| Club: | Rosenborg |
| Season: | 2012 |
| Manager: | Jan Jönsson |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Ivar Koteng |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Stadium: | Lerkendal Stadion |
| League: | Tippeligaen |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | Norwegian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth Round vs Molde |
| Cup2: | Europa League |
| Cup2 Result: | Group Stage |
| League Topscorer: | Rade Prica (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Bořek Dočkal (23) |
| Highest Attendance: | 20,572 vs Hønefoss 16 May 2012 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,000 vs Kvik Halden 20 June 2012 |
| Average Attendance: | 13,394 7.7% (in Tippeligaen) 11,156 (in all competitions) |
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| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 season was Rosenborg's 22nd consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 45th season in the topflight of Norwegian football. It was their second and final season with Jan Jönsson as manager. They participated in the Tippeligaen, finishing 3rd. They also took part in the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup, getting eliminated by Molde at the Fourth-Round stage and the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, which they entered at the First qualifying round stage and were eliminated at the group stage.
See main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2011–12. In:[1] [2] [3] [4] Out: [5] [6] [7] [8]
See main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2012. In:[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Out: [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
See main article: 2012 Tippeligaen.
See main article: 2012 Norwegian Football Cup.
See main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
See main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Rosenborg on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Rosenborg during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=80 | Tippeligaen | width=100 | Norwegian Cup | width=100 | Europa League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF |  | 8 | Bořek Dočkal | 10 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |||||||||
| 2 | FW |  | 9 | Rade Prica | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||
| 3 | FW |  | 11 | Steffen Iversen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 4 | MF | 10 | John Chibuike | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 3 | Mikael Dorsin | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 22 | Jonas Svensson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 7 | FW | | 28 | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| MF | | 19 | Markus Henriksen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 21 | Fredrik Midtsjø | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 10 | DF | | 24 | Stefan Strandberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| DF | | 5 | Per Verner Rønning | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 17 | Tarik Elyounoussi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 13 | DF | 4 | Jim Larsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| MF |  | 42 | Mix Diskerud | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 16 | MF | | 20 | Ole Kristian Selnæs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | 2 | Peter Ankersen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 4 | Tore Reginiussen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 53 | 22 | 19 | 94 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Total | ||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | GK | Daniel Örlund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | DF | Peter Ankersen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | DF | Cristian Gamboa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | | DF | Mikael Dorsin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | | DF | Tore Reginiussen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | DF | Jim Larsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | | DF | Per Verner Rønning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 7 |  | MF | Mohammed-Awal Issah | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | MF | Bořek Dočkal | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | FW | Rade Prica | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | MF | John Chibuike | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | | DF | Jon Inge Høiland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | | DF | Simen Wangberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 19 | | MF | Markus Henriksen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | MF | Fredrik Midtsjø | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | | MF | Jonas Svensson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | | DF | Stefan Strandberg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | | FW | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 42 | | MF | Mix Diskerud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| TOTALS | 46 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 74 | 3 | |||||||