The 2012–13 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 23rd season of Germany's premier women's football league. The season began on 1 September 2012 and ended on 12 May 2013. Turbine Potsdam were the defending champions.
The title was won by VfL Wolfsburg for the first time. Turbine Potsdam finished in second place and qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League.
Duisburg and Bad Neuenahr went into administration during the season. As a result, Bad Neuenahr decided to withdraw from the league, sparing Sindelfingen from relegation.
Changes from 2011–12 SG Essen-Schönebeck was renamed SGS Essen and played their home games in the Stadion Essen.
Teams The teams promoted from the previous season's 2nd Bundesliga were VfL Sindelfingen as winners of the Southern division and FSV Gütersloh 2009 as runners-up of the Northern division.
Team Home city Home ground Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Apollinarisstadion Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion (Amateur) Munich Sportpark Aschheim Duisburg PCC-Stadion Essen Stadion für Essen Frankfurt Stadion am Brentanobad Freiburg Möslestadion Gütersloh Heidewaldstadion Jena Sportzentrum Oberaue Sindelfingen Floschenstadion Potsdam Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Wolfsburg VfL-Stadium
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position 1. FFC Frankfurt Sven Kahlert Sacked 12 September 2012 Philipp Dahm 13 September 2012 4th FCR 2001 Duisburg Marco Ketelaer Mutual consent 31 December 2012 Petra Hauser 1 January 2013 9th FCR 2001 Duisburg Petra Hauser Sacked 28 February 2013 Sven Kahlert 1 March 2013 9th 1. FFC Frankfurt Philipp Dahm Sacked 18 April 2013 Sascha Glass (interim) 18 April 2013 3rd
League table
Results
Top scorers Ogimi won her first top-scorer award in the Bundesliga (women). RankScorerClubGoals1 Yūki ŌgimiTurbine Potsdam182 Conny PohlersWolfsburg163 Mandy IslackerDuisburg154 Lena LotzenBayern Munich145 Kerstin GarefrekesFrankfurt13 Sarah HagenBayern Munich137 Genoveva AñonmaTurbine Potsdam12 Martina MüllerWolfsburg12 Alexandra PoppWolfsburg1210 Célia Okoyino da MbabiBad Neuenahr10
References
External links News, Matchdetails, Teams, Transfers on weltfussball.de Season on soccerway.com