Summer transfer window and pre-season Xherdan Shaqiri,
Takashi Usami, but Hans-Jörg Butt left the position on 7 August.
Wolfgang Dremmler was appointed his successor on 9 August. On 2 July, the club announced that
Matthias Sammer replaced
Christian Nerlinger during
UEFA Euro 2012.
Jupp Heynckes believed that the 2012–13 squad is better than the previous season's squad. Bayern began pre-season training on 3 July. Bayern Munich CEO
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stated that the Bundesliga championship is the top priority for the club this season. During pre-season, Bayern defeated
SpVgg Unterhaching, Bayern won 2–1 with goals from
Mario Mandžukić and
Thomas Müller. Bayern won 4–0. Bayern won 3–0. On 29 August,
Karl Hopfner,
Deputy Chairman of the
Executive Board for Bayern Munich
AG, announced he will leave the club on 31 December 2012 for health reasons. Karl Hopfner 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. The draw for the group stage of Champions League took place on 30 August. Bayern were drawn against
Valencia,
Lille, and
BATE Borisov. Bayern won 6–1 Bayern then faced
Mainz 05 on 15 September, winning 3–1 Bayern won 2–1, Bayern won 2–0 with goals from Kroos and Müller. Bayern won 3–0 with one goal from Schweinsteiger and two from Mandžukić. where the club prevailed 2–0 via Luiz Gustavo and Mandžukić goals. The loss ended Bayern's nine-match winning streak. Bayern faced
Fortuna Düsseldorf on 20 October. Bayern faced
LOSC Lille on 23 October. Bayern faced
Bayer Leverkusen on 28 October. Bayern faced
1. FC Kaiserslautern on 31 October.
November Bayern faced
Hamburger SV on 3 November. Bayern faced
LOSC Lille on 7 November. Bayern faced
Eintracht Frankfurt on 10 November. Bayern faced
1. FC Nürnberg on 17 November. Bayern faced
Valencia 20 November. Bayern faced
Hannover 96 on 24 November. Bayern faced
SC Freiburg on 28 November.
December Bayern faced
Borussia Dortmund on 1 December. Bayern faced BATE Borisov on 5 December. Bayern faced
FC Augsburg on 8 December. Bayern faced
Borussia Mönchengladbach on 14 December. Bayern faced FC Augsburg on 18 December. The draw for the Champions League Round of 16 took place on 20 December. The result was that Bayern would face
Arsenal. Bayern had training in
Qatar. Guardiola is set to over for the incumbent
Jupp Heynckes on 26 June, the start of pre-season training for the
2013–14 season. Bayern started the second half of the Bundesliga campaign on 19 January against
Greuther Fürth. Bayern won 2–0 with two goals from
Mario Mandžukić. Bayern won 2–0 with goals from Mario Mandžukić and Thomas Müller. Bayern won 3–0 through one goal from Mandžukić and two from Müller. Bayern won 4–0 with goals from
David Alaba, Bastian Schweinsteiger and
Mario Gómez. Bayern won 2–0. Bayern won 3–1. Bayern's goalscorers were Toni Kroos, Müller and Mandžukić. Bayern won 6–1. Bayern won 1–0 with a goal from Robben. Bayern won 1–0 with a goal from Mario Gómez. winning 3–2 Arsenal won 2–0 with goals from
Olivier Giroud and
Laurent Koscielny. Bayern, however, advanced on the
away goals rule. Bayern were drawn against
Juventus. winning 2–1. Bayern won 9–2. Bayern won 2–0 with goals from David Alaba and Thomas Müller. Bayern won the match 1–0. Bayern again defeated Juventus 2–0; The draw for the semi-finals of the Champions League was held on 12 April. Bayern were drawn against
Barcelona.
Emre Can started for Bayern, making his Bundesliga debut. Xherdan Shaqiri was replaced by
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg in the 71st minute. Bayern won 6–1. Bayern won 6–1. On 23 April, Bayern announced the signing of Dortmund's star player
Mario Götze. Bayern activated the €37 million release clause that Götze and Borussia Dortmund agreed to. Bayern faced Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final on 23 April. Bayern won 4–0 with goals from Müller, Gómez and Robben. Müller scored two goals. Bayern finished April with a match against
SC Freiburg on 27 April. Bayern won 1–0 with a goal from Xherdan Shaqiri.
May/June Bayern started May with the second leg against Barcelona on 1 May. Barcelona players
Sergio Busquets,
Javier Mascherano,
Carles Puyol and
Eric Abidal were all out due to injury. Mario Mandžukić returned from suspension and replaced Mario Gómez, while
Daniel Van Buyten replaced Dante, who was suffering from a cold. However, none of them received a yellow card and are all available for selection in the final. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.
Kevin Großkreutz scored for Dortmund, while Mario Gómez scored for Bayern. The supervisory board decided to reject Uli Hoeneß's offer. Rummenigge was given a three-year extension which is scheduled to expire on 30 December 2016 and Jung contract was extended by two years to 30 June 2016. Bayern won 3–0 with goals from Müller Shaqiri and Luiz Gustavo. Bayern won 4–3. Bayern won 2–1. Brand Finance valued Bayern at $860 million (£570 million), overtaking
Manchester United for top spot. Bayern faced VfB Stuttgart in the
DFB-Pokal Final on 1 June. Bayern won 3–2. The training camp was for preparations for the
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge blamed FIFA, the CBF and the
German Football Association (DFB). Notably, the
Royal Spanish Football Federation did not enforce the rule for
Javi Martínez and made the player available for the DFB-Pokal final. ==Match results==