2012–13 SC Preußen Münster season
# 2012–13 SC Preußen Münster season

The 2012–13 SC Preußen Münster season is the 106th season in the club's football history.

## Review and events

In 2012–13 the club plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. It is the club's second season in this league, having been promoted from the Regionalliga in 2011.

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the second round and will face Bundesliga side FC Augsburg next. The club had knocked out Bundesliga club Werder Bremen in the first round with a 4–2 victory.

Preußen Münster also takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the Westphalia Cup, having reached the second round against DSC Wanne-Eickel after a 5–0 win over TuS Hiltrup in the first round. In the round of 16, they defeated FC Brünninghausen with 8–0 and progressed to the quarter-final where they won against Sportfreunde Lotte 3–0.

## Matches

### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 3. Liga

**League fixtures and results**

| Match | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Match | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Preußen Münster | Opponent | Source |
| 1 | 21 July | 14:00 | Wacker-Arena | Burghausen | Wacker Burghausen | 2–0 | 3,000 | Nazarov 12' Taylor 44' | — | |
| 2 | 28 July | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Chemnitzer FC | 1–0 | 7,121 | Taylor 8' | | |
| 3 | 3 August | 19:00 | Stadion am Böllenfalltor | Darmstadt | Darmstadt 98 | 1–2 | 6,200 | Bischoff 88' | Hesse 18' Gaebler 78' | |
| 4 | 8 August | 19:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Hansa Rostock | 5–2 | 9,000 | Heise 19' Kühne 28' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Schmidt 57' Taylor 83' | Plat 5' Jordanov 18' | |
| 5 | 11 August | 14:00 | BRITA-Arena | Wiesbaden | Wehen Wiesbaden | 2–2 | 2,780 | Bischoff 88' Schmidt 90'+2' | Stroh-Engel 29', 68' | |
| 6 | 25 August | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Preußen Münster | 1. FC Heidenheim | 1–1 | 6,282 | Bischoff 88' | Sailor 10' | |
| 7 | 29 August | 19:00 | Erdgas Sportpark | Halle | Hallescher FC | 2–0 | 8,506 | Taylor 35' (pen.) Bischoff 90'+2' | — | |
| 8 | 1 September | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | VfB Stuttgart II | 0–0 | 6,024 | — | — | |
| 9 | 15 September | 14:00 | Osnatel-Arena | Osnabrück | VfL Osnabrück | 2–0 | 15,000 | Bischoff 43' Nazarov 90+4' | — | |
| 10 | 22 September | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Arminia Bielefeld | 4–0 | 14,512 | Siegert 16' Nazarov 46' Taylor 48' Kühne 58' (pen.) | — | |
| 11 | 25 September | 19:00 | New Tivoli | Aachen | Alemannia Aachen | 2–1 | 12,206 | Taylor 65', 84' | Pozder 48' | |
| 12 | 29 September | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Borussia Dortmund II | 1–0 | 7,224 | Königs 83' | — | |
| 13 | 6 October | 14:00 | Ludwigsparkstadion | Saarbrücken | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 0–0 | 4,227 | — | — | |
| 14 | 20 October | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Kickers Offenbach | 2–2 | 8,116 | Taylor 38', 42' | Rathgeber 24', 85' (pen.) | |
| 15 | 27 October | 14:00 | Wildparkstadion | Karlsruhe | Karlsruher SC | 1–2 | 9,244 | Taylor 52' | Hennings 15' Çalhanoğlu 78' | |
| 16 | 3 November | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3–2 | 4,526 | Kirsch 16' Grote 35' | Ströhl 39' Engelhardt 77' | |
| 17 | 10 November | 14:00 | Gazi-Stadion | Stuttgart | Stuttgarter Kickers | 2–0 | 3,100 | Nazarov 3' Menga 90' | — | |
| 18 | 17 November | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | SpVgg Unterhaching | 0–0 | 8,710 | — | — | |
| 19 | 24 November | 14:00 | Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion | Potsdam | Babelsberg 03 | 0–1 | 2,682 | — | Essig 20' (pen.) | |
| 20 | 1 December | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Wacker Burghausen | 2–0 | 5,667 | Bischoff 56' Königs 87' | — | |
| 21 | 9 December | 14:00 | Stadion an der Gellertstraße | Chemnitz | Chemnitzer FC | 2–2 | 3,150 | Königs 72' Bischoff 90+4' | Fink 3' (pen.) Bankert 13' | |
| 22 | 15 December | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Darmstadt 98 | 3–0 | 6,102 | Königs 41', 72', 74' | — | |
| 23 | 26 January | 14:00 | DKB-Arena | Rostock | Hansa Rostock | 2–0 | 9,000 | Siegert 38' Königs 85' | — | |
| 24 | 2 February | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Wehen Wiesbaden | 0–0 | 7,017 | — | — | |
| 25 | 9 February | 14:00 | Voith-Arena | Heidenheim | 1. FC Heidenheim | 1–3 | 8,000 | Grote 65' | Niederlechner 11' Strauß 29' Bagceci 90' | |
| 26 | 16 February | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Hallescher FC | 2–0 | 7,078 | Kara 19' (pen.), 50' | — | |
| 27 | 16 April | 18:00 | Gazi-Stadion | Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart II | 1–0 | 710 | Röcker 62' (o.g.) | — | |
| 28 | 2 March | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | VfL Osnabrück | 3–1 | 15,050 | Kara 12', 19', 26' | Zoller 39' | |
| 29 | 9 March | 14:00 | Schüco-Arena | Bielefeld | Arminia Bielefeld | 1–1 | 26,026 | Bischoff 74' (pen.) | Hille 20' | |
| 30 | 16 March | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Alemannia Aachen | 4–1 | 8,089 | Nazarov 42' Strujić 51' (o.g.) Kara 78' Kirsch 81' | Thiele 57' | |
| 31 | 30 March | 14:00 | Stadion Rote Erde | Dortmund | Borussia Dortmund II | 0–0 | 3,652 | — | — | |
| 32 | 6 April | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 3–3 | 8,554 | Bischoff 24' Kara 51' Taylor 60' | Stiefler 65', 90' Ziemer 67' | |
| 33 | 13 April | 14:00 | Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium | Offenbach | Kickers Offenbach | 1–0 | 6,163 | Nazarov 58' | — | |
| 34 | 20 April | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Karlsruher SC | 2–1 | 14,465 | Taylor 7', 61' | Krebs 74' | |
| 35 | 27 April | 14:00 | Steigerwaldstadion | Erfurt | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1–1 | 4,361 | Taylor 40' | Pfingsten-Reddig 22' (pen.) | |
| 36 | 4 May | 14:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Stuttgarter Kickers | 0–1 | 12,245 | — | Baumgärtel 78' | |
| 37 | 11 May | 13:30 | Generali Sportpark | Unterhaching | SpVgg Unterhaching | 0–3 | 2,750 | — | Rohracker 19' Schweinsteiger 75' (pen.) Voglsammer 90' | |
| 38 | 18 May | 13:30 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Babelsberg 03 | 4–1 | 13,400 | Taylor 12' Kühne 21' Bischoff 82' Menga 90+2' (pen.) | Reiche 5' | |

**League table**

**Current league table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Arminia Bielefeld (P) | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 76 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 3 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 73 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Preußen Münster | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 72 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 72 | |
| 6 | Chemnitzer FC | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 55 | |

**League table**

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 4 May 2013. Source: Kicker.de

### DFB-Pokal

| Round | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Round | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Preußen Münster | Opponent | Source |
| 1 | 19 August | 16:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Werder Bremen | 4–2 aet | 18,000 | Taylor 54', 81', 118' Nazarov 96' | Elia 45' Füllkrug 67' | |
| 2 | 30 October | 19:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | FC Augsburg | 0–1 | 16,269 | — | Callsen-Bracker 69' | |

### Westphalia Cup

| Round | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Round | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Preußen Münster | Opponent | Source |
| 1 | 4 September | 18:15 | Osttor 85 | Münster | TuS Hiltrup | 5–0 | Königs 15', 59' Nazarov 21', 40' Siegert 88' | — | |
| 2 | 13 October | 15:00 | Mondpalast Arena | Herne | DSC Wanne-Eickel | 2–1 | Menga 24' Dowidat 52' | Schulz 68' | |
| R16 | 20 November | 19:30 | Preußenstadion | Münster | FC Brünninghausen | 8–0 | Menga 11', 50', 80' Truckenbrod 35', 45' Scherder 56' Schmider 60' Königs 87' | — | |
| QF | 9 April | 19:00 | connectM-Arena | Lotte | Sportfreunde Lotte | 3–0 | Bischoff 62' Taylor 68', 75' | — | |
| 5 | 14 May | 19:00 | Jahnstadion | Rheda-Wiedenbrück | SC Wiedenbrück | | | | |
| 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Overall record

As of 30 April 2013

| Competition | First match | Last match | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 3. Liga | 21 July 2012 | 18 May 2013 | 35 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 59 | 28 | +31 | 054.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 19 August 2012 | 30 October 2012 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Westphalia Cup | 4 September 2012 | | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 41 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 81 | 32 | +49 | 058.54 |

## Squad and statistics

As of 30 April 2013

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Westphalia Cup | Westphalia Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 12 | GK | GER | Hannes Frerichs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | GER | Daniel Masuch | 39 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | GER | Maximilian Schulze Niehues | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Philip Röhe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Fabian Hergesell | 36 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Robin Neupert | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Patrick Kirsch | 30 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Kevin Schöneberg | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | GER | Philip Heise | 24 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Dominik Schmidt | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Clément Halet | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Cüneyt Köz | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GER | Simon Scherder | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | GER | Stefan Kühne | 35 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Amaury Bischoff | 35 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | NED | Mahmut Sönmez | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Rico Schmider | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Dennis Grote | 35 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Jens Truckenbrod | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Pascal Koopmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Kara | 13 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Benjamin Siegert | 35 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | USA | Matthew Taylor | 35 | 20 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Dima Nazarov | 39 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Marco Königs | 39 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Babacar N'Diaye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | COD | Addy-Waku Menga | 18 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Players no longer at the club ||||||||||||
| | DF | GER | Tommy Grupe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Julian Büscher | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Dennis Dowidat | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |

## Sources

### Match reports

* ↑ "Nazarov dreht in Oberbayern auf". kicker (in German). 21 July 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Münster minimalistisch zur Tabellenführung". kicker (in German). 28 July 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Bischoff macht es spät spannend". kicker (in German). 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "5:2! Kühne behält zweimal die Nerven". kicker (in German). 8 August 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Bischoff & Schmidt retten doch noch einen Punkt". kicker (in German). 11 August 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Bischoff-Freistoß: Der Ball flutscht durch". kicker (in German). 25 August 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Pokalheld Taylor übernimmt die Verantwortung". kicker (in German). 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Torloses, aber munteres Remis in Münster". kicker (in German). 1 September 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Zumbeels Missgeschick besorgt Derby-Pleite". kicker (in German). 15 September 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Siegert leitet das Schützenfest ein". kicker (in German). 22 September 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Taylor dreht per Doppelpack die Partie". kicker (in German). 25 September 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Joker Königs schießt die Preußen auf Platz eins". kicker (in German). 29 September 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Müller pariert und ärgert den Tabellenführer". kicker (in German). 6 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Rathgeber kann's auch doppelt". kicker (in German). 20 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Calhanoglu beendet Münsters Serie". kicker (in German). 27 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Taylor beendet die Mini-Krise". kicker (in German). 3 November 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Nazarov bringt Münster Start-Ziel-Sieg". kicker (in German). 10 November 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Alu wird zu Grotes Feind". kicker (in German). 17 November 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Essigs Treffer vom Punkt reicht zum Dreier". kicker (in German). 24 November 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Bischoffs Freistoß leitet den Sieg ein". kicker (in German). 1 December 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Bischoff rettet einen Punkt im Schneegestöber". kicker (in German). 9 December 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Dreifacher Königs macht Münster froh". kicker (in German). 15 December 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Kirsch sah Rot - Münster bleibt dennoch auf Kurs". kicker (in German). 26 January 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Publikumsliebling Kara verpasst den Siegtreffer". kicker (in German). 2 February 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Heidenheim siegt verdient im Spitzenspiel". kicker (in German). 9 February 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Kara nutzt die Startelfchance gleich doppelt". kicker (in German). 16 February 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Röckers Pech ist Preußens Glück". kicker (in German). 16 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Karas Hattrick entscheidet das Derby". kicker (in German). 2 March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Bischoff und Masuch - Preußische Elferhelden". kicker (in German). 9 March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Kara beendet Schwarz-Gelbe Hoffnungen". kicker (in German). 16 March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Masuch bewahrt Preußen vor Blamage". kicker (in German). 30 March 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Der FCS dreht ein kurioses Spiel". kicker (in German). 6 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Nazarov hievt die Preußen auf Platz drei". kicker (in German). 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Dank Taylor - Münster klettert auf Rang zwei". kicker (in German). 20 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Erfurt trotzt den Preußen". kicker (in German). 27 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Baumgärtel macht den Coup perfekt". kicker (in German). 4 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
* ↑ "Haching versetzt Münster herben Rückschlag". kicker (in German). 11 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
* ↑ "Münster verpasst Rang 3, Babelsberg steigt ab". kicker (in German). 18 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
* ↑ "Dreimal Taylor, einmal Nazarov: Die Preußen kämpfen Werder nieder" (in German). 19 August 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "Nur Callsen-Bracker zielt richtig". kicker (in German). 30 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "TuS Hiltrup - SC Preußen Münster". Fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "DSC Wanne-Eickel - SC Preußen Münster". Fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "SC Preußen Münster - FC Brünninghausen". Fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 29 April 2013.
* ↑ "VfL Sportfreunde Lotte - SC Preußen Münster". Fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 29 April 2013.

### Other

* ↑ "DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Ergebnisse Endrunde - 2. Runde Verbandspokal-Wettbewerbe: Westfalen" (in German). fussball.de. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Ergebnisse Endrunde - Achtelfinale Verbandspokal-Wettbewerbe: Westfalen" (in German). fussball.de. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
* ↑ "Ergebnisse Endrunde - Viertelfinale Verbandspokal-Wettbewerbe: Westfalen" (in German). fussball.de. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
