# 2012–13 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 21st season in the Premier League and 35th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.
The campaign featured Tottenham's 11th appearance in the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup), entering the group stage due to finishing fourth in the 2011–12 Premier League season but missing out on qualification to the Champions League due to their London rivals Chelsea winning the Champions League trophy in 2012 but finishing outside of the top four positions in the Premier League. The season was also notable for the fact that Tottenham achieved their record points tally in a Premier League season, 72 points from 38 games. They scored 66 goals and conceded 46 throughout the course of the Premier League season, ending with a goal difference of +20.

## First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Heurelho Gomes |
| 2 | FW | USA | Clint Dempsey |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danny Rose |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Younès Kaboul |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Jan Vertonghen |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Tom Huddlestone |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Aaron Lennon (2nd vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Scott Parker |
| 10 | FW | TOG | Emmanuel Adebayor |
| 11 | FW | WAL | Gareth Bale |
| 13 | DF | FRA | William Gallas (vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | ENG | David Bentley |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Kyle Naughton |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Mousa Dembélé |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Michael Dawson (captain) |
| 22 | MF | ISL | Gylfi Sigurðsson |
| 23 | MF | GER | Lewis Holtby |
| 24 | GK | USA | Brad Friedel |
| 25 | GK | FRA | Hugo Lloris |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Iago Falque |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Kyle Walker |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Jake Livermore |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Sandro |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Andros Townsend |
| 32 | DF | CMR | Benoît Assou-Ekotto |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Steven Caulker |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Harry Kane |
| 46 | MF | ENG | Tom Carroll |
| 57 | GK | SCO | Jordan Archer |

## Transfers
### In
#### First team

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Transfer window | Date |
| MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 1899 Hoffenheim | £8 million | Summer | 4 July 2012 |
| DF | Jan Vertonghen | Ajax | £9.5 million | Summer | 12 July 2012 |
| FW | Emmanuel Adebayor | Manchester City | £5 million | Summer | 21 August 2012 |
| MF | Mousa Dembélé | Fulham | £15 million | Summer | 28 August 2012 |
| GK | Hugo Lloris | Lyon | £12 million (plus £4 million in variables) | Summer | 31 August 2012 |
| MF | Clint Dempsey | Fulham | £6 million | Summer | 31 August 2012 |
| DF | Zeki Fryers | Standard Liège | £3 million | Winter | 3 January 2013 |
| MF | Lewis Holtby | Schalke 04 | £1.5 million | Winter | 28 January 2013 |
Total spending: £60 million

### Out
#### First team

| Position | Player | Transfer | Transferred to | Fee | Transfer window | Date |
| GK | Ben Alnwick | Released | Barnsley | Free | Summer | 1 June 2012 |
| GK | Oscar Jansson | Released | Shamrock Rovers | Free | Summer | 1 June 2012 |
| GK | David Button | Sold | Charlton Athletic | £0.5 million | Summer | 28 August 2012 |
| DF | Ledley King | Retired | - | N/A | Summer | 19 July 2012 |
| DF | Ryan Nelsen | Released | Queens Park Rangers | Free | Summer | 1 June 2012 |
| DF | Vedran Ćorluka | Sold | Lokomotiv Moscow | £5.5 million | Summer | 27 June 2012 |
| DF | Sébastien Bassong | Sold | Norwich City | £5.5 million | Summer | 21 August 2012 |
| MF | Niko Kranjčar | Sold | Dynamo Kyiv | £5.5 million | Summer | 7 June 2012 |
| MF | Steven Pienaar | Sold | Everton | £4.5 million | Summer | 31 July 2012 |
| MF | Luka Modrić | Sold | Real Madrid | £33 million | Summer | 27 August 2012 |
| MF | Rafael van der Vaart | Sold | Hamburg | £10.3 million | Summer | 31 August 2012 |
| FW | Giovani dos Santos | Sold | Mallorca | £1.7 million | Summer | 31 August 2012 |
| FW | Louis Saha | Released | Sunderland | Free | Summer | 1 June 2012 |
| GK | Carlo Cudicini | Released | LA Galaxy | Free | Winter | 1 January 2013 |
| MF | Jermaine Jenas | Sold | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed | Winter | 31 January 2013 |

#### Under-21

| Position | Player | Transfer | Transferred To | Fee | Transfer Window | Date |
| GK | Mirko Ranieri | Released | Free agent | Free | Summer | 1 June 2012 |
| MF | Jesse Waller-Lassen | Released | Free agent | Free | Summer | 1 June 2012 |
| MF | Lee Angol | Released | Wycombe Wanderers | Free | Summer | 3 July 2012 |
| FW | Kudus Oyenuga | Released | Hayes & Yeading United | Free | Summer | 1 June 2012 |

#### Loan out

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Start | End |
| 36 | DF | Bongani Khumalo | PAOK | 1 July 2012 | 31 May 2013 |
| 45 | MF | Massimo Luongo | Ipswich Town | 23 July 2012 | 31 May 2013 |
| 43 | MF | Ryan Fredericks | Brentford | 9 August 2012 | 31 May 2013 |
| 41 | MF | John Bostock | Swindon Town | 30 August 2012 | January 2013 |
| 3 | MF | Danny Rose | Sunderland | 31 August 2012 | 31 May 2013 |
| 15 | MF | David Bentley | Rostov | 6 September 2012 | January 2013 |
| 21 | MF | Jermaine Jenas | Nottingham Forest | 27 September 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| 42 | FW | Simon Dawkins | San Jose Earthquakes | 14 February 2012 | 30 November 2012 |
| 37 | FW | Harry Kane | Norwich City | 31 August 2012 | 1 January 2013 |
| 37 | FW | Harry Kane | Leicester City | 21 January 2013 | 31 May 2013 |
| 15 | MF | David Bentley | Blackburn Rovers | 15 February 2013 | June 2013 |
| 31 | FW | Andros Townsend | Queens Park Rangers | 31 January 2013 | 31 May 2013 |
| | GK | Jonathan Miles | Dagenham & Redbridge | 28 March 2013 | 31 May 2013 |
Total income: £66.5 million

### Transfer summary

Transfers in = £60 million
Transfers out = £66.5 million
Net = £6.5 million

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | — | — | 5th | 18 August 2012 | 19 May 2013 |
| League Cup | 3rd round | — | 4th round | 26 September 2012 | 31 October 2012 |
| FA Cup | 3rd round | — | 4th round | 5 January 2013 | 27 January 2013 |
| UEFA Europa League | Group stage | — | Quarter-Final | 20 September 2012 | 11 April 2013 |
Updated to match played 21 April 2013 Source: Competitions

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Chelsea | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Arsenal | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 72 | Qualification for the 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 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2013. Source:

### Results by matchday

| Match | 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

## Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

Group J :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lazio | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 5 | |
| 4 | Maribor | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | |

#### Knockout phase
### Round of 32
#### Round of 16

4–4 aggregate, Tottenham Hotspur win on away goals

#### Quarter-final
### Post-season

Tottenham played against the Jamaica national football team on 23 May 2013 in The Bahamas as part of the 40th anniversary of Bahamas' independence celebrations. Jamaica used the game as part of their preparations for the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.

## Statistics
### Appearances

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: premierleague.com
| No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 24 | GK | Brad Friedel | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Hugo Lloris | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Younes Kaboul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Jan Vertonghen | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 48+1 | 6 |
| 13 | DF | William Gallas | 16+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21+3 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Kyle Naughton | 13+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Michael Dawson | 23+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 29+5 | 2 |
| 28 | DF | Kyle Walker | 36 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 48+2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Benoît Assou-Ekotto | 12+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 18+4 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Steven Caulker | 17+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 26+2 | 2 |
| 39 | DF | Adam Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Tom Huddlestone | 11+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 17+11 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Aaron Lennon | 33+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 43+3 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Scott Parker | 15+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23+6 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Gareth Bale | 33 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 44 | 26 |
| 19 | MF | Mousa Dembele | 26+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+2 | 1 | 34+8 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | Gylfi Sigurdsson | 12+21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5+6 | 3 | 21+27 | 7 |
| 23 | MF | Lewis Holtby | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Iago Falque | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Jake Livermore | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 6+12 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Sandro | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 26+1 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | Andros Townsend | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+8 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | Ryan Mason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | Tom Carroll | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 2 | FW | Clint Dempsey | 22+7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6+4 | 2 | 32+11 | 12 |
| 10 | FW | Emmanuel Adebayor | 18+7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 27+7 | 8 |
| 18 | FW | Jermain Defoe | 27+7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 4 | 34+9 | 15 |
| 37 | FW | Harry Kane | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Jonathan Obika | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||||||||||
| 23 | GK | Carlo Cudicini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Rafael van der Vaart | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Jermaine Jenas | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: premierleague.com
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 11 | Gareth Bale | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| 2 | FW | 18 | Jermain Defoe | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | FW | 2 | Clint Dempsey | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Emmanuel Adebayor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | MF | 22 | Gylfi Sigurdsson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Jan Vertonghen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 23 | Aaron Lennon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 19 | Mousa Dembele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 20 | Michael Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 33 | Steven Caulker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 13 | William Gallas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 30 | Sandro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 31 | Andros Townsend | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 32 | Benoît Assou-Ekotto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 62 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 88 |

### Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: premierleague.com
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 25 | Hugo Lloris | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | 24 | Brad Friedel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 23 | Carlo Cudicini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |