# 2012–13 FC Twente season

The 2012–13 FC Twente season was spent in the Eredivisie.

## Squad

    As of 26 April 2013
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NED | Sander Boschker |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Andreas Bjelland |
| 4 | DF | NED | Peter Wisgerhof (captain) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Robbert Schilder |
| 6 | MF | NED | Wout Brama (vice captain) |
| 7 | MF | NED | Denny Landzaat |
| 8 | MF | NED | Leroy Fer |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Bulykin |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Dušan Tadić |
| 11 | FW | NED | Jerson Cabral |
| 13 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Mihailov |
| 14 | MF | NED | Willem Janssen |
| 15 | DF | VEN | Roberto Rosales |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | NED | Tim Breukers |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Bengtsson |
| 19 | DF | NED | Douglas |
| 20 | DF | NED | Edson Braafheid (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 21 | MF | CHI | Felipe Gutiérrez |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Nacer Chadli |
| 25 | GK | POR | Daniel Fernandes |
| 30 | FW | NED | Luc Castaignos |
| 37 | FW | GER | Tim Hölscher |
| 39 | MF | NED | Joey Pelupessy |
| 45 | FW | NED | Edwin Gyasi |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | NED | Nick Marsman (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | NED | Thijs Bouma (at VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | NED | Nicky Kuiper (at Panathinaikos until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | GER | Nils Röseler (at VVV-Venlo until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | SWE | Emir Bajrami (at Monaco until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | NED | Jurjan Mannes (at Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2013) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Thilo Leugers (at NAC Breda until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | NED | Quincy Promes (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2013) |
| — | FW | NED | Joshua John (at Nordsjælland until 30 June 2013) |
| — | FW | NED | Cas Peters (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2013) |
| — | FW | NED | Glynor Plet (at Genk until 30 June 2013) |

### UEFA List B

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | GK | POL | Filip Bednarek |
| 38 | FW | GER | Mirco Born |
| 39 | DF | NED | Joey Pelupessy |
| 40 | GK | NED | Wouter Dronkers |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 41 | DF | NED | Coen Gortemaker |
| 42 | MF | NED | Abdul Nury |
| 43 | DF | NED | Mark Engberink |
| 44 | MF | GER | Kris Fillinger |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Andreas Bjelland (from Nordsjælland) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Robbert Schilder (from NAC Breda) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Bulykin (from Ajax) |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Dušan Tadić (from Groningen) |
| 11 | FW | NED | Jerson Cabral (from Feyenoord) |
| 16 | DF | NED | Tim Breukers (from Heracles) |
| 18 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata (loan from Manchester City) |
| 20 | DF | NED | Edson Braafheid (loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 21 | MF | CHI | Felipe Gutiérrez (from Universidad Catolica) |
| 30 | FW | NED | Luc Castaignos (from Internazionale) |
| 45 | FW | NED | Edwin Gyasi (from De Graafschap) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | NED | Luuk de Jong (to Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 10 | FW | NED | Glynor Plet (loan to Genk) |
| 11 | MF | SWE | Emir Bajrami (loan to Monaco) |
| 12 | FW | NED | Wesley Verhoek (to Feyenoord) |
| 16 | GK | NED | Nick Marsman (loan to Go Ahead Eagles) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Thilo Leugers (loan to NAC Breda) |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Bart Buysse (to Club Brugge) |
| 24 | FW | NED | Ola John (to Benfica) |
| 26 | FW | NED | Joshua John (loan to Nordsjælland) |
| 31 | DF | GER | Nils Röseler (loan to VVV-Venlo) |
| — | DF | FIN | Tuomas Rannankari (to Greuther Fürth) |
| — | MF | NED | Steven Berghuis (to AZ) |
| — | MF | NED | Alexander Bannink (loan to Emmen) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NED | Nicky Kuiper (loan to Panathinaikos) |
| 12 | DF | NED | Tim Cornelisse (loan to Willem II) |
| 18 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata (loan return to Manchester City) |

## Competitions
### Eredivisie
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Utrecht (O) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 63 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Twente | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 62 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Groningen | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 43 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 42 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |

#### European competition
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying Phase
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Levante | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Helsingborgs IF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Twente | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Helsingborg 4, Twente 1.

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 26 May 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa League | European competition | European competition |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NED | Sander Boschker | 16 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Andreas Bjelland | 14 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Peter Wisgerhof | 21 | 1 | 7+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Robbert Schilder | 39 | 5 | 27+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 10+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Wout Brama | 39 | 1 | 25+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NED | Denny Landzaat | 14 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Leroy Fer | 38 | 11 | 25+1 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+2 | 6 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Bulykin | 29 | 5 | 12+10 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Dušan Tadić | 51 | 16 | 32+1 | 12 | 0+1 | 0 | 11+2 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Jerson Cabral | 14 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Mihaylov | 35 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NED | Willem Janssen | 46 | 5 | 24+6 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 10+2 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | VEN | Roberto Rosales | 40 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NED | Tim Breukers | 19 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Bengtsson | 31 | 3 | 20+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NED | Douglas | 43 | 4 | 31+0 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 11+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | NED | Edson Braafheid | 34 | 1 | 22+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | CHI | Felipe Gutiérrez | 38 | 5 | 14+9 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+6 | 1 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Nacer Chadli | 38 | 18 | 20+2 | 10 | 0+2 | 0 | 9+1 | 6 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 25 | GK | POR | Daniel Fernandes | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GHA | Shadrach Eghan | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NED | Luc Castaignos | 47 | 14 | 25+9 | 13 | 1+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | NED | Timo Plattel | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | POL | Filip Bednarek | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GER | Tim Hölscher | 18 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | GER | Mirco Born | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | NED | Joey Pelupessy | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | NED | Coen Gortemaker | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | NED | Edwin Gyasi | 16 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | NED | Felitciano Zschusschen | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| Players away from Twente on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | NED | Nicky Kuiper | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | NED | Tim Cornelisse | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Nils Röseler | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | NED | Quincy Promes | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | NED | Glynor Plet | 5 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Twente no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 12 | FW | NED | Wesley Verhoek | 9 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata | 10 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | NED | Joshua John | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Europa League | European competition | Total |
| 1 | FW | 22 | Nacer Chadli | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Dušan Tadić | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 3 | FW | 30 | Luc Castaignos | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Leroy Fer | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Robbert Schilder | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Dmitry Bulykin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 14 | Willem Janssen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 21 | Felipe Gutiérrez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | | Glynor Plet | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | DF | 19 | Douglas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | DF | 17 | Rasmus Bengtsson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | FW | 45 | Edwin Gyasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 6 | Wout Brama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 7 | Denny Landzaat | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 4 | Peter Wisgerhof | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | Joshua John | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 20 | Edson Braafheid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 60 | 2 | 29 | 5 95 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa League | European competition | European competition | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Andreas Bjelland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Peter Wisgerhof | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Robbert Schilder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Wout Brama | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Denny Landzaat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Leroy Fer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Dušan Tadić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Jerson Cabral | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Wesley Verhoek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Nikolay Mihaylov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Willem Janssen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Roberto Rosales | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Tim Breukers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Rasmus Bengtsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | Dedryck Boyata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | Douglas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Edson Braafheid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Felipe Gutiérrez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Nacer Chadli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Luc Castaignos | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 37 | FW | Tim Hölscher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | Mirco Born | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 47 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 75 | 5 |