The 2012–13

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 ...

season is the 75th season in club history. In

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the club plays in the

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, the second tier of

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. It is the clubs third consecutive season in this league, having played at this level since

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, after it was relegated from the

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Review and events

On 28 October 2012,

Andreas Bergmann Andreas Bergmann (born 18 June 1959) is a German football coach and former player. Playing career Bergmann was born in Steinfeld A midfielder, he played for 1. FC Köln II, Wuppertaler SV, Bonner SC and VfB 06/08 Remscheid. Coaching career Ber ...

was sacked and replaced by Karsten Neitzel.

Marcel Maltritz Marcel Maltritz (born 2 October 1978) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career 1. FC Magdeburg On 2 October 1978, Maltritz was born in Magdeburg (then East Germany). He first played for ''TuS Magdeburg-Ne ...

set a new record for the number of

appearances for the club. After Maltritz tied

Dariusz Wosz Dariusz Wosz (, ; born 8 June 1969) is a German professional football coach and former player who is a technical trainer for German club VfL Bochum. As a player, he played mostly as a deep-lying playmaker in midfield. Early life Wosz's family ...

's old record of 107 appearances on 1 December 2012 against

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, he broke it on 16 December 2012 with his appearance against SC Paderborn 07. During the winter break, the club mourned the death of long-time club official

Werner Altegoer Werner Altegoer (18 June 1935 – 9 January 2013) was a German entrepreneur; president and later chairman of the advisory board of football club VfL Bochum. He headed the club from 1993 until 2010, and was named honorary chairman of the supervisory ...

, who died on 9 January 2013. On 8 April 2013, after a string of bad results and the danger of relegation, Peter Neururer replaced Neitzel as the manager of

Matches

Legend

Friendly matches

2. Bundesliga

DFB-Pokal

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

Minutes played

Bookings

Transfers

Summer

In: Out:

Winter

In: Out:

Trials

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( FC Lugano) and

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(

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) had trial spells with

Bochum Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...

during the summer

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Sources

External links

2012–13 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de

2012–13 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de
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VfL Bochum seasons