2012–13 2. Bundesliga
| Season | 2012–13 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Hertha BSC |
| Promoted |
Hertha BSC Eintracht Braunschweig |
| Relegated |
MSV Duisburg Jahn Regensburg |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 790 (2.58 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Dominick Kumbela (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Erzgebirge Aue 6–1 VfL Bochum |
| Biggest away win | SV Sandhausen 1–6 Hertha BSC |
| Highest scoring |
Erzgebirge Aue 6–1 VfL Bochum SV Sandhausen 1–6 Hertha BSC VfL Bochum 5–2 SV Sandhausen Eintracht Braunschweig 4–3 1. FC Union Berlin |
| Average attendance | 17,240 |
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← 2011–12
2013–14 →
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| Leader | |
| Promotion to 2013–14 Fußball-Bundesliga | |
| Qualification to promotion play-offs | |
| Qualification to relegation play-offs | |
| Relegation to 2013–14 3. Fußball-Liga |
The 2012–13 2. Bundesliga was the 39th season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second-level football league. The season began on 3 August 2012 and ended with the last games on 19 May 2013, with a winter break held between the weekends around 15 December 2012 and 2 February 2013.
The league comprised eighteen teams: The teams placed fourth through fifteenth of the 2011–12 season, the worst two teams from the 2011–12 Bundesliga, the best two teams from the 2011–12 3. Liga, the losers of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Bundesliga team and the third-placed 2nd Bundesliga team and the winners of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed 2nd Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3. Liga team.
At the end of the 2011–12 season, SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Eintracht Frankfurt were directly promoted to the 2012–13 Bundesliga. Greuther Fürth left the second level after fifteen seasons and will make debut for top level, while Eintracht only made a cameo appearance in the league. The two promoted teams were replaced by 1. FC Köln and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, who were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 Bundesliga season. Köln re-entered the second level after four consecutive Bundesliga seasons, while Kaiserslautern returned to the 2nd Bundesliga after two years.
On the other end of the table, Alemannia Aachen and were directly relegated to the 2012–13 3rd Liga. Aachen dropped to the third tier for the first time since the 1998–99 season, while Rostock concluded a cameo appearance in the league. The two relegated clubs will be replaced with 2011–12 3rd Liga champions SV Sandhausen and runners-up VfR Aalen, who earned direct promotion spots are thus both made their debut on this level of the league system.
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