# 2012–13 Montpellier HSC season

The 2012–13 Montpellier HSC season was the 39th season since the club was refounded.

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 % |
| Ligue 1 | 10 August 2012 | 26 May 2013 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 039.47 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2013 | 23 January 2013 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 31 October 2012 | 16 January 2013 | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Champions League | 18 September 2012 | 4 December 2012 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 68 | 71 | −3 | 036.73 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Bordeaux | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 8 | Lorient | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 53 | |
| 9 | Montpellier | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 52 | |
| 10 | Toulouse | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 51 | |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 48 | |
* ↑ Bordeaux, winner of the 2012–13 Coupe de France, qualified for the Group stage of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCH | ARS | OLY | MPL |
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

As of the end of the 2012–13 season.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | Trophée des Champions | Trophée des Champions | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Laurent Pionnier | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Garry Bocaly | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa | 26 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Vitorino Hilton | 40 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Henri Bedimo | 42 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Joris Marveaux | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | John Utaka | 35 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Anthony Mounier | 36 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Gaëtan Charbonnier | 34 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Younès Belhanda | 37 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | | Emanuel Herrera | 29 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Daniel Congré | 46 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Marco Estrada | 32 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Romain Pitau | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Jonathan Tinhan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | | Geoffrey Jourdren | 39 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Karim Aït-Fana | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | | Souleymane Camara | 44 | 12 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | | Rémy Cabella | 41 | 8 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Abdelhamid El Kaoutari | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Benjamin Stambouli | 28 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Jamel Saihi | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Bengali-Fodé Koita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Mathieu Deplagne | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Bryan Dabo | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Cyril Jeunechamp | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Jonas Martin | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Guillaume Legras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Jonathan Ligali | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Teddy Mézague | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Adrien Coulomb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Mohamed Hamzaoui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | | Abdoul Karim Sylla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Vincent Di Stéfano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Baptiste Valette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Alexandre Cropanese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |