2012–13 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season explained

Season:	2012–13
League Topscorer:	Romelu Lukaku (17)
Season Topscorer:	Romelu Lukaku (17)
Highest Attendance:	26,039 (vs. Liverpool, 18 August 2012)
Lowest Attendance:	11,184 (vs. Queens Park Rangers, 18 January 2013)
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The 2012–13 season was West Bromwich Albion's third consecutive season in the Premier League, and their seventh in total. During the season, they also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup. The club enjoyed their best ever season in the Premier League, finishing eighth in the league with a club record 49 points and 14 wins.

Their manager for the season was Steve Clarke, after former manager Roy Hodgson left to manage the England national team.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Name	From	Fee	Ref
29 June 2012	GK	1	Ben Foster	Birmingham City	£4,000,000	^[2]
11 July 2012	MF	10	Yassine El Ghanassy	Gent	Season-long loan	^[3]
24 July 2012	MF	5	Claudio Yacob	Racing Club	Free
7 August 2012	FW	8	Markus Rosenberg	Werder Bremen	Free	^[4]
10 August 2012	FW	20	Romelu Lukaku	Chelsea	Season-long loan	^[5]
31 August 2012	DF	4	Goran Popov	Dynamo Kyiv	Season-long loan

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Name	To	Fee	Ref
16 May 2012	DF	2	Joe Mattock	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	^[6]
16 May 2012	MF	5	Somen Tchoyi	Released	Free
16 May 2012	DF	20	Nicky Shorey	Reading	Free	^[7]
16 May 2012	FW	41	Lateef Elford-Alliyu	Bury	Free	^[8]
24 May 2012	MF	34	Paul Downing	Walsall	Free	^[9]
1 June 2012	MF	8	Keith Andrews	Bolton Wanderers	Free	^[10]
1 June 2012	GK	13	Márton Fülöp	Asteras Tripoli	Free	^[11]
1 June 2012	DF	33	Paul Scharner	Hamburger SV	Free	^[12]
1 June 2012	MF	44	Jamie Edge	Released	Free
14 August 2012	FW	31	Simon Cox	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	^[13]

On loan

Date	Pos.	No.	Name	To	Ref
17 September 2012	FW	39	Chris Wood	Millwall	^[14]
29 October 2012	MF	16	Scott Allan	Portsmouth	^[15]
21 November 2012	MF	15	George Thorne	Peterborough United	^[16]
22 November 2012	MF	14	Jerome Thomas	Leeds United	^[17]
22 November 2012	DF	42	Donervon Daniels	Tranmere Rovers	^[18]

Match results

FA Cup

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Ben Foster	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0
2	MF	Steven Reid	11	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	5+1	0	3	0
3	DF	Jonas Olsson	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Goran Popov	10+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0
5	MF	Claudio Yacob	29+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	2	0
6	DF	Liam Ridgewell	28+2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0
7	MF	James Morrison	33+2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0
8	MF	Markus Rosenberg	5+19	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2+5	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Shane Long	25+9	8	1	1	1+1	2	0	0	9+3	5	0	1	0
10	MF	Yassine El Ghanassy	0	0	0+1	0	1+1	1	0	0	1+1	1	0	0	0
11	MF	Chris Brunt	23+8	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	3+6	1	0	0	0
13	GK	Boaz Myhill	8	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Jerome Thomas^	4+6	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	George Thorne^	3+2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Scott Allan^	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Graham Dorrans	21+5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6+2	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Gonzalo Jara	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
19	GK	Luke Daniels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	Romelu Lukaku	20+15	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	3+7	3	0	0	0
21	MF	Youssouf Mulumbu	28	2	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	11+1	1	4	0
22	MF	Zoltán Gera	14+2	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	7+1	2	1	0
23	DF	Gareth McAuley	36	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0
24	FW	Peter Odemwingie	13+12	5	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	5+2	3	0	0	1
25	DF	Craig Dawson	0	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
26	DF	James Hurst	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Sam Mantom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Billy Jones	24+3	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	6+2	0	1	0
30	DF	Gabriel Tamaș	7+4	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	5+1	1	1	3	0
32	FW	Marc-Antoine Fortuné	9+12	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	5+3	0	1	2	0
34	MF	Kemar Roofe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	Romaine Sawyers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	Adil Nabi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	Kayleden Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	Saido Berahino	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
39	FW	Chris Wood^	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	Liam O'Neil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	Cameron Gayle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW	Isaiah Brown	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	0

^On loan

Statistics accurate as of 30 September 2012^[19]

Notes and References

1. Web site: FootballSquads - West Bromwich Albion - 2012/13.
2. News: Foster completes West Brom move. BBC Sport.
3. News: El Ghanassy seals Baggies switch . West Bromwich Albion FC . 11 July 2012.
4. News: West Brom win Rosenberg race . Sky Sports . 8 August 2012.
5. News: Baggies bring in Lukaku . Sky Sports . 10 August 2012.
6. News: Mattock moves to Wednesday . Sheffield Wednesday . 8 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120610163755/http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10304~2806269%2C00.html . 10 June 2012 . dmy .
7. Web site: Nicky Shorey makes Royal return . Reading FC . 10 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120715031910/http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10306~2837005%2C00.html . 15 July 2012 .
8. News: Shakers to snap up striker . Pete O'Rourke . 3 July 2012 . Sky Sports . Sky Sports . 3 July 2012.
9. News: Paul Downing & Connor Taylor sign one-year deals for Walsall. BBC Sport. 1 August 2012.
10. Web site: Andrews Signs . Bolton Wanderers . 29 June 2012 . 29 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120701215119/http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/General/0%2C%2C1004~2827250%2C00.html . 1 July 2012 . dmy .
11. News: Fulop goes Greek . Sky Sports . 14 July 2012.
12. Web site: Perfekt: Paul Scharner unterschreibt für zwei Jahre . 13 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120812233041/http://www.hsv.de/saison/meldungen-saison/bundesliga/2012/august/perfekt-paul-scharner-unterschreibt-fuer-zwei-jahre . 12 August 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
13. News: Nottingham Forest sign Simon Cox from West Brom on three-year deal. BBC Sport. 14 August 2012.
14. News: Millwall sign West Brom striker Chris Wood on loan . BBC Sport . 17 September 2012 . 17 September 2012.
15. News: Portsmouth re-sign West Brom's Scott Allan. BBC Sport. 29 October 2012.
16. News: West Brom's George Thorne loaned to Peterborough United. BBC Sport. 21 November 2012.
17. News: Leeds United sign Alan Tate and Jerome Thomas on loan. BBC Sport. 22 November 2012.
18. News: Tranmere sign Michael O'Halloran & Donervon Daniels on loan. BBC Sport. 22 November 2012.
19. Web site: Season 2012/13 – Appearances and Goalscorers . StretfordEnd.co.uk . 13 May 2012 .