The 2012–13 Hannover 96 season is the 117th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs eleventh consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2002. The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the third round and faced the cup holders, Borussia Dortmund before being knocked out of the tournament on a 5–1 loss.