Original Macron football shirt Willem II 2012/13

The 2012-2013 season of Willem II was the 58th season of the Dutch professional football club from Tilburg since the introduction of professional football in 1954. The club played in the Eredivisie again due to promotion in the previous season. After finishing fifth in the competition, the Tilburg team managed to promote through the play-offs.

After a mixed season in the First Division (5th in the final standings, qualification for the play-offs for promotion/relegation), Willem II managed to end an impressive series without defeat in May 2012 with promotion to the Eredivisie. In the final of the play-offs, FC Den Bosch was defeated, which played without Kees van Buuren and Jordens Peters. They had already been signed by Willem II and could not bring themselves to take action against their new club. The promotion was celebrated in Tilburg and it was also the farewell of club hero Arjan Swinkels. The captain left for the Belgian Lierse SK after 18 years as Willem II. Marlon Pereira Freire, Giovanni Gravenbeek (to PEC Zwolle), Pawel Wojciechowski, Rowin van Zaanen, Joonas Kolkka (to Texas Dutch Lions), Istvan Bakx and Rangelo Janga (to Excelsior) would also not make the return to the Eredivisie. It was already known at the time that their contracts would not be extended. When the preparation had already started, Danny Schreurs' contract was terminated, because there would be little prospect of playing time for him. Due to the limited financial options, technical director Marc van Hintum had to be creative in strengthening the selection. That is why mainly players with an expiring contract and/or players from the First Division were signed (Philipp Haastrup, Kevin Brands and Gaby Jallo). Youth products from major clubs also received a contract: Larbi El Harouchi (Feyenoord), Alexander Maes (Standard Liège) and Jonas Van Kerckhoven (Club Brugge). The last two had to try to earn a place in the A-selection from the promise team.