2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season
The 2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season is the 114th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the club's fifth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008.
2012–13 season | ||||
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Chairman | Jochen A. Rotthaus | |||
Manager | Frank Kramer | |||
Stadium | Rhein-Neckar Arena, Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg | |||
Bundesliga | 16th | |||
DFB-Pokal | First round | |||
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The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where they were eliminated in the first round by fourth division side Berliner AK 07, losing 4–0.[1]
Review and events
1899 Hoffenheim began their season with a 4–0 defeat against regional team Berliner AK,[2] the largest victory for a fourth division club against a Bundesliga side.[3] Tim Wiese made his competitive debut for the club.[3] On 3 December, manager Markus Babbel was released because of poor results, with the team in 16th place in the Bundesliga.[4][5]
Matches
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Bundesliga
25 August 2012 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Mönchengladbach |
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Jantschke Hanke Arango Xhaka |
Report | Roberto Firmino |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,146 Referee: Peter Sippel |
1 September 2012 2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Sinsheim |
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Schröck Weis Salihović |
Report (in German) | Oczipka Meier Inui Lanig |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29,650 Referee: Michael Weiner |
16 September 2012 3 | SC Freiburg | 5–3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Freiburg |
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Guédé Kruse Sorg Schuster Diagne Makiadi Freis |
Report (in German) | Delpierre Ochs Rudy Vukčević Usami Williams |
Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,800 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
23 September 2012 4 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–1 | Hannover 96 | Sinsheim |
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Johnson Williams Beck Salihović Williams |
Report (in German) | Delpierre Felipe Eggimann |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 23,575 Referee: Marco Fritz |
26 September 2012 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Stuttgart |
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Kvist Cacau |
Report (in German) | Usami Williams Joselu Johnson |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 41,720 Referee: Peter Sippel |
29 September 2012 6 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–0 | FC Augsburg | Sinsheim |
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Volland Williams Salihović |
Report (in German) | Vogt |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
6 October 2012 7 | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Munich |
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Ribéry |
Report (in German) | Williams Beck Roberto Firmino |
Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
19 October 2012 8 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–3 | Greuther Fürth | Sinsheim |
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Roberto Firmino Joselu |
Report (in German) | Stieber Fürstner Prib Sararer Kleine Sobiech |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 22,150 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
27 October 2012 9 | Mainz 05 | 3–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Mainz |
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Szalai |
Report (in German) | Baumgartlinger Williams Rudy |
Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 28,067 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
3 November 2012 10 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–2 | Schalke 04 | Sinsheim |
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Volland Rudy Roberto Firmino Schipplock |
Report (in German) | Neustädter Fuchs Afellay Huntelaar Uchida |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
10 November 2012 11 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Düsseldorf |
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Kruse Levels |
Report (in German) | Roberto Firmino Joselu Compper |
Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 41,200 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
18 November 2012 12 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Sinsheim |
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rudy Jensen Derdiyok |
Report | Hasebe Dost Josué Naldo |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Günter Perl |
25 November 2012 13 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Sinsheim |
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Delpierre Johnson |
Report (in German) | Bender Carvajal Toprak Reinartz |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Christian Dingert |
28 November 2012 14 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 4–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Nuremberg |
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | Kiyotake Klose Nilsson Polter |
Report (in German) | Roberto Firmino Delpierre Schipplock Rudy Salihović Beck |
Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg Attendance: 30,397 Referee: Jochen Drees |
2 December 2012 15 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–4 | Werder Bremen | Sinsheim |
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Schipplock Schröck Salihović |
Report (in German) | Prödl Arnautović |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Knut Kircher |
7 December 2012 16 | Hamburger SV | 2–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Hamburg |
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rudņevs Skjelbred |
Report (in German) | Volland |
Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Michael Weiner |
16 December 2012 17 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–3 | Borussia Dortmund | Sinsheim |
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Schipplock Weis |
Report (in German) | Götze Großkreutz Lewandowski |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Florian Meyer |
19 January 2013 18 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Sinsheim |
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Vestergaard Weis Usami |
Report (in German) | Brouwers Herrmann |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 26,750 Referee: Peter Sippel |
26 January 2013 19 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Frankfurt |
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rode Lanig Aigner Zambrano |
Report (in German) | Advíncula Usami Volland |
Stadium: Commerzbank Arena Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Jochen Drees |
2 February 2013 20 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–1 | SC Freiburg | Sinsheim |
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Volland Beck Polanski Roberto Firmino |
Report (in German) | Kruse Hedenstad Schuster |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
9 February 2013 21 | Hannover 96 | 1–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Hannover |
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Diouf Pander |
Report (in German) | Roberto Firmino Polanski |
Stadium: AWD Arena Attendance: 35,200 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
17 February 2013 22 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Sinsheim |
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Williams Joselu |
Report (in German) | Harnik Boka Traoré Okazaki Rüdiger Ibišević |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,750 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
23 February 2013 23 | FC Augsburg | 2–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Augsburg |
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Hahn Ji Mölders De Camargo |
Report (in German) | Volland Beck Polanski Vestergaard Schröck |
Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,211 Referee: Florian Meyer |
3 March 2013 24 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–1 | Bayern Munich | Sinsheim |
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Williams Schröck Derdiyok |
Report (in German) | Boateng Gómez |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
9 March 2013 25 | Greuther Fürth | 0–3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Fürth |
15:30 | Petsos Peković |
Summary | Roberto Firmino Joselu Volland Weis |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,760 Referee: Knut Kircher |
16 March 2013 26 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–0 | Mainz 05 | Sinsheim |
15:30 | Ochs Vestergaard |
Summary | Wetklo |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
30 March 2013 27 | Schalke 04 | 3–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Gelsenkirchen |
15:30 | Neustädter Höger Raffael Pukki |
Summary | Vestergaard Roberto Firmino |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,743 Referee: Felix Brych |
5 April 2013 28 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Sinsheim |
20:30 | Roberto Firmino Salihović Lambertz Schipplock Weis Volland |
Summary | Latka Tesche Ilsø |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
13 April 2013 29 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Wolfsburg |
15:30 | Arnold Medojević Naldo |
Summary | Salihović Roberto Firmino Beck |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,221 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
20 April 2013 30 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Leverkusen |
15:30 | Kießling Schürrle Sam Reinartz |
Summary | Polanski |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,683 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
27 April 2013 31 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–1 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Sinsheim |
15:30 | Weis Salihović Rudy Casteels |
Summary | Esswein Simons Balitsch |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,675 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
4 May 2013 32 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Bremen |
15:30 | Hunt De Bruyne Fritz Kroos Bargfrede |
Summary | Abraham Vestergaard Schipplock |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
11 May 2013 33 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–4 | Hamburger SV | Sinsheim |
15:30 | Volland |
Summary | Son Aogo Jiráček Diekmeier Rudņevs |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Christian Dingert |
18 May 2013 34 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Dortmund |
15:30 | Lewandowski Weidenfeller Reus |
Summary | Rudy Vestergaard Schipplock Salihović Roberto Firmino |
Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Jochen Drees |
League table
Relegation play-offs
1899 Hoffenheim, as the 16th-placed team, faced third-placed 2012–13 2. Bundesliga side Kaiserslautern in a two-legged play-off.
23 May 2013 First leg | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Sinsheim |
20:30 CEST | Roberto Firmino Schipplock |
Report | Idrissou |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,135 Referee: Felix Brych |
27 May 2013 Second leg | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–2 (2–5 agg.) | 1899 Hoffenheim | Kaiserslautern |
20:30 CEST | Baumjohann |
Report | Abraham Vestergaard |
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,780 Referee: Florian Meyer |
Note: 1899 Hoffenheim won 5–2 on aggregate and retained its Bundesliga spot for the 2013–14 season. |
DFB-Pokal
18 August 2012 1st Round | Berliner AK | 4–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Berlin |
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Cakmak Gerlach Kruschke |
Stadium: Poststadion Attendance: 1.468 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel) |
Squad
Squad and statistics
As of 4 March 2013
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Sources
Notes
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