| Club: | Manchester City |
| Season: | 2012–13 |
| Owner: | Abu Dhabi United Group |
| Chairman: | Khaldoon Al Mubarak |
| Manager: | Roberto Mancini (until 13 May 2013) Brian Kidd (caretaker manager, from 13 May 2013) |
| Stadium: | Etihad Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Third round |
| Cup3: | FA Community Shield |
| Cup3 Result: | Winners |
| Cup4 Result: | Group stage |
| League Topscorer: | Edin Džeko (14) |
| Season Topscorer: | Sergio Agüero Carlos Tevez (17 each) |
| Highest Attendance: | 47,386 vs. Everton (1 Dec 2012, Premier League) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 28,015 vs. Aston Villa (25 Sep 2012, League Cup) |
| Average Attendance: | 45,781 (in all competitions) |
| Prevseason: | 2011–12 |
| Nextseason: | 2013–14 |
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The 2012–13 season was Manchester City Football Club's 111th season of competitive football, 84th season in the top flight of English football and 16th season in the Premier League.[1]
Manchester City began the season as defending champions, clinching their first Premier League title and third top-flight title overall after a dramatic win on the final day of the previous season.
In the Premier League, they finished 11 points behind champions and local rivals Manchester United and were eliminated from the League Cup in the third round by Aston Villa. The club played in the UEFA Champions League for the third time and only the second since the competition was rebranded in 1992, and were drawn in a group with Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid and Ajax. Quickly labelled the "group of death", City went winless in the group – recording three draws and three defeats – and finished bottom, failing to advance either to the knockout stages or the Europa League.
On 14 April 2013, Manchester City defeated holders Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-finals and reached the final where they would face relegated Wigan Athletic. It was City's tenth final appearance and second in three years (after their triumph over Stoke City in 2011). The final was played on 11 May, where City suffered a shock 1–0 defeat at the hands of the Latics due to a late goal from Ben Watson. Pablo Zabaleta was sent off after receiving a second yellow card, making him only the third player to be dismissed in a final. As a result, City ended their season without any silverware, with the exception of the Community Shield at the beginning of the season.
On 13 May 2013, two days after the FA Cup final defeat, Roberto Mancini was sacked from his role as manager after a three-and-a-half-year tenure, with Manchester City stating that he had "failed to achieve any of the club's targets, with the exception of qualification for next season's Champions League".[2] His assistant, Brian Kidd, took charge until the end of the season.
Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Etihad Airways
Umbro made their last kits for Manchester City this season.
See main article: 2012 FA Community Shield.
See main article: 2012–13 Premier League.
Points at home: 45
Points away from home: 33
Points against 2011–12 Top Four: 10
Points against promoted teams: 13
6 points: Aston Villa, Fulham, Newcastle United, Reading, West Bromwich Albion, Wigan Athletic
4 points: Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers, Stoke City, Swansea City, West Ham United, Chelsea
3 points: Norwich City, Southampton, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United
2 points: Liverpool
1 point: Everton
Biggest home win: 5–0 vs. Aston Villa, 17 November 2012
Biggest home defeat: 2–3 vs. Norwich City (19 May 2013) and vs. Manchester United (9 December 2012)
Biggest away win: 4 by a 2-goal margin
Biggest away defeat: 3 by a 2-goal margin
Biggest home attendance: 47,386 vs. Everton, 1 December 2012
Smallest home attendance: 45,579 vs. Queens Park Rangers, 1 September 2012
Biggest away attendance: 75,498 vs. Manchester United, 8 April 2013
Smallest away attendance: 19,623 vs. Wigan Athletic, 28 November 2012
See main article: 2012–13 FA Cup.
See main article: 2012–13 Football League Cup.
See main article: 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.
Appearances include all competitive league and cup appearances, including as substitute.
Appearances (Apps) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only, including sub appearances.
Red card numbers denote: numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
| No. | Pos. | Squad status | Player name | Premier League | Champions League | FA Cup | League Cup | Community Shield | Totals All competitions | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps. | Apps. | Apps. | Apps. | Apps. | Apps. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | HGP | Joe Hart | 38 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | - | 1 | - |
| 2 | DF | ACG | Micah Richards (vc) | 7 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 2 | - |
| 3 | DF | FOR |  Maicon | 4(5) | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7(6) | - | 1 | - |
| 4 | DF | FOR |  Vincent Kompany (c) | 26 | 1 | 3 | (1) | 6 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 37 | 1 | 7 | (1) |
| 5 | DF | FOR |  Pablo Zabaleta | 29(1) | 2 | 7 | - | 3(2) | - | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 39(3) | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | HGP | Joleon Lescott | 17(9) | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3(1) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23(10) | 1 | 4 | - |
| 7 | MF | HGP | James Milner | 19(7) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1(1) | - | - | - | 4(2) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 26(10) | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | FOR |  Samir Nasri | 22(6) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 32(6) | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | FOR |  Edin Džeko | 16(16) | 14 | 4 | - | 4(2) | 1 | 1 | - | 3(2) | - | 1 | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 23(22) | 15 | 6 | - |
| 11 | MF | HGP | Scott Sinclair | 2(9) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 0(2) | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(12) | - | - | - |
| 13 | DF | FOR |  Aleksandar Kolarov | 11(9) | 1 | 5 | - | 1(4) | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 17(13) | 4 | 8 | - |
| 14 | MF | FOR |  Javi García | 17(7) | 2 | 5 | - | 4(1) | - | 3 | - | 3(1) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24(9) | 2 | 9 | - |
| 16 | FW | FOR | Sergio Agüero | 22(8) | 12 | 2 | - | 4(1) | 2 | - | - | 3(1) | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 30(10) | 17 | 2 | - |
| 17 | MF | HGP | Jack Rodwell | 6(5) | 2 | 2 | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 0(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(9) | 2 | 2 | - |
| 18 | MF | HGP | Gareth Barry | 27(4) | 1 | 6 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37(4) | 2 | 8 | - |
| 21 | MF | FOR | David Silva | 29(3) | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 37(4) | 5 | 2 | - |
| 22 | DF | HGP | Gaël Clichy | 26(2) | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 3(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 33(4) | - | 3 | - |
| 28 | DF | FOR |  Kolo Touré | 10(5) | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 13(5) | - | 3 | - |
| 30 | GK | FOR |  Costel Pantilimon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | 1 | - |
| 32 | FW | FOR | Carlos Tevez | 28(6) | 14 | 3 | - | 3(2) | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 39(8) | 17 | 4 | - |
| 33 | DF | YTH | Matija Nastasić | 21 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | - | 2 | - |
| 36 | MF | YTH | Denis Suárez | - | - | - | - | – | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 42 | MF | FOR | Yaya Touré (vc) | 32 | 5 | 6 | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 42 | 10 | 11 | - |
| 44 | DF | ACG | Karim Rekik | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 61 | MF | ACG | Jeremy Helan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - |
| 62 | MF | ACG | Abdul Razak | 0(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1(4) | - | 1 | - |
| 64 | MF | ACG | Marcos Lopes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | 1 | - | - |
| Sold | MF | FOR | Nigel de Jong | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Sold | DF | YTH |  Stefan Savić | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Sold | FW | YTH |  Mario Balotelli | 7(7) | 1 | 2 | - | 0(4) | 1 | 1 | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8(12) | 3 | 3 | - |
| Own goals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |||
| Totals | 66 | 63 | 2(1) | 7 | 15 | - | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 93 | 97 | 3(1) | |||||||||
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 | 16 | Sergio Agüero | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| FW | 32 | Carlos Tevez | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 3 | FW | 10 | Edin Džeko | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | 42 | Yaya Touré | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | 21 | David Silva | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| MF | 8 | Samir Nasri | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 7 | MF | 7 | James Milner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| DF | 13 | Aleksandar Kolarov | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 9 | DF | 5 | Pablo Zabaleta | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| FW | Sold | Mario Balotelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 11 | MF | 14 | Javi García | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | 17 | Jack Rodwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| MF | 18 | Gareth Barry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 14 | DF | 4 | Vincent Kompany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | 6 | Joleon Lescott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| MF | 64 | Marcos Lopes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 66 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 93 | |||||||||||||
The combined best 11 from all teams in the Premier League chosen by the PFA.
[3]Awarded to the goalkeeper who kept the most clean sheets over the 2012–13 Premier League season.
Based on votes polled by official supporters' clubs and fans online.
Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the official website of Manchester City.
| Month | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| September[5] | Edin Džeko | |
| October[6] | Joe Hart | |
| November[7] | Matija Nastasić | |
| December[8] | Pablo Zabaleta | |
| January[9] | Pablo Zabaleta | |
| February[10] | James Milner | |
| March[11] | Carlos Tevez | |
| April[12] | Samir Nasri |
| +First team | |||||
| Date | Pos. | No. | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2012 | MF | 17 | Jack Rodwell[13] | Everton | £12,000,000[14] |
| 30 August 2012 | GK | 29 | Richard Wright | Unattached | Free |
| 31 August 2012 | MF | 11 | Scott Sinclair[15] | Swansea City | £6,200,000 |
| 31 August 2012 | DF | 3 | Maicon[16] | Internazionale | £5,000,000 |
| 31 August 2012 | DF | 33 | Matija Nastasić[17] | Fiorentina | £12,000,000 + Stefan Savić |
| 31 August 2012 | MF | 14 | Javi García[18] | Benfica | £17,000,000 |
| +Reserves and Academy | |||||
| Date | Pos. | No. | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2012 | MF | – | Vlad Marin[19] | Lazio | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2012 | MF | – | Olivier Ntcham[20] | Le Havre | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2013 | FW | – |  Godsway Donyoh[21] | Right to Dream Academy | Undisclosed |
| +First team | ||||||
| Exit Date | Pos. | No. | Player | To club | Transfer fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2012 | MF | 20 | Owen Hargreaves | Released[22] | ||
| 22 May 2012 | MF | 35 |  Gai Assulin | Racing Santander | Released | |
| 1 July 2012 | GK | 12 | Stuart Taylor | Reading | Released[23] | |
| 21 August 2012 | FW | 9 | Emmanuel Adebayor | Tottenham Hotspur | £5,000,000[24] | |
| 24 August 2012 | MF | 11 | Adam Johnson | Sunderland | £12,000,000[25] | |
| 31 August 2012 | MF | 34 | Nigel de Jong[26] | Milan | £3,100,000 | |
| 31 August 2012 | DF | 15 | Stefan Savić | Fiorentina | Swap | |
| 7 December 2012 | GK | – |  Gunnar Nielsen | Released[27] | ||
| 28 December 2012 | MF | – | Michael Johnson | Released[28] | ||
| 30 January 2013 | FW | 45 | Mario Balotelli | Milan | £19,000,000[29] | |
| +Reserves and Academy | ||||||
| Exit Date | Pos. | No. | Player | To club | Transfer fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2012 | MF | – | Ahmed Benali | Brescia | Released | |
| 22 May 2012 | DF | 33 |  Greg Cunningham | Bristol City | Undisclosed[30] | |
| 2 Aug 2012 | MF | 40 |  Vladimír Weiss | Pescara | £1,500,000 | |
| +First team | ||||||
| Start date | End date | Pos. | No. | Player | To club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2012 | 31 December 2012 | MF | 50 |  Abdisalam Ibrahim | Strømsgodset | |
| 21 July 2012 | 31 May 2013 | DF | 3 | Wayne Bridge | Brighton & Hove Albion[31] | |
| 31 August 2012 | 31 May 2013 | FW | 14 | Roque Santa Cruz | Málaga[32] | |
| 31 August 2012 | 31 May 2013 | DF | 38 | Dedryck Boyata | Twente[33] | |
| 1 October 2012 | 31 December 2012 | MF | 62 | Abdul Razak | Charlton Athletic[34] |
| +Reserves and Academy | |||||
| Start date | End date | Pos. | No. | Player | To club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2012 | 31 May 2013 | MF | – | Omar Elabdellaoui | Feyenoord[35] |
| 3 August 2012 | 31 May 2013 | MF | – | Mohammed Abu | Rayo Vallecano[36] |
| 31 August 2012 | 31 December 2012 | DF | – | Ryan McGivern | Hibernian[37] |
| 25 September 2012 | 28 January 2013 | DF | 57 | Reece Wabara | Oldham Athletic[38] |
| 25 October 2012 | 21 November 2012 | DF | 61 | Jérémy Hélan | Shrewsbury Town[39] |
| 22 November 2012 | 8 May 2013 | DF | 61 | Jérémy Hélan | Sheffield Wednesday[40] |
| 8 January 2013 | 31 May 2013 | FW | 49 | Luca Scapuzzi | Varese[41] |
| 10 January 2013 | 31 May 2013 | FW | 43 | Alex Nimely | Crystal Palace[42] |
| 30 January 2013 | 5 May 2013 | DF | 57 | Reece Wabara | Blackpool |
| 15 February 2013 | 5 May 2013 | DF | 44 | Karim Rekik | Blackburn Rovers[43] |
| 7 March 2013 | 5 May 2013 | GK | 63 | Eirik Johansen | Scunthorpe United[44] |
| 31 January 2013 | Rest of season | ST | – | Godsway Donyoh |  Djurgårdens IF[45] |
| 21 August 2012 | 6 January 2013 | FW | – | Harry Bunn | Crewe Alexandra[46] |
| 25 October 2012 | 29 November 2012 | DF | 61 | Michael Rayner | Bradford City |