The 2012–13

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

season is the 75th season in club history. In

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the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, 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,

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was sacked and replaced by Karsten Neitzel.

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set a new record for the number of 2. Bundesliga appearances for the club. After Maltritz tied Dariusz Wosz'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

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. During the winter break, the club mourned the death of long-time club official

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, who died on 9 January 2013. On 8 April 2013, after a string of bad results and the danger of relegation,

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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

Carlos da Silva (

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) and

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(

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) had trial spells with

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during the summer

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Sources

External links

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2012–13 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de

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VfL Bochum seasons