2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

1899 Hoffenheim
2012–13 season
Chairman	Jochen A. Rotthaus
Manager	Frank Kramer
Stadium	Rhein-Neckar Arena, ; Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg
Bundesliga	16th
DFB-Pokal	First round

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

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

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]

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Bundesliga

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

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

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

Squad and statistics

As of 4 March 2013

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

In

Pos.	Name	Age	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

N	Pos.	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

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

Notes

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.
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.
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.
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.
Grifo was born in Pforzheim, Germany, but also qualifies to represent Italy internationally through his parents and would represent them at U-20 level.
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.
De Camargo was born in Porto Feliz, Brazil, but received Belgian citizenship in 2009 and made his international debut for Belgium in 2009.
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

2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season at kicker.de (in German)
2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

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[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.

[Pokaldefeat-3] 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.

[14] "Ausleihe plus Kaufoption: Hoffenheim holt Usami". kicker (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[15] "Babbel bangt um ein Trio - Chance für Babel?". kicker (in German). 13 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[16] "SCP holt Gulde als Palionis-Ersatz". kicker (in German). 29 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[17] "Philipp Klingmann wechselt zum KSC" (in German). Karlsruher SC. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[18] "Fohlen eisen Mlapa von Hoffenheim los". kicker (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[19] "Fix und ligaunabhängig: FCA kauft Moravek". kicker (in German). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[20] "Haas wird die neue Nummer eins bei Union". kicker (in German). 15 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[21] "Starke wird Neuers Ersatzmann". kicker (in German). 16 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[22] "Ibertsberger: Der erwartete Abschied bestätigt". kicker (in German). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[23] "Lakic und Haas verlassen die TSG". kicker (in German). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] Grifo was born in Pforzheim, Germany, but also qualifies to represent Italy internationally through his parents and would represent them at U-20 level.

[11] 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.

[12] De Camargo was born in Porto Feliz, Brazil, but received Belgian citizenship in 2009 and made his international debut for Belgium in 2009.

[13] 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.