# 2012–13 Sevilla FC season

The 2012–13 season was Sevilla Football Club's 12th consecutive season in La Liga and its first season without participating in European competitions since 2004–05. The team manager in the previous season, Míchel, continued with the team.

## Transfers
### In

In (6 players) :
| Player | From | Fee |
| Diego López | Villarreal | €3,500,000 |
| Hedwiges Maduro | Valencia | Free |
| Bryan Rabello | Colo-Colo | Free |
| Geoffrey Kondogbia | Lens | €3,000,000 |
| Cicinho | Palmeiras | €2,000,000 |
| Alberto Botía | Sporting Gijón | €3,000,000 |

### Out

Out (7 players) :
| Player | New Team | Fee |
| Martín Cáceres | Juventus | €9,500,000 |
| Arouna Koné | Levante | Free |
| Frédéric Kanouté | Beijing Guoan | Free |
| Emiliano Armenteros | Osasuna | Free |
| Julien Escudé | Beşiktaş | Free |
| Romaric | Zaragoza | Free |
| Tom de Mul | Free agent | Free agent |

#### Loans out

Loan out (6 players) :
| Player | Team |
| Javi Varas | Celta Vigo |
| Alexis | Getafe |
| Tiberio Guarente | Bologna |
| Luis Alberto | Barcelona B |
| Lautaro Acosta | Boca Juniors |
| Hiroshi Ibusuki | Eupen |

#### Loan returns

Loan return (2 players) :
| Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-season ||
| Player | From |
| Bernardo | Racing Santander |
| Javi Hervás | Córdoba |
| Martín Cáceres | Juventus |
| Arouna Koné | Levante |
| Emiliano Armenteros | Rayo Vallecano |
| Alexis | Getafe |
| Romaric | Espanyol |
| Lautaro Acosta | Racing Santander |

### Promotion from youth system

Promotion from youth system (1 player) :
| Italics for players who were promoted from youth system but left the team during pre-season ||
| Player | Date of birth (Age) |
| Álex Rubio | (1993-07-23)23 July 1993 (aged 18) |
| Hiroshi Ibusuki | (1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 21) |

## Winter transfers
### In

In (1 player) :
| Player | From | Fee |
| Miroslav Stevanović | Vojvodina | €1,000,000 |

### Out

Out (1 player) :
| Player | New Team | Fee |
| Diego López | Real Madrid | €4,000,000 |

### Loan in

Loan in (1 player) :
| Player | From |
| Beto | Braga |

### Loan out

Loan out (2 players) :
| Player | Team |
| Bernardo | Sporting Gijón |
| Antonio Luna | Mallorca |

### Promotion from youth system

Promotion from youth system (1 player) :
| Italics for players who were promoted from youth system but left the team during pre-season ||
| Player | Date of birth (Age) |
| Julián Cuesta | (1991-03-28)28 March 1991 (aged 21) |

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 30 January 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 | ESP | Andrés Palop (captain) |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Federico Fazio |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Fernando Navarro |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Emir Spahić |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Cala |
| 6 | MF | ESP | José Campaña |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Jesús Navas |
| 8 | MF | CHI | Gary Medel |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Diego Perotti |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Ivan Rakitić |
| 12 | DF | NED | Hedwiges Maduro |
| 13 | GK | POR | Beto (On loan from Braga) |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Manu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | GER | Piotr Trochowski |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Javi Hervás |
| 18 | MF | BIH | Miroslav Stevanović |
| 19 | MF | ESP | José Antonio Reyes |
| 20 | FW | SEN | Baba Diawara |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Cicinho |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Geoffrey Kondogbia |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Coke |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Alberto Botía |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Álex Rubio |
| 29 | GK | ESP | Julián Cuesta |
| 30 | MF | CHI | Bryan Rabello |

### Youth system

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Francisco Javier Atienza |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Jozabed |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Joaquín García |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Jonathan Diego Menéndez |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Antonio Jesús Cotán |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Israel Puerto |
| 35 | DF | ESP | Alberto Moreno |
| 36 | GK | ESP | Néstor Díaz |
| 37 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Samu |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Alban Bunjaku |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Martí Tapia |
| 41 | FW | ESP | Gonzalo |
| – | MF | ESP | Salva Rivas |
| – | DF | ESP | Modesto Acosta |
| – | DF | ESP | Daniel Pérez |
| – | MF | ESP | Jesús Alfaro |

### Long-term injuries
#### Congenital abnormality in Maduro's heart

    Out between: July 2012 – September 2012
On 28 July, Sevilla announced that Hedwiges Maduro was suffering from a congenital anomaly in his heart. It was detected in a special examination by physicians during the second part of the team's summer concentration in Costa Ballena, near Rota. The club said days after that the player had traveled to Houston, Texas, for an examination and a full diagnosis. Maduro said after the first extensive revisions made in Spain that his life was not in danger. After being investigated in Houston by Dr. Paolo Angelini, Sevilla medical services made public that Maduro's abnormality would not prevent him from playing football professionally, and he could rejoin the squad as normal, in late August.

#### Trochowski's knee injury

    Out between: September 2012 – May 2013
After scoring the first goal of the match against Barcelona on 29 September, Piotr Trochowski had to leave the match with a knee injury. Sevilla's medical services analyzed his illness during the following days. The treatment he received first failed, and doctors thought it was appropriate to operate him in late October in Denver, Colorado. After the surgery, the club told press that the time without playing would be eight months, figuring that his reappearance could be in May 2013, meaning he would miss the remainder of the season.

### Called up by their national football team

List of players called up by their national team :
| Updated to 22 January 2013 ||||
| 4 | Emir Spahić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | v. Wales (15 August 2012) v. Liechtenstein (7 September 2012) v. Latvia (11 September 2012) v. Greece (12 October 2012) v. Lithuania (16 October 2012) v. Algeria (14 November 2012) |
| 7 | Jesús Navas | Spain | v. Puerto Rico (15 August 2012) v. Saudi Arabia (7 September 2012) v. Georgia (11 September 2012) v. Belarus (12 October 2012) v. France (16 October 2012) v. Panama (14 November 2012) |
| 8 | | Croatia | v. Switzerland (15 August 2012) v. North Macedonia (7 September 2012) v. Belgium (11 September 2012) v. North Macedonia (12 October 2012) v. Wales (16 October 2012) |
| 16 | José Campaña | Spain U19 | v. Greece (3 July 2012) v. Portugal (6 July 2012) v. Estonia (9 July 2012) v. France (12 July 2012) v. Greece (15 July 2012) |
| 22 | Geoffrey Kondogbia | France U20 | v. Ukraine (13 November 2012) |
| 28 | Álex Rubio | Spain U20 | v. Japan (17 August 2012) v. Saudi Arabia (19 August 2012) v. Argentina (21 August 2012) v. South Korea (22 August 2012) v. Argentina (23 August 2012) |
| 30 | Bryan Rabello | Chile U20 | v. France U21 (10 September 2012) v. Argentina (10 January 2013) v. Bolivia (12 January 2013) v. Colombia (13 January 2013) v. Paraguay (16 January 2013) v. Paraguay (20 January 2013) v. Ecuador (23 January 2013) v. Uruguay (27 January 2013) v. Colombia (30 January 2013) v. Peru (3 February 2013) |

## Match statistics

    Updated to 29 January 2013
| No. | Pos. | Player | | | | | | | | |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Liga | Cup | Liga | Cup | Liga | Cup | Liga | Cup |
| 1 | GK | Andrés Palop | | | 1 | | | | | |
| 2 | DF | Federico Fazio | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | 2 | |
| 3 | DF | Fernando Navarro | | | 5 | | | | | |
| 4 | DF | Emir Spahić | 1 | | 8 | 1 | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Cala | | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| 6 | MF | José Campaña | | | 2 | | | | | |
| 7 | MF | Jesús Navas | | | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Gary Medel | 3 | 1 | 6 | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 9 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | 9 | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| 10 | MF | Diego Perotti | | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 11 | MF | Ivan Rakitić | 3 | 2 | 7 | | 1 | | | |
| 12 | MF | Hedwiges Maduro | | | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| 13 | GK | Diego López (Out) | | | | | | | 1 | |
| 14 | FW | Manu | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| 15 | MF | Piotr Trochowski (LTI) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | MF | Antonio Luna (Out) | | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| 19 | MF | José Antonio Reyes | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | | | |
| 20 | FW | Baba Diawara | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 21 | DF | Cicinho | 1 | | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| 22 | MF | Geoffrey Kondogbia | 1 | | 1 | | | | | |
| 23 | DF | Coke | | | 2 | | 1 | | | |
| 24 | DF | Alberto Botía | | 1 | 7 | 1 | | | | |