# 2012–13 Manchester City F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Manchester City Football Club's 111th season of competitive football, 84th season in the top flight of English football and 16th season in the Premier League.

## Season summary

Manchester City began the season as defending champions, clinching their first Premier League title and third top-flight title overall after a dramatic win on the final day of the previous season.
In the Premier League, they finished 11 points behind champions and local rivals Manchester United and were eliminated from the League Cup in the third round by Aston Villa. The club played in the UEFA Champions League for the third time and only the second since the competition was rebranded in 1992, and were drawn in a group with Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid and Ajax. Quickly labelled the "group of death", City went winless in the group – recording three draws and three defeats – and finished bottom, failing to advance either to the knockout stages or the Europa League.
On 14 April 2013, Manchester City defeated holders Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-finals and reached the final where they would face relegated Wigan Athletic. It was City's tenth final appearance and second in three years (after their triumph over Stoke City in 2011). The final was played on 11 May, where City suffered a shock 1–0 defeat at the hands of the Latics due to a late goal from Ben Watson. Pablo Zabaleta was sent off after receiving a second yellow card, making him only the third player to be dismissed in a final. As a result, City ended their season without any silverware, with the exception of the Community Shield at the beginning of the season.
On 13 May 2013, two days after the FA Cup final defeat, Roberto Mancini was sacked from his role as manager after a three-and-a-half-year tenure, with Manchester City stating that he had "failed to achieve any of the club's targets, with the exception of qualification for next season's Champions League". His assistant, Brian Kidd, took charge until the end of the season.

## Kits

Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Etihad Airways
| Home | Away | Third | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 2 alt. | Goalkeeper 3 | Goalkeeper 3 alt. |

### Kit information

Umbro made their last kits for Manchester City this season.
* Home: The home kit featured black trimmings, inspired by Manchester City's first ever home kit when it became known as West Gorton in 1884.
* Away: The away kit was officially called "zinfandel", an attractive shade of maroon with golden trimmings.
* Third: The third kit was black with shadow stripes and sky blue accents.
* Keeper: The three goalkeeper kits were green, purple and yellow.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| FA Community Shield | Final | Winners | 12 August 2012 | 12 August 2012 |
| Premier League | — | Runners-up | 19 August 2012 | 19 May 2013 |
| League Cup | Third round | Third round | 25 September 2012 | 25 September 2012 |
| FA Cup | Third round | Runners-up | 5 January 2013 | 11 May 2013 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | 18 September 2012 | 4 December 2012 |
Updated to match played 19 May 2013 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Manchester United (C) | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 86 | 43 | +43 | 89 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Manchester City | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 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 |

#### 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: Premier League

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DOR | RMA | AJX | MCI |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–4 | 1–4 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |

## Squad information
### Player statistics – overall

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Joe Hart | 26 | EU | 2006 | 217 | 0 | 2016 | £1.5M |
| 2 | RB | Micah Richards | 25 | EU | 2005 | 234 | 10 | 2015 | Youth system |
| 3 | RB | Maicon | 31 | Non-EU | 2012 | 13 | 0 | 2014 | £3.5M |
| 4 | CB | Vincent Kompany (captain) | 27 | EU | 2008 | 206 | 7 | 2018 | £6M |
| 5 | RB | Pablo Zabaleta | 28 | Non-EU | 2008 | 195 | 7 | 2015 | £6M |
| 6 | CB | Joleon Lescott | 30 | EU | 2009 | 136 | 9 | 2014 | £22M |
| 7 | AM | James Milner | 27 | EU | 2010 | 114 | 8 | 2015 | £24M |
| 8 | AM | Samir Nasri | 26 | EU | 2011 | 83 | 11 | 2015 | £25M |
| 10 | FW | Edin Džeko | 27 | Non-EU | 2011 (Winter) | 109 | 40 | 2015 | £27M |
| 11 | AM | Scott Sinclair | 24 | EU | 2012 | 15 | 0 | 2016 | £6.2M |
| 13 | LB | Aleksandar Kolarov | 27 | Non-EU | 2010 | 94 | 11 | 2015 | £16M |
| 14 | CM | Javi García | 26 | EU | 2012 | 33 | 2 | 2017 | £16M |
| 16 | FW | Sergio Agüero | 25 | Non-EU | 2011 | 88 | 47 | 2017 | £35M |
| 17 | CM | Jack Rodwell | 22 | EU | 2012 | 15 | 2 | 2017 | £12M |
| 18 | CM | Gareth Barry | 32 | EU | 2009 | 174 | 8 | 2014 | £12M |
| 21 | AM | David Silva | 27 | EU | 2010 | 143 | 19 | 2017 | £24M |
| 22 | LB | Gaël Clichy | 27 | EU | 2011 | 74 | 0 | 2017 | £7M |
| 28 | CB | Kolo Touré | 32 | Non-EU | 2009 | 102 | 3 | 2013 | £16M |
| 29 | GK | Richard Wright | 35 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 2013 | Free |
| 30 | GK | Costel Pantilimon | 26 | EU | 2011 | 11 | 0 | 2016 | £1M |
| 32 | FW | Carlos Tevez | 29 | Non-EU | 2009 | 147 | 73 | 2014 | £25.5M |
| 33 | CB | Matija Nastasić | 20 | Non-EU | 2012 | 30 | 0 | 2017 | £10M |
| 42 | CM | Yaya Touré | 30 | Non-EU | 2010 | 134 | 31 | 2017 | £24M |
| 60 | FW | John Guidetti | 21 | EU | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system |
| 62 | CM | Abdul Razak | 20 | Non-EU | 2010 | 10 | 0 | | Youth system |
* Last updated: 19 May 2013
* Source: , Players transfer, Manchester City Matchday Program MCFC vs Arsenal
* Ordered by squad number.
Appearances include all competitive league and cup appearances, including as substitute.

### Playing statistics

    As of 19 May 2013
Appearances (Apps) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only, including sub appearances. Red card numbers denote: numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
| No. | Pos. | Squad status | Player name | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Community Shield | Community Shield | Community Shield | Community Shield | Totals All competitions | Totals All competitions | Totals All competitions | Totals All competitions |
| No. | Pos. | Squad status | Player name | Apps. | | | | Apps. | | | | Apps. | | | | Apps. | | | | Apps. | | | | Apps. | | | |
| 1 | GK | HGP | Joe Hart | 38 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | - | 1 | - |
| 2 | DF | ACG | Micah Richards (vc) | 7 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 2 | - |
| 3 | DF | FOR | Maicon | 4(5) | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7(6) | - | 1 | - |
| 4 | DF | FOR | Vincent Kompany (c) | 26 | 1 | 3 | (1) | 6 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 37 | 1 | 7 | (1) |
| 5 | DF | FOR | Pablo Zabaleta | 29(1) | 2 | 7 | - | 3(2) | - | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 39(3) | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | HGP | Joleon Lescott | 17(9) | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3(1) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23(10) | 1 | 4 | - |
| 7 | MF | HGP | James Milner | 19(7) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1(1) | - | - | - | 4(2) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 26(10) | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | FOR | Samir Nasri | 22(6) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 32(6) | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | FOR | Edin Džeko | 16(16) | 14 | 4 | - | 4(2) | 1 | 1 | - | 3(2) | - | 1 | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 23(22) | 15 | 6 | - |
| 11 | MF | HGP | Scott Sinclair | 2(9) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 0(2) | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(12) | - | - | - |
| 13 | DF | FOR | Aleksandar Kolarov | 11(9) | 1 | 5 | - | 1(4) | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 17(13) | 4 | 8 | - |
| 14 | MF | FOR | Javi García | 17(7) | 2 | 5 | - | 4(1) | - | 3 | - | 3(1) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24(9) | 2 | 9 | - |
| 16 | FW | FOR | Sergio Agüero | 22(8) | 12 | 2 | - | 4(1) | 2 | - | - | 3(1) | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 30(10) | 17 | 2 | - |
| 17 | MF | HGP | Jack Rodwell | 6(5) | 2 | 2 | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 0(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(9) | 2 | 2 | - |
| 18 | MF | HGP | Gareth Barry | 27(4) | 1 | 6 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37(4) | 2 | 8 | - |
| 21 | MF | FOR | David Silva | 29(3) | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 37(4) | 5 | 2 | - |
| 22 | DF | HGP | Gaël Clichy | 26(2) | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 3(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 33(4) | - | 3 | - |
| 28 | DF | FOR | Kolo Touré | 10(5) | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 13(5) | - | 3 | - |
| 30 | GK | FOR | Costel Pantilimon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | 1 | - |
| 32 | FW | FOR | Carlos Tevez | 28(6) | 14 | 3 | - | 3(2) | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 39(8) | 17 | 4 | - |
| 33 | DF | YTH | Matija Nastasić | 21 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | - | 2 | - |
| 36 | MF | YTH | Denis Suárez | - | - | - | - | – | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 42 | MF | FOR | Yaya Touré (vc) | 32 | 5 | 6 | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 42 | 10 | 11 | - |
| 44 | DF | ACG | Karim Rekik | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 61 | MF | ACG | Jeremy Helan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - |
| 62 | MF | ACG | Abdul Razak | 0(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1(4) | - | 1 | - |
| 64 | MF | ACG | Marcos Lopes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(1) | 1 | - | - |
| Sold | MF | FOR | Nigel de Jong | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Sold | DF | YTH | Stefan Savić | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Sold | FW | YTH | Mario Balotelli | 7(7) | 1 | 2 | - | 0(4) | 1 | 1 | - | 0(1) | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8(12) | 3 | 3 | - |
| | | | Own goals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 66 | 63 | 2(1) | | 7 | 15 | - | | 15 | 11 | 1 | | 2 | 4 | - | | 3 | 3 | - | | 93 | 97 | 3(1) |
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2012–13 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Squad Profiles 00(for actual stats.)

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 19 May 2013
| Rank | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | Champions League | FA Cup | League Cup | Community Shield | Total |
| 1 | FW | 16 | Sergio Agüero | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 1 | FW | 32 | Carlos Tevez | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Edin Džeko | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | MF | 42 | Yaya Touré | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | MF | 21 | David Silva | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Samir Nasri | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | James Milner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 13 | Aleksandar Kolarov | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Pablo Zabaleta | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | Sold | Mario Balotelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 14 | Javi García | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 17 | Jack Rodwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 18 | Gareth Barry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 4 | Vincent Kompany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 6 | Joleon Lescott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 64 | Marcos Lopes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 66 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 93 |

## Awards
### PFA Team of the Year

The combined best 11 from all teams in the Premier League chosen by the PFA.
| Player | Position |
| Pablo Zabaleta | Defence |

### Premier League Golden Glove award

Awarded to the goalkeeper who kept the most clean sheets over the 2012–13 Premier League season.
| Player | Clean sheets |
| Joe Hart | 18 |

### Etihad Player of the Year

Based on votes polled by official supporters' clubs and fans online.
| Player | Award |
| Pablo Zabaleta | Player of the Year |

### Etihad Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the official website of Manchester City.
| Month | Player |
| September | Edin Džeko |
| October | Joe Hart |
| November | Matija Nastasić |
| December | Pablo Zabaleta |
| January | Pablo Zabaleta |
| February | James Milner |
| March | Carlos Tevez |
| April | Samir Nasri |