The 2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season was the 109th season in the club's football history. In

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the club plays in the

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, the top tier of

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. It is the clubs 22nd consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the

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in 1991.

Review and events

The club also takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the

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, where it reached the second round and will face

side SV Sandhausen next. In Europe the club has qualified for the 2012–13 edition of the Champions League where it will play

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

, Montpellier and Arsenal in Group B of the

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.Champions League 2012/2013 .:. Gruppe B
UEFA Champions League 2012–13 – Group B, accessed: 13 September 2012 Huub Stevens was sacked as head coach on 16 December 2012.

Jens Keller Jens Keller (; born 24 November 1970) is a German football manager and former player who played as a defender. He last coached 1. FC Nürnberg. Playing career Keller played professionally for VfB Stuttgart, TSV 1860 München, VfL Wolfsburg, 1. ...

replaced Stevens as head coach.

Competitions

Legend

Friendly matches

Bundesliga

League results

Final league table

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

Squad

Squad and statistics

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Transfers

In

Out

Kits

Sources

Match reports

Other sources

External links

2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season at Weltfussball.de

2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season at Fussballdaten.de
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Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...

FC Schalke 04 seasons