2012–13 Liverpool F.C. season explained

Club:	Liverpool
Season:	2012–13
Manager:	Brendan Rodgers
Chairman:	Tom Werner
Stadium:	Anfield
League:	Premier League
League Result:	7th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fourth round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Fourth round
Cup3:	UEFA Europa League
Cup3 Result:	Round of 32
League Topscorer:	Luis Suárez (23)
Season Topscorer:	Luis Suárez (30)
Highest Attendance:	45,009 vs. Chelsea (21 April 2013, Premier League)
Lowest Attendance:	37,521 vs. Swansea City (31 October 2012, League Cup)
Average Attendance:	43,668 (in all competitions)
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Prevseason:	2011–12
Nextseason:	2013–14

The 2012–13 season was the 121st season in Liverpool Football Club's existence, and their 51st consecutive year in the top flight of English football.

By virtue of winning the 2011–12 Football League Cup, Liverpool automatically qualified for entry into the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, thus securing an immediate return to European competition.

Pre-season saw a change of manager for Liverpool, with Kenny Dalglish leaving on 16 May 2012.^[1] Brendan Rodgers was unveiled as his replacement on 1 June 2012.^[2] Liverpool finished 7th in the Premier League, one place and nine points higher than the 2011–12 season.According to the Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs published in April 2013, Liverpool were ranked as the 10th most valuable football club in the world.

First team

Last updated on 19 May 2013. Players' age as of 31 May 2013 (end of season)

Squad No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Brad Jones	GK	May 31, 2013	Middlesbrough	2010	2015
25	Pepe Reina	GK	May 31, 2013	Villarreal	2005	2016
42	Péter Gulácsi	GK	May 31, 2013	MTK	2008	2013
Defenders
2	Glen Johnson	RB/LB	May 31, 2013	Portsmouth	2009	2015
3	José Enrique	LB/LW	May 31, 2013	Newcastle United	2011	2015
5	Daniel Agger	CB/LB	May 31, 2013	Brøndby	2006	2016
16	Sebastián Coates	CB	May 31, 2013	Nacional	2011	2016
23	Jamie Carragher	CB/RB	May 31, 2013	The Academy	1996	2013
34	Martin Kelly	RB/CB	May 31, 2013	The Academy	2008	2017
37	Martin Škrtel	CB	May 31, 2013	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2008	2016
38	Jon Flanagan	RB	May 31, 2013	The Academy	2010	2015
47	Andre Wisdom	RB/CB	May 31, 2013	The Academy	2010	2017
Midfielders
8	Steven Gerrard (c)	CM/AM	May 31, 2013	The Academy	1998	2014
10	Philippe Coutinho	AM	May 31, 2013	Internazionale	2013	2017
11	Oussama Assaidi	LW/RW	May 31, 2013	Heerenveen	2012	2016
14	Jordan Henderson	CM/RW/RB	May 31, 2013	Sunderland	2011	2016
19	Stewart Downing	LW/RW/LB	May 31, 2013	Aston Villa	2011	2015
21	Lucas	DM	May 31, 2013	Grêmio	2007	2017
24	Joe Allen	DM/CM	May 31, 2013	Swansea City	2012	2017
30	Suso	AM	May 31, 2013	The Academy	2012	2017
31	Raheem Sterling	LW/RW	May 31, 2013	The Academy	2012	2017
33	Jonjo Shelvey	CM/AM	May 31, 2013	Charlton Athletic	2010	2016
35	Conor Coady	DM/CB	May 31, 2013	The Academy	2011
44	Jordon Ibe	LW/RW	May 31, 2013	The Academy	2012
Forwards
7	Luis Suárez	FW	May 31, 2013	Ajax	2011	2016
15	Daniel Sturridge	FW	May 31, 2013	Chelsea	2013	2016
29	Fabio Borini	FW	May 31, 2013	Roma	2012	2017
36	Samed Yeşil	FW	May 31, 2013	Bayer Leverkusen	2012	2016
48	Jerome Sinclair	FW	May 31, 2013	The Academy	2012
50	Adam Morgan	FW	May 31, 2013	The Academy	2012	2014

Transfers

Transfers in

First team

Reserves and Academy

Loan in

First team

Transfers out

First team

Reserves and Academy

Loans out

First team

Reserves and Academy

Pre-season

Competitions

Premier League

See main article: article and 2012–13 Premier League.

Matches

FA Cup

See main article: article and 2012–13 FA Cup.

League Cup

See main article: article and 2012–13 Football League Cup.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: article and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Third qualifying round

See main article: article.

Play-off round

See main article: article.

Group stage

See main article: article.

+Group A
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Liverpool	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10
Anzhi Makhackhala	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
Young Boys	6	3	1	2	14	13	+1	10
Udinese	6	1	1	4	7	12	-5	4

Knockout phase

See main article: article and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase.

Round of 32

Statistics

Appearances and goals

		Name	Premier League				FA Cup				League Cup				Europe				Total
		Name
1	GK	Brad Jones	7	7	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	15	15	0	0
2	DF	Glen Johnson	36	36	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	1	0	43	43	2	5
3	DF	José Enrique	29	25	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	1	35	31	2	7
5	DF	Daniel Agger	35	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	39	39	3	1
7	FW	Luis Suárez	33	33	23	9	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	8	6	4	1	44	40	30	10
8	MF	Steven Gerrard	36	36	9	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	6	1	2	46	42	10	12
10	MF	Philippe Coutinho	13	12	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	12	3	7
11	MF	Oussama Assaidi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	6	4	0	0	12	6	0	1
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	30	16	5	4	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	10	10	1	2	44	29	6	6
15	FW	Daniel Sturridge	14	11	10	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	13	11	4
16	DF	Sebastián Coates	5	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	3	1	0	12	9	1	0
19	MF	Stewart Downing	29	25	3	6	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	12	11	2	2	45	39	5	8
21	MF	Lucas	26	24	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	31	27	0	1
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	24	16	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	11	10	0	0	38	29	0	1
24	MF	Joe Allen	27	21	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	7	5	1	0	37	29	2	0
25	GK	Pepe Reina	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	0	39	39	0	0
29	FW	Fabio Borini	13	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	1	20	9	2	1
30	MF	Suso	14	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	20	12	0	1
31	MF	Raheem Sterling	24	19	2	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	36	22	2	5
33	MF	Jonjo Shelvey	19	9	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	10	7	4	1	32	18	5	2
34	DF	Martin Kelly	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	7	6	0	1
35	MF	Conor Coady	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
36	FW	Samed Yesil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
37	DF	Martin Škrtel	25	23	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	0	33	31	2	1
38	DF	John Flanagan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
44	MF	Jordon Ibe	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
47	DF	Andre Wisdom	12	12	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	19	19	1	2
48	FW	Jerome Sinclair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	–	4	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	2	–	-	-	6	-
–	–	Totals	–	-	–	71	59	–	–	4	2	–	–	3	3	–	–	20	15	-	-	98	77
Players who are on loan/left Liverpool that have appeared this season:
4	MF	Nuri Şahin	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	4	4	0	1	12	12	3	3
9	FW	Andy Carroll	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
10	MF	Joe Cole	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	1	1	10	4	2	1
12	MF	Dani Pacheco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0
20	MF	Jay Spearing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	2	0	0
49	DF	Jack Robinson	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	6	0	0
50	FW	Adam Morgan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	2	0	0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 19 May 2013

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1	FW	7	Luis Suárez	23	2	1	4	30
2	FW	15	Daniel Sturridge	10	1	0	0	11
3	MF	8	Steven Gerrard	9	0	0	1	10
4	MF	14	Jordan Henderson	5	0	0	1	6
5	MF	19	Stewart Downing	3	0	0	2	5
5	MF	33	Jonjo Shelvey	1	0	0	4	5
7	MF	4	Nuri Şahin^^	1	0	2	0	3
	DF	5	Daniel Agger	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	10	Philippe Coutinho	3	0	0	0	3
10	DF	2	Glen Johnson	1	0	0	1	2
	DF	3	José Enrique	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	10	Joe Cole^^	1	0	0	1	2
	MF	24	Joe Allen	0	1	0	1	2
	FW	29	Fabio Borini	1	0	0	1	2
	MF	31	Raheem Sterling	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	37	Martin Škrtel	2	0	0	0	2
17	DF	16	Sebastián Coates	0	0	0	1	1
17	DF	47	Andre Wisdom	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				4	0	0	2	6
TOTALS				71	4	3	20	98

^^ Players who no longer play for Liverpool's current season

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Last updated on 19 May 2013

width=35		width=35		width=35		width=200	Player	width=75	Premier League	width=75	FA Cup	width=75	League Cup	width=75	Europa League	width=75	Total
1	GK	25	Pepe Reina	14	0	0	3	17
2	GK	1	Brad Jones	2	0	0	2	4
TOTALS				16	0	0	5	21

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total bookings are equal.

Last updated on 19 May 2013

			Player
			Player	Premier League		League Cup		FA Cup		Europa League		Total
1	FW	7	Luis Suárez	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
2	MF	33	Jonjo Shelvey	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	1
3	DF	5	Daniel Agger	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
4	DF	2	Glen Johnson	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
4	MF	21	Lucas	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
6	DF	23	Jamie Carragher	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
7	MF	8	Steven Gerrard	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
7	DF	37	Martin Škrtel	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
9	MF	14	Jordan Henderson	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
10	FW	15	Daniel Sturridge	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
10	MF	24	Joe Allen	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
12	FW	29	Fabio Borini	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	31	Raheem Sterling	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	38	Jon Flanagan	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
15	GK	1	Brad Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	3	José Enrique	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	4	Nuri Şahin^^	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	9	Andy Carroll^^	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	25	Pepe Reina	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	30	Suso	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	47	Andre Wisdom	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS				54	2	2	0	4	0	14	0	74	2

^^ Players who no longer play for Liverpool's current season

Notes and References

News: Kenny Dalglish sacked as Liverpool manager. BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 16 May 2012.
News: Brendan Rodgers named new LFC manager. Liverpoolfc.tv . 1 June 2012.