# 2012–13 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was St Johnstone's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2008–09 season. St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

St Johnstone finished third in the Scottish Premier League. They reached the Second qualifying round of the Europa League, the Quarter-final of the League Cup and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### UEFA Europa League
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| 2 | DF | Mackay | | 34 | Club captain |
| 8 | MF | Davidson | | 8 | Vice-captain |
Last updated: 19 May 2013 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.

### Squad

    Last updated 19 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Europa League | Europa League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NIR | Alan Mannus | 43 | 0 | 38+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Dave Mackay | 36 | 3 | 32+0 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Callum Davidson | 23 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | IRL | Patrick Cregg | 28 | 1 | 19+5 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Frazer Wright | 38 | 1 | 35+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Steven Anderson | 33 | 0 | 28+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chris Millar | 30 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Murray Davidson | 37 | 8 | 31+1 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Grégory Tadé | 41 | 6 | 25+11 | 4 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Liam Craig | 43 | 8 | 37+0 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Nigel Hasselbaink | 42 | 7 | 15+21 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | David Robertson | 9 | 2 | 1+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Kevin Moon | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | WAL | Gwion Edwards | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | NIR | Jonathan Tuffey | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Craig Beattie | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | WAL | Michael Doughty | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Sean Higgins | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Steve MacLean | 35 | 8 | 27+4 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | SCO | David McCracken | 22 | 1 | 15+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Gary Miller | 21 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Jamie Adams | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Mehdi Abeid | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Peter Pawlett | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Rowan Vine | 37 | 7 | 28+7 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Liam Caddis | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Stevie May | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Tam Scobbie | 21 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 19 May 2013
| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Europa League | Europa League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Alan Mannus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Dave Mackay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Callum Davidson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Patrick Cregg | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Frazer Wright | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Steven Anderson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Chris Millar | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Murray Davidson | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Grégory Tadé | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Liam Craig | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Nigel Hasselbaink | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | David Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Kevin Moon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Gwion Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | Jonathan Tuffey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Craig Beattie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Michael Doughty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Sean Higgins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Steve MacLean | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | David McCracken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Gary Miller | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jamie Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Mehdi Abeid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Peter Pawlett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Rowan Vine | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 26 | MF | Liam Caddis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Stevie May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Tam Scobbie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 92 | 35 | +57 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Motherwell | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | St Johnstone | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 54 | |
| 5 | Ross County | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 53 | |

### Division summary

| 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 | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |

## Transfers

Chris Millar initially turned down a new deal but later re-signed.