2012–13 1. FC Nürnberg season

The 2012–13 1. FC Nürnberg season is the 113th season in the club's football history.

1. FC Nürnberg
2012–13 season
ManagerDieter Hecking / Michael Wiesinger
StadiumFrankenstadion
Bundesliga10th
DFB-Pokal1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nilsson (6)
All: Nilsson (6)
Highest home attendance50,000 vs Dortmund, Bayern and Fürth
Lowest home attendance30,397 vs Hoffenheim
Average home league attendance41,518

Review and events

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In 2012–13, the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs fourth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2009.

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it was knocked out by fourth division side TSV Havelse, losing 3–2 in extra time.[1]

Matches

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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29 June 2012 SSV Kasendorf 0–12 Nürnberg Kasendorf
18:00 CEST (UTC+02)   17', 23' Polter
  47', 74' Wießmeier
  70', 85' Nilsson
  88', 88' Ngankam
  89' Esswein
  22' Gebhart
  80' Own Goal
Attendance: 3,500
5 July 2012 Eintracht Bamberg 0–4 Nürnberg Bamberg
18:00 CEST (UTC+02)   4' Polter
  61' Kiyotake
  72' Ngankam
  82' Wießmeier
Stadium: Fuchs-Park Stadion
Attendance: 2,750
14 July 2012 (2012-07-14) SSV Ulm 1846 2–3 Nürnberg Ulm
16:00 CEST (UTC+02) Braig   4'
Treske   26' (pen.)
  33' Pinola
  60' Gebhart
  90' Mak
Stadium: Donaustadion
Attendance: 850
21 July 2012 (2012-07-21) Nürnberg 4–2 Borussia Dortmund Nuremberg
16:00 CEST (UTC+02) Balitsch   30'
Mintál   44' (pen.)
Polter   70'
Frantz   88'
  15' Kehl
  62' Błaszczykowski
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 31,051
Referee: Aytekin (Oberasbach)
27 July 2012 (2012-07-27) Ingolstadt 04 2–2 Nürnberg Ingolstadt
18:00 CEST (UTC+02) Eigler   54', 67'   37' (pen.), 57' (pen.) Gebhart Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 4,250
Referee: Dietz
30 July 2012 (2012-07-30) Nürnberg 5–0   Sivasspor Jenbach, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+02) Simons   34' (pen.)
Polter   39'
Balitsch   46'
Feulner   61'
Nilsson   68'
Stadium: Fußballplatz Jenbach
Attendance: 400
3 August 2012 (2012-08-03)   Raika Längenfeld 0–12 Nürnberg Längenfeld, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+02)   9', 15' Pekhart
  49', 73', 76' Wießmeier
  60', 67' (pen.) Cohen
  61', 79' Esswein
  69', 80' Klement
  88' Ngankam
Stadium: Fußballplatz Jenbach
10 August 2012 (2012-08-10)   Real Betis 1–0 Nürnberg Schweinfurt
19:00 CEST (UTC+02) Molina   24' Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Petersen (Stuttgart)

Bundesliga

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League results and fixtures

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25 August 2012 1 Hamburg 0–1 Nürnberg Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Match Report Balitsch   68' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 50,123
Referee: Marco Fritz
Man of the Match: R. Adler
1 September 2012 2 Nürnberg 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Pekhart   31' Match Report Błaszczykowski   40' Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 50.000 (sell-out)
Referee: Tobias Welz
Man of the Match: Gündoğan
15 September 2012 3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–3 Nürnberg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) De Jong   45'
Xhaka   53'
Match Report Klose   17'
Simons   25'
Kiyotake   55'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,195
Referee: Christian Dingert
Man of the Match: Kiyotake
21 September 2012 4 Nürnberg 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Nuremberg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02) Polter   76' Match Report Hoffer   25'
Inui   60'
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 45,033
Referee: Felix Zwayer
Man of the Match: Rode
26 September 2012 5 Hannover 96 4–1 Nürnberg Hannover
20:00 CEST (UTC+02) Stindl   21'
Huszti   29'
Ya Konan   52', 64'
Match Report Chandler   73' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 36,200
Referee: Daniel Siebert
Man of the Match: Huszti
29 September 2012 6 Nürnberg 0–2 VfB Stuttgart Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Match Report Ibišević   1'
Harnik   75'
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 43,018
Referee: Florian Meyer
Man of the Match: Ibišević
6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) 7 SC Freiburg 3–0 Nürnberg Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Makiadi   36'
D. Caligiuri   90' (pen.)
Terrazzino   90'
Match Report Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion
Attendance: 22,800
Referee: Michael Weiner
Man of the Match: Makiadi
21 October 2012 (2012-10-21) 8 Nürnberg 0–0 Augsburg Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Match Report Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 40,171
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
Man of the Match: Baier
27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) 9 Schalke 04 1–0 Nürnberg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Farfán   77' Match Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673 (sell-out)
Referee: Knut Kircher
Man of the Match: Fuchs
3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) 10 Nürnberg 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Nuremberg
15:30 Gebhart   76' Match Report Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 37,586
Referee: Christian Dingert
Man of the Match: Gebhart
9 November 2012 (2012-11-09) 11 Mainz 05 2–1 Nürnberg Mainz
20:30 N. Müller   12'
Ivanschitz   21'
Match Report Nilsson   40' Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 31,390
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Man of the Match: Kirchhoff
17 November 2012 (2012-11-17) 12 Nürnberg 1–1 Bayern Munich Nuremberg
15:30 Feulner   46' Match Report Mandžukić   3' Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 50,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Man of the Match: T. Klose
24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 13 Greuther Fürth 0–0 Nürnberg Fürth
15:30 Match Report Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 18,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Felix Brych
Man of the Match: T. Klose
28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 14 Nürnberg 4–2 1899 Hoffenheim Nuremberg
20:45 Kiyotake   6', 86'
Nilsson   43'
Polter   69'
Match Report Schipplock   43'
Salihović   81' (pen.)
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 30,397
Referee: Dr. Jochen Drees
Man of the Match: Kiyotake
1 December 2012 (2012-12-01) 15 Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 Nürnberg Leverkusen
15:30 Kießling   37' Match Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,325
Referee: Markus Schmidt
Man of the Match: Reinartz
8 December 2012 (2012-12-08) 16 Nürnberg 2–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Nuremberg
15:30 Polter   27'
Feulner   90'
Match Report Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 37,041
Referee: Marco Fritz
Man of the Match: Feulner
16 December 2012 (2012-12-16) 17 Werder Bremen 1–1 Nürnberg Bremen
17:30 Petersen   88' Match Report Gebhart   82' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 38,553
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Man of the Match: Schäfer
20 January 2013 (2013-01-20) 18 Nürnberg 1–1 Hamburg Nuremberg
15:30 Pekhart   75' Match Report Rudņevs   70' Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 42,601
Referee: Tobias Welz
Man of the Match: Schäfer
25 January 2013 (2013-01-25) 19 Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Nürnberg Dortmund
20:30 Błaszczykowski   18', pen.' (21)
Lewandowski   88'
Match Report Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 80,100
Referee: Michael Weiner
Man of the Match: Błaszczykowski
3 February 2013 (2013-02-03) 20 Nürnberg 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Nuremberg
15:30 Simons   4' (pen.)
Pekhart   30'
Match Report Herrmann   58' Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 37,793
Referee: Florian Meyer
Man of the Match: Herrmann
9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 Nürnberg Frankfurt
15:30 Match Report Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 45,400
Referee: Christian Dingert
Man of the Match: Trapp
17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 22 Nürnberg 2–2 Hannover 96 Nuremberg
15:30 Klose   53'
Polter   90'
Match Report Huszti   41'
Ya Konan   68'
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 36,101
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Man of the Match: Pinto
23 February 2013 (2013-02-23) 23 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Nürnberg Stuttgart
15:30 Traoré   51' Match Report Feulner   77' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 46,570
Referee: Tobias Stieler
Man of the Match: Schäfer
2 March 2013 (2013-03-02) 24 Nürnberg 1–1 SC Freiburg Nuremberg
15:30 Simons   33' (pen.) Match Report Schmid   83' Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 38,188
Referee: Felix Zwayer
Man of the Match: Diagne
8 March 2013 (2013-03-08) 25 Augsburg 1–2 Nürnberg Augsburg
20:30 Werner   36' Match Report Kiyotake   21'
Esswein   54'
Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660 (sell-out)
Referee: Günter Perl
Man of the Match: Esswein
16 March 2013 (2013-03-16) 26 Nürnberg 3–0 Schalke 04 Nuremberg
15:30 Feulner   31'
Esswein   69'
Frantz   87'
Match Report Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 46,055
Referee: Jochen Drees
Man of the Match: Esswein
31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) 27 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Nürnberg Wolfsburg
15:30 Diego   2'
Olić   27'
Match Report Simons   61'
Nilsson   66'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,524
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Man of the Match: Simons
7 April 2013 (2013-04-07) 28 Nürnberg 2–1 Mainz 05 Nuremberg
15:30 Nilsson   54', 69' Match Report N. Müller   60' Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 35,082
Referee: Tobias Stieler
Man of the Match: Nilsson
13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) 29 Bayern Munich 4–0 Nürnberg Munich
15:30 Boateng   5'
Gómez   17'
Rafinha   24'
Shaqiri   56'
Match Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 71,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Michael Weiner
Man of the Match: Boateng
21 April 2013 (2013-04-21) 30 Nürnberg 0–1 Greuther Fürth Nuremberg
17:30 Match Report Geis   27' Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 50,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Man of the Match: Geis
27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) 31 1899 Hoffenheim 2–1 Nürnberg Sinsheim
15:30 Weis   11'
Salihović   19'
Match Report Simons   58' (pen.) Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 28,675
Referee: Markus Schmidt
Man of the Match: Salihović
4 May 2013 (2013-05-04) 32 Nürnberg 0–2 Bayer Leverkusen Nuremberg
15:30 Match Report Toprak   26'
Kießling   62' (pen.)
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 40,581
Referee: Tobias Welz
Man of the Match: Toprak
11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) 33 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–2 Nürnberg Düsseldorf
15:30 Balitsch   23' (ogg.) Match Report Mak   58'
Plattenhardt   64'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 53,500 (sell-out)
Referee: Knut Kircher
Man of the Match: Mak
18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) 34 Nürnberg 3–2 Werder Bremen Nuremberg
15:30 Nilsson   61'
Polter   81'
Pekhart   88'
Match Report De Bruyne   37', 89' Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 46,157
Referee: Guido Winkmann

League table

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Current league table
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Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 8 10 8 29 32  −3 34 5 6 2 19 13  +6 3 4 6 10 19  −9

Last updated: 19 March 2013.
Source: kicker

DFB-Pokal

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19 August 2012 1 TSV Havelse 3–2 (a.e.t.) Nürnberg Garbsen
14:30 CEST (UTC+02) Beismann   13'
Posipal   59'
Vučinović   97'
Esswein   7'
Mak   80'
Stadium: Willhelm-Langrehr-Stadion
Attendance: 3,506 (sell-out)
Referee: Robert Kempter (Sauldorf)

Overall

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Matches played 34
Matches won 10
Matches drawn 11
Matches lost 13
Goals scored 38
Goals conceded 48
Goal difference −10
Clean sheets 7
Yellow cards
Red cards 2
Best result(s) 3 – 0 (vs. Schalke 04)
Worst result(s) 0 – 4 (vs. Bayern Munich)
Points earned 41/102 (34.50%)

Squad

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Squad and statistics

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Squad Season 2012–13
Sources:[2][3][4]
Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Totals
Player Nat. Birthday at FCN since Previous club Matches Goals Matches Goal Matches Goals
Goalkeepers
Raphael Schäfer   30 January 1979 2008 VfB Stuttgart 31 0 1 0 32 0
Patrick Rakovsky   2 June 1993 2011 Schalke 04 youth 4 0 0 0 4 0
Defenders
Per Nilsson   15 September 1982 2010 1899 Hoffenheim 29 6 0 0 29 6
Marcos António   25 May 1983 2012 Rapid București 1 0 1 0 2 0
Timm Klose   9 May 1988 2011 Thun 32 2 1 0 33 2
Noah Korczowski   8 January 1994 2012 Schalke 04 youth 3 0 0 0 3 0
Marvin Plattenhardt   26 January 1992 2010 Nürnberg II 14 1 0 0 14 1
Berkay Dabanli   27 June 1990 2013 Kayserispor 8 0 0 0 8 0
Javier Pinola   24 February 1983 2005 Racing Club 28 0 1 0 29 0
Timothy Chandler   29 March 1990 2010 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 1 1 0 31 1
Midfielders
Timmy Simons   11 December 1976 2010 PSV 34 5 1 0 35 5
Hanno Balitsch   2 January 1981 2012 Bayer Leverkusen 33 1 1 0 34 1
Markus Feulner   12 February 1982 2011 Borussia Dortmund 23 4 0 0 23 4
Timo Gebhart   12 April 1989 2013 VfB Stuttgart 18 2 1 0 19 2
Hiroshi Kiyotake   12 November 1989 2012 Cerezo Osaka 31 4 1 0 32 4
Róbert Mak   8 March 1991 2010 Manchester City 19 1 1 1 20 2
Mike Frantz   14 October 1986 2008 Saarbrücken 27 1 1 0 28 1
Almog Cohen   1 September 1988 2010 Maccabi Netanya 9 0 0 0 9 0
Muhammed Ildiz   14 May 1991 2013 Rapid Wien 5 0 0 0 5 0
Markus Mendler   7 January 1993 2010 Nürnberg youth 3 0 0 0 3 0
Mu Kanazaki   16 February 1989 2013 Nagoya Grampus Eight 4 0 0 0 4 0
Niklas Stark   14 April 1995 2013 Nürnberg youth 3 0 0 0 3 0
Forwards
Sebastian Polter   1 April 1991 2012 VfL Wolfsburg 26 5 1 0 27 5
Tomáš Pekhart   26 May 1989 2011 Baumit Jablonec 31 4 1 0 32 4
Alexander Esswein   25 March 1990 2011 Dynamo Dresden 27 2 1 1 28 3

Sources

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  1. ^ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013.:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 6 September 2012
  2. ^ "1. FC Nürnberg – eingesetzte Spieler Saison 2011/12" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. ^ "1. FC Nürnberg – Kader". fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Spielstatistik Havelse – 1. FC Nürnberg". fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
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