# 2012–13 Delfino Pescara 1936 season

The 2012–13 Delfino Pescara 1936 season was the 77th season in club history. It was Pescara's first season back in the Serie A since the 1992–93 season and the sixth overall in the top-flight in the club's history.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 3 November 2012
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Damiano Zanon |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Crescenzi (on loan from Roma) |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Emmanuel Cascione (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Marco Capuano |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Simone Romagnoli |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Danilo Soddimo |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Birkir Bjarnason (on loan from Standard Liège) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Elvis Abbruscato |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Mervan Çelik |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Francesco Modesto (on loan from Parma) |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Antonio Balzano |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Antonio Bocchetti |
| 16 | MF | URU | Gastón Brugman (on loan from Empoli) |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Vladimír Weiss |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Colucci |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Lucas Chiaretti |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Matti Lund Nielsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Eugênio Rômulo Togni |
| 22 | FW | CRO | Ante Vukušić |
| 23 | FW | SRB | Marko Jemuović (on loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Luca Lulli |
| 25 | DF | SEN | David Mbodj Mbaye |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Manuele Blasi |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Ivan Pelizzoli |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Salvatore Falso |
| 55 | MF | ITA | Luca Berardocco |
| 77 | GK | ITA | Mattia Perin (on loan from Genoa) |
| 80 | FW | BRA | Jonathas |
| 88 | DF | ITA | Christian Terlizzi |
| 93 | MF | COL | Juan Quintero (on loan from Atlético Nacional) |
| 94 | DF | ITA | Marco Perrotta |
| 95 | GK | ITA | Luca Savelloni |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Caprari |
| — | DF | ARG | Nicolás Bianchi Arce |

### 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 | ITA | Riccardo Ragni (on loan from Nocerina until 30 June 2013) |
| — | GK | ITA | Francesco Cattenari (at Campobasso until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ITA | Loris Bacchetti (at Lanciano until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ITA | Massimiliano Barbone (at Chieti until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ITA | Riccardo Brosco (at Ternana until 30 June 2013) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ITA | Eugenio Calvarese (at Paganese until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ITA | Emanuele Saladino (at Aprilia until 30 June 2013) |
| — | FW | ITA | Riccardo Maniero (at Ternana until 30 June 2013) |
| — | FW | ITA | Antonino Ragusa (at Ternana until 30 June 2013) |
| — | FW | ITA | Daniele Sciarra (at Campobasso until 30 June 2013) |

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Torino | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 39 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 38 | |
| 18 | Palermo (R) | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Siena (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 30 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Pescara (R) | 38 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 27 | 84 | −57 | 22 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Sampdoria and Torino were docked 1 point due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
* ↑ Siena was docked 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

### Coppa Italia
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 32 | GK | ITA | Ivan Pelizzoli | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | ITA | Mattia Perin | 30 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Damiano Zanon | 25 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Per Krøldrup | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Marco Capuano | 27 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Luciano Zauri | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Antonio Balzano | 28 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Antonio Bocchetti | 25 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SRB | Uroš Ćosić | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Bianchi Arce | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Emmanuel Cascione | 32 | 3 | 23+7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Birkir Bjarnason | 25 | 2 | 17+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Mervan Çelik | 24 | 4 | 11+12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Francesco Modesto | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Vladimír Weiss | 23 | 5 | 16+6 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Rizzo | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Eugênio Rômulo Togni | 17 | 2 | 16+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Manuele Blasi | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | ITA | Gaetano D'Agostino | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | COL | Juan Quintero | 17 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Sculli | 10 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Elvis Abbruscato | 26 | 3 | 11+14 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Lucas Chiaretti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | CRO | Ante Vukušić | 19 | 1 | 13+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Ferdinando Sforzini | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | FW | ARG | Milton Caraglio | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Caprari | 26 | 2 | 14+10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | ITA | Simone Romagnoli | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Danilo Soddimo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Colucci | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Matti Lund Nielsen | 21 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | BRA | Jonathas | 14 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | ITA | Christian Terlizzi | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 October 2012 Source: Competitions

### Top scorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| R | No. | Pos | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 17 | MF | Vladimír Weiss | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | Mervan Çelik | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | MF | Emmanuel Cascione | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | Birkir Bjarnason | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 9 | FW | Elvis Abbruscato | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 21 | MF | Eugênio Rômulo Togni | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 70 | MF | Gaetano D'Agostino | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 88 | DF | Christian Terlizzi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 99 | FW | Gianluca Caprari | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | Giuseppe Sculli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 22 | FW | Ante Vukušić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 46 | DF | Marco Vittiglio | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 80 | FW | Jonathas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 93 | MF | Juan Quintero | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 28 October 2012 Source: Competitions

## Sources

* 1 2 "No al Patteggiamento per Conte, – 6 il Siena, Grosseto rischia LegaPro". FIGC (in Italian). 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
* ↑ "Scommesse: Patteggiano 2 club,7 Tesserati". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
* ↑ "Deroga art. 51 NOIF_Classifica avulsa Serie A 2012-2013" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 19 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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