The 2012–13

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

season was the 113th season in the club's football history. In

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the club played in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

, the top tier of

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. It was the club's first season back in this league and 44th overall, having been promoted from the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

in 2012. Finishing the domestic season in sixth position, Eintracht qualified for the

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

2013–14. The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

, the German Cup, where it was knocked out by 2. Bundesliga side

Erzgebirge Aue Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. ...

.DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan
DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 12 September 2012

Matches

Legend

Friendlies

Bundesliga

League table

Results by round

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Indoor soccer tournament (Frankfurt Cup)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Transfers

Summer transfers in

Stefan Aigner Stefan Aigner (born 20 August 1987) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up at ...

from

1860 Munich , commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. 1860 Munich was one of the founding members of ...

* Anderson Bamba from

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

, was previously loaned *

Stefano Celozzi Stefano Celozzi (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Having represented Germany at youth level, he is of Italian descent. Club career Youth After playing youth football with a succession of ...

from

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

Ricardo Clark Ricardo Anthony Clark (born February 10, 1983) is an American retired soccer player who played as a midfielder. He appeared for MetroStars, San Jose Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo and Columbus Crew SC in the United States, Eintracht Frankfurt ...

loan return from Stabæk *

Vadim Demidov Vadim Sergeievich Demidov (; born 10 October 1986) is a Norwegian retired international footballer who played as a central defender. Early life Demidov was born in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, and is of Russian ethni ...

from

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

* Julian Dudda from Eintracht Frankfurt U19 *Alexander Hien from Eintracht Frankfurt U19 *

Erwin Hoffer Erwin "Jimmy" Hoffer (born 14 April 1987) is an Austrian professional association football, football Striker (association football), striker. He played for the Austria national football team. Club career Admira Wacker Born in Baden bei Wien, Au ...

loaned from

Napoli Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

Takashi Inui is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Shimizu S-Pulse and the Japan national team. Club career Inui was an All Japan High School Soccer Tournament champion in 2006 when his high school, Shi ...

from

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...

* Marc-Oliver Kempf from Eintracht Frankfurt U19 *

Dorge Kouemaha Dorge Rostand Kouemaha (born 28 June 1983) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian club Sprimont Comblain. Career Kouemaha joined Greek side Aris in January 2005 from Victoria United Limbé as actual t ...

loaned from

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

Martin Lanig Martin Lanig (born 11 July 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Career Youth squads Lanig began playing for SV Königshofen. Later he played for TSV Tauberbischofsheim and 1. FC Nürnberg. FV L ...

from 1. FC Köln *

Olivier Occéan Olivier Occéan (), born October 23, 1981) is a retired Canadian professional soccer player and current assistant coach of IF Urædd. Club career College soccer Occéan played college soccer at Essex County College, Newark NJ in NJCAA Divi ...

from Greuther Fürth *

Bastian Oczipka Bastian Oczipka (born 12 January 1989) is a German former professional footballer who played as a left back. Career Oczipka began his career 1994 with SV Blau-Weiß Hand. After three years, he joined SSG Bergisch Gladbach in summer 1997. He playe ...

from

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, th ...

Marc Stendera Marc Stendera (born 10 December 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club SKN St. Pölten. Club career During the 2012–13 season he had his first Bundesliga appearance when Eintracht played Bayern M ...

from Eintracht Frankfurt U17 *

Kevin Trapp Kevin Christian Trapp (; born 8 July 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Germany national team. He began his professional career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he ...

from 1. FC Kaiserslautern *Erik Wille from Eintracht Frankfurt U19 *

Carlos Zambrano Carlos Alberto Zambrano Matos (born June 1, 1981), nicknamed "Big Z" or "El Toro", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2001 to 2012 for the Chicago Cubs and Miami Marlins. Zambrano ...

from

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

Summer transfers out

Marcos Álvarez Marcos Alvarez (born 30 September 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cracovia in Poland. Honours Club ;Cracovia * Polish Super Cup: 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to ...

Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. History In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Südk ...

* Habib Bellaïd to Sedan * Caio to

EC Bahia Esporte Clube Bahia (), known familiarly as Bahia, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Brasil ...

Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo FC (formerly officially, but still commonly, called the Houston Dynamo) is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The Dynamo compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Establi ...

* Thomas Kessler loan return to 1. FC Köln *

Ümit Korkmaz Ümit Korkmaz (; born 17 September 1985) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a winger for Ostbahn XI. Club career Korkmaz was signed by a fifth division club at the age of 18. He was soon discovered by scouts of Rapid Wien and transferred t ...

FC Ingolstadt Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 2004 e.V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingols ...

* Matthias Lehmann to 1. FC Köln *

Gordon Schildenfeld Gordon Schildenfeld (born 18 March 1985) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a centre-back. He was capped 29 times for the Croatia national team. Club career Šibenik Schildenfeld began playing football at his hometown club HNK Ši ...

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

* Dominik Schmidt to

Preußen Münster Preußen or Preussen is the German word for Prussia. It also refers to: Ships * ''Preußen'' (ship), windjammer built in 1902 * SMS ''Preußen'' (1873), armored frigate * SMS ''Preußen'' (1903), pre-dreadnought Battleship * , vorpostenboot ...

* Marcel Titsch-Rivero to 1. FC Heidenheim *

Georgios Tzavelas Georgios Tzavellas ( el, Γεώργιος Τζαβέλλας; born 26 November 1987) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Super League club AEK Athens and the Greece national team. Club career Kerkyra Tzavellas bega ...

Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...

Winter transfers in

* Srđan Lakić loaned from

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

Marco Russ Marco Russ (born 4 August 1985) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder, spending most of his career in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt. Club career Born in Hanau, Hesse, Russ advan ...

loaned from

Winter transfers out

loaned to

Celta Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues) ...

Rob Friend Rob or ROB may refer to: Places * Rob, Velike Lašče, a settlement in Slovenia * Roberts International Airport (IATA code ROB), in Monrovia, Liberia People * Rob (given name), a given name or nickname, e.g., for Robert(o), Robin/Robyn * Rob (s ...

loaned to

to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, was on loan from

Benjamin Köhler Benjamin Köhler (born 4 August 1980) is a German former professional footballer. Köhler, who is left-footed, could play flexibly on all offensive positions but often found himself on the left wing. Career After getting just one appearance wit ...

to 1. FC Kaiserslautern *

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matche ...

, was on loan from

References

External links

Official English Eintracht website

2012–13 Eintracht Frankfurt season at Weltfussball.de

2012–13 Eintracht Frankfurt season at Fussballdaten.de
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German football clubs 2012–13 season