# 2012–13 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Wigan Athletic's eighth consecutive season in the Premier League. The club competed in the League Cup and reached both the semi-finals and the final of the FA Cup for the first time in their history. They beat Everton 3–0 at Goodison Park, with all three goals scored within a four-minute spell, to progress to the semi-final, and defeated Millwall at Wembley Stadium to reach the final. On 11 May, the club won the FA Cup for the first time after a 1–0 win against Manchester City in the final. The club then went on to set the unwanted record of becoming the first ever team to win the FA Cup and be relegated in the same season, going down after a 4–1 defeat to Arsenal on 14 May.

## First-team squad

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Joel Robles | GK | (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34) | Atlético Madrid |
| 12 | Mike Pollitt | GK | (1972-02-29) 29 February 1972 (age 52) | Rotherham United |
| 13 | Lee Nicholls | GK | (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 32) | Youth system |
| 26 | Ali Al-Habsi | GK | (1981-12-30) 30 December 1981 (age 42) | Bolton Wanderers |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | Antolín Alcaraz | DF | (1982-07-30) 30 July 1982 (age 42) | Club Brugge |
| 5 | Gary Caldwell | DF | (1982-04-12) 12 April 1982 (age 42) | Celtic |
| 17 | Emmerson Boyce | DF | (1979-09-24) 24 September 1979 (age 45) | Crystal Palace |
| 21 | Iván Ramis | DF | (1984-10-25) 25 October 1984 (age 39) | Mallorca |
| 23 | Ronnie Stam | DF | (1984-06-18) 18 June 1984 (age 40) | Twente |
| 24 | Adrián López | DF | (1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 (age 37) | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 25 | Román Golobart | DF | (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 32) | Youth system |
| 27 | Jordan Mustoe | DF | (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 (age 33) | Youth system |
| 30 | Rob Kiernan | DF | (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33) | Watford |
| 31 | Maynor Figueroa | DF | (1983-05-02) 2 May 1983 (age 41) | Olimpia |
| 33 | Paul Scharner | DF | (1980-03-11) 11 March 1980 (age 44) | Hamburger SV |
| 44 | Eduard Campabadal | DF | (1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 (age 31) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | James McCarthy | MF | (1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 33) | Hamilton Academical |
| 6 | David Jones | MF | (1984-11-04) 4 November 1984 (age 39) | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 7 | Albert Crusat | MF | (1982-05-13) 13 May 1982 (age 42) | Almería |
| 8 | Ben Watson | MF | (1985-05-25) 25 May 1985 (age 39) | Crystal Palace |
| 10 | Shaun Maloney | MF | (1983-01-24) 24 January 1983 (age 41) | Celtic |
| 14 | Jordi Gómez | MF | (1985-05-24) 24 May 1985 (age 39) | Espanyol |
| 16 | James McArthur | MF | (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 37) | Hamilton Academical |
| 18 | Roger Espinoza | MF | (1986-10-25) 25 October 1986 (age 37) | Sporting Kansas City |
| 20 | Fraser Fyvie | MF | (1993-03-27) 27 March 1993 (age 31) | Aberdeen |
| 22 | Jean Beausejour | MF | (1984-06-01) 1 June 1984 (age 40) | Birmingham City |
| 28 | Daniel Redmond | MF | (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33) | Youth system |
| 32 | Ryo Miyaichi | MF | (1992-12-14) 14 December 1992 (age 31) | Arsenal |
| Forwards ||||||
| 2 | Arouna Koné | FW | (1983-11-11) 11 November 1983 (age 40) | Levante |
| 9 | Franco Di Santo | FW | (1989-04-07) 7 April 1989 (age 35) | Chelsea |
| 11 | Ángelo Henríquez | FW | (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30) | Manchester United |
| 15 | Callum McManaman | FW | (1991-04-25) 25 April 1991 (age 33) | Youth system |
| 19 | Mauro Boselli | FW | (1985-05-22) 22 May 1985 (age 39) | Estudiantes La Plata |
| 29 | Nouha Dicko | FW | (1992-05-14) 14 May 1992 (age 32) | Strasbourg |
| 35 | Filip Oršula | FW | (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 31) | Twente |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From | Fee |
| 16 July 2012 | MF | Fraser Fyvie | Aberdeen | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2012 | DF | Iván Ramis | Mallorca | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2012 | MF | Ryo Miyaichi | Arsenal | Loan |
| 14 August 2012 | FW | Arouna Koné | Levante | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2013 | FW | Ángelo Henríquez | Manchester United | Loan |
| 4 January 2013 | MF | Roger Espinoza | Sporting Kansas City | Free transfer |
| 17 January 2013 | GK | Joel Robles | Atlético Madrid | Loan |
| 31 January 2013 | MF | Paul Scharner | Hamburger SV | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 23 May 2012 | GK | Chris Kirkland | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 21 June 2012 | MF | Mohamed Diamé | West Ham United | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2012 | DF | Steve Gohouri | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2012 | FW | Hugo Rodallega | Fulham | Free transfer |
| 10 August 2012 | MF | Ryan Watson | Accrington Stanley | Loan |
| 11 August 2012 | MF | Adam Dawson | Accrington Stanley | Loan |
| 17 August 2012 | ST | Nouha Dicko | Blackpool | Loan |
| 20 August 2012 | FW | Conor Sammon | Derby County | £1.2 million |
| 21 August 2012 | MF | Hendry Thomas | Colorado Rapids | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2012 | FW | Victor Moses | Chelsea | £9 million |
| 31 August 2012 | DF | Román Golobart | Tranmere Rovers | Loan |
| 6 November 2012 | GK | Lee Nicholls | Northampton Town | Loan |
| 20 November 2012 | DF | Jordan Mustoe | Morecambe | Loan |
| 28 January 2013 | FW | Mauro Boselli | Palermo | Loan |
| 31 January 2013 | DF | Rob Kiernan | Brentford | Loan |

## Squad statistics
### Squad

    As of 19 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Joel Robles | 13 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Mike Pollitt | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Lee Nicholls | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | OMA | Ali Al-Habsi | 34 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | PAR | Antolín Alcaraz | 14 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Gary Caldwell | 26 | 1 | 25+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | BRB | Emmerson Boyce | 41 | 4 | 36+0 | 4 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Iván Ramis | 19 | 3 | 16+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Ronnie Stam | 24 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Adrián López | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Román Golobart | 9 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Jordan Mustoe | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | IRL | Rob Kiernan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | HON | Maynor Figueroa | 41 | 3 | 33+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | AUT | Paul Scharner | 18 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | IRL | James McCarthy | 42 | 2 | 38+0 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | David Jones | 18 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Albert Crusat | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ben Watson | 14 | 2 | 7+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Shaun Maloney | 41 | 7 | 34+2 | 6 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Jordi Gómez | 42 | 8 | 17+15 | 3 | 7+0 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | James McArthur | 40 | 4 | 24+10 | 3 | 2+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | HON | Roger Espinoza | 16 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Fraser Fyvie | 8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CHI | Jean Beausejour | 39 | 1 | 32+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Daniel Redmond | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Ryo Miyaichi | 8 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Attackers ||||||||||||
| 2 | FW | CIV | Arouna Koné | 38 | 13 | 32+2 | 11 | 4+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Franco Di Santo | 33 | 5 | 24+9 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Victor Moses | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CHI | Ángelo Henríquez | 7 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Callum McManaman | 30 | 5 | 8+12 | 2 | 7+0 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Mauro Boselli | 12 | 4 | 1+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 3 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Nouha Dicko | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | SVK | Filip Oršula | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |

### Top scorers

As of 19 May 2013
| Number | Nationality | Position | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 2 | | FW | Arouna Koné | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | | MF | Jordi Gómez | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 15 | | FW | Callum McManaman | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | | MF | Shaun Maloney | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | | FW | Franco Di Santo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | | FW | Mauro Boselli | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | | MF | James McArthur | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | | DF | Emmerson Boyce | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | | MF | James McCarthy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | | DF | Iván Ramis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | | DF | Maynor Figueroa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | | MF | Ben Watson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | FW | Ángelo Henríquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | DF | Gary Caldwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | | MF | Jean Beausejour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | | MF | Roger Espinoza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 46 | 13 | 8 | 65 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 19 May 2013
| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 31 | DF | Maynor Figueroa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Antolín Alcaraz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Gary Caldwell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | James McArthur | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | James McCarthy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Shaun Maloney | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Paul Scharner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jordi Gómez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Emmerson Boyce | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Jean Beausejour | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | Franco Di Santo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Roger Espinoza | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Adrián López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | David Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ángelo Henríquez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ben Watson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ronnie Stam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Callum McManaman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Jordan Mustoe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Román Golobart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Joel Robles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 60 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 73 | 2 |

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### Premier League
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 17 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage and relegation to Football League Championship |
| 19 | Reading (R) | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 43 | 73 | −30 | 28 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers (R) | 38 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 25 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
* ↑ Wigan Athletic qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2012–13 FA Cup winners.