# 2012–13 US Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2012–13 season was the 91st in the history of U.S. Sassuolo Calcio and their fifth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Serie B and Coppa Italia.

## Players

    As of 31 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 | ITA | Alberto Pomini |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Longhi |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Antei (on loan from Roma) |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Tommaso Bianchi |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Missiroli |
| 8 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Richmond Boakye (on loan from Juventus) |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Michele Troiano |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Paolo Frascatore (on loan from Roma) |
| 13 | MF | ITA | Raman Chibsah (on loan from Parma) |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Gaetano Masucci |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Carl Valeri |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Davide Luppi |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Gennaro Troianiello |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Paolo Bianco |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Karim Laribi |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Mirko Pigliacelli (on loan from Parma) |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marcello Gazzola |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Lino Marzorati |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Terranova |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Laverone |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Andrea Catellani (on loan from Catania) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie B | 27 August 2012 | 18 May 2012 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 78 | 40 | +38 | 059.52 |
| Coppa Italia | 12 August 2012 | 18 August 2012 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 79 | 41 | +38 | 059.09 |
Source: Competitions

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Sassuolo (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 78 | 40 | +38 | 85 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Hellas Verona (P) | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 82 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Livorno (O, P) | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 77 | 47 | +30 | 80 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Empoli | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 69 | 51 | +18 | 73 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Novara | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 64 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
* ↑ Novara was docked 3 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Serie B

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |