2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

The 2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season was the 114th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's fifth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008.

1899 Hoffenheim
2012–13 season
ChairmanJochen A. Rotthaus
ManagerFrank Kramer
StadiumRhein-Neckar Arena,
Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg
Bundesliga16th
DFB-PokalFirst round

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 edit

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]

Competitions edit

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Werder Bremen 34 8 10 16 50 66 −16 34
15 FC Augsburg 34 8 9 17 33 51 −18 33
16 1899 Hoffenheim (O) 34 8 7 19 42 67 −25 31 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) 34 7 9 18 39 57 −18 30 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Greuther Fürth (R) 34 4 9 21 26 60 −34 21
Source: Bundesliga.de, kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 1899 Hoffenheim Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Jantschke   22'
Hanke   33'
Arango   79'
Xhaka   88'
Report Roberto Firmino   66' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 50,146
Referee: Peter Sippel
1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) 2 1899 Hoffenheim 0–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Schröck   30'   73'
Weis   57'
Salihović   69'   70'
Report (in German) Oczipka   4'
Meier   39', 83' (pen.) Schwegler   43'
Inui   73'
Lanig   90'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 29,650
Referee: Michael Weiner
16 September 2012 (2012-09-16) 3 SC Freiburg 5–3 1899 Hoffenheim Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Guédé   17'
Kruse   27'
Sorg   45'
Schuster   63'
Diagne   68'
Makiadi   83'
Freis   87'
Report (in German) Delpierre   2',   51'
Ochs   30'
Rudy   45'
Vukčević   57'
Usami   76'
Williams   82'
Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion
Attendance: 22,800
Referee: Felix Zwayer
23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) 4 1899 Hoffenheim 3–1 Hannover 96 Sinsheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Johnson   27'
Williams   36'
Beck   64'
Salihović   82'
Williams   90+2'
Report (in German) Delpierre   26' (o.g.)
Felipe   56'
Eggimann   90'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 23,575
Referee: Marco Fritz
26 September 2012 (2012-09-26) 5 VfB Stuttgart 0–3 1899 Hoffenheim Stuttgart
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kvist   51'
Cacau   75'
Report (in German) Usami   5'
Williams   42'
Joselu   47',   78'
Johnson   58'
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 41,720
Referee: Peter Sippel
29 September 2012 (2012-09-29) 6 1899 Hoffenheim 0–0 FC Augsburg Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Volland   11'
Williams   84'
Salihović   88'
Report (in German) Vogt   90+1' Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Markus Schmidt
6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) 7 Bayern Munich 2–0 1899 Hoffenheim Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ribéry   19', 47' Report (in German) Williams   55'
Beck   59'
Roberto Firmino   65'
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
19 October 2012 (2012-10-19) 8 1899 Hoffenheim 3–3 Greuther Fürth Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Roberto Firmino   8'
Joselu   67', 89'
Report (in German) Stieber   25',   39'
Fürstner   42'
Prib   45+1',   84'
Sararer   49'
Kleine   79'
Sobiech   90+3'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 22,150
Referee: Daniel Siebert
27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) 9 Mainz 05 3–0 1899 Hoffenheim Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Szalai   21', 46', 64' Report (in German) Baumgartlinger   34'
Williams   68'
Rudy   69'
Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 28,067
Referee: Guido Winkmann
3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) 10 1899 Hoffenheim 3–2 Schalke 04 Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Volland   13'
Rudy   20'
Roberto Firmino   67' (pen.)
Schipplock   90+1'
Report (in German) Neustädter   37'
Fuchs   63'
Afellay   64'
Huntelaar   73'
Uchida   82'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
10 November 2012 (2012-11-10) 11 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kruse   4'
Levels   77'
Report (in German) Roberto Firmino   33'
Joselu   39'
Compper   47'   51'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 41,200
Referee: Robert Hartmann
18 November 2012 (2012-11-18) 12 1899 Hoffenheim 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg Sinsheim
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Rudy   55'
Jensen   77'
Derdiyok   88'
Report Hasebe   7'
Dost   24'
Josué   63'
Naldo   78'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Günter Perl
25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) 13 1899 Hoffenheim 1–2 Bayer Leverkusen Sinsheim
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Delpierre   9'
Johnson   59'
Report (in German) Bender   15'
Carvajal   38'
Toprak   40'
Reinartz   78'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 22,100
Referee: Christian Dingert
28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14 1. FC Nürnberg 4–2 1899 Hoffenheim Nuremberg
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Kiyotake   6', 86'
Klose   23'
Nilsson   43'
Polter   69'
Report (in German) Roberto Firmino   14'
Delpierre   18'
Schipplock   33'
Rudy   65'
Salihović   81' (pen.)
Beck   89'
Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg
Attendance: 30,397
Referee: Jochen Drees
2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 15 1899 Hoffenheim 1–4 Werder Bremen Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Schipplock   10'
Schröck   21'
Salihović   43',   50'
Report (in German) Prödl   9',   21'
Arnautović   29', 73', 79'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Knut Kircher
7 December 2012 (2012-12-07) 16 Hamburger SV 2–0 1899 Hoffenheim Hamburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Rudņevs   27', 74'
Skjelbred   84'
Report (in German) Volland   46' Stadium: Imtech Arena
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
16 December 2012 (2012-12-16) 17 1899 Hoffenheim 1–3 Borussia Dortmund Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Schipplock   35'
Weis   53'
Report (in German) Götze   26'
Großkreutz   58'
Lewandowski   66'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Florian Meyer
19 January 2013 (2013-01-19) 18 1899 Hoffenheim 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Vestergaard   30'
Weis   52'
Usami   71'
Report (in German) Brouwers   43'
Herrmann   87'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 26,750
Referee: Peter Sippel
26 January 2013 (2013-01-26) 19 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 1899 Hoffenheim Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Rode   5'
Lanig   35'
Aigner   67'
Zambrano   77'
Report (in German) Advíncula   22'
Usami   44'
Volland   65'
Stadium: Commerzbank Arena
Attendance: 38,100
Referee: Jochen Drees
2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) 20 1899 Hoffenheim 2–1 SC Freiburg Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Volland   10', 27'
Beck   28'
Polanski   65'
Roberto Firmino   83'
Report (in German) Kruse   4'
Hedenstad   45'
Schuster   90+2'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) 21 Hannover 96 1–0 1899 Hoffenheim Hannover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Diouf   8',   89'
Pander   12'
Report (in German) Roberto Firmino   16'
Polanski   45'
Stadium: AWD Arena
Attendance: 35,200
Referee: Daniel Siebert
17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 22 1899 Hoffenheim 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Williams   44'
Joselu   73'
Report (in German) Harnik   3',   83'
Boka   19'
Traoré   63'
Okazaki   90+1'
Rüdiger   90+3'
Ibišević   90+4'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 28,750
Referee: Guido Winkmann
23 February 2013 (2013-02-23) 23 FC Augsburg 2–1 1899 Hoffenheim Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Hahn   1'
Ji   45'
Mölders   79'
De Camargo   90+2'
Report (in German) Volland   4'
Beck   39'
Polanski   50'
Vestergaard   70'
Schröck   88'
Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 28,211
Referee: Florian Meyer
3 March 2013 (2013-03-03) 24 1899 Hoffenheim 0–1 Bayern Munich Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Williams   54'
Schröck   69'
Derdiyok   82'
Report (in German) Boateng   44'
Gómez   38'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
9 March 2013 25 Greuther Fürth 0–3 1899 Hoffenheim Fürth
15:30 Petsos   26'
Peković   88'
Summary Roberto Firmino   10',   11'
Joselu   16'
Volland   38'
Weis   50'
Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 15,760
Referee: Knut Kircher
16 March 2013 26 1899 Hoffenheim 0–0 Mainz 05 Sinsheim
15:30 Ochs   48'
Vestergaard   73'
Summary Wetklo   61' Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 24,500
Referee: Robert Hartmann
30 March 2013 27 Schalke 04 3–0 1899 Hoffenheim Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Neustädter   61'
Höger   72'
Raffael   79'
Pukki   83'
Summary Vestergaard   21'
Roberto Firmino   69'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,743
Referee: Felix Brych
5 April 2013 28 1899 Hoffenheim 3–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Sinsheim
20:30 Roberto Firmino   11'
Salihović   45+1'
Lambertz   75' (o.g.)
Schipplock   77'
Weis   83'
Volland   90+4'
Summary Latka   14'
Tesche   36'
Ilsø   77'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
13 April 2013 29 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 1899 Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
15:30 Arnold   13',   41'
Medojević   43'
Naldo   86'
Summary Salihović   35' (pen.)
Roberto Firmino   45'
Beck   63'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,221
Referee: Daniel Siebert
20 April 2013 30 Bayer Leverkusen 5–0 1899 Hoffenheim Leverkusen
15:30 Kießling   16', 65'
Schürrle   31', 69'
Sam   78'
Reinartz   79'
Summary Polanski   23' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,683
Referee: Guido Winkmann
27 April 2013 31 1899 Hoffenheim 2–1 1. FC Nürnberg Sinsheim
15:30 Weis   11'
Salihović   19'
Rudy   32'
Casteels   57'
Summary Esswein   39'
Simons   58' (pen.)
Balitsch   68'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 28,675
Referee: Markus Schmidt
4 May 2013 32 Werder Bremen 2–2 1899 Hoffenheim Bremen
15:30 Hunt   2' (pen.)
De Bruyne   24'
Fritz   45+1'
Kroos   58'
Bargfrede   62'
Summary Abraham   1'
Vestergaard   74'
Schipplock   79',   85', 90+1'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
11 May 2013 33 1899 Hoffenheim 1–4 Hamburger SV Sinsheim
15:30 Volland   61' Summary Son   18'
Aogo   35'
Jiráček   60'
Diekmeier   85'
Rudņevs   88'
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Christian Dingert
18 May 2013 34 Borussia Dortmund 1–2 1899 Hoffenheim Dortmund
15:30 Lewandowski   6'
Weidenfeller   80'
Reus   85'
Summary Rudy   26'
Vestergaard   30'
Schipplock   71'
Salihović   77' (pen.), 82' (pen.)
Roberto Firmino   80'
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 80,645
Referee: Jochen Drees

Relegation play-offs edit

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 (2013-05-23) First leg 1899 Hoffenheim 3–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Sinsheim
20:30 CEST Roberto Firmino   11', 29'
Schipplock   67'
Report Idrissou   58' Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena
Attendance: 30,135
Referee: Felix Brych
27 May 2013 (2013-05-27) Second leg 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–2
(2–5 agg.)
1899 Hoffenheim Kaiserslautern
20:30 CEST Baumjohann   65' Report Abraham   44'
Vestergaard   74'
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 edit

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1st Round Berliner AK 4–0 1899 Hoffenheim Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cakmak   3', 49'
Gerlach   31'
Kruschke   40'
Stadium: Poststadion
Attendance: 1.468
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

Squad edit

Squad and statistics edit

As of 4 March 2013

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   GER Tim Wiese 11 0 10 0 1 0
19 GK   GER Jens Grahl 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK   BEL Koen Casteels 9 0 9 0 0 0
34 GK   BRA Heurelho Gomes 5 0 5 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   GER Andreas Beck 22 0 21 0 1 0
3 DF   GER Matthias Jaissle 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   GER Stefan Thesker 1 0 0 0 1 0
12 DF   ARG David Abraham 5 1 5 0 0 1
14 DF   BRA Chris 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   FRA Matthieu Delpierre 20 1 19 1 1 0
16 DF   USA Fabian Johnson[notes 1] 23 3 23 3 0 0
21 DF   GER Patrick Ochs 6 0 6 0 0 0
28 DF   GER Pelle Jensen 2 0 2 0 0 0
29 DF   DEN Jannik Vestergaard 8 0 7 0 1 0
35 DF   GER Kevin Conrad 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF   PHI Stephan Schröck[notes 2] 8 0 8 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   GER Sebastian Rudy 17 0 16 0 1 0
7 MF   GER Boris Vukčević[notes 3] 6 0 5 0 1 0
8 MF   SRB Filip Malbašić 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF   USA Danny Williams[notes 4] 18 1 18 1 0 0
17 MF   GER Tobias Weis 11 0 10 0 1 0
20 MF   TUN Ahmed Sassi 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   BRA Roberto Firmino 24 3 23 3 1 0
23 MF   BIH Sejad Salihović 13 3 12 3 1 0
25 MF   PER Luis Advíncula 1 0 1 0 0 0
27 MF   LIE Sandro Wieser 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   GER Vincenzo Grifo[notes 5] 12 0 12 0 0 0
33 MF   JPN Takashi Usami 20 2 19 2 1 0
37 MF   GER Andreas Schön 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF   GER Andreas Ludwig 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF   GHA Afriyie Acquah 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF   POL Eugen Polanski[notes 6] 18 0 17 0 1 0
Strikers
9 FW   GER Sven Schipplock 10 3 9 3 1 0
10 FW   BEL Igor de Camargo[notes 7] 21 3 19 3 2 0
11 FW   SUI Eren Derdiyok 20 1 19 1 1 0
18 FW   ESP Joselu[notes 8] 20 4 20 4 0 0
24 FW   AUT Michael Gregoritsch 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW   GER Kevin Volland 25 4 24 4 1 0
38 FW   GER Kai Herdling 0 0 0 0 0 0

In edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
MF   Takashi Usami 20 Gamba Osaka   Loan Summer 2013 Undisclosed [6]
MF   Joseph-Claude Gyau 19 Youth system Promoted Summer 2012 N/A [7]
MF   Eren Derdiyok 23 Bayer Leverkusen   Transfer Summer 2016 £5 M
GK   Tim Wiese 30 Werder Bremen Transfer Summer Free

Out edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
37 DF   Manuel Gulde 21 EU SC Paderborn End of contract Summer N/A [8]
41 DF   Philipp Klingmann 21 EU Karlsruher SC End of contract Summer N/A [9]
15 FW   Peniel Mlapa 21 EU Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Summer Undisclosed [10]
8 FW   Knowledge Musona 22 FC Augsburg Loaned out Summer Undisclosed [11]
1 GK   Daniel Haas 28 EU Union Berlin End of contract Summer N/A [12]
33 GK   Tom Starke 31 EU Bayern Munich Transfer Summer Undisclosed [13]
26 DF   Andreas Ibertsberger 29 EU Free agent End of contract Summer N/A [14]
39 FW   Srđan Lakić 28 VfL Wolfsburg End of loan Summer N/A [15]

Sources edit

  1. ^ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 6 September 2012
  2. ^ "0:4! Hoffenheim scheitert an Berliner Viertligist". Die Welt (in German). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b Hallam, Mark (18 August 2012). "Hoffenheim humbled by fourth-tier Berlin team". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ^ "René Adler" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Trainer Markus Babbel und Rainer Widmayer freigestellt - U23-Coach Frank Kramer übernimmt bis auf weiteres" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Ausleihe plus Kaufoption: Hoffenheim holt Usami". kicker (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Babbel bangt um ein Trio - Chance für Babel?". kicker (in German). 13 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  8. ^ "SCP holt Gulde als Palionis-Ersatz". kicker (in German). 29 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Philipp Klingmann wechselt zum KSC" (in German). Karlsruher SC. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  10. ^ "Fohlen eisen Mlapa von Hoffenheim los". kicker (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Fix und ligaunabhängig: FCA kauft Moravek". kicker (in German). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  12. ^ "Haas wird die neue Nummer eins bei Union". kicker (in German). 15 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  13. ^ "Starke wird Neuers Ersatzmann". kicker (in German). 16 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Ibertsberger: Der erwartete Abschied bestätigt". kicker (in German). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  15. ^ "Lakic und Haas verlassen die TSG". kicker (in German). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Johnson was born in Munich, West Germany, and represented them at every youth level between U-17 and U-21, but also qualifies to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in November 2011.
  2. ^ Schröck was born in Schweinfurt, West Germany, and represented them at every youth level between U-18 and U-20, but also qualifies to represent the Philippines internationally through his mother and made his international debut for the Philippines in June 2011.
  3. ^ Vukčević was born in Osijek, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualifies to represent Germany internationally and has represented them at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.
  4. ^ Williams was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany, and represented them at U-15 level, but also qualifies to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2011.
  5. ^ Grifo was born in Pforzheim, Germany, but also qualifies to represent Italy internationally through his parents and would represent them at U-20 level.
  6. ^ Polanski was born in Sosnowiec, Poland, but also qualifies to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Poland in August 2011.
  7. ^ De Camargo was born in Porto Feliz, Brazil, but received Belgian citizenship in 2009 and made his international debut for Belgium in 2009.
  8. ^ Joselu was born in Stuttgart, West Germany, but was raised in Spain and has represented them at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level.

External links edit