# 2012–13 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Kilmarnock's fourteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup of which they were the defending champions, having beaten Celtic in the Final the previous season.

## Summary
### Season

Kilmarnock finished ninth in the Scottish Premier League with 45 points. They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Stenhousemuir. Kilmarnock also reached the Quarter-final of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hibernian.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad information
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| 29 | MF | Manuel Pascali | | 25 | Club captain |
Last updated: 18 May 2013 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Squad

    Last updated 18 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Cammy Bell | 33 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Jeroen Tesselaar | 30 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Garry Hay | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | James Fowler | 38 | 3 | 33+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Ryan O'Leary | 30 | 1 | 22+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Danny Racchi | 18 | 1 | 8+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NIR | Sammy Clingan | 15 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | William Gros | 20 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | James Dayton | 31 | 2 | 23+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Kris Boyd | 9 | 3 | 6+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | IRL | Cillian Sheridan | 29 | 10 | 19+7 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | IRL | Paul Heffernan | 30 | 12 | 22+5 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Borja Pérez | 28 | 4 | 19+6 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | NGA | Rabiu Ibrahim | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Gary Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NIR | Rory McKeown | 18 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Rory McKenzie | 24 | 2 | 8+14 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Ross Barbour | 18 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NIR | Jude Winchester | 10 | 2 | 5+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Manuel Pascali | 25 | 3 | 24+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | Chris Johnston | 10 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SCO | Ross Davidson | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | SCO | Lee Ashcroft | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO | Craig Slater | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | SCO | Mark O'Hara | 20 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | SCO | Robbie Muirhead | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | SCO | Greg Kiltie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 53 | GK | FIN | Anssi Jaakkola | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | FRA | Mohamadou Sissoko | 22 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2012–13 season ||||||||
| 6 | DF | ENG | Michael Nelson | 23 | 2 | 21+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Liam Kelly | 19 | 6 | 19+0 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Gary Harkins | 17 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Rory Boulding | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | WAL | Kyle Letheren | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Alex Pursehouse | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Lee Johnson | 14 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Matthew Kennedy | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 18 May 2013
| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Cammy Bell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Jeroen Tesselaar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Garry Hay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | James Fowler | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ryan O'Leary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Michael Nelson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Danny Racchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Liam Kelly | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sammy Clingan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | William Gros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | James Dayton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Gary Harkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Kris Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Cillian Sheridan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Paul Heffernan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Borja Perez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Rory Boulding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | Kyle Letheren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Lee Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Rabiu Ibrahim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Gary Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Rory McKeown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Rory McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Ross Barbour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Alex Pursehouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Jude Winchester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Manuel Pascali | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | Chris Johnston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Ross Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Matthew Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Lee Ashcroft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Craig Slater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Mark O'Hara | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Robbie Muirhead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | Greg Kiltie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | GK | Anssi Jaakkola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Mohamadou Sissoko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Hibernian | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 48 | |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 45 | |
| 10 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 44 | |
| 11 | St Mirren | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 41 | |
* 1 2 Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
* ↑ Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in Europa League second qualifying round.

### Division summary

| 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |