2012–13 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
2012–13 season
Chairman	Khaldoon Mubarak
Manager	Roberto Mancini; (until 13 May 2013); Brian Kidd (caretaker manager); (from 13 May 2013)
Stadium	Etihad Stadium
Premier League	2nd
FA Cup	Runners Up
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
FA Community Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Edin Džeko (14); All: ; Sergio Agüero ; Carlos Tévez (17)
Highest home attendance	47,386 vs. Everton; (1 Dec 2012, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	28,015 vs. Aston Villa; (25 Sep 2012, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	45,781 ; (in all competitions)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season is Manchester City Football Club's 111th season of football, eleventh consecutive season in the Premier League, and twenty-first season in the Premier League since it was first created. City began the season as defending champions, having won the league in 2011–12. The club also played in the UEFA Champions League for the third time, the second since the competition was rebranded. City also reached the 10th FA Cup final in their history after beating Chelsea 2-1 at Wembley Stadium on 14 April 2013. However, they lost the final 1-0 to Wigan on 11 May 2013. On 13 May 2013 Roberto Mancini was sacked as manager following 3.5 years in the role and despite taking the club to their first Premier League championship exactly 12 months before.

Team kit

The 2012–13 season will be City's last season in which Umbro will manufacture their kit.

The kit features black trims and logos, in recognition of the black and white kit of the first iteration of Manchester City's competitive history – when it was known as West Gorton (St Marks) F.C. team – while the away kit reverts to the maroon kit of the 1956 FA Cup Final winning team, which was last replicated ten years prior to the new season.

Home

Away

European Away

Goalkeeper home

Goalkeeper away

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Friendlies

13 July 2012	Al-Hilal	1–0	Manchester City	Innsbruck, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Al Abed 69'	Report		Stadium: Tivoli-Neu Referee: Michael Daxauer (Austria)

17 July 2012	Dynamo Dresden	0–0	Manchester City	Innsbruck, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Tivoli-Neu Attendance: 4,650 Referee: Gregor Danler (Austria)

20 July 2012	Beşiktaş	0–2	Manchester City	Innsbruck, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Agüero 45' Kompany 56'	Stadium: Tivoli-Neu

30 July 2012	Malaysia XI	1–3	Manchester City	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Azammuddin bin Mohd Akil 87'	Report	Agüero 25' Tévez 47' Johnson 51'	Stadium: Bukit Jalil Stadium

4 August 2012	Wolfsburg	0–2	Manchester City	Wolfsburg, Germany
		Report	Agüero 41' Y. Touré 57'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

5 August 2012	Limerick	0–4	Manchester City	Limerick, Republic of Ireland
19:00 BST		Report	Džeko 33' 44' Boyata 42' Scapuzzi 78'	Stadium: Thomond Park

China Cup

27 July 2012	Arsenal	0–2	Manchester City	Beijing, People's Republic of China
20:00 CST (UTC+08:00)		Report	Zabaleta 42' Y. Touré 44'	Stadium: Bird's Nest Stadium Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)

Post-season

Friendlies

23 May 2013	Manchester City	4–3	Chelsea	St Louis, Missouri, USA
19:30 CT (UTC−06:00)	García 63' Džeko 64' 84' Richards 90+1'	Report	Ba 14' Azpilicueta 45' (pen.) Oscar 53'	Stadium: Busch Stadium Attendance: 48,263 Referee: George Gansner^[1]

25 May 2013	Manchester City	5–3	Chelsea	New York City, New York, USA
17:30 EST (UTC−05:00)	Barry 3' Nasri 29', 74' Milner 55' Džeko 84'		Ramires 46', 69' Mata 82'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 39,462

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
FA Community Shield	Final	Winner	12 August 2012
EPL	—	2nd	19 August 2012	19 May 2013
FL Cup	R3	R3	25 September 2012	25 September 2012
FA Cup	3R	Runner-up	5 January 2013	11 May 2013
UCL	GS	GS	18 September 2012	4 December 2012

Updated to match played 19 May 2013
Source: Competitions

FA Community Shield

12 August 2012	Chelsea	2–3	Manchester City	Birmingham
13:30 BST	Torres 40' Bertrand 80' Ivanović 42'	Report	Y. Touré 52' Tévez 59' Nasri 64'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,394 Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

Premier League

League table

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Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	23	9	6	66	34	+32	78	14	3	2	41	15	+26	9	6	4	25	19	+6

Last updated: 19 May 2013.
Source: Premier League

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, Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers, Stoke City, Swansea City,

West Ham United

3 points: Manchester United, Norwich City, Southampton, Sunderland,

Tottenham Hotspur,

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. Manchester United (9 December 2012), Norwich City (19 May 2013)
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

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Matches

19 August 2012 1	Manchester City	3–2	Southampton	Manchester
16:00 BST	Tévez 39' Džeko 71' Nasri 80'	Report	Lambert 60' Davis 67'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,109 Referee: Howard Webb

26 August 2012 2	Liverpool	2–2	Manchester City	Liverpool
16:00 BST	Škrtel 34' Suárez 66'	Report	Y. Touré 63' Tévez 80'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,492 Referee: Andre Marriner

1 September 2012 3	Manchester City	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Manchester
17:30 BST	Y. Touré 16' Džeko 61' Tévez 90+2'	Report	Zamora 60'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 45,579 Referee: Chris Foy

15 September 2012 4	Stoke City	1–1	Manchester City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Crouch 15'	Report	García 35'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,101 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

23 September 2012 5	Manchester City	1–1	Arsenal	Manchester
16:00 BST	Lescott 40'	Report	Koscielny 82'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,318 Referee: Mike Dean

29 September 2012 6	Fulham	1–2	Manchester City	London
15:00 BST	Petrić 10' (pen.)	Report	Agüero 43' Džeko 87'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,698 Referee: Mark Halsey

6 October 2012 7	Manchester City	3–0	Sunderland	Manchester
12:45 BST	Kolarov 5' Agüero 60' Milner 89'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,036 Referee: Lee Probert

20 October 2012 8	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Manchester City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Long 67'	Report	Džeko 80', 90+2'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,891 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

27 October 2012 9	Manchester City	1–0	Swansea City	Manchester
17:30 BST	Tévez 61'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,801 Referee: Martin Atkinson

3 November 2012 10	West Ham United	0–0	Manchester City	London
17:30 GMT		Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 35,005 Referee: Howard Webb

11 November 2012 11	Manchester City	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
13:30 GMT	Agüero 65' Džeko 88'	Report	Caulker 21'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,208 Referee: Michael Oliver

17 November 2012 12	Manchester City	5–0	Aston Villa	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Silva 43' Agüero 54' (pen.), 67' Tévez 65' (pen.), 74'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,072 Referee: Jon Moss

25 November 2012 13	Chelsea	0–0	Manchester City	London
16:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,792 Referee: Chris Foy

28 November 2012 14	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Manchester City	Wigan
20:00 GMT		Report	Balotelli 69' Milner 72'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 19,623 Referee: Mark Halsey

1 December 2012 15	Manchester City	1–1	Everton	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Tévez 43' (pen.)	Report	Fellaini 33'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,386 Referee: Lee Probert

9 December 2012 16	Manchester City	2–3	Manchester United	Manchester
13:30 GMT	Touré 60' Zabaleta 86'	Report	Rooney 16', 29' Van Persie 90+2'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,166 Referee: Martin Atkinson

15 December 2012 17	Newcastle United	1–3	Manchester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
12:45 GMT	Ba 51'	Report	Agüero 10' García 39' Y. Touré 78'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,579 Referee: Andre Marriner

22 December 2012 18	Manchester City	1–0	Reading	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Barry 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,007 Referee: Mike Dean

26 December 2012 19	Sunderland	1–0	Manchester City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Johnson 53'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,190 Referee: Kevin Friend

29 December 2012 20	Norwich City	3–4	Manchester City	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Pilkington 15' Martin 63', 75'	Report	Džeko 2', 4' Agüero 50' Bunn 67' (o.g)	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,827 Referee: Mike Jones

1 January 2013 21	Manchester City	3–0	Stoke City	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Zabaleta 43' Džeko 56' Agüero 74' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,192 Referee: Michael Oliver

13 January 2013 22	Arsenal	0–2	Manchester City	London
16:00 GMT		Report	Milner 21' Džeko 32'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,107 Referee: Mike Dean

19 January 2013 23	Manchester City	2–0	Fulham	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Silva 2', 69'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,286 Referee: Jon Moss

29 January 2013 24	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Manchester City	London
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,894 Referee: Phil Dowd

3 February 2013 25	Manchester City	2–2	Liverpool	Manchester
16:00 GMT	Džeko 23' Agüero 78'	Report	Sturridge 29' Gerrard 73'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,301 Referee: Anthony Taylor

9 February 2013 26	Southampton	3–1	Manchester City	Southampton
17:30 GMT	Puncheon 7' Davis 22' Barry 48' (o.g.)	Report	Džeko 39'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,738 Referee: Martin Atkinson

24 February 2013 27	Manchester City	2–0	Chelsea	Manchester
13:30 GMT	Y. Touré 63' Tévez 85'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,256 Referee: Andre Marriner

4 March 2013 28	Aston Villa	0–1	Manchester City	Birmingham
20:00 GMT			Tévez 45+1'	Stadium: Villa Park Referee: Mike Dean

16 March 2013 29	Everton	2–0	Manchester City	Liverpool
12:45 GMT	Osman 32' Jelavić 90'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,519 Referee: Lee Probert

30 March 2013 30	Manchester City	4–0	Newcastle United	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Tévez 41' Silva 45+1' Kompany 56' Touré 69'	Report OG corrected		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,201 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

8 April 2013 31	Manchester United	1–2	Manchester City	Trafford
20:00 BST	Kompany 59' (o.g.)	Report	Milner 51' Agüero 78'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,498 Referee: Mike Dean

17 April 2013 32	Manchester City	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester
19:45 BST	Tévez 83'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,106 Referee: Anthony Taylor

21 April 2013 33	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Manchester City	London
13:30 BST	Dempsey 75' Defoe 80' Bale 82'	Report	Nasri 5'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,121 Referee: Lee Mason

27 April 2013 34	Manchester City	2–1	West Ham United	Manchester
12:45 BST	Agüero 28' Touré 83'	Report	Carroll 90+4'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,189 Referee: Howard Webb

4 May 2013 35	Swansea City	0–0	Manchester City	Swansea
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,242 Referee: Mike Jones

7 May 2013 36	Manchester City	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Manchester
19:45 BST	Džeko 35'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,158 Referee: Phil Dowd

14 May 2013 37	Reading	0–2	Manchester City	Reading
20:00 BST		Report	Agüero 40' Džeko 88'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 22,859 Referee: Martin Atkinson

19 May 2013 38	Manchester City	2–3	Norwich City	Manchester
16:00 BST	Rodwell 29, 59'	Report	Pilkington 26' Holt 54' Howson 65'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,054 Referee: Mark Halsey

FA Cup

5 January 2013 Third round	Manchester City	3–0	Watford	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Tévez 22' Barry 44' Lopes 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,821 Referee: Phil Dowd

26 January 2013 Fourth round	Stoke City	0–1	Manchester City	Stoke-on-Trent
12:45 GMT		Report	Zabaleta 85'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 19,814 Referee: Howard Webb

17 February 2013 Fifth round	Manchester City	4–0	Leeds United	Manchester
14:00 GMT	Y. Touré 5' Agüero 15' (pen.), 74' Tévez 52'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,849 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

9 March 2013 Sixth round	Manchester City	5–0	Barnsley	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Tévez 11, 31, 50' Kolarov 27' Silva 65'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,728 Referee: Anthony Taylor

14 April 2013 Semi-finals	Chelsea	1–2	Manchester City	London
16:00 BST	Ba 66'	Report	Nasri 35' Agüero 47'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,621 Referee: Chris Foy

11 May 2013 Final	Manchester City	0–1	Wigan Athletic	London
17:15 BST		Report	Watson 90+1'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 86,254 Referee: Andre Marriner

Football League Cup

25 September 2012 Third round	Manchester City	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Aston Villa	Manchester
19:45 BST	Balotelli 27' Kolarov 64'		Barry 59' (o.g.) Agbonlahor 70', 113' N'Zogbia 96'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 28,015 Referee: Phil Dowd

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group D
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Borussia Dortmund	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14
Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	15	9	+6	11
Ajax	6	1	1	4	8	16	−8	4
Manchester City	6	0	3	3	7	11	−4	3

18 September 2012 1	Real Madrid	3–2	Manchester City	Madrid, Spain
19:45 BST	Marcelo 76' Benzema 87' Ronaldo 90'	Report	Džeko 69' Kolarov 85'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

3 October 2012 2	Manchester City	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Manchester, England
19:45 BST	Balotelli 90' (pen.)	Report	Reus 61'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 43,607 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

24 October 2012 3	Ajax	3–1	Manchester City	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:45 BST	De Jong 45' Moisander 57' Eriksen 68'	Report	Nasri 22'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,743 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

6 November 2012 4	Manchester City	2–2	Ajax	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT	Y. Touré 22' Agüero 74'	Report	De Jong 10', 17'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 40,222 Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

21 November 2012 5	Manchester City	1–1	Real Madrid	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT	Agüero 73' (pen.)	Report	Benzema 10'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 45,740 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

4 December 2012 6	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Manchester City	Dortmund, Germany
19:45 GMT	Schieber 57'	Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Squad information

Player statistics – overall

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee
1	GK	Joe Hart	37	EU	2006	217	0	2016	Template:Numkey£1.5M
2	RB	Micah Richards	36	EU	2005	234	10	2015	Youth system
3	RB	Maicon	43	Non-EU	2012	13	0	2014	Template:Numkey£3.5M
4	CB	Vincent Kompany (captain)	38	EU	2008	206	7	2018	Template:Numkey£6M
5	RB	Pablo Zabaleta	39	Non-EU	2008	195	7	2015	Template:Numkey£6M
6	CB	Joleon Lescott	42	EU	2009	136	9	2014	Template:Numkey£22M
7	AM	James Milner	38	EU	2010	114	8	2015	Template:Numkey£24M
8	AM	Samir Nasri	37	EU	2011	83	11	2015	Template:Numkey£25M
10	FW	Edin Džeko	38	Non-EU	2011 (Winter)	109	40	2015	Template:Numkey£27M
11	AM	Scott Sinclair	35	EU	2012	15	0	2016	Template:Numkey£6.2M
13	LB	Aleksandar Kolarov	39	Non-EU	2010	94	11	2015	Template:Numkey£16M
14	CM	Javi García	37	EU	2012	33	2	2017	Template:Numkey£16M
16	FW	Sergio Agüero	36	Non-EU	2011	88	47	2017	Template:Numkey£35M
17	CM	Jack Rodwell	33	EU	2012	15	2	2017	Template:Numkey£12M
18	CM	Gareth Barry	43	EU	2009	174	8	2014	Template:Numkey£12M
21	AM	David Silva	38	EU	2010	143	19	2017	Template:Numkey£24M
22	LB	Gaël Clichy	39	EU	2011	74	0	2017	Template:Numkey£7M
28	CB	Kolo Touré	43	Non-EU	2009	102	3	2013	Template:Numkey£16M
29	GK	Richard Wright	47	EU	2012	0	0	2013	Template:NumkeyFree
30	GK	Costel Pantilimon	37	EU	2011	11	0	2016	Template:Numkey£1M
32	FW	Carlos Tévez	40	Non-EU	2009	147	73	2014	Template:Numkey£25.5M
33	CB	Matija Nastasić	31	Non-EU	2012	30	0	2017	Template:Numkey£10M
42	CM	Yaya Touré	41	Non-EU	2010	134	31	2017	Template:Numkey£24M
60	FW	John Guidetti	32	EU	2008	1	0	2015	Youth system
62	CM	Abdul Razak	32	Non-EU	2010	10	0		Youth system

Last updated: 19 May 2013
Source: [2], Players transfer, Manchester City Matchday Program MCFC vs Arsenal,^[2] (for contracts)
Ordered by squad number.

Appearances include all competitive league and cup appearances, including as subsititute

Playing statistics

As of 19 May 2013.

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
No.	Pos.	Squad status	Player name	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 Tévez	28(6)	11	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	7	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)
Totals

Source: (for players and positions) Season 2012–13 First Team Squad (for squad numbers) Squad Profiles (for actual stats.)

Starting XI

Only considering Competitive starts. When starts on a position are equal, player with the most total starts is displayed.

Updated 19 May 2013

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts	Notes
1	GK	Joe Hart	45	Pantilimon has 7 starts
5	RB	Pablo Zabaleta	39	Maicon has 7 starts and Richards has 8 starts
4	CB	Vincent Kompany	37	K. Touré has 13 starts
33	CB	Matija Nastasić	30	Lescott has 23 starts
22	LB	Gaël Clichy	33	Kolarov has 17 starts
18	DM	Gareth Barry	37	García has 24 starts
42	CM	Yaya Touré	42	Rodwell has 6 starts
8	AM	Samir Nasri	32	Milner has 26 starts
21	AM	David Silva	37	Sinclair has 3 starts
32	SS	Carlos Tévez	39	Džeko has 23 starts
16	ST	Sergio Agüero	30

Goalscorers

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

Last updated on 19 May 2013

Rank	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	Champions League	FA Cup	League Cup	Community Shield	Total
1	FW	16	Sergio Agüero	12	2	3	0	0	17
1	FW	32	Carlos Tévez	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
5	MF	8	Samir Nasri	2	1	1	0	1	5
7	MF	7	James Milner	4	0	0	0	0	4
7	DF	13	Aleksandar Kolarov	1	1	1	1	0	4
9	DF	5	Pablo Zabaleta	2	0	1	0	0	3
9	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

Awards

PFA Team of the Year^[3]

The combined best 11 from all teams in the Premier League chosen by the PFA

Player	Position
Pablo Zabaleta	Defence

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 Zabaleta	Player of the Year^[4]

Etihad Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS

Month	Player
September^[5]	Edin Džeko
October^[6]	Joe Hart
November^[7]	Matija Nastasic
December^[8]	Pablo Zabaleta
January^[9]	Pablo Zabaleta
February^[10]	James Milner
March^[11]	Carlos Tevez
April^[12]	Samir Nasri

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First team
Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
12 August 2012	MF	17	Jack Rodwell^[13]	Everton	£12M^[14]
30 August 2012	GK	29	Richard Wright	Unattached	Free
31 August 2012	MF	11	Scott Sinclair^[15]	Swansea	£6.2M
31 August 2012	DF	3	Maicon^[16]	Internazionale	£5M
31 August 2012	DF	33	Matija Nastasić^[17]	Fiorentina	£12M + Stefan Savić
31 August 2012	MF	14	Javi García^[18]	Benfica	£17M

Reserves and Academy
Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
4 August 2012	MF	–	Vlad Marin^[19]	Lazio	Undisclosed
13 August 2012	MF	–	Jules Olivier Ntcham^[20]	Le Havre	Undisclosed
31 January 2013	FW	–	Godsway Donyoh^[21]	Right to Dream Academy	Undisclosed

Transfers out

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 de Santander	Released^[22]
1 July 2012	GK	12	Stuart Taylor	Reading	Released^[23]
21 August 2012	FW	9	Emmanuel Adebayor	Tottenham Hotspur	£5M^[24]
24 August 2012	MF	11	Adam Johnson	Sunderland	£12M^[25]
31 August 2012	MF	34	Nigel de Jong^[26]	Milan	£3.1M^[27]
31 August 2012	DF	15	Stefan Savić^[17]	Fiorentina	Swap
7 December 2012	GK	–	Gunnar Nielsen	Released^[28]
28 December 2012	MF	–	Michael Johnson	Released^[29]
30 January 2013	FW	45	Mario Balotelli	A.C. Milan	£19M^[30]

Reserves and Academy
Exit Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
22 May 2012	MF	–	Ahmed Benali	Brescia	Released^[22]
22 May 2012	DF	33	Greg Cunningham	Bristol City	Undisclosed^[31]
02 Aug 2012	MF	40	Vladimír Weiss	Pescara	£1.5M^[32]

Loans out

First team
Start date	End date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club
14 July 2012	31 December 2012	MF	50	Abdisalam Ibrahim	Strømsgodset^[33]
21 July 2012	31 May 2013	DF	3	Wayne Bridge	Brighton & Hove Albion^[34]
31 August 2012	31 May 2013	FW	14	Roque Santa Cruz	Málaga^[35]
31 August 2012	31 May 2013	DF	38	Dedryck Boyata	Twente^[36]
1 October 2012	31 December 2012	MF	62	Abdul Razak	Charlton Athletic^[37]

Reserves and Academy
Start date	End date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club
6 July 2012	31 May 2013	MF	–	Omar Elabdellaoui	Feyenoord^[38]
3 August 2012	31 May 2013	MF	–	Mohammed Abu	Rayo Vallecano^[39]
21 August 2012	6 January 2013	FW	–	Harry Bunn	Crewe Alexandra^[40]
31 August 2012	31 December 2012	DF	–	Ryan McGivern	Hibernian^[41]
25 September 2012	28 January 2013	DF	57	Reece Wabara	Oldham Athletic^[42]
25 October 2012	21 November 2012	DF	61	Jérémy Hélan	Shrewsbury Town^[43]
22 November 2012	8 May 2013	DF	61	Jérémy Hélan	Sheffield Wednesday^[44]
8 January 2013	31 May 2013	FW	49	Luca Scapuzzi	Varese^[45]
10 January 2013	31 May 2013	FW	43	Alex Nimely	Crystal Palace^[46]
30 January 2013	5 May 2013	DF	57	Reece Wabara	Blackpool^[44]
15 February 2013	5 May 2013	DF	44	Karim Rekik	Blackburn^[47]
7 March 2013	5 May 2013	GK	63	Eirik Holmen Johansen	Scunthorpe^[48]
31 January 2013	Rest of season	ST	–	Godsway Donyoh	Djurgårdens IF^[49]

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PFA Team of the Year^[3]