# 2012–13 Middlesbrough F.C. season

The 2012–13 season is Middlesbrough's fourth consecutive season in the Championship. They will also compete in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

## Results and fixtures
### Championship
#### Results summary

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

#### Results by matchday

| 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 20 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 16 |

#### Matches
## Players
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | No. games | Notes |
| 14 | DF | R. Williams | 25 | Club captain |
| 39 | DF | Woodgate | 14 | |
| 7 | MF | Leadbitter | 10 | |
| 10 | MF | Bailey | 4 | |
Last updated: June 2012 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.

## First team squad

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Jason Steele | GK | (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34) | Middlesbrough Academy |
| 31 | Connor Ripley | GK | (1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 (age 32) | Middlesbrough Academy |
| 32 | Jayson Leutwiler | GK | (1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 35) | Basel |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Justin Hoyte | DF | (1984-11-20) 20 November 1984 (age 40) | Arsenal |
| 4 | George Friend | DF | (1987-10-17) 17 October 1987 (age 37) | Doncaster Rovers |
| 15 | Seb Hines | DF | (1988-05-29) 29 May 1988 (age 36) | Middlesbrough Academy |
| 21 | Stuart Parnaby | DF | (1982-07-19) 19 July 1982 (age 42) | Birmingham City |
| 25 | Adam Reach | DF | (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 32) | Middlesbrough Academy |
| 39 | Jonathan Woodgate | DF | (1980-01-22) 22 January 1980 (age 45) | Stoke City |
| 40 | Ben Gibson | DF | (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 32) | Middlesbrough Academy |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 5 | Merouane Zemmama | MF | (1983-10-07) 7 October 1983 (age 41) | Hibernian |
| 7 | Grant Leadbitter | MF | (1986-01-07) 7 January 1986 (age 39) | Ipswich Town |
| 8 | Sammy Ameobi | MF | (1992-05-01) 1 May 1992 (age 32) | Newcastle United |
| 11 | Emmanuel Ledesma | MF | (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 36) | Walsall |
| 14 | Rhys Williams | MF | (1988-07-14) 14 July 1988 (age 36) | Middlesbrough Academy |
| 18 | Andy Halliday | MF | (1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 (age 33) | Livingston |
| 19 | Mustapha Carayol | MF | (1988-09-04) 4 September 1988 (age 36) | Bristol Rovers |
| 24 | Cameron Park | MF | (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 32) | Middlesbrough Academy |
| 33 | Richard Smallwood | MF | (1990-12-29) 29 December 1990 (age 34) | Middlesbrough Academy |
| 38 | Faris Haroun | MF | (1985-09-22) 22 September 1985 (age 39) | Germinal Beerschot |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Marvin Emnes | FW | (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 36) | Sparta Rotterdam |
| 17 | Lukas Jutkiewicz | FW | (1989-03-28) 28 March 1989 (age 35) | Coventry City |
| 22 | Luke Williams | FW | (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 31) | Middlesbrough Academy |
| 23 | Curtis Main | FW | (1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 (age 32) | Darlington |
| 27 | Scott McDonald | FW | (1983-08-21) 21 August 1983 (age 41) | Celtic |

### Squad

    As of 21 November 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Jason Steele | 53 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Justin Hoyte | 34 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Andre Bikey | 37 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | George Friend | 39 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | MAR | Merouane Zemmama | 22 | 4 | 4+13 | 1 | 1+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Stephen McManus | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Grant Leadbitter | 47 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Sammy Ameobi | 9 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Marvin Emnes | 28 | 6 | 19+5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Nicky Bailey | 35 | 2 | 19+9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Emmanuel Ledesma | 33 | 4 | 14+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Kieron Dyer | 9 | 2 | 7+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Rhys Williams | 28 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Seb Hines | 27 | 1 | 17+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Josh McEachran | 38 | 0 | 35+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Lukas Jutkiewicz | 26 | 10 | 18+6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Andy Halliday | 24 | 1 | 13+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GAM | Mustapha Carayol | 21 | 4 | 12+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Stuart Parnaby | 18 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Luke Williams | 14 | 2 | 3+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Curtis Main | 14 | 3 | 6+7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Cameron Park | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Adam Reach | 20 | 2 | 9+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Jordan Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | AUS | Scott McDonald | 35 | 13 | 25+7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Bryn Morris | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Ishmael Miller | 30 | 6 | 14+11 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Connor Ripley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | SUI | Jayson Leutwiler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Richard Smallwood | 28 | 3 | 13+9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Christian Burgess | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | BEL | Faris Haroun | 29 | 4 | 20+3 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Woodgate | 25 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Ben Gibson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players featured for club who have been sent out on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players featured for club who have left: ||||||||||||
| | MF | SCO | Kevin Thomson | 12 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Julio Arca | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

| Name | Number | Position | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| Grant Leadbitter | 7 | MF | 10 | | 1 | | 11 | |
| Scott McDonald | 27 | FW | 3 | | | 2 | 5 | |
| Emmanuel Ledesma | 11 | MF | 4 | | | | 4 | |
| Andre Bikey | 3 | DF | 4 | | | | 4 | |
| Rhys Williams | 14 | DF | 4 | | | | 4 | |
| Jonathan Woodgate | 39 | DF | 3 | | | | 3 | |
| Kevin Thomson | 8 | MF | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | |
| Seb Hines | 15 | DF | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | |
| Nicky Bailey | 10 | MF | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | |
| Josh McEachran | 16 | MF | 3 | | | | 3 | |
| Jason Steele | 1 | GK | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| Faris Haroun | 38 | MF | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| George Friend | 4 | DF | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| Andy Halliday | 18 | DF | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | |
| Curtis Main | 23 | FW | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Stuart Parnaby | 21 | DF | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Adam Reach | 25 | MF | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Ishmael Miller | 30 | FW | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Lukas Jutkiewicz | 17 | FW | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Justin Hoyte | 2 | DF | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Josh McEachran | 16 | MF | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Mustapha Carayol | 19 | MF | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Merouane Zemmama | 5 | MF | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Stephen McManus | 6 | DF | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| Richard Smallwood | 33 | MF | | | | 1 | 1 | |
| Jayson Leutwiler | 32 | GK | | | | 1 | 1 | |

#### Suspensions served

| Date | Matches Missed | Player | Reason | Opponents Missed |
| 25 November | 1 | Grant Leadbitter | 5 x | Huddersfield (H) |
| 9 February | 1 | Curtis Main | {{{1}}} | Crystal Palace (A) |
Key: (H) = League Home, (A) = League Away, (FA) = FA Cup, (CC) = League Cup

### Top scorers

| Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| Scott McDonald | 10 | | 1 | 11 |
| Lukas Jutkiewicz | 8 | 2 | | 10 |
| Ishmael Miller | 5 | 1 | | 6 |
| Marvin Emnes | 4 | | 1 | 5 |
| Mustapha Carayol | 3 | | 1 | 4 |
| Merouane Zemmama | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Faris Haroun | 3 | | | 3 |
| Emmanuel Ledesma | 2 | | 1 | 3 |
| Richard Smallwood | 2 | | 1 | 3 |
| Curtis Main | 3 | | | 3 |
| Luke Williams | 2 | | | 2 |
| Nicky Bailey | 2 | | | 2 |
| Adam Reach | 2 | | | 2 |
| Grant Leadbitter | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Jonathan Woodgate | 1 | | | 1 |
| Justin Hoyte | 1 | | | 1 |
| Andre Bikey | 1 | | | 1 |
| Seb Hines | 1 | | | 1 |
| Andy Halliday | | 1 | | 1 |
| Cameron Park | | | 1 | 1 |

#### Penalties

| Date | Penalty Taker | Scored | Opponent | Competition |
| 1 September | Marvin Emnes | Yes | Millwall | Championship |
| 15 December | Marvin Emnes | Yes | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Championship |
| 6 January | Ishmael Miller | No | Hastings United | FA Cup |
| 18 January | Marvin Emnes | No | Leicester City | Championship |

### Contracts

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date | Source |
| 15 | DF | Seb Hines | 24 | Signed | 3 years | July 2016 | MFC |
| 25 | DF | Adam Reach | 19 | Signed | 4 years | July 2016 | MFC |
| 23 | FW | Curtis Main | 20 | Signed | 3 years | July 2015 | MFC |
| | DF | Ben Gibson | 19 | Signed | 4 years | July 2016 | MFC |
| 18 | DF | Andy Halliday | 21 | Signed | 2 years | June 2015 | MFC |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 60 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 59 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 61 | 70 | −9 | 59 |
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 58 |
| 18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 58 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Player | From | Fee |
| Grant Leadbitter | Unattached | Free |
| Stuart Parnaby | Unattached | Free |
| Christian Burgess | Unattached | Free |
| Jonathan Woodgate | Unattached | Free |
| Emmanuel Ledesma | Unattached | Free |
| George Friend | Doncaster Rovers | Undisclosed |
| Mustapha Carayol | Bristol Rovers | Undisclosed |
| Justin Hoyte | Unattached | Free |
| Jayson Leutwiler | Unattached | Free |
| Andre Bikey | Unattached | Free |
| Kieron Dyer | Unattached | Free |

#### Loans in

| Nationality | Player | From | End date | Source |
| | Josh McEachran | Chelsea | 30 June 2013 | |
| | Ishmael Miller | Nottingham Forest | 30 June 2013 | |

### Transfers out

| Player | To | Fee |
| Barry Robson | Vancouver Whitecaps | Free |
| Jonathan Franks | Hartlepool United | Free |
| Jonathan Grounds | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| Tony McMahon | Sheffield United | Free |
| Joe Bennett | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| Danny Coyne | Sheffield United | Free |
| Matthew Bates | Bristol City | Free |
| Bartholomew Ogbeche | Free agent | Released |
| Malaury Martin | Free agent | Released |
| Kevin Thomson | Free agent | Released |
| Julio Arca | Retired | |
| Stephen McManus | Free agent | Released |
| Nicky Bailey | Free agent | Released |
| Andre Bikey | Free agent | Released |

#### Loans out

| Player | To | End date |
| Ben Gibson | Tranmere Rovers | 30 June 2013 |
| Charlie Wyke | Hartlepool United | 9 January 2012 |
| Stephen McManus | Bristol City | 17 January 2012 |

## Honours

Team of the Week :
| Date | Player(s) |
| 17/18 September | Jason Steele, Andre Bikey |
| 6/7 October | Grant Leadbitter |
| 20/21 October | Jason Steele, Jonathan Woodgate |
| 27/28 October | Scott McDonald |
| 3/4 November | Jonathan Woodgate, Emmanuel Ledesma |
| 11/12 December | Faris Haroun |
| 15/16 December | Jason Steele |