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.
Season summary 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, and exactly a year to the day since winning the Premier League title the season before, 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". His assistant, Brian Kidd, took charge until the end of the season.
Kits Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Etihad Airways
Kit information Umbro made their last kits for Manchester City this season, following Umbro sales to Iconix Brand Group, Nike, produced new kits for Manchester City from next season.
Home: The home kit featured black trimmings, inspired by Manchester City's first ever home kit when it became known as West Gorton in 1884.
Away: The away kit was officially called "zinfandel", an attractive shade of maroon with golden trimmings.
Third: The third kit was black with shadow stripes and sky blue accents.
Keeper: The three goalkeeper kits were green, purple and yellow.
Non-competitive Pre-season Friendlies
China Cup
Post-season Friendlies
Competitions Overall
FA Community Shield
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Points breakdown
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 & smallest 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
Results by round
Matches
FA Cup
Football League Cup
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Squad information Player statistics – overall
Appearances include all competitive league and cup appearances, including as substitute.
Playing statistics
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. Squadstatus Player name Premier League Champions League FA Cup League Cup CommunityShield TotalsAll competitionsApps.Apps.Apps.Apps.Apps.Apps.1GKHGP Joe Hart38 - 1 -6 - -- 1 -- - - - - - - - - - 45 - 1-2DFACG Micah Richards (vc)7 - 2- 1 - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - 8 - 2 -3DFFOR Maicon4(5) - - - 3 - 1 - 0(1) - -- - - - - - - - - 7(6) - 1 -4DFFOR Vincent Kompany (c)26 1 3 (1) 6 - 2 - 4 -1 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 37 1 7 (1)5DFFOR Pablo Zabaleta29(1) 2 7 - 3(2) - 1 - 6 1 1 1 - - - - 1 - - - 39(3) 3 9 16DFHGP Joleon Lescott17(9) 1 3 - 2 - 1- 3(1) - - -1 - - - - - - - 23(10) 1 4 -7MFHGP James Milner19(7) 4 1 1 1(1) - -- 4(2) -1 -1 - - - 1 - - - 26(10) 4 2 18MFFOR Samir Nasri22(6) 2 3 1 6 1 1 - 3 1 - -- - - - 1 1 - - 32(6) 5 4 110FWFOR Edin Džeko16(16) 14 4 - 4(2) 1 1 - 3(2) - 1 - 0(1) - - - 0(1) - - - 23(22) 15 6 -11MFHGP Scott Sinclair2(9) - - - 1 - - -0(2) - - - 0(1)- - - - - - - 3(12) - - -13DFFOR Aleksandar Kolarov11(9) 1 5 - 1(4) 1 1 - 3 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 - - - 17(13) 4 8 -14MFFOR Javi García17(7) 2 5 - 4(1) - 3 -3(1) -1 - - - - - - - - - 24(9) 2 9 -16FWFOR Sergio Agüero22(8) 12 2 - 4(1) 2- - 3(1) 3 -- - - - - 1 - - - 30(10) 17 2 -17MFHGP Jack Rodwell6(5) 22 -0(1) - - - 0(3) - - -- - - - - - - - 6(9) 2 2 -18MFHGP Gareth Barry27(4) 1 6 - 4 - -- 5 1 2 -1 - - - - - - - 37(4) 2 8-21MFFOR David Silva29(3) 42 - 3 - -- 5 1 - -- - - - 0(1) - - - 37(4) 5 2 -22DFHGP Gaël Clichy26(2) - 3 - 4 - - - 3(1) - - -- - - - 0(1) - - - 33(4) - 3 -28DFFOR Kolo Touré10(5) - 2 - -- -- 2 - -- 1 - 1 - - - - - 13(5) - 3 -30GKFOR Costel Pantilimon- - - - - - - -5 -- - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 7 - 1 -32FWFOR Carlos Tevez28(6) 11 3 - 3(2) - -- 6 5 - -1 - 1 - 1 1 - - 39(8) 17 4 -33DFYTH Matija Nastasić21 - 1 - 5 - - -3 - 1- 1 - - - - - - - 30 -2 -36MFYTH Denis Suárez- -- - – - -- - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - -42MFFOR Yaya Touré (vc)32 7 6 - 5 1 3 - 4 1 2 - - - - - 1 1 - - 42 10 11 -44DFACG Karim Rekik1 - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - -61MFACG Jeremy Helan- - - - - -- -- - - - 0(1) - - - - - - - 0(1) - - -62MFACG Abdul Razak0(3) - - - -- - -0(1) - -- 1 - 1 - - - - - 1(4) - 1 -64MFACG Marcos Lopes- - - - -- - -0(1) 1 - - - - - - - - - - 0(1) 1 - -SoldMFFOR Nigel de Jong1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -SoldDFYTH Stefan Savić- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 -SoldFWYTH Mario Balotelli7(7) 1 2 -0(4) 1 1- 0(1) - - -1 1 - - - - - - 8(12) 3 3 - Own goals- 1 - - - -- -- - -- - - - - - - - - -1 - - Totals66 63 2(1)7 15 -15 11 12 4 -3 3 -93 97 3(1)
Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Last updated on 19 May 2013
PlayerPremier LeagueChampions LeagueFA CupLeague CupCommunity ShieldTotal1FW16 Sergio Agüero 12 2 3 0 0 17FW32 Carlos Tevez 11 0 5 0 1 173FW10 Edin Džeko 14 1 0 0 0 154MF42 Yaya Touré 7 1 1 0 1 105MF21 David Silva 4 0 1 0 0 5MF8 Samir Nasri 2 1 1 0 1 57MF7 James Milner 4 0 0 0 0 4DF13 Aleksandar Kolarov 1 1 1 1 0 49DF5 Pablo Zabaleta 2 0 1 0 0 3FWSold Mario Balotelli 1 1 0 1 0 311MF14 Javi García 2 0 0 0 0 2MF17 Jack Rodwell 2 0 0 0 0 2MF18 Gareth Barry 1 0 1 0 0 214DF4 Vincent Kompany 1 0 0 0 0 1DF6 Joleon Lescott 1 0 0 0 0 1MF64 Marcos Lopes 0 0 1 0 0 1#Own Goal 1 0 0 0 0 1Total 66 7 15 2 3 93
Awards PFA Team of the Year The combined best 11 from all teams in the Premier League chosen by the PFA. Player Position Pablo ZabaletaDefence
Premier League Golden Glove award Awarded to the goalkeeper who kept the most clean sheets over the 2012–13 Premier League season. Player Clean sheets Joe Hart 18
Etihad Player of the Year Based on votes polled by official supporters' clubs and fans online. Player Award Pablo ZabaletaPlayer of the Year
Etihad Player of the Month awards 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 Edin Džeko October Joe Hart November Matija Nastasić December Pablo Zabaleta January Pablo Zabaleta February James Milner March Carlos Tevez April Samir Nasri
Transfers and loans Transfers in
+First team Date Pos. No. Player From club Transfer fee12 August 2012MF17 Jack Rodwell Everton£12,000,00030 August 2012GK29 Richard WrightUnattachedFree31 August 2012MF11 Scott Sinclair Swansea City£6,200,00031 August 2012DF3 Maicon Internazionale£5,000,00031 August 2012DF33 Matija Nastasić Fiorentina£12,000,000 + Stefan Savić31 August 2012MF14 Javi García Benfica£17,000,000
+Reserves and Academy Date Pos. No. Player From club Transfer fee4 August 2012MF – Vlad Marin LazioUndisclosed13 August 2012MF – Olivier Ntcham Le HavreUndisclosed31 January 2013FW – Godsway Donyoh Right to Dream AcademyUndisclosed
Transfers out
+First team Exit Date Pos. No. Player To club Transfer fee22 May 2012 MF 20 Owen HargreavesReleased22 May 2012 MF 35 Gai Assulin Racing SantanderReleased1 July 2012 GK 12 Stuart Taylor ReadingReleased21 August 2012 FW 9 Emmanuel Adebayor Tottenham Hotspur£5,000,00024 August 2012 MF 11 Adam Johnson Sunderland£12,000,00031 August 2012 MF 34 Nigel de Jong Milan£3,100,00031 August 2012DF 15 Stefan Savić FiorentinaSwap7 December 2012 GK – Gunnar NielsenReleased28 December 2012 MF – Michael JohnsonReleased30 January 2013 FW 45 Mario Balotelli Milan£19,000,000
+Reserves and Academy Exit Date Pos. No. Player To club Transfer fee 22 May 2012 MF – Ahmed Benali BresciaReleased 22 May 2012 DF 33 Greg Cunningham Bristol City Undisclosed 2 Aug 2012 MF 40 Vladimír Weiss Pescara £1,500,000
Loans out
+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 August 2012 31 May 2013 FW 14 Roque Santa Cruz Málaga 31 August 2012 31 May 2013 DF 38 Dedryck Boyata Twente 1 October 2012 31 December 2012 MF 62 Abdul Razak Charlton Athletic
+Reserves and Academy Start date End date Pos. No. Player To club 6 July 2012 31 May 2013 MF – Omar Elabdellaoui Feyenoord 3 August 2012 31 May 2013 MF – Mohammed Abu Rayo Vallecano 31 August 2012 31 December 2012 DF – Ryan McGivern Hibernian 25 September 2012 28 January 2013 DF 57 Reece Wabara Oldham Athletic 25 October 2012 21 November 2012 DF 61 Jérémy Hélan Shrewsbury Town 22 November 2012 8 May 2013 DF 61 Jérémy Hélan Sheffield Wednesday 8 January 2013 31 May 2013 FW 49 Luca Scapuzzi Varese 10 January 2013 31 May 2013 FW 43 Alex Nimely Crystal Palace 30 January 2013 5 May 2013 DF 57 Reece Wabara Blackpool 15 February 2013 5 May 2013 DF 44 Karim Rekik Blackburn Rovers 7 March 2013 5 May 2013 GK 63 Eirik Johansen Scunthorpe United 31 January 2013 Rest of season ST – Godsway Donyoh Djurgårdens IF 21 August 2012 6 January 2013 FW – Harry Bunn Crewe Alexandra 25 October 2012 29 November 2012 DF 61 Michael Rayner Bradford City
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