| 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  (19) Hrgota  (25) Own goal  26' Own goal  50' De Camargo  61' Herrmann  79' | 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  30' (pen.) Marx  41' Hrgota  85' | Stadium: Stadion am Bahnhof, Alstätte | 
| 21 July 2012 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 |  Birmingham City | Munich | 
| 16:00 CEST | Zimmermann  75' Marx  89' | Davies  51' Asante  81' | Stadium: ESV Munich's Sports Park | 
| 25 July 2012 | 1860 Munich | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Rottach-Egern | 
| 18:00 CEST | Bülow  23' Blanco  49' | Younes  52' De Camargo  66', 82' Bieler  88' | 
| 28 July 2012 | VfL Bochum | 1–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bochum | 
| 17:30 CEST | Sinkiewicz  14' | [4][5] | Arango  6', 39', 43' Mlapa  67' | Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne) | 
| 4 August 2012 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 |  Sevilla | 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  22' Hanke  33' Arango  78' Xhaka  88' | Report | Firmino  66' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,100 Referee: Peter Sippel | 
| 1 September 2012 2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Düsseldorf | 
| 18:30 CEST | Bellinghausen  26' Kruse  45' Schahin  86' | Report | Xhaka  58' Ter Stegen  86' | 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  28' De Jong  45' Xhaka  53' Arango  89' | Report | Klose  17' Simons  26' Balitsch  28' Kiyotake  55' Simons  65' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,195 Referee: Christian Dingert | 
| 23 September 2012 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leverkusen | 
| 15:30 CEST | Kadlec  12' | Report | Herrmann  3' Stranzl  54' Ciğerci  56' Xhaka  62' Brouwers  69' | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,640 Referee: Peter Gagelmann | 
| 26 September 2012 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | Hamburger SV | Mönchengladbach | 
| 20:00 CEST | Stranzl  39',  53' Xhaka  63' Domínguez  90',  90+2' | Report | Van der Vaart  23' Arslan  35' Rudņevs  45' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,233 Referee: Deniz Aytekin | 
| 29 September 2012 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 5–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Dortmund | 
| 18:30 CEST | Reus  35', 70' Subotić  40' Gündoğan  79' Błaszczykowski  85' | Report (in German) | Nordtveit  90' | 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  8' De Jong  24',  78' Domínguez  61' Marx  89' Rupp  90+1' | 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  37' Arnautović  45' De Bruyne  54' Füllkrug  76' Junuzović  86' | Report (in German) | Nordtveit  59' Jantschke  60' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Günther Perl | 
| 28 October 2012 9 | Hannover 96 | 2–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hannover | 
| 17:30 CEST | Schlaudraff  48' Diouf  53' Sakai  56' Haggui  68' | Report (in German) | Stranzl  52' Domínguez  70' Brouwers  77' Arango  79' | Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer | 
| 3 November 2012 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | SC Freiburg | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CET | Stranzl  9' De Camargo  49' | Report (in German) | Caligiuri  77' (pen.) | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,673 Referee: Wolfgang Stark | 
| 11 November 2012 11 | Greuther Fürth | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Fürth | 
| 17:30 CET | Nehrig  10' (pen.) Kleine  12' Prib  43' Peković  78'  90+1' Mavraj  81' | Report (in German) | Wendt  22' Stranzl  51' Herrmann  57' Marx  90+2' (pen.) | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann | 
| 17 November 2012 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CET | Stranzl  7' Marx  81' De Camargo  82' Domínguez  90+3' | Report (in German) | Harnik  8' Tasci  44' Traoré  66' Kuzmanović  67' Brouwers  72' (o.g.) Okazaki  77' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,150 Referee: Michael Weiner | 
| 25 November 2012 13 | FC Augsburg | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Augsburg | 
| 17:30 CET | Mölders  5' Koo  39' | Summary | Stranzl  51' Jantschke  74' Herrmann  85' | Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,045 Referee: Tobias Stieler | 
| 28 November 2012 14 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach | 
| 20:30 CET | Arango  11' Jantschke  38',  44' | Summary | Polák  65' Jönsson  90+3' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,165 Referee: Robert Hartmann | 
| 1 December 2012 15 | Schalke 04 | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Gelsenkirchen | 
| 15:30 CET | Draxler  35',  85' | Summary | Nordtveit  1' De Camargo  62' Herrmann  75' Domínguez  87' | Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Felix Brych | 
| 9 December 2012 16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | Mainz 05 | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CET | Hanke  58' Arango  63' Herrmann  77' Domínguez  86' | Summary | Soto  45' Noveski  83' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,622 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer | 
| 14 December 2012 17 | Bayern Munich | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Munich | 
| 20:30 CET | Dante  56' Shaqiri  59' | Report (in German) | Marx  21' Nordtveit  26' Ciğerci  70' | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Tobias Welz | 
| 19 January 2013 18 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Sinsheim | 
| 15:30 CET | Vestergaard  30' Weis  52' Usami  71' | Summary | Brouwers  42' Herrmann  87' | 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  6' (o.g.) Herrmann  14' Marx  39' | Summary | Schahin  50' (pen.) | 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  4' (pen.) Pekhart  30' Pinola  80' Mak  88' | Summary | Wendt  11' Herrmann  58',  90+1' Jantschke  83' | Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 37,793 Referee: Florian Meyer | 
| 9 February 2013 21 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CET | Stranzl  44' De Jong  58' Herrmann  86' | Summary | Sam  40',  52' Kießling  60' Schürrle  64' | 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  24' Badelj  61' | Summary | Herrmann  74' | Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 54,558 Referee: Robert Hartmann | 
| 24 February 2013 23 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Borussia Dortmund | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CET | Marx  26' Ter Stegen  30' Younes  67' Jantschke  88' | Summary | Götze  31' (pen.) Santana  90' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Günter Perl | 
| 1 March 2013 24 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Frankfurt | 
| 20:30 CET | Zambrano  31' Anderson Bamba  52' Rode  83' Schwegler  90+1' | Report | De Jong  22',  70' Marx  82' | Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin | 
| 9 March 2013 25 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach | 
| 18:30 CET | Domínguez  42' Mlapa  72' | Report | Ignjovski  77' | 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  36' Arango  39' | Report | Abdellaoue  3' Diouf  67' Pinto  76'  85' Chahed  90+3' Pander  90+4' | 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  40' Kruse  69', 90+2' | Report | Daems  27' Stranzl  42' | 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  74' | Report | Zimmermann  61'  66' Sobiech  78' Azemi  90+1' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,206 Referee: Bastian Dankert | 
| 14 April 2013 29 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart | 
| 15:30 CEST | Domínguez  28' (o.g.) Gentner  34' | 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  16',  28' (pen.) Herrmann  49' Marx  52' Domínguez  74' | Report | Vogt  26' Verhaegh  54' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,175 Referee: Jochen Drees | 
| 27 April 2013 31 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wolfsburg | 
| 15:30 CEST | Arnold  34' Olić  61' Diego  75' | Report | Mlapa  52' De Jong  83' | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler | 
| 3 May 2013 32 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–1 | Schalke 04 | Mönchengladbach | 
| 20:30 CEST | Daems  10' Domínguez  29' | Report | Jones  42' Draxler  68',  82' Huntelaar  73' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Florian Meyer | 
| 11 May 2013 33 | Mainz 05 | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mainz | 
| 15:30 CEST | Parker  12' Svensson  39' Ivanschitz  90+1' (pen.) | Report | Hrgota  39' (pen.), 58', 80' Hanke  64' | Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Felix Brych | 
| 18 May 2013 34 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–4 | Bayern Munich | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 CEST | Stranzl  4' Hanke  5' Nordtveit  10' | Report | Martínez  7' Ribéry  18', 53' Robben  59' | 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  70' Nordtveit  90' | |
| 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  13' Herrmann  89' | Report | Mykhalyk  28' Yarmolenko  36' De Jong  81' (o.g.) Taiwo  83' | 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  65' Ideye  88' | Report | Brouwers  69' Khacheridi  70' (o.g.) Arango  78' Nordtveit  90+3' | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland) | 
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fenerbahçe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 
| 2 |  Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | |
| 3 |  Marseille | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 | |
| 4 |  AEL Limassol | 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 |  Lazio | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 
| 21:05 CET | Stranzl  17' (pen.) Marx  84' (pen.) Arango  88',  90+1' | Report | Dias  22'  69' González  40' Floccari  57' Kozák  64', 90+4',  83' Cana  83' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: Sergei Karasev (Russia) | 
| 21 February 2013 Second leg | Lazio   | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Rome, Italy | 
| 19:00 CET | Candreva  10' González  33' | Report | Younes  77' | 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 |  GER | Marc-André ter Stegen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 21 | GK |  GER | Janis Blaswich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 33 | GK |  GER | Christofer Heimeroth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF |  GER | Matthias Zimmermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 3 | DF | .svg.png.webp) BEL | Filip Daems | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 4 | DF |  NED | Roel Brouwers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 15 | DF |  ESP | Álvaro Domínguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 17 | DF |  SWE | Oscar Wendt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 24 | DF |  GER | Tony Jantschke | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 37 | DF |  GER | Niklas Dams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 39 | DF |  AUT | Martin Stranzl | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 5 | MF |  FIN | Alexander Ring | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 6 | MF |  GER | Tolga Ciğerci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 7 | MF |  GER | Patrick Herrmann | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 8 | MF |  GER | Lukas Rupp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 14 | MF |  GER | Thorben Marx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 16 | MF |  NOR | Håvard Nordtveit | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 18 | MF | .svg.png.webp) VEN | Juan Arango | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 23 | MF |  JPN | Yuki Otsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 25 | MF |  GER | Amin Younes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 27 | MF |  GER | Julian Korb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 30 | MF |  GER | Alexander Bieler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 34 | MF | .svg.png.webp) SUI | Granit Xhaka | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Strikers | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW |  NED | Luuk de Jong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 10 | FW | .svg.png.webp) BEL | Igor de Camargo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 19 | FW |  GER | Mike Hanke | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 22 | FW |  GER | Peniel Mlapa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 31 | FW |  SWE | 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 | .svg.png.webp) | Granit Xhaka | 19 | Basel .svg.png.webp) | 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | 
Kits
|          Home |          Home Alternate |           Away |           Europa |          Europa Alt. | 
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.