<prompt> Ngo-11 Agasti 2012, uBuffon waphakamisa indebe yakhe yokuqala njengomphathi omusha weJuventus, kulandela ukuhamba kuka-Alessandro Del Piero njengoba iJuventus yahlula iNapoli ngo-4: 2 ngesikhathi esengeziwe ku-2012 Supercoppa Italiana  <response>: eBeijing. UBuffon walimala kancane futhi waphuthelwa umdlalo wokuqala weSerie A wesizini ka-2012-13 ngokumelene neParma ngo-Agasti 25, 2012. Wabuyela eqenjini lokuqala emdlalweni olandelayo ngokumelene ne-Udinese e-Udine ngoSepthemba 2, egqoke ibhande likakaputeni; I-Juventus iwine lo mdlalo ngo-41. Ngomhlaka-20 Septhemba, emdlalweni wokuqala we-Champions League we-Juventus kule sizini bebhekene neChelsea, uBuffon wenza ukubonakala kwakhe kwe-400 kweJuventus; umdlalo waphela ngokushayisana kwe-2 × 2. UBuffon uthole i-clean sheet yakhe yokuqala kule sizini emdlalweni awunqobe ngo-2-0 neChievo ngomhlaka-22 Septhemba. 