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
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 11 July 2012 MF 10 Yassine El Ghanassy Gent Season-long loan 24 July 2012 MF 5 Claudio Yacob Racing Club Free 7 August 2012 FW 8 Markus Rosenberg Werder Bremen Free 10 August 2012 FW 20 Romelu Lukaku Chelsea Season-long loan 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 16 May 2012 MF 5 Somen Tchoyi Released Free 16 May 2012 DF 20 Nicky Shorey Reading Free 16 May 2012 FW 41 Lateef Elford-Alliyu Bury Free 24 May 2012 MF 34 Paul Downing Walsall Free 1 June 2012 MF 8 Keith Andrews Bolton Wanderers Free 1 June 2012 GK 13 Márton Fülöp Asteras Tripolis Free 1 June 2012 DF 33 Paul Scharner Hamburger SV Free 1 June 2012 MF 44 Jamie Edge Released Free 14 August 2012 FW 31 Simon Cox Nottingham Forest Undisclosed28 December 2012FW39Chris WoodLeicester CityUndisclosed
On loan Date Pos. No. Name To Ref 17 September 2012 FW 39 Chris Wood Millwall 29 October 2012 MF 16 Scott Allan Portsmouth 21 November 2012 MF 15 George Thorne Peterborough United 22 November 2012 MF 14 Jerome Thomas Leeds United 22 November 2012 DF 42 Donervon Daniels Tranmere Rovers10 January 2013DF18Gonzalo JaraNottingham Forest
Match results
Pre-season friendlies
Premier League
Football League Cup
FA Cup
Squad statistics
No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Ben Foster300001000170002MF Steven Reid1100+1000005+10303DF Jonas Olsson360001000110004DF Goran Popov10+201000002+10005MF Claudio Yacob29+1000000090006DF Liam Ridgewell28+2010100090007MF James Morrison33+2520000092008MF Markus Rosenberg5+1901020002+50009FW Shane Long25+98111+12009+350010MF Yassine El Ghanassy000+101+11001+110011MF Chris Brunt23+821011003+610013GK Boaz Myhill80201000100014MF Jerome Thomas^4+601+100000000015MF George Thorne^3+20202000200016MF Scott Allan^00000000000017MF Graham Dorrans21+511010006+200018DF Gonzalo Jara0+100010001+100019GK Luke Daniels00000000000020FW Romelu Lukaku20+15172010003+730021MF Youssouf Mulumbu282001+100011+114022MF Zoltán Gera14+241010007+121023DF Gareth McAuley3632000001010024FW Peter Odemwingie13+1250+1000005+230125DF Craig Dawson000+101+10001+100026DF James Hurst00000000000027MF Sam Mantom00000000000028DF Billy Jones24+3120200006+20030DF Gabriel Tamaș7+402021005+111032FW Marc-Antoine Fortuné9+1220+101+100010+142034MF Kemar Roofe00000000000035MF Romaine Sawyers00000000000036FW Adil Nabi00000000000037MF Kayleden Brown00000000000038FW Saido Berahino00000+10000+100039FW Chris Wood^00000000000040DF Liam O'Neil00000000000041DF Cameron Gayle00000000000043FW Isaiah Brown0+100000000000––Own goals–0–0–0–0–0–0 ^On loan
Statistics accurate as of 30 September 2012
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References