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The 2012–13 FC Bayern Munich season is the 114th season in the club's football history and the 47th consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, since the promotion of the team from the Regionalliga Süd in 1965. The season started with the club's first training session on 3 July 2012 and is scheduled to conclude around May/June 2013, with the exact date yet to be determined. Before the start of the season Bayern signed Xherdan Shaqiri, Dante, Claudio Pizarro, Mitchell Weiser, Tom Starke and Mario Mandžukić. Bayern also added holding midfielder Javi Martínez after the first week of the Bundesliga season at the transfer deadline. The club started its competitive campaign with a nine-match winning streak.

Background
Bayern Munich began training on 3 July 2012. Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stated that the Bundesliga championship is the top priority for the club this season. Philipp Lahm declared Borussia Dortmund as the favourite to win the championship. On 2 July 2012, the club announced that Matthias Sammer replaced Christian Nerlinger during Euro 2012. Heynckes believes that the 2012–13 squad is better than the previous season's squad.

In the transfer market, Bayern Munich signed FC Basel and Swiss winger Xherdan Shaqiri before signing Claudio Pizzaro from Werder Bremen. They also signed Mario Mandžukić, Dante, and Tom Starke. Bayer Leverkusen CEO Wolfgang Holzhäuser accused Jupp Heynckes of "tapping up" Lars Bender. Bayer Leverkusen had rejected an "official" offer from Bayern Munich the previous week.

Season
The club opened their Bundesliga campaign with a 3–0 win at Greuther Fürth. This was the first Bundesliga match between the two clubs. Bayern Munich will have 6 Bavarian derbies this season. FC Bayern will have home and away fixtures with 1. FC Nuremberg, FC Augsburg, and the aforementioned SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

The club had been in a highly publisized, long winding and from the club itself largely open pursuit of Athletic Bilbao midfielder made centre back, Javi Martínez, throughout the summer. The pursuit was finally concluded on 29 August, when the signing was made official. The transfer of Martinez, at €40 million, is the most expensive transfer in the history of the Bundesliga.

The club moved up to second place in the UEFA coefficient ranking. This is the highest position the club has been in for the coefficient ranking to date.

The club started its competitive campaign with a nine-match winning streak. The winning streak ended with a loss against BATE Borisov in Champions League.

The club went 140 corners without scoring from one.

Retirement
Karl Hopfner, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board for Bayern Munich AG, will leave the club on 31 December 2012 due to health reasons. Hopfner has been a member of the UEFA committee for club tournaments since 2009, and a member of the board of the Deutsche Fußball Liga and the German Football Association since 2010. He applied for Managing Director of the club in October 1982 after seeing a job ad for the position in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Hopfner had an interview in January 1983 and started as Managing Director in July 1983. It was announced on 27 September his successor will be Jan-Christian Dreesen.

Overview
Last updated: 26 August 2012 Source: Exhibition tournaments and friendly matches

DFL-Supercup
As runner-up to double champions Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern played in the 2012 DFL-Supercup on 12 August 2012, which it won 2–1 with new acquisition Mario Mandžukić and Thomas Müller providing early goals.

DFB-Pokal
FC Bayern began their 2012–13 DFB-Pokal campaign with a 4–0 victory over fellow Bavarian squad Jahn Regensburg on 20 August 2012.

UEFA Champions League
Bayern Munich entered the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League at the Group stage. On 30 August 2012, FC Bayern was drawn against Valencia CF of La Liga, Lille OSC of Ligue 1, and Belarusian champion BATE Borisov.

Goal scorers

 * All competitions


 * Bundesliga


 * DFB-Pokal


 * Champions League
 * * = Goals in DFL Supercup
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Awards
Philipp Lahm, Manuel Neuer and Mario Gómez were nominated for the FIFA Ballon d'Or. Jupp Heynckes was nominated for FIFA World Coach of the Year.

Review
Mehmet Scholl returned to coach Bayern Munich II, who play in the new Regionalliga Bayern following a restructuring of Germany's fourth tier. They started the season with a ten-match undefeated streak; ending on 8 September against VfL Frohnlach.