| Season: | 2012–13 |
| Manager: | Paul Cook (until 25 Oct.) Leam Richardson (from 25 Oct.) |
| Chairman: | Peter Marsden |
| League Result: | 18th |
| Cup1 Result: | 2nd Round Replay |
| Cup2 Result: | 1st Round |
| League Topscorer: | Romauld Boco (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Romauld Boco (9) |
| Highest Attendance: | 3,010 vs Bradford City, 8 September |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,031 vs Dagenham & Redbridge, 5 January |
| Average Attendance: | 1,539 |
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| Prevseason: | 2011–12 |
| Nextseason: | 2013–14 |
The 2012–13 season was Accrington Stanley's 44th season in their existence. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.
|-!colspan="14"|Players currently on loan:|-!colspan="14"|Players that left during the season:|}
| Rank | No. | Po. | Name | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | MF | Romuald Boco | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 2 | 23 | FW | Pádraig Amond | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 3 | 21 | FW | James Beattie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | 10 | MF | Will Hatfield | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | 12 | MF | George Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | 17 | MF | James Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | FW | Francis Jeffers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | FW | Craig Lindfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 24 | DF | Lee Moleyneux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | DF | Peter Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 30 | MF | Piero Mingoia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | DF | Lee Molyneux | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| FW | Karl Sheppard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 6 | DF | Dean Winnard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 46 | ||||
| No. | Pos. | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Cameron Belford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GK | Paul Rachubka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | Peter Murphy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Michael Liddle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 4 | MF | Luke Joyce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Aristote Nsiala | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Dean Winnard | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 7 | MF | Craig Lindfield | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Charlie Barnett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | FW | Francis Jeffers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Will Hatfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 12 | MF | George Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 15 | MF | Bohan Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 16 | DF | Nicky Hunt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | James Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 18 | DF | Tom Eckersley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | FW | James Beattie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 24 | DF | Lee Molyneux | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 28 | MF | Danny Schofield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 29 | DF | Rob Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 33 | FW | Romauld Boco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 4 | |||