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
Manager	Dieter Hecking / Michael Wiesinger
Stadium	Frankenstadion
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Nilsson (6) All: Nilsson (6)
Highest home attendance	50,000 vs Dortmund, Bayern and Fürth
Lowest home attendance	30,397 vs Hoffenheim
Average home league attendance	41,518
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Review and events

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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

SSV Kasendorf v Nürnberg

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

Eintracht Bamberg v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Karlsruhe

8 July 2012	Nürnberg	0–0	Karlsruhe	St. Gallen, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+02)				Stadium: AFG Arena

St. Gallen   v Nürnberg

8 July 2012	St. Gallen	0–0	Nürnberg	St. Gallen, Switzerland
17:00 CEST (UTC+02)				Stadium: AFG Arena

SSV Ulm 1846 v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Borussia Dortmund

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)

Ingolstadt 04 v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v   Sivasspor

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

  Raika Längenfeld v Nürnberg

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

  Real Betis v Nürnberg

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

League results and fixtures

Hamburg v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Hannover 96 v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v VfB Stuttgart

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

SC Freiburg v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Augsburg

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

Schalke 04 v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v VfL Wolfsburg

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

Mainz 05 v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Bayern Munich

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

Greuther Fürth v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v 1899 Hoffenheim

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

Bayer Leverkusen v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Werder Bremen v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Hamburg

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

Borussia Dortmund v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Hannover 96

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

VfB Stuttgart v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v SC Freiburg

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

Augsburg v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Schalke 04

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

VfL Wolfsburg v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Mainz 05

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

Bayern Munich v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Greuther Fürth

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

1899 Hoffenheim v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Bayer Leverkusen

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Nürnberg

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

Nürnberg v Werder Bremen

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

Current league table

Further information: 2012–13 Fußball-Bundesliga § League table

Results summary

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

TSV Havelse v Nürnberg

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

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

Squad and statistics

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

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.

External links

• 2012–13 1. FC Nürnberg season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2012–13 1. FC Nürnberg season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2012–13 1. FC Nürnberg season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)