESV Munich's Sports Park | 
| 25 July 2012 | 1860 Munich | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Rottach-Egern | 
| 18:00 CEST | Bülow  Blanco  | 
Younes  De Camargo Bieler  | 
| 28 July 2012 | VfL Bochum | 1–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bochum | 
| 17:30 CEST | Sinkiewicz  | 
[4][5] | Arango  Mlapa  | 
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)  | 
| 4 August 2012 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 |   | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CEST | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 26.039 Referee: Christian Bandurski  | 
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 51 | Qualification to 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 Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 44 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Matches
| 25 August 2012 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CEST | Jantschke  Hanke Arango Xhaka  | 
Report | Firmino  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,100 Referee: Peter Sippel  | 
| 1 September 2012 2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Düsseldorf | 
| 18:30 CEST | Bellinghausen  Kruse Schahin  | 
Report | Xhaka  Ter Stegen  | 
Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 29,999 Referee: Günter Perl  | 
| 15 September 2012 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–3 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CEST | Daems  De Jong Xhaka Arango  | 
Report | Klose  Simons Balitsch Kiyotake Simons  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,195 Referee: Christian Dingert  | 
| 23 September 2012 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leverkusen | 
| 15:30 CEST | Kadlec  | 
Report | Herrmann  Stranzl Ciğerci Xhaka Brouwers  | 
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,640 Referee: Peter Gagelmann  | 
| 26 September 2012 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | Hamburger SV | Mönchengladbach | 
| 20:00 CEST | Stranzl  Xhaka Domínguez  | 
Report | Van der Vaart  Arslan Rudņevs  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,233 Referee: Deniz Aytekin  | 
| 29 September 2012 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 5–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Dortmund | 
| 18:30 CEST | Reus  Subotić Gündoğan Błaszczykowski  | 
Report (in German) | Nordtveit  | 
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Wolfgang Stark  | 
| 7 October 2012 7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CEST | Arango  De Jong Domínguez Marx Rupp  | 
Report (in German) | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,193 Referee: Marco Fritz  | 
| 20 October 2012 8 | Werder Bremen | 4–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bremen | 
| 18:30 CEST | Petersen  Arnautović De Bruyne Füllkrug Junuzović  | 
Report (in German) | Nordtveit  Jantschke  | 
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Günther Perl  | 
| 28 October 2012 9 | Hannover 96 | 2–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hannover | 
| 17:30 CEST | Schlaudraff  Diouf Sakai Haggui  | 
Report (in German) | Stranzl  Domínguez Brouwers Arango  | 
Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer  | 
| 3 November 2012 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | SC Freiburg | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CET | Stranzl  De Camargo  | 
Report (in German) | Caligiuri  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,673 Referee: Wolfgang Stark  | 
| 11 November 2012 11 | Greuther Fürth | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Fürth | 
| 17:30 CET | Nehrig  Kleine Prib Peković Mavraj  | 
Report (in German) | Wendt  Stranzl Herrmann Marx  | 
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann  | 
| 17 November 2012 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CET | Stranzl  Marx De Camargo Domínguez  | 
Report (in German) | Harnik  Tasci Traoré Kuzmanović Brouwers Okazaki  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,150 Referee: Michael Weiner  | 
| 25 November 2012 13 | FC Augsburg | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Augsburg | 
| 17:30 CET | Mölders  Koo  | 
Summary | Stranzl  Jantschke Herrmann  | 
Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,045 Referee: Tobias Stieler  | 
| 28 November 2012 14 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach | 
| 20:30 CET | Arango  Jantschke  | 
Summary | Polák  Jönsson  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,165 Referee: Robert Hartmann  | 
| 1 December 2012 15 | Schalke 04 | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Gelsenkirchen | 
| 15:30 CET | Draxler  | 
Summary | Nordtveit  De Camargo Herrmann Domínguez  | 
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Felix Brych  | 
| 9 December 2012 16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | Mainz 05 | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CET | Hanke  Arango Herrmann Domínguez  | 
Summary | Soto  Noveski  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,622 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer  | 
| 14 December 2012 17 | Bayern Munich | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Munich | 
| 20:30 CET | Dante  Shaqiri  | 
Report (in German) | Marx  Nordtveit Ciğerci  | 
Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Tobias Welz  | 
| 19 January 2013 18 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Sinsheim | 
| 15:30 CET | Vestergaard  Weis Usami  | 
Summary | Brouwers  Herrmann  | 
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 26,750 Referee: Peter Sippel  | 
| 26 January 2013 19 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CET | Juanan  Herrmann Marx  | 
Summary | Schahin  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,315 Referee: Peter Gagelmann  | 
| 3 February 2013 20 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Nuremberg | 
| 15:30 CET | Simons  Pekhart Pinola Mak  | 
Summary | Wendt  Herrmann Jantschke  | 
Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 37,793 Referee: Florian Meyer  | 
| 9 February 2013 21 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CET | Stranzl  De Jong Herrmann  | 
Summary | Sam  Kießling Schürrle  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,010 Referee: Knut Kircher  | 
| 16 February 2013 22 | Hamburger SV | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hamburg | 
| 15:30 CET | Van der Vaart  Badelj  | 
Summary | Herrmann  | 
Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 54,558 Referee: Robert Hartmann  | 
| 24 February 2013 23 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Borussia Dortmund | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CET | Marx  Ter Stegen Younes Jantschke  | 
Summary | Götze  Santana  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Günter Perl  | 
| 1 March 2013 24 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Frankfurt | 
| 20:30 CET | Zambrano  Anderson Bamba Rode Schwegler  | 
Report | De Jong  Marx  | 
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin  | 
| 9 March 2013 25 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach | 
| 18:30 CET | Domínguez  Mlapa  | 
Report | Ignjovski  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Wolfgang Stark  | 
| 17 March 2013 26 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | Hannover 96 | Mönchengladbach | 
| 17:30 CET | De Jong  Arango  | 
Report | Abdellaoue  Diouf Pinto Chahed Pander  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,173 Referee: Manuel Gräfe  | 
| 30 March 2013 27 | SC Freiburg | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Freiburg im Breisgau | 
| 15:30 CET | Caligiuri  Kruse  | 
Report | Daems  Stranzl  | 
Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Günter Perl  | 
| 6 April 2013 28 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | Greuther Fürth | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CEST | De Jong  | 
Report | Zimmermann  Sobiech Azemi  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,206 Referee: Bastian Dankert  | 
| 14 April 2013 29 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart | 
| 15:30 CEST | Domínguez  Gentner  | 
Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,430 Referee: Wolfgang Stark  | 
| 19 April 2013 30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | FC Augsburg | Mönchengladbach | 
| 20:30 CEST | Daems  Herrmann Marx Domínguez  | 
Report | Vogt  Verhaegh  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,175 Referee: Jochen Drees  | 
| 27 April 2013 31 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wolfsburg | 
| 15:30 CEST | Arnold  Olić Diego  | 
Report | Mlapa  De Jong  | 
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler  | 
| 3 May 2013 32 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–1 | Schalke 04 | Mönchengladbach | 
| 20:30 CEST | Daems  Domínguez  | 
Report | Jones  Draxler Huntelaar  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Florian Meyer  | 
| 11 May 2013 33 | Mainz 05 | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mainz | 
| 15:30 CEST | Parker  Svensson Ivanschitz  | 
Report | Hrgota  Hanke  | 
Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Felix Brych  | 
| 18 May 2013 34 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–4 | Bayern Munich | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CEST | Stranzl  Hanke Nordtveit  | 
Report | Martínez  Ribéry Robben  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer  | 
DFB-Pokal
| Round | Date | Time | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Borussia goalscorers  | Source | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 August 2012 | 15:30 | New Tivoli | Aachen | Alemannia Aachen | 2 – 0 | 31,736 | Arango  Nordtveit  | |
| 2 | 31 October 2012 | 20:30 | Esprit Arena | Düsseldorf | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0 – 1 | 54,000 | 
Europe
UEFA Champions League
Playoff round
| 21 August 2012 1st Leg | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–3 | Dynamo Kyiv | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 
| 20:45 CEST | Ring  Herrmann  | 
Report | Mykhalyk  Yarmolenko De Jong Taiwo  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 45,075 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)  | 
| 29 August 2012 2nd Leg | Dynamo Kyiv | 1–2 (4–3 agg.)  | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Kyiv, Ukraine | 
| 20:45 EEST | Vukojević  Ideye  | 
Report | Brouwers  Khacheridi Arango Nordtveit  | 
Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)  | 
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | 
| Match | Date | Time | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Borussia goalscorers  | Source | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 September 2012 | 19:00 | GSP Stadium | Nicosia, Cyprus | AEL Limassol | 0 – 0 | |||
| 2 | 4 October 2012 | 21:05 | Borussia-Park | Mönchengladbach, Germany | Fenerbahçe | 2 – 4 | |||
| 3 | 25 October 2012 | 21:05 | Borussia-Park | Mönchengladbach, Germany | Marseille | 2 – 0 | |||
| 4 | 8 November 2012 | 21:05 | Stade Vélodrome | Marseille, France | Marseille | 2 – 2 | |||
| 5 | 22 November 2012 | 19:00 | Borussia-Park | Mönchengladbach, Germany | AEL Limassol | 2 – 0 | |||
| 6 | 6 December 2012 | 19:00 | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium | Istanbul, Turkey | Fenerbahçe | 3 – 0 | 
Knockout phase
Round of 32
| 14 February 2013 First leg | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–3 |   | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 
| 21:05 CET | Stranzl  Marx Arango  | 
Report | Dias  González Floccari Kozák Cana  | 
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: Sergei Karasev (Russia)  | 
| 21 February 2013 Second leg |  Lazio  | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Rome, Italy | 
| 19:00 CET | Candreva  González  | 
Report | Younes  | 
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)  | 
Squad
Squad and statistics
Squad, appearances and goals
As of 31 August 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Europa League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Marc-André ter Stegen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | GK | Janis Blaswich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | GK | Christofer Heimeroth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Matthias Zimmermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Filip Daems | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Roel Brouwers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Álvaro Domínguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | DF | Oscar Wendt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | DF | Tony Jantschke | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | DF | Niklas Dams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | DF | Martin Stranzl | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | Alexander Ring | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Tolga Ciğerci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Patrick Herrmann | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Lukas Rupp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Thorben Marx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Håvard Nordtveit | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Juan Arango | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | MF | Yuki Otsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | MF | Amin Younes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | MF | Julian Korb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | MF | Alexander Bieler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | MF | Granit Xhaka | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strikers | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Luuk de Jong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Igor de Camargo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Mike Hanke | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | FW | Peniel Mlapa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | FW | Branimir Hrgota | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Transfers
In
| No. | 
Pos. | 
Nat. | 
Name | 
Age | EU | 
Moving from | 
Type | 
Transfer window  | 
Ends | 
Transfer fee  | 
Source | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | MF | Granit Xhaka | 19 | Basel  | 
Transfer | Summer | 2017 | € 8.5M | [6] | ||
| FW | Peniel Mlapa | 21 | EU | 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Undisclosed | [7] | ||
| DF | Tobias Levels | 25 | EU | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Summer | End of loan | |||||
| ST | Branimir Hrgota | 19 | EU | Jönköpings Södra IF | Summer | 2017 | undisclosed | ||||
| 9 | ST | Luuk de Jong | 21 | EU | Twente | Summer | 2017 | € 15M | [8] | 
Out
| N | 
Pos. | 
Nat. | 
Name | 
Age | EU | 
Moving to | 
Type | 
Transfer window  | 
Transfer fee  | 
Source | 
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| 11 | MF | Marco Reus | 23 | EU | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Summer | €17.5M | [9] | |
| 13 | MF | Roman Neustädter | 24 | EU | Schalke 04 | End of contract | Summer | Free | [10] | |
| 31 | DF | Dante | 28 | Bayern Munich | Transfer | Summer | € 4.5M | [11] | 
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Sources
- ↑ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 13 September 2012
 - ↑ Europa League 2012/2013 .:. Gruppe C (in German) UEFA Europa League 2012–13 – Group C, accessed: 13 September 2012
 - ↑ Champions League Qual. 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) UEFA Champions League 2012–13 – Qualifying, accessed: 13 September 2012
 - ↑ "Sommerfahrplan: Neun Spiele terminiert" [Summer schedule: nine matches appointed] (in German). VfL Bochum. 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
 - ↑ "VfL verliert Eröffnungsspiel" [VfL loses opening-friendly] (in German). VfL Bochum. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
 - ↑ "Vertrag bis 2017: Xhaka ist Gladbacher". kicker (in German). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
 - ↑ "Fohlen eisen Mlapa von Hoffenheim los". kicker (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
 - ↑ "Borussia Monchengladbach Snap Up Luuk de Jong from FC Twente". 18 July 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
 - ↑ "Coup! Der BVB holt Marco Reus". kicker (in German). 4 January 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
 - ↑ "Fix: Neustädter kommt - aber erst im Sommer". kicker (in German). 10 January 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
 - ↑ "Dante-Wechsel perfekt: Bis 2016 bei den Bayern". kicker (in German). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.