# A-League transfers for 2012–13 season

This is a list of the transfers for the 2012–13 A-League season. This list includes transfers featuring at least one A-League club. Promotions from youth squads to the first squad of the same club are not included.
    † Brackets around club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired making him a Free agent before he signed for a new club.
| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to |
| 17 January 2012 | Mark Birighitti | Adelaide United | Newcastle Jets |
| 21 January 2012 | Andrew Redmayne | Brisbane Roar | Melbourne Heart |
| 17 February 2012 | James Brown | Gold Coast United | Newcastle Jets |
| 2 March 2012 | Adam Taggart | Perth Glory | Newcastle Jets |
| 15 March 2012 | Adama Traoré | Gold Coast United | Melbourne Victory |
| 16 March 2012 | Sam Gallagher | Central Coast Mariners | Melbourne Victory |
| 22 March 2012 | Daniel Bowles | Gold Coast United | Adelaide United |
| 28 March 2012 | Glen Moss | Gold Coast United | Wellington Phoenix |
| 28 March 2012 | Yevhen Levchenko | Adelaide United | Unattached |
| 6 April 2012 | Jake Barker-Daish | Gold Coast United | Adelaide United |
| 27 April 2012 | Nick Ward | Wellington Phoenix | Perth Glory |
| 30 April 2012 | Chris Harold | Gold Coast United | Perth Glory |
| 30 April 2012 | Adrian Zahra | Melbourne Heart | Perth Glory |
| 7 May 2012 | Craig Goodwin | Melbourne Heart | Newcastle Jets |
| 7 May 2012 | Scott Neville | Perth Glory | Newcastle Jets |
| 11 May 2012 | Joshua Brillante | Gold Coast United | Newcastle Jets |
| 13 May 2012 | Ben Halloran | Gold Coast United | Brisbane Roar |
| 14 May 2012 | Jeremy Brockie | Newcastle Jets | Wellington Phoenix |
| 15 May 2012 | Zachary Anderson | Gold Coast United | Central Coast Mariners |
| 17 May 2012 | Scott Jamieson | Sydney FC | Perth Glory |
| 18 May 2012 | Michael Thwaite | Gold Coast United | Perth Glory |
| 21 May 2012 | Ali Abbas | Newcastle Jets | Sydney FC |
| 24 May 2012 | Fabio | Melbourne Victory | Sydney FC |
| 25 May 2012 | Mitch Cooper | Gold Coast United | Newcastle Jets |
| 4 June 2012 | Adam Griffiths | Hangzhou Greentown | Sydney FC |
| 7 June 2012 | Eli Babalj | Melbourne Heart | Red Star Belgrade |
| 14 June 2012 | Spase Dilevski | Adelaide United | Melbourne Victory |
| 18 June 2012 | Vedran Janjetović | Sydney United | Sydney FC |
| 19 June 2012 | Benjamin Totori | Koloale FC | Wellington Phoenix |
| 20 June 2012 | Jonathan Bru | Moreirense FC | Melbourne Victory |
| 22 June 2012 | Guilherme Finkler | Criciúma | Melbourne Victory |
| 24 June 2012 | Harry Kewell | Melbourne Victory | Unattached |
| 25 June 2012 | Aaron Mooy | St Mirren | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 25 June 2012 | Tarek Elrich | Newcastle Jets | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 25 June 2012 | Kwabena Appiah-Kubi | Parramatta FC | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 27 June 2012 | Patrick Gerhardt | FK Željezničar Sarajevo | Melbourne Heart |
| 28 June 2012 | Josh Mitchell | Perth Glory | Newcastle Jets |
| 30 June 2012 | Michael Beauchamp | Sydney FC | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 30 June 2012 | Mark Bridge | Sydney FC | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 30 June 2012 | Shannon Cole | Sydney FC | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 30 June 2012 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Newcastle Jets | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 2 July 2012 | Ante Covic | Melbourne Victory | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 2 July 2012 | Labinot Haliti | Newcastle Jets | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 2 July 2012 | Golgol Mebrahtu | Gold Coast United | Melbourne Heart |
| 2 July 2012 | Steven Gray | Oakleigh Cannons | Melbourne Heart |
| 2 July 2012 | Daniel Mullen | Adelaide United | Dalian Aerbin |
| 2 July 2012 | Theo Markelis | Vicenza | Melbourne Victory |
| 2 July 2012 | Dominik Ritter | FC Winterthur | Newcastle Jets |
| 4 July 2012 | Marco Flores | Henan Jianye | Melbourne Victory |
| 5 July 2012 | Krunoslav Lovrek | Qingdao Jonoon | Sydney FC |
| 9 July 2012 | Mile Sterjovski | Dalian Aerbin | Central Coast Mariners |
| 11 July 2012 | Yairo Yau | Sporting San Miguelito | Sydney FC |
| 11 July 2012 | Mark Milligan | JEF United Chiba | Melbourne Victory |
| 14 July 2012 | Josip Tadić | Lechia Gdańsk | Melbourne Heart |
| 16 July 2012 | Michael Boxall | Vancouver Whitecaps | Wellington Phoenix |
| 16 July 2012 | Brendan Hamill | Melbourne Heart | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
| 17 July 2012 | Do Dong-Hyun | Free Agent | Brisbane Roar |
| 18 July 2012 | Alex Wilkinson | Central Coast Mariners | Jeonbuk Motors |
| 23 July 2012 | Dylan Macallister | Gold Coast United | Melbourne Heart |
| 24 July 2012 | David Vranković | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | Melbourne Heart |
| 30 July 2012 | Brent Griffiths | Wellington Phoenix | Central Coast Mariners |
| 31 July 2012 | Adam D'Apuzzo | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 1 August 2012 | Curtis Good | Melbourne Heart | Newcastle United |
| 2 August 2012 | Jerrad Tyson | Gold Coast United | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 2 August 2012 | Jason Trifiro | South Melbourne FC | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 2 August 2012 | Reece Caira | Aston Villa | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 3 August 2012 | Marcelo Carrusca | San Martín de San Juan | Adelaide United |
| 6 August 2012 | Kofi Danning | Brisbane Roar | CS Visé |
| 6 August 2012 | Bernardo Ribeiro | KF Skënderbeu Korçë | Newcastle Jets |
| 8 August 2012 | Tahj Minniecon | Gold Coast United | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 10 August 2012 | Trent McClenahan | Central Coast Mariners | Sydney FC |
| 10 August 2012 | Jerónimo Morales Neumann | Independiente Rivadavia | Adelaide United |
| 13 August 2012 | Dino Kresinger | HNK Cibalia | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 13 August 2012 | Mateo Poljak | Dinamo Zagreb | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 21 August 2012 | Jérome Polenz | 1. FC Union Berlin | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 23 August 2012 | Richard Garcia | Hull City | Melbourne Heart |
| 27 August 2012 | Fábio Ferreira | Dulwich Hill | Adelaide United |
| 27 August 2012 | Nick Carle | Sydney FC | Baniyas SC (12-month loan) |
| 30 August 2012 | Yuji Takahashi | Kyoto Sanga FC | Brisbane Roar (loan) |
| 1 September 2012 | Nick Montgomery | Sheffield United | Central Coast Mariners |
| 5 September 2012 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus | Sydney FC |
| 11 September 2012 | Iacopo La Rocca | Grasshopper Club Zürich | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 11 September 2012 | Youssouf Hersi | Alki Larnaca | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 14 September 2012 | Stein Huysegems | Lierse SK | Wellington Phoenix |
| 17 September 2012 | Tyler Boyd | Waikato FC | Wellington Phoenix |
| 19 September 2012 | Louis Fenton | Team Wellington | Wellington Phoenix |
| 19 September 2012 | Ben Garuccio | AIS | Melbourne Heart |
| 21 September 2012 | Emile Heskey | Aston Villa | Newcastle Jets |
| 22 September 2012 | Paul Reid | Insee Police United | Sydney FC |
| 22 September 2012 | Ricardo Clarke | Sporting San Miguelito | Wellington Phoenix (loan) |
| 28 September 2012 | Shinji Ono | Shimizu S-Pulse | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 28 September 2012 | Ryo Nagai | Cerezo Osaka | Perth Glory (loan) |
| 30 September 2012 | Kearyn Baccus | Le Mans FC | Perth Glory |
| 3 October 2012 | Joey Gibbs | Central Coast Mariners | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 12 October 2012 | Jason Culina | Newcastle Jets | Sydney FC |
| 16 October 2012 | Vince Grella | Blackburn Rovers | Melbourne Heart |
| 19 October 2012 | Lewis Italiano | Oakleigh Cannons | Perth Glory |
| 24 October 2012 | Nathan Coe | SønderjyskE | Melbourne Victory |
| 29 October 2012 | Matthew Nash | Parramatta FC | Newcastle Jets |
| 21 November 2012 | Chris Grossman | Moreland Zebras | Newcastle Jets |
| 22 November 2012 | Aleks Vrteski | Persija Jakarta (IPL) | Newcastle Jets (loan) |
| 29 November 2012 | Jason Geria | Brisbane Roar | Melbourne Victory |
| 30 November 2012 | Griffin McMaster | Bentleigh Greens | Wellington Phoenix |
| 27 December 2012 | Matthew Nash | Parramatta FC | Sydney FC |
| 31 December 2012 | Cameron Edwards | Nike Football Academy | Melbourne Heart |
| 4 January 2013 | Billy Mehmet | Perth Glory | Bangkok Glass |
| 7 January 2013 | Ian Hogg | Portland Timbers | Wellington Phoenix |
| 8 January 2013 | Jade North | Consadole Sapporo | Brisbane Roar |
| 9 January 2013 | Michael Marrone | Melbourne Heart | Shanghai Shenxin |
| 9 January 2013 | Julius Davies | Melbourne Victory | Brisbane Roar |
| 9 January 2013 | Rocky Visconte | Brisbane Roar | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 14 January 2013 | Nicholas Fitzgerald | Brisbane Roar | Central Coast Mariners |
| 14 January 2013 | Joel Griffiths | Shanghai Shenhua | Sydney FC |
| 15 January 2013 | Erik Paartalu | Brisbane Roar | Tianjin Teda |
| 17 January 2013 | Tiago Calvano | Newcastle Jets | Sydney FC |
| 17 January 2013 | Sergio van Dijk | Adelaide United | Persib Bandung |
| 17 January 2013 | Francesco Stella | Rangers F.C. | Melbourne Victory |
| 18 January 2013 | Tom Rogic | Central Coast Mariners | Celtic F.C. |
| 18 January 2013 | Jesse Makarounas | Perth Glory | Melbourne Victory |
| 20 January 2013 | Scott Galloway | AIS | Melbourne Victory |
| 23 January 2013 | Zenon Caravella | Adelaide United | Newcastle Jets |
| 23 January 2013 | Nicholas Fitzgerald | Brisbane Roar | Central Coast Mariners |
| 24 January 2013 | Eli Babalj | Red Star Belgrade | Melbourne Heart |
| 24 January 2013 | Isaka Cernak | Melbourne Victory | Wellington Phoenix |
| 26 January 2013 | Steven Lustica | HNK Hajduk Split | Brisbane Roar (loan) |
| 29 January 2013 | Aziz Behich | Melbourne Heart | Bursaspor |
| 29 January 2013 | Stef Nijland | PSV Eindhoven | Brisbane Roar (loan) |
| 6 February 2013 | Jamie Coyne | Sriwijaya | Melbourne Heart |
| 6 February 2013 | Matías Córdoba | Deportes La Serena | Perth Glory |
| 9 February 2013 | Corey Gameiro | Fulham | Wellington Phoenix (loan) |
| 10 February 2013 | Tomi Jurić | NK Inter Zaprešić | Adelaide United |
| 11 February 2013 | Daniel Mullen | Dalian Aerbin | Melbourne Victory (loan) |
| 12 February 2013 | Marcel Meeuwis | VVV-Venlo | Melbourne Heart |
| 13 February 2013 | Jarrod Kyle | Sheffield Wednesday | Sydney FC |
| 16 February 2013 | Lucas Neill | Al Wasl | Sydney FC |
| 26 February 2013 | Ryan Griffiths | Newcastle Jets | Beijing Baxy |
| 7 March 2013 | Josh Barresi | AIS | Western Sydney Wanderers |
* ^1 Injury replacement contract
* ^2 Player will officially join his club on 14 January 2013