2012–13 VfR Aalen season

The 2012–13 VfR Aalen season was the 92nd season in the club's football history. The club competed in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's first-ever season in this league, having won promotion from the 3. Liga in 2011–12.

VfR Aalen
2012–13 season
StadiumScholz-Arena, Aalen, Germany
2.Bundesliga9th
DFB-PokalSecond round

The club also took part in the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the second round, losing 4–1 to Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund.[1]

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

20 July 2012 (2012-07-20) VfR Aalen0 2Eintracht FrankfurtCrailsheim, Germany
19:00 CEST (report) Alexander Meier  16'  57' Stadium: Schönebürgstadion
Attendance: 1,650

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
7 1. FC Union Berlin 34 13 10 11 50 49 +1 49
8 Energie Cottbus 34 12 12 10 41 36 +5 48
9 VfR Aalen 34 12 10 12 40 39 +1 46
10 FC St. Pauli 34 11 10 13 44 47 3 43
11 MSV Duisburg (R) 34 11 10 13 37 49 12 43[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to 3. Liga
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. MSV Duisburg were denied a license for the 2013–14 2. Bundesliga season, and, in accordance with the rules of the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga), Duisburg are replaced by the best-placed originally relegated team, SV Sandhausen.[2]

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

5 August 2012 1MSV Duisburg1–4VfR AalenDuisburg
13:30 CEST Bajić  14' Report Reichwein  20'
Dausch  33'
Kampl  46'
Lechleiter  60'
Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Attendance: 14,377
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

DFB-Pokal

19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) First roundVfR Aalen3–0FC IngolstadtAalen
16:00 CEST Lechleiter  15'
Dausch  35'
Valentini  90+3'
Report Stadium: Städtisches Waldstadion
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Marcel Unger
30 October 2012 Second roundVfR Aalen1–4Borussia DortmundAalen
20:30 CET Klauß  87' Report Hummels  22'
Schmelzer  32'
Götze  50'
Schieber  79'
Stadium: Scholz-Arena
Attendance: 13,251
Referee: Günter Perl

Sources

  1. DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 5 September 2012
  2. "Keine Lizenz für den MSV Duisburg" [No license for MSV Duisburg] (in German). DFL. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
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