The 2012–13 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season is the 39th season since the club was refounded. The team took an unbeaten run from the previous season to 17 games which was ended on 4 October 2012 with a 3-0 defeat to Newcastle United in the Europa League

Karagöz (literally Blackeye in Turkish) and Hacivat (shortened in time from "Hacı İvaz" meaning "İvaz the Pilgrim", and also sometimes written as Hacivad) are the lead characters of the traditional Turkish shadow play, popularized during the Ottoman period and then spread to most nation states that comprised the Ottoman Empire and most prominently in Turkey,Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Adjara(aytonomous republic of Georgia). In Greece, Karagöz is known by his local name Karagiozis; in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he is known by his local name Karađoz.