| 2012–13 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Thomas Schaaf | |||
| Stadium | Weserstadion, Bremen, Bremen | |||
| Bundesliga | 14th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Round 1 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Nils Petersen (11)  Aaron Hunt (11) All:  Nils Petersen (11)  Aaron Hunt (11) | |||
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The 2012–13 Werder Bremen season was the club's 103rd season in its history. In 2012–13, the club participated in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football; it is the club's 32nd consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1981.
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where it was knocked out by 3. Liga side Preußen Münster in the first round.[1]
Review and events
Werder Bremen presented Wiesenhof as its new shirt sponsor on 13 August 2012.[2] Supporters of the club were outraged over Wiesenhof's sponsorship of the club that several supporters have cancelled their membership in the club.[2] The conduct of Wiesenhof was reported in a documentary in Germany in 2011 where they have been "accused of treating the poultry in its care cruelly and keeping them in inhumane conditions".[2]
The club opened its Bundesliga campaign against Borussia Dortmund, the defending champions.[2] The final score was 2–1 in favour of Borussia Dortmund.[3]
Matches
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre-season
Friendlies
| 11 July 2012 | Ostfriesenauswahl | 1 – 13 | Werder Bremen | Norderney | 
| 19:00 |  | Füllkrug         Avdić       Petersen     Hunt   Arnautović   Junuzović   Trinks  | 
| Auswahl Loga/Leer | 0 – 11 | Werder Bremen | ||
| Petersen       Hunt     Füllkrug     Elia   Naldo   Arnautović   Ekici  | 
| 17 July 2012 | Tirol-Auswahl | – | Werder Bremen | Zell am Ziller | 
| 18:00 | 
| 25 July 2012 Friendly | Werder Bremen | 1 – 0 |  Aberdeen | Bremen | 
| 18:00 | Elia  24' | Report | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 8,500 | 
| SC Paderborn | 2 – 1 | Werder Bremen | ||
| Yılmaz  35' Bertels  74' | Junuzović  58' | 
| 8 August 2012 | Winterthur .svg.png.webp)  | – | Werder Bremen | |
| 19:00 | 
Liga-total-Cup
| 4 August 2012 1st Round | Werder Bremen | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Bayern Munich | Hamburg | 
| 18:35 CEST | Petersen  12' Füllkrug  43' | Report (in German) | Shaqiri  27' Kroos  60' | Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 42,217 Referee: Grudzinski | 
| Penalties | ||||
| 5 August 2012 Final | Borussia Dortmund | 3–3 (4–5 p) | Werder Bremen | Hamburg | 
| 20:35 | Reus  22' Lewandowski  24', 25' | Füllkrug  3' Ekici  5' Hunt  49' (pen.) | Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 39,175 Referee: Felix Zwayer | |
| Penalties | ||||
| Subotić  Halstenberg  Kehl  Owomoyela  Perišić  Großkreutz  |  Hunt  Fritz  Wurtz  Junuzović  Füllkrug  Prödl | |||
Bundesliga
| 24 August 2012 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | Werder Bremen | Dortmund | 
| 20:30 | Reus  11' Gündoğan  21' Kehl  62' Götze  81' | Report (in German) | Ignjovski  29' Junuzović  59' Gebre Selassie  75' | Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Felix Zwayer | 
| 1 September 2012 2 | Werder Bremen | 2–0 | Hamburger SV | Bremen | 
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Hunt  52' (pen.) Petersen  67' | Report (in German) | Tesche  80' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Knut Kircher | 
| 15 September 2012 3 | Hannover 96 | 3–2 | Werder Bremen | Hannover | 
| 15:30 | Haggui  3' Huszti  6', 90+2'  90+4'  90+4' Andreasen  10' Schlaudraff  31' Pinto  88' | Report (in German) | Hunt  26' (pen.) Bergfrede  30' Papastathopoulos  55' De Bruyne  74' Junuzović  75' | Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin | 
| 22 September 2012 4 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Bremen | 
| 15:30 | de Bruyne  23' Junuzović  34',  40' Bardfrede  84' Sokratis  86' Lukimya-Mulongoti  90+1' | Report (in German) | Harnik  24'  88',  50' Hunt  31' Cacau  81' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,172 Referee: Guido Winkmann | 
| 26 September 2012 5 | SC Freiburg | 1–2 | Werder Bremen | Freiburg | 
| 20:00 | Diagne  11' Schmid  36' Caligiuri  67' | Report (in German) | Akpala  48',  64' Junuzović  55' Hunt  59' Arnautović  90+3' Mielitz  90+4' | Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Thomas Kinhöfer | 
| 29 September 2012 6 | Werder Bremen | 0–2 | Bayern Munich | Bremen | 
| 15:30 | Papastathopoulos  14' Arnautović  80' | Report (in German) | Schweinsteiger  38' Luiz Gustavo  40',  81' Mandžukić  83' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Michael Weiner | 
| 6 October 2012 7 | FC Augsburg | 3–1 | Werder Bremen | Augsburg | 
| 15:30 | Werner  2' Hain  32' Bancé  58' Baier  72' Musano  78' | Report (in German) | De Bruyne  19' Schmidtz  34' | Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,133 Referee: Knut Kirchner | 
| 20 October 2012 8 | Werder Bremen | 4–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bremen | 
| 18:30 | 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 | 
| 27 October 2012 9 | Greuther Fürth | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Fürth | 
| 15:30 CEST | Edu  8' Fürstner  17' Prib  53' Azemi  89' | Report (in German) | Petersen  44' Gebre Selassie  72' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler | 
| 4 November 2012 10 | Werder Bremen | 2–1 | Mainz 05 | Bremen | 
| 17:30 | Hunt  10', 85' De Bruyne  68' | Report (in German) | Kirchhoff  21' Zabavník  55' Szalai  64',  74' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,114 Referee: Manuel Gräfe | 
| 10 November 2012 11 | Schalke 04 | 2–1 | Werder Bremen | Gelsenkirchen | 
| 15:30 | Neustädter  59',  75' Draxler  69' | Report (in German) | Hunt  16',  83' | Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Florian Meyer | 
| 18 November 2012 12 | Werder Bremen | 2–1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Bremen | 
| 15:30 | Lukimya-Mulongoti  36'  77' Petersen  51' Hunt  78' De Bruyne  82' | Report (in German) | Langeneke  19' (pen.) Ilsø  37' Giefer  74' Lambertz  75' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Peter Sippel | 
| 24 November 2012 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Wolfsburg | 
| 15:30 | Olić  26' Dost  64' Josué  88' | Report (in German) | Arnautović  35',  82' Schmitz  40'  62' De Bruyne  87' | Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena Attendance: 29,723 Referee: Markus Schmidt | 
| 28 November 2012 14 | Werder Bremen | 1–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bremen | 
| 20:00 | Ignjovski  48' Petersen  54' Junuzović  64' Fritz  82' | Report (in German) | Castro  31', 52' Carvajal  41' Rolfes  74' Hegeler  79' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 37,231 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer | 
| 2 December 2012 15 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–4 | Werder Bremen | Sinsheim | 
| 15:30 | Schipplock  10' Schröck  21' Salihović  43',  50' | Report (in German) | Prödl  9',  21' Arnautović  29', 73', 79' | Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Knut Kircher | 
| 8 December 2012 16 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–1 | Werder Bremen | Frankfurt | 
| 18:30 | Aigner  10',  63' Zambrano  20' Inui  40',  90' Rode  41' Meier  47' Schwegler  62' | Report | Prödl  42' Petersen  54' Schmitz  74' | Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin | 
| 16 December 2012 17 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | 
| 17:30 | Arnautović  45' Petersen  88' | Report | Gebhart  50',  82' Chandler  84' Pinola  89' Klose  90' | Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 38,553 | 
| 19 January 2013 18 | Werder Bremen | 0–5 | Borussia Dortmund | Bremen | 
| Report | Reus  19' Götze  19' Santana  48' Lewandowski  81' Błaszczykowski  85' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 | 
| 27 January 2013 19 | Hamburger SV | 3–2 | Werder Bremen | Hamburg | 
| Son  23' Aogo  46' Rudņevs  52' | Report | Lukimya-Mulongoti  9' Papastathopoulos  54' | Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 54,758 | 
| 1 February 2013 20 | Werder Bremen | 2–0 | Hannover 96 | Bremen | 
| Petersen  85', 88' | Report | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,600 | 
| 9 February 2013 21 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–4 | Werder Bremen | Stuttgart | 
| Traoré  50' | Report | Ekici  34', 74' Hunt  61' De Bruyne  90+2' | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 41,200 | 
| 16 February 2013 22 | Werder Bremen | 2–3 | SC Freiburg | Bremen | 
| Petersen  39', 64' | Report | Kruse  36' Caligiuri  54' Ginter  71' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 38,498 | 
| 23 February 2013 23 | FC Bayern Munich | 6–1 | Werder Bremen | Munich | 
| Robben  25' Martínez  29' Gebre Selassie  49' (o.g.) Gómez  51', 89' Ribéry  86' | Report | De Bruyne  58' | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 | 
| 2 March 2013 24 | Werder Bremen | 0–1 | FC Augsburg | Bremen | 
| Report | Werner  29' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,211 | 
| 9 March 2013 25 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach | 
| Mlapa  72' | Report | Ignjovski  77' | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 | 
| 16 March 2013 26 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | Greuther Fürth | Bremen | 
| Hunt  47', 70' | Report | Fürstner  55' Petsos  62' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,789 | 
| 30 March 2013 27 | Mainz 05 | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Mainz | 
| Szalai  1' | Report | Hunt  69' | Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,374 | 
| 6 April 2013 28 | Werder Bremen | 0–2 | Schalke 04 | Bremen | 
| Report | Draxler  51' Marica  69' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 | 
| 13 April 2013 29 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–2 | Werder Bremen | Düsseldorf | 
| Reisinger  7', 48' | Report | Junuzović  16' Latka  70' (o.g.) | Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 54,000 | 
| 20 April 2013 30 | Werder Bremen | 0–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bremen | 
| Report | Arnold  13' Olić  27' Diego  66' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 | 
| 27 April 2013 31 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | Werder Bremen | Leverkusen | 
| Kießling  35' | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 | 
| 4 May 2013 32 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Bremen | 
| Hunt  2' De Bruyne  24' | Report | Schipplock  85', 90' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 | 
| 11 May 2013 33 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bremen | 
| De Bruyne  22' | Report | Lakić  51' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 | 
| 18 May 2013 34 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–2 | Werder Bremen | Nuremberg | 
| Nilsson  61' Polter  81' Pekhart  88' | Report | De Bruyne  37', 89' | Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg Attendance: 46,157 | 
DFB-Pokal
| 19 August 2012 1st Round | Preußen Münster | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Werder Bremen | Münster | 
| 16:00 | Taylor  54', 81', 118' Nazarov  96' | Report | Elia  45' Füllkrug  67' | Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Peter Sippel | 
Squad
Squad and statistics
Sources:[4] As of 31 June 2013
Kits
|          Home |          Home Alternate |          Away |       Third | 
Sources
- ↑ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 13 September 2012
- 1 2 3 4 "Outrage over Werder Bremen shirt sponsor". Deutsche Welle. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ "Götze nutzt wie Reus gleich seine erste Chance". kicker (in German). 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "1. Bundesliga - Werder Bremen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
External links
- 2012–13 SV Werder Bremen season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
- 2012–13 SV Werder Bremen season at kicker.de (in German)
- 2012–13 SV Werder Bremen season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)










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