2012–13 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

112th season in existence of Brighton & Hove Albion May 2021 May 2021 February 2015 February 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 2012–13 Gus Poyet Tony Bloom Falmer Stadium Championship 4th (eliminated in play-off semi finals) FA Cup Fourth round(eliminated by Arsenal) League Cup First round(eliminated by Swindon Town) Craig Mackail-Smith (11) Craig Mackail-Smith (11) 30,003 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 4 May 2013) 21,704 26,212 _brighton1112h _brighton1112h _brighton1112h _brighton1112h _brighton1112hl 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF _brighton1112A _brighton1112A _brighton1112A _brighton1112A _brighton1112al 00FF00 00FF00 00FF00 000000 00FF00 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's fourth year in the Championship and their second at Falmer Stadium. The club returned to the Championship for the second consecutive season after finishing 10th in the 2011–12 season. The club competed in the 2012–13 League Cup losing in the first round to Swindon Town and they were also defeated in the fifth round of the 2013 FA Cup by Arsenal 3–2. The club made it to the Championship playoffs for the first time since 1991, however they were eliminated at the semifinal stage following a 2–0 defeat to bitter rivals Crystal Palace at Falmer Stadium. This was followed two days later by the suspension of manager Gus Poyet and his assistants. Pre-season Friendlies 14 July 2012 15:00 Maidstone United 0–5 W Brighton & Hove Albion 25 Mackail-Smith50 Hoskins58 62 67 Barnes The Gallagher Stadium Maidstone 2,226 17 July 2012 19:45 Lewes 0–3 W Brighton & Hove Albion 45 Barnes66 pen Hoskins77 Agdestein The Dripping Pan Lewes 28 July 2012 15:00 Córdoba 0–0 D Brighton & Hove Albion Nuevo Arcángel Córdoba 4 August 2012 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 W Chelsea Vicente 37Barnes 45Crofts 87 35 Lampard Falmer Stadium Brighton 17,149 Dave Phillips 7 August 2012 Michel Kuipers Testimonial 19:45 BST (UTC+1) Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Report Reading Vicente 32 Robson-Kanu 89 Falmer Stadium Brighton 8,107 D Transfers In y ENG y Tomasz Kuszczak Free POL 29 GK 1982 3 20 2012 6 22 Manchester United ENG S Free 2014 BBC Sport ENG y y Bruno Free ESP 2 DF 1980 10 1 2012 6 25 Valencia ESP S Free 2014 Official Site ENG y y Wayne Bridge Loan ENG 28 DF 1980 8 5 2012 7 6 Manchester City ENG S Season-long 2013 Sky Sports ENG y Andrew Crofts Transfer ENG WAL 8 MF 1984 5 29 2012 8 2 Norwich City ENG S U 2015 BBC Sport ENG y y Andrea Orlandi Transfer ESP 11 MF 1984 8 3 2012 8 31 Swansea City WAL S U 2014 BBC Sport ENG y Stephen Dobbie Transfer SCO 10 FW 1982 12 5 2012 8 31 Swansea City WAL S U 2015 BBC Sport ENG y y Dean Hammond Loan ENG 4 MF 1983 3 7 2012 8 31 Southampton ENG S Season-long 2013 BBC Sport ENG y David López Free ESP 21 MF 1982 9 12 2012 8 31 Athletic Bilbao ESP S Free 2013 BBC Sport ENG y y Vitalijs Maksimenko Free LAT DF 1990 12 8 2013 1 5 Skonto FC LVA W U U Sky Sports ENG y Leonardo Ulloa Transfer ARG 24 FW 1986 7 26 2013 1 16 Almería ESP W £2,000,000 2017 BBC Sport ENG y y Emil Asmundssen Transfer ISL MF 18 Fylkir ISL W U 2015 BBC Sport ENG y Matthew Upson Loan ENG DF 1979 4 18 2013 1 31 Stoke City ENG W Season Long Loan 2013 BBC Sport January 2013 Out Tommy Elphick, n4 afc Bournemouth, summer y ENG y David González Contract Ended COL 21 GK 1982 7 20 2012 5 10 Barnsley ENG S Free 2 0 BBC Sport ENG Michael Poke Contract Ended ENG 19 GK 1985 11 21 2012 5 10 Torquay United ENG S Free 1 0 BBC Sport ENG y Alan Navarro Contract Ended ENG 8 MF 1981 5 31 2012 6 21 Swindon Town ENG S Free 85 1 BBC Sport ENG Jake Forster-Caskey Loan ENG 35 MF 1994 4 25 2012 7 6 Oxford United ENG S Six month loan 8 2 BBC Sport ENG y Yaser Kasim Loan Iraq 32 MF 1991 5 10 2012 7 12 Luton Town ENG S Six Month Loan 2 0 BBC Sport ENG Grant Hall Contract Ended ENG 31 DF 1991 10 21 2012 7 31 Tottenham Hotspur ENG S Free 1 0 Tottenham Hotspur ENG y Craig Noone Transfer ENG 11 MF 1987 11 17 2012 8 30 Cardiff City WAL S U 64 4 Brighton & Hove Albion ENG Roland Bergkamp Loan NED FW 1991 4 3 2012 8 30 VVV-Venlo NLD S Season Long Loan 0 0 BBC Sport ENG y Ryan Harley Loan ENG 17 MF 27 Milton Keynes Dons ENG W Season Long Loan 21 2 BBC Sport ENG Matt Sparrow Free ENG N/A MF 1981 10 3 2013 1 10 Crawley Town ENG W Free 58 8 https://archive.today/20130215184640/http://www.crawleytownfc.com/news/article/matt-sparrow-signs-590033.aspx Crawley Town FC ENG y Stephen Dobbie Loan SCO 10 FW 1982 12 5 2013 1 31 Crystal Palace ENG W Season Long Loan 13 2 BBC Sport ENG Marcos Painter Loan ENG IRL 22 DF 1986 8 17 2013 2 15 Bournemouth ENG Loan Season Long Loan 98 1 BBC Sport Contracts y Jake Forster-Caskey ENG 35 MF 1994 4 25 2012 6 21 Signed 4 years June 2015 BBC Sport y Vicente ESP 15 MF 1981 7 16 2012 6 26 Signed 1 year June 2013 Sky Sports Will Buckley ENG 30 MF 23 Signed 4 1/2 years June 2017 BBC Sport January 2013 Competitions League table BHA Results summary 11 9 3 39 17 8 9 6 30 26 28 April 2013 April 2012 Results round by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H Result L/D/W/W/W/W/W/L/D/D/L/L/D/D/W/D/W/D/W/L/D/D/D/P/L/W/D/D/L/W/W/W/W/W/D/L/L/W/D/D/D/W/D/W/W/W Position 17/21/10/4/3/3/1/1/3/5/8/9/10/10/8/8/7/8/7/8/8/8/8/8/8/8/8/7/8/7/7/6/6/6/6/7/7/7/6/6/6/5/4/4/4/4 Home Away Postponed green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd blue1 red1 28 April 2013 April 2012 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA League Cup 14 August 2012 Round 1 19:45 BST (UTC+1) Swindon Town 3–0 report Brighton & Hove Albion Benson 53Navarro 65 75 County Ground Swindon 5,737 L FA Cup 5 January 2013 Round 3 15:00 GMT Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Report Newcastle United Orlandi 33Hoskins 87 2 48 68 Ameobi Lee Probert Falmer Stadium Brighton 21,704 W 26 January 2013 Round 4 15:00 GMT Brighton & Hove Albion 2–3 Report Arsenal Barnes 33Ulloa 62 16 56 Giroud85 Walcott Oliver Falmer Stadium Brighton 27,113 L Championship 18 August 2012 1 15:00 Hull City 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Simpson 85 KC Stadium Kingston upon Hull 15,794 L 21 August 2012 2 19:45 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Cardiff City Falmer Stadium Brighton 25,518 D 25 August 2012 3 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 5–1 Barnsley Barnes 4 81Bridge 14Mackail-Smith 38 50 35 pen. Davies Falmer Stadium Brighton 24,594 W 1 September 2012 4 15:00 Burnley 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion Greer 61 o.g. 18 77 Mackail-Smith 88 Greer Turf Moor Burnley 11,413 W 14 September 2012 5 19:45 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday Bridge 24Mackail-Smith 54Buckley 58 Falmer Stadium Brighton 26,594 W 18 September 2012 6 19:45 Watford 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 50 pen Mackail-Smith Vicarage Road Watford 11,894 W 22 September 2012 7 15:00 Millwall 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion C Taylor 0 68Wood 79 17 Barnes50 El-Abd The Den London 12,191 W 29 September 2012 8 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Birmingham City 27 Burke Falmer Stadium Brighton 26,121 L 2 October 2012 9 19:45 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Ipswich Town Buckley 80 27 Murphy Falmer Stadium Brighton 24,736 D 6 October 2012 10 19:45 Derby County 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Pride Park Stadium Derby 22,059 D 20 October 2012 11 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Middlesbrough 21 Emnes Falmer Stadium Brighton L 26,293 23 October 2012 12 19:45 Leicester City 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion King King Power Stadium Leicester 25,726 L 27 October 2012 13 19:45 Blackpool 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Grandin 72 56 Barnes Bloomfield Road Blackpool 14,038 D 2 November 2012 14 19:45 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Leeds United Mackail-Smith 16 pen 48 37 pen Diouf66 Becchio Falmer Stadium Brighton 26,402 D 6 November 2012 15 19:45 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 Peterborough United Dobbie 90 Falmer Stadium Brighton 23,703 W 10 November 2012 16 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–3 Brighton & Hove Albion Sako 22Henry 0 45Doumbia 61Johnson 90 43 Mackail-Smith72 Buckley89 pen Stephen Dobbie Molineux Stadium Wolverhampton 21,203 D 17 November 2012 17 15:00 Huddersfield Town 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Church 90 5 40 Buckley Glapharam Stadium Huddersfield 13,299 W 24 November 2012 18 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Bruno 54 90 Ngog Falmer Stadium Brighton 26,445 D 27 November 2012 19 19:45 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Bristol City Hammond 6Orlandi 26 Falmer Stadium Brighton 24,044 W 1 December 2012 20 15:00 Crystal Palace 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Murray 38 pen 54 penGarvan 71 pen 0 8 Dunk Selhurst Park London 20,114 L 8 December 2012 21 15:00 Charlton Athletic 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Wilson 9Pritchard 70 28 Mackail-Smith75 LuaLua The Valley London 19,018 D 15 December 2012 22 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Nottingham Forest Falmer Stadium Brighton 26,684 D 18 December 2012 23 19:45 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Millwall LuaLua 61López 88 pen 25 57 Wood Falmer Stadium Brighton 24,773 D 22 December 2012 15:00 Blackburn Rovers P–P Brighton & Hove Albion Ewood Park Blackburn V 29 December 2012 25 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–3 Watford López 65 pen 54 Deeney68 69 Vydra Falmer Stadium Brighton 26,727 L 1 January 2013 26 15:00 Ipswich Town 0–3 Brighton & Hove Albion 15 Hammond34 Mackail-Smith67 Bridge Portman Road Ipswich 19,018 W 12 January 2013 27 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Derby County Barnes 2Orlandi 25 70 Hendrick Falmer Stadium 25,464 W 19 January 2013 28 15:00 Birmingham City 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Caldwell 18Žigić 90 24 Barnes43 López St Andrew's Birmingham 15,299 D 22 January 2013 24 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Rhodes 45 pen 90 pen López Ewood Park Blackburn 12,230 D 2 February 2013 29 15:00 Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Lita 5Pugh 34Antonio 56 0 33 Barnes54 Orlandi Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield 22,044 L 9 February 2013 30 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 Hull City Vicente 83 Falmer Stadium Brighton 25,367 W 12 February 2013 31 19:45 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Vicente 57 pen 24 Dann Falmer Stadium Brighton 24,759 D 19 February 2013 32 19:45 Cardiff City 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 43 Andrea Orlandi90 Ulloa Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 23,782 W 23 February 2013 33 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 Burnley López 20 Falmer Stadium Brighton 25,836 W 2 March 2013 34 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 4–1 Huddersfield Town Ulloa 20 76 78López 81 pen 42 Vaughan Falmer Stadium Brighton 25,831 W 5 March 2013 35 19:45 Bristol City 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Ashton Gate Stadium Bristol 12,267 D 9 March 2013 36 15:00 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Alonso 20 0 90+4 Barnes Reebok Stadium Bolton 17,599 L 12 March 2013 37 19:45 Barnsley 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Scotland 15Dagnall 64 pen 59 Ulloa Oakwell Barnsley 7,869 L 17 March 2013 38 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Crystal Palace Ulloa 43 50López 45 Falmer Stadium Brighton 28,499 W 30 March 2013 39 15:00 Nottingham Forest 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion McGugan 82Lansbury 90 57 Ulloa85 Buckley City Ground Nottingham 28,124 D 2 April 2013 40 19:45 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Charlton Athletic Falmer Stadium Brighton 28,043 D 6 April 2013 41 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Leicester City LuaLua 88 73 James Falmer Stadium Brighton 28,493 D 13 April 2013 42 15:00 Middlesbrough 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 60 Orlandi 76 López Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough 14,925 W 16 April 2013 43 19:45 Peterborough United 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion London Road Stadium Peterborough 8,780 D 20 April 2013 44 15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 6–1 Blackpool Buckley 9 Upson 23 Orlandi 45 López 46 Barnes 76 90 53 o.g. Hammond Falmer Stadium Brighton 28,499 W 27 April 2013 45 15:00 Leeds United 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Austin 0 13Diouf 74 pen 0 76 10 Buckley0 73 Calderón88 Ulloa Elland Road Leeds 24,904 W 4 May 2013 46 12:45 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers LuaLua 5 39 Falmer Stadium Brighton 30,003 W Squad statistics Appearances 4 May 2013 Championship FA Cup League Cup 1 SVK GK Peter Brezovan 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 ESP DF Bruno 29+1 1 0 0 1 0 3 SCO DF Gordon Greer 36+1 1 2 0 1 0 4 ENG MF Dean Hammond (on loan from Southampton) 31+5 2 2 0 0 0 5 ENG DF Lewis Dunk 7+1 0 0 0 1 0 6 EGY DF Adam El-Abd 31 1 2 0 0 0 7 ENG FW Will Hoskins 4+7 0 0+1 1 0 0 8 WAL MF Andrew Crofts 16+7 0+1 0 0 0 0 9 ENG FW Ashley Barnes 25+8 8 2 1 1 0 11 ESP MF Andrea Orlandi 29+5 6 1 1 0 0 12 SCO FW Craig Mackail-Smith 26+5 11 1+1 0 0 0 14 ESP DF Iñigo Calderón 16+10 0 1 0 0+1 0 15 ESP MF Vicente 5+6 2 0 0 1 0 16 DEN GK Casper Ankergren 2+1 0 2 0 0 0 17 ENG MF Ryan Harley 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 18 IRL MF Gary Dicker 12+11 0 1+1 0 1 0 19 ARG FW Leonardo Ulloa 15+1 9 1 1 0 0 20 ENG DF Matthew Upson (on loan from Stoke City) 17 1 0 0 0 0 21 ESP MF David López 24+4 9 2 0 0 0 22 IRL DF Marcos Painter 4 0 0 0 0 0 23 NOR FW Torbjørn Agdestein 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 25 COD MF Kazenga LuaLua 7+13 5 0+2 0 0 0 26 ENG MF Liam Bridcutt 40 0 2 0 1 0 28 ENG DF Wayne Bridge (on loan from Manchester City) 38 3 2 0 1 0 29 POL GK Tomasz Kuszczak 41 0 0 0 1 0 30 ENG MF Will Buckley 28+8 8 1 0 0 0 33 ENG MF George Barker 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 35 ENG MF Jake Forster-Caskey 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 ISL MF Emil Asmundssen 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAT DF Vitalijs Maksimenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players currently out on loan: 10 SCO FW Stephen Dobbie (on loan at Crystal Palace) 4+9 2 0 0 0 0 32 IRQ MF Yaser Kasim (on loan to Luton Town) 0 0 0 0 0 0 NED FW Roland Bergkamp (on loan at VVV-Venlo) 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players who left during the season: 11 ENG MF Craig Noone 3 0 0 0 1 0 20 FRA DF Romain Vincelot 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} Goalscorers RankNo.Pos.NameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal112FWCraig Mackail-Smith110011219FWLeonardo Ulloa91010321FWDavid López900949FWAshley Barnes8109530MFWill Buckley8008611MFAndrea Orlandi6107728DFWayne Bridge300325MFKazenga LuaLua5005910FWStephen Dobbie20024MFDean Hammond200215MFVicente2002122DFBruno10016DFAdam El-Abd10013DFGordon Greer10017FWWill Hoskins010120DFMatthew Upson1001Total674071 Disciplinary record No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total 2DFBruno300000303DFGordon Greer500000504MFDean Hammond501000605DFLewis Dunk010000016DFAdam El-Abd10000001008MFAndrew Crofts100000109FWAshley Barnes4200105210FWStephen Dobbie1000001011MFCraig Noone1000001011MFAndrea Orlandi2000002'014DFIñigo Calderón4100004115MFVicente1000001016GKCasper Ankergren1000001018MFGary Dicker1000001019FWLeonardo Ulloa2000002020DFMatthew Upson2000002021MFDavid López1010002022DFMarcos Painter1000001025MFKazenga LuaLua2000002026MFLiam Bridcutt110000011028DFWayne Bridge4000004029GKTomasz Kuszczak2000002030MFWill Buckley30000030Total6742010704 References Category:Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. seasons Brighton and Hove Albion