2012–13 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland

2012–13 season

Chairman

Ellis Short

Manager

Martin O'Neill
(until 30 March 2013)
Paolo Di Canio
(from 31 March 2013)

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League:
Steven Fletcher (11)
All:
Steven Fletcher (11)

Highest home attendance

47,456 (vs. Newcastle United)

Lowest home attendance

17,505 (vs. Bolton Wanderers)

Average home league attendance

40,544

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2012–13 season was Sunderland's sixth consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League. They finished the season in 17th place.

Pre-season

Friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result H – A	Scorers
27 July 2012	Hartlepool United	A	1–0	–
4 August 2012	Helsingborgs	A	2–0	–
8 August 2012	Derby County	A	1–1	McClean 71'
11 August 2012	Leicester City	A	1–0	–

2012 Peace Cup

Sunderland, along with Eredivisie side Groningen, K-League side Seongnam, and Bundesliga side Hamburg, will compete in a friendly tournament, 2012 Peace Cup. All matches will be played at the Suwon World Cup Stadium in the Korean city of Suwon.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result H – A	Scorers
19 July 2012	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	N	1–0	–
22 July 2012	Groningen	N	3–2	Wickham 19', Campbell 88', Noble 90'

Premier League

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result H – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
18 August 2012	Arsenal	A	0–0	–	60,078	11th
25 August 2012	Reading	H	P–P	–	–	13th
1 September 2012	Swansea City	A	2–2	Fletcher 40', 45'	20,350	13th
15 September 2012	Liverpool	H	1–1	Fletcher 29'	41,997	14th
22 September 2012	West Ham United	A	1–1	Fletcher 10'	33,052	12th
29 September 2012	Wigan Athletic	H	1–0	Fletcher 51'	37,742	11th
6 October 2012	Manchester City	A	0-3	–	47,036	13th
21 October 2012	Newcastle United	H	1–1	Ba 86' o.g.	47,456	14th
27 October 2012	Stoke City	A	0–0	–	27,005	14th
3 November 2012	Aston Villa	H	0–1	–	41,515	16th
10 November 2012	Everton	A	1-2	Johnson 45'	35,999	16th
18 November 2012	Fulham	A	3-1	Fletcher 50', Cuéllar 65', Sessègnon 70'	25,646	15th
24 November 2012	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–4	Gardner 73', Sessègnon 87'	36,390	16th
27 November 2012	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	–	36,513	16th
2 December 2012	Norwich City	A	1-2	Gardner 45'	26,228	17th
8 December 2012	Chelsea	H	1–3	Johnson 66'	39,273	18th
11 December 2012	Reading	H	3–0	McClean 3', Fletcher 28', Sessègnon 90'	37,723	15th
15 December 2012	Manchester United	A	1-3	Campbell 72'	75,582	16th
22 December 2012	Southampton	A	1-0	Fletcher 42'	31,275	15th
26 December 2012	Manchester City	H	1–0	Johnson 53'	42,190	13th
29 December 2012	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–2	O'Shea 40'	41,168	13th
2 January 2013	Liverpool	A	0-3	–	44,228	14th
12 January 2013	West Ham United	H	3–0	Larsson 12', Johnson 48', McClean 74'	39,918	14th
19 January 2013	Wigan Athletic	A	3-2	Gardner 17' (pen), Fletcher 21', 42'	19,219	11th
29 January 2013	Swansea City	H	0-0	–	35,628	11th
2 February 2013	Reading	A	2-1	Gardner 28' (pen)	23,829	11th
9 February 2013	Arsenal	H	0-1	–	46,402	13th
23 February 2013	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-1	Sessègnon 79'	25,924	14th
2 March 2013	Fulham	H	2-2	Gardner 37' (pen), Sessègnon 70'	39,312	14th
9 March 2013	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-3	Fletcher 20'	18,169	15th
17 March 2013	Norwich City	H	1-1	Gardner (pen)40'	38,625	16th
30 March 2013	Manchester United	H	0-1	–	43,760	16th
7 April 2013	Chelsea	A	1-2	Azpilicueta og 45'	41,500	17th
14 April 2013	Newcastle United	A	0-3	Sessègnon 27', Johnson 74', Vaughan 82'	52,000	15th
20 April 2013	Everton	H	1-0	Sessègnon 45'	44,614	14th
29 April 2013	Aston Villa	A	6-1	Rose 32'	37,428	15th
6 May 2013	Stoke	H	1-1	O'Shea 62'	38,130	15th
12 May 2013	Southampton	H	1-1	Bardsley 68'	41,988	17th
19 May 2013	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–0		36,258	17th

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	28	5	5	86	43	+43	89	2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage
2	Manchester City	38	23	9	6	66	34	+32	78
3	Chelsea	38	22	9	7	75	39	+36	75
4	Arsenal	38	21	10	7	72	37	+35	73	2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-off round
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	21	9	8	66	46	+20	72	2013–14 UEFA Europa League play-off round
6	Everton	38	16	15	7	55	40	+15	63
7	Liverpool	38	16	13	9	71	43	+28	61
8	West Bromwich Albion	38	14	7	17	53	57	−4	49
9	Swansea City	38	11	13	14	47	51	−4	46	2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round ¹
10	West Ham United	38	12	10	16	45	53	−8	46
11	Norwich City	38	10	14	14	41	58	−17	44
12	Fulham	38	11	10	17	50	60	−10	43
13	Stoke City	38	9	15	14	34	45	−11	42
14	Southampton	38	9	14	15	49	60	−11	41
15	Aston Villa	38	10	11	17	47	69	−22	41
16	Newcastle United	38	11	8	19	45	68	−23	41
17	Sunderland	38	9	12	17	41	54	−13	39
18	Wigan Athletic (R)	38	9	9	20	47	73	–26	36	2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage ²
18	Wigan Athletic (R)	38	9	9	20	47	73	–26	36	Relegation to the 2013–14 Football League Championship
19	Reading (R)	38	6	10	22	43	73	−30	28	Relegation to the 2013–14 Football League Championship
20	Queens Park Rangers (R)	38	4	13	21	30	60	−30	25	Relegation to the 2013–14 Football League Championship

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Tie-breaker: one or more play-off deciding league matches at neutral grounds if question of qualifications for other competitions cannot be determined by rules for classification at the end of the season.^[1]^[2]
¹Swansea City qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2012–13 Football League Cup.
²Wigan Athletic qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2012–13 FA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result H – A	Scorers	Attendance
28 August 2012	Second round	Morecambe	H	2–0	McClean 24', 65'	22,871
25 September 2012	Third round	Milton Keynes Dons	A	2-0	Gardner 54', McClean 82'	10,489
30 October 2012	Fourth round	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	–	32,535

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result H – A	Scorers	Attendance
5 January 2013	Third round	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–2	Wickham 60', Gardner 75'	12,204
15 January 2013	Replay	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–2	–	17,505

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Phil Bardsley	21	1	11+7	1	2	0	1	0
3	DF		Danny Rose	29	1	25+2	1	1	0	1	0
4	MF		Alfred N'Diaye	16	0	15+1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Wes Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Lee Cattermole	14	0	10	0	0+1	0	3	0
7	MF		Sebastian Larsson	41	1	36+2	1	1+1	0	1	0
8	MF		Craig Gardner	37	8	32+1	6	2	1	2	1
9	FW		Danny Graham	13	0	11+2	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Connor Wickham	14	1	3+9	0	1+1	1	0	0
11	FW		James McFadden	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Matthew Kilgallon	8	0	6	0	1	0	1	0
13	GK		Jordan Pickford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Jack Colback	40	0	30+5	0	1+1	0	3	0
15	MF		David Vaughan	28	1	6+18	1	2	0	2	0
16	DF		John O'Shea	36	2	34	2	0	0	2	0
18	DF		Kader Mangane	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Titus Bramble	19	0	12+4	0	2	0	1	0
20	GK		Keiren Westwood	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21	MF		Adam Johnson	40	5	35	5	2	0	2+1	0
22	GK		Simon Mignolet	40	0	38	0	2	0	0	0
23	MF		James McClean	41	5	24+12	2	2	0	2+1	3
24	DF		Carlos Cuéllar	28	1	26	1	1	0	1	0
26	FW		Steven Fletcher	31	11	28	11	1	0	2	0
28	FW		Stéphane Sessègnon	36	7	34+1	7	1	0	0	0
30	FW		Mikael Mandron	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Ryan Noble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Billy Knott	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Adam Mitchell	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF		John Egan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players that played for Sunderland this season that have left the club/are currently out on loan:
9	FW		Fraizer Campbell	15	1	1+11	1	0+1	0	0+2	0
11	MF		Kieran Richardson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Ji Dong-won	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		David Meyler	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
11	FW		James McFadden	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Louis Saha	14	0	0+11	0	0	0	2+1	0
27	MF		Ahmed Elmohamady	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Blair Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Position	Number	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
FW	26	Steven Fletcher	11	0	0	11
MF	8	Craig Gardner	6	1	1	8
FW	28	Stéphane Sessègnon	7	0	0	7
MF	21	Adam Johnson	5	0	0	5
MF	23	James McClean	2	0	3	5
DF	16	John O'Shea	2	0	0	2
DF	2	Phil Bardsley	1	0	0	1
FW	9	Fraizer Campbell	1	0	0	1
DF	24	Carlos Cuéllar	1	0	0	1
MF	7	Sebastian Larsson	1	0	0	1
DF	3	Danny Rose	1	0	0	1
MF	15	David Vaughan	1	0	0	1
FW	10	Connor Wickham	0	1	0	1
		Own goals	2	0	0	2
		Totals	41	2	4	47

Overall

Games played	30 (25 Premier League, 3 League Cup, 2 FA Cup)
Games won	9 (7 Premier League, 2 League Cup)
Games drawn	9 (8 Premier League, 1 FA Cup)
Games lost	12 (10 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored	34 (28 Premier League, 4 League Cup, 2 FA Cup)
Goals conceded	38 (33 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 4 FA Cup)
Goal difference	-4
Clean sheets	11 (9 Premier League, 2 League Cup)
Most appearances	Stéphane Sessègnon 28
Top scorer	Steven Fletcher 10

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Phil Bardsley
3	DF	Danny Rose (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
4	MF	Alfred N'Diaye
5	DF	Wes Brown
6	MF	Lee Cattermole (captain)
7	MF	Sebastian Larsson
8	MF	Craig Gardner
9	FW	Danny Graham
12	DF	Matthew Kilgallon
13	GK	Jordan Pickford
14	MF	Jack Colback
15	MF	David Vaughan

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	John O'Shea
18	DF	Kader Mangane (on loan from Al-Hilal)
19	DF	Titus Bramble
20	GK	Keiren Westwood
21	MF	Adam Johnson
22	GK	Simon Mignolet
23	MF	James McClean
24	DF	Carlos Cuéllar
26	FW	Steven Fletcher
28	FW	Stéphane Sessègnon
33	FW	Ryan Noble
42	DF	John Egan

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee
24	DF	Carlos Cuéllar	30	EU	Aston Villa	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free
	DF	David Ferguson	18	EU	Darlington	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
	MF	Wade Joyce	18	EU	Bury	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
25	FW	Louis Saha	34	EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
26	FW	Steven Fletcher	25	EU	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Transfer	Summer	2016	£12 million
21	MF	Adam Johnson	25	EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	2016	£12 million
3	DF	Danny Rose	22	EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan	Summer	2013	Loan
	FW	Scott Harrison	19	EU	Darlington	Transfer	None	2013	Free
11	FW	James McFadden	29	EU	Everton	Transfer	None	January 2013	Free
4	MF	Alfred N'Diaye	22	EU	Bursaspor	Transfer	Winter	2016	£3.8 million
18	DF	Kader Mangane	29	EU	Al-Hilal	Loan	Winter	2013	Loan
9	FW	Danny Graham	27	EU	Swansea City	Transfer	Winter	2016	£5 million

Out

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
	GK	Craig Gordon	29	EU	Contract expired	Summer	Sky Sports
	DF	Liam Bagnall	20	EU	Contract expired	Summer	Sky Sports
1	GK	Trevor Carson	24	EU	Contract expired	Summer	Sky Sports
16	MF	Cristian Riveros	29	Non-EU	Transfer	Summer	Goal.com
3	DF	George McCartney	31	EU	Transfer	Summer	SAFC
3	FW	Asamoah Gyan	26	Non-EU	Transfer	Summer	Goal.com
17	FW	Jordan Cook	22	EU	Contract expired	Summer	CAFC
3	DF	Michael Liddle	22	EU	Transfer	Summer	Sky Sports
14	DF	Marcos Angeleri	29	Non-EU	Transfer	Summer	Sky Sports
6	DF	Michael Turner	28	EU	Transfer	Summer	Sky Sports
21	GK	Lewis King	19	EU	Contract expired	Summer	Stockport County
27	MF	Ahmed Elmohamady	24	Non-EU	Loan	Summer	SAFC
6	MF	Brett Elliott	19	EU	Contract expired	Summer	UC Golden Eagles
15	MF	Kieran Richardson	27	EU	Transfer	Summer	Sky Sports
	FW	Oumare Tounkara	22	EU	Contract expired	Summer	Soccerway
24	FW	Craig Lynch	20	EU	Loan	None	SAFC
27	GK	Ben Wilson	20	EU	Loan	None	SAFC
35	FW	Ryan Noble	21	EU	Loan	None	SAFC
34	MF	Billy Knott	19	EU	Loan	None	SAFC
22	DF	John Egan	20	EU	Loan	None	Sky Sports
31	MF	David Meyler	23	EU	Loan	None	Hull City AFC
39	DF	Blair Adams	21	EU	Loan	None	SAFC
	MF	Nathan Thomas	18	EU	Youth Loan	None	SAFC
	DF	Johnny Burn	18	EU	Youth Loan	None	SAFC
27	FW	Ji Dong-won	21	Non-EU	Loan	Winter	SAFC
31	MF	David Meyler	23	EU	Transfer	Winter	SAFC
39	DF	Blair Adams	21	EU	Transfer	Winter	SAFC
27	FW	Fraizer Campbell	25	EU	Transfer	Winter	SAFC
7	MF	Adam Reed	21	EU	Loan	Winter	SAFC
	FW	James McFadden	29	EU	Contract expired	Winter	SAFC
25	GK	Johnny Maddison	18	EU	Youth Loan	Winter	SAFC
27	MF	Ahmed Elmohamady	25	Non-EU	Loan	Winter	SAFC
28	FW	Louis Saha	34	EU	Mutual Consent	Winter	SAFC
22	FW	Connor Wickham	19	EU	Loan	None	SAFC
	GK	Joel Dixon	18	EU	Youth Loan	None	Workington AFC

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Awards

Individual awards

Award	Month/Round/Year	Winner
Premier League Player of the Month	September	Steven Fletcher
North-East Football Writers' Association's Player of the Year	2012	Simon Mignolet

References

↑ "Tie-breaker". BBC Sport. (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 15 May 2013.
↑ Premier League Handbook

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League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Aldershot Town Barnet Bradford City Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Morecambe Northampton Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Southend United Torquay United Wycombe Wanderers York City

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2012–13 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Pre-season

Friendlies

2012 Peace Cup

Premier League

League table

League Cup

FA Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Overall

Players

Squad

Transfers

In

Out

Awards

Individual awards

See also

References