2012–13 Sunderland A.F.C. season

English football club season May 2012 December 2021 Sunderland 2012–13 Martin O'Neill (until 30 March 2013)Paolo Di Canio (from 31 March 2013) Ellis Short Flickr - Ronnie Macdonald - Pre match 6.jpg Sunderland players before a match against Arsenal in August 2012 Stadium of Light Premier League 17th FA Cup Third round League Cup Fourth round Steven Fletcher (11) Steven Fletcher (11) 47,456 (vs. Newcastle United) 17,505 (vs. Bolton Wanderers) 40,544 _sunderland1213h _sunderland1213h _sunderland1213h _sunderland1213h _3_stripes_red FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000000 000000 _sunderland1213a _sunderland1213a _sunderland1213a _sunderland1213a sunderland1213a _sunderland1213a 004080 sunderland1213a sunderland1213a sunderland1213a 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 season was Sunderland's sixth consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League. They finished the season in 17th place. Pre-season Friendlies DateOpponentsH / AResultH – AScorers27 July 2012Hartlepool UnitedA1–0–4 August 2012HelsingborgA2–0–8 August 2012Derby CountyA1–1McClean 71'11 August 2012Leicester CityA1–0– 2012 Peace Cup Sunderland, along with Eredivisie side Groningen, K-League side Seongnam, and Bundesliga side Hamburg, will compete in a friendly tournament, 2012 Peace Cup. All matches will be played at the Suwon World Cup Stadium in the Korean city of Suwon. DateOpponentsH / AResultH – AScorers19 July 2012Seongnam Ilhwa ChunmaN1–0–22 July 2012GroningenN3–2Wickham 19', Campbell 88', Noble 90' Premier League DateOpponentsH / AResultH – AScorersAttendanceLeagueposition18 August 2012ArsenalA0–0–60,07811th25 August 2012ReadingHP–P––13th1 September 2012Swansea CityA2–2Fletcher 40', 45'20,35013th15 September 2012LiverpoolH1–1Fletcher 29'41,99714th22 September 2012West Ham UnitedA1–1Fletcher 10'33,05212th29 September 2012Wigan AthleticH1–0Fletcher 51'37,74211th6 October 2012Manchester CityA0–3–47,03613th21 October 2012Newcastle UnitedH1–1Ba 86' o.g.47,45614th27 October 2012Stoke CityA0–0–27,00514th3 November 2012Aston VillaH0–1–41,51516th10 November 2012EvertonA1–2Johnson 45'35,99916th18 November 2012FulhamA3–1Fletcher 50', Cuéllar 65', Sessègnon 70'25,64615th24 November 2012West Bromwich AlbionH2–4Gardner 73', Sessègnon 87'36,39016th27 November 2012Queens Park RangersH0–0–36,51316th2 December 2012Norwich CityA1–2Gardner 45'26,22817th8 December 2012ChelseaH1–3Johnson 66'39,27318th11 December 2012ReadingH3–0McClean 3', Fletcher 28', Sessègnon 90'37,72315th15 December 2012Manchester UnitedA1–3Campbell 72'75,58216th22 December 2012SouthamptonA1–0Fletcher 42'31,27515th26 December 2012Manchester CityH1–0Johnson 53'42,19013th29 December 2012Tottenham HotspurH1–2O'Shea 40'41,16813th2 January 2013LiverpoolA0–3–44,22814th12 January 2013West Ham UnitedH3–0Larsson 12', Johnson 48', McClean 74'39,91814th19 January 2013Wigan AthleticA3–2Gardner 17' (pen), Fletcher 21', 42'19,21911th29 January 2013Swansea CityH0–0–35,62811th2 February 2013ReadingA2–1Gardner 28' (pen)23,82911th9 February 2013ArsenalH0–1–46,40213th23 February 2013West Bromwich AlbionA2–1Sessègnon 79'25,92414th2 March 2013FulhamH2–2Gardner 37' (pen), Sessègnon 70'39,31214th9 March 2013Queens Park RangersA1–3Fletcher 20'18,16915th17 March 2013Norwich CityH1–1Gardner (pen)40'38,62516th30 March 2013Manchester UnitedH0–1–43,76016th7 April 2013ChelseaA1–2Azpilicueta og 45'41,50017th14 April 2013Newcastle UnitedA0–3Sessègnon 27', Johnson 74', Vaughan 82'52,00015th20 April 2013EvertonH1–0Sessègnon 45'44,61414th29 April 2013Aston VillaA6–1Rose 32'37,42815th6 May 2013StokeH1–1O'Shea 62'38,13015th12 May 2013SouthamptonH1–1Bardsley 68'41,98817th19 May 2013Tottenham HotspurA1–036,25817th League table SUN League Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultH – AScorersAttendance28 August 2012Second roundMorecambeH2–0McClean 24', 65'22,87125 September 2012Third roundMilton Keynes DonsA2–0Gardner 54', McClean 82'10,48930 October 2012Fourth roundMiddlesbroughH0–1–32,535 FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultH – AScorersAttendance5 January 2013Third roundBolton WanderersA2–2Wickham 60', Gardner 75'12,20415 January 2013ReplayBolton WanderersH0–2–17,505 Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup 2 Phil Bardsley DF SCO 11+7 1 2 0 1 0 3 Danny Rose DF ENG 25+2 1 1 0 1 0 4 Alfred N'Diaye MF FRA 15+1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Wes Brown DF ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Lee Cattermole MF ENG 10 0 0+1 0 3 0 7 Sebastian Larsson MF SWE 36+2 1 1+1 0 1 0 8 Craig Gardner MF ENG 32+1 6 2 1 2 1 9 Danny Graham FW ENG 11+2 0 0 0 0 0 10 Connor Wickham FW ENG 3+9 0 1+1 1 0 0 11 James McFadden FW SCO 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 12 Matthew Kilgallon DF ENG 6 0 1 0 1 0 13 Jordan Pickford GK ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Jack Colback MF ENG 30+5 0 1+1 0 3 0 15 David Vaughan MF WAL 6+18 1 2 0 2 0 16 John O'Shea DF IRL 34 2 0 0 2 0 18 Kader Mangane DF SEN 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 19 Titus Bramble DF ENG 12+4 0 2 0 1 0 20 Keiren Westwood GK IRL 0 0 0 0 3 0 21 Adam Johnson MF ENG 35 5 2 0 2+1 0 22 Simon Mignolet GK BEL 38 0 2 0 0 0 23 James McClean MF IRL 24+12 2 2 0 2+1 3 24 Carlos Cuéllar DF ESP 26 1 1 0 1 0 26 Steven Fletcher FW SCO 28 11 1 0 2 0 28 Stéphane Sessègnon FW BEN 34+1 7 1 0 0 0 30 Mikael Mandron FW FRA 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 33 Ryan Noble FW ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 Billy Knott MF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 37 Adam Mitchell FW IRL 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 42 John Egan DF IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players that played for Sunderland this season that have left the club/are currently out on loan: 9 Fraizer Campbell FW ENG 1+11 1 0+1 0 0+2 0 11 Kieran Richardson MF ENG 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 Ji Dong-won FW KOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 David Meyler MF IRL 0+3 0 0 0 1+1 0 11 James McFadden FW SCO 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 25 Louis Saha FW FRA 0+11 0 0 0 2+1 0 27 Ahmed Elmohamady MF EGY 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 34 Blair Adams DF ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} Goalscorers PositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalFW Scotland 26 Steven Fletcher 11 0 0 11MF ENG 8 Craig Gardner 6 1 1 8FW BEN 28 Stéphane Sessègnon 7 0 0 7MF ENG 21 Adam Johnson 5 0 0 5MF IRE 23 James McClean 2 0 3 5DF IRE 16 John O'Shea 2 0 0 2DF Scotland 2 Phil Bardsley 1 0 0 1FW ENG 9 Fraizer Campbell 1 0 0 1DF ESP 24 Carlos Cuéllar 1 0 0 1MF SWE 7 Sebastian Larsson 1 0 0 1DF ENG 3 Danny Rose 1 0 0 1MF WAL 15 David Vaughan 1 0 0 1FW ENG 10 Connor Wickham 0 1 0 1 Own goals 2 0 0 2Totals412447 Overall Games played 30 (25 Premier League, 3 League Cup, 2 FA Cup)Games won 9 (7 Premier League, 2 League Cup)Games drawn 9 (8 Premier League, 1 FA Cup)Games lost 12 (10 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)Goals scored 34 (28 Premier League, 4 League Cup, 2 FA Cup)Goals conceded 38 (33 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 4 FA Cup)Goal difference -4Clean sheets 11 (9 Premier League, 2 League Cup)Most appearances Stéphane Sessègnon 28Top scorer Steven Fletcher 10 Players Squad 2 DF SCO Phil Bardsley 3 DF ENG Danny Rose on loan from Tottenham Hotspur 4 MF FRA Alfred N'Diaye 5 DF ENG Wes Brown 6 MF ENG Lee Cattermole captain 7 MF SWE Sebastian Larsson 8 MF ENG Craig Gardner 9 FW ENG Danny Graham 12 DF ENG Matthew Kilgallon 13 GK ENG Jordan Pickford 14 MF ENG Jack Colback 15 MF WAL David Vaughan 16 DF IRL John O'Shea 18 DF SEN Kader Mangane on loan from Al-Hilal 19 DF ENG Titus Bramble 20 GK IRL Keiren Westwood 21 MF ENG Adam Johnson 22 GK BEL Simon Mignolet 23 MF IRL James McClean 24 DF ESP Carlos Cuéllar 26 FW SCO Steven Fletcher 28 FW BEN Stéphane Sessègnon 33 FW ENG Ryan Noble 42 DF IRL John Egan Transfers In ENG Transfer Carlos Cuéllar DF 24 ESP y 1981 8 23 2012 7 2 Aston Villa S 2014 Free ENG Transfer David Ferguson DF ENG y 1994 6 7 2012 7 3 Darlington S 2013 Free ENG Transfer Wade Joyce MF ENG y 1994 6 7 2012 7 3 Bury S 2013 Free ENG Transfer Louis Saha FW 25 FRA y 1978 8 8 2012 8 16 Tottenham Hotspur S 2013 Free ENG Transfer Steven Fletcher FW 26 SCO y 1987 3 26 2012 8 24 Wolverhampton Wanderers S 2016 £12 million ENG Transfer Adam Johnson MF 21 ENG y 1987 7 14 2012 8 24 Manchester City S 2016 £12 million ENG Loan Danny Rose DF 3 ENG y 1990 7 2 2012 8 31 Tottenham Hotspur S 2013 Loan ENG Transfer Scott Harrison FW ENG y 1993 9 3 2012 10 24 Darlington None 2013 Free ENG Transfer James McFadden FW 11 SCO y 1983 4 14 2012 10 26 Everton None January 2013 Free ENG Transfer Alfred N'Diaye MF 4 FRA y 1990 3 6 2013 1 9 Bursaspor TUR W 2016 £3.8 million ENG Loan Kader Mangane DF 18 SEN y 1983 3 23 2013 1 14 Al-Hilal KSA W 2013 Loan ENG Transfer Danny Graham FW 9 ENG y 1985 8 12 2013 1 31 Swansea City WAL W 2016 £5 million January 2013 Out ENG Contract expired Craig Gordon GK SCO y 1982 12 31 2012 6 30 Free agent S Released Sky Sports ENG Contract expired Liam Bagnall DF NIR y 1992 5 17 2012 6 30 Free agent S Released Sky Sports ENG Contract expired Trevor Carson GK 1 NIR y 1988 3 5 2012 7 1 Bury ENG S Released Sky Sports ENG Transfer Cristian Riveros MF 16 PAR n 1982 10 16 2012 7 1 Kayserispor TUR S £240,000 Goal.com ENG Transfer George McCartney DF 3 NIR y 1981 4 29 2012 7 1 West Ham United ENG S £1,000,000 SAFC ENG Transfer Asamoah Gyan FW 3 GHA n 1985 11 26 2012 7 6 Al Ain UAE S £6,000,000 Goal.com ENG Contract expired Jordan Cook FW 17 ENG y 1990 3 20 2012 7 9 Charlton Athletic ENG S Released CAFC ENG Transfer Michael Liddle DF 3 ENG y 1989 12 25 2012 7 18 Accrington Stanley ENG S Free Sky Sports ENG Transfer Marcos Angeleri DF 14 ARG n 1983 4 7 2012 7 20 Estudiantes ARG S Free Sky Sports ENG Transfer Michael Turner DF 6 ENG y 1983 11 9 2012 7 27 Norwich City ENG S £1,500,000 Sky Sports ENG Contract expired Lewis King GK 21 ENG y 1993 5 8 2012 8 9 Stockport County ENG S Released Stockport County ENG Loan Ahmed Elmohamady MF 27 EGY n 1987 9 9 2012 8 30 Hull City ENG S Season-long loan SAFC ENG Contract expired Brett Elliott MF 6 ENG y 1993 1 1 2012 8 30 University of Charleston USA S Released UC Golden Eagles ENG Transfer Kieran Richardson MF 15 ENG y 1984 10 21 2012 8 31 Fulham ENG S £2,000,000 Sky Sports ENG Contract expired Oumare Tounkara FW FRA y 1990 5 25 2012 9 5 Red Star FRA S Released Soccerway ENG Loan Craig Lynch FW 24 ENG y 1992 3 25 2012 9 8 Hartlepool United ENG None Month-long loan SAFC ENG Loan Ben Wilson GK 27 ENG y 1992 8 9 2012 9 12 Chesterfield ENG None Month-long loan SAFC ENG Loan Ryan Noble FW 35 ENG y 1991 6 11 2012 10 5 Hartlepool ENG None Month-long loan SAFC ENG Loan Billy Knott MF 34 ENG y 1992 11 28 2012 10 9 Woking ENG None Month-long loan SAFC ENG Loan John Egan DF 22 IRE y 1992 10 20 2012 11 5 Bradford City ENG None Two month loan Sky Sports ENG Loan David Meyler MF 31 IRE y 1989 5 29 2012 11 8 Hull City ENG None Two month loan Hull City AFC ENG Loan Blair Adams DF 39 ENG y 1991 9 8 2012 11 17 Coventry City ENG None Two month loan SAFC ENG Youth Loan Nathan Thomas MF ENG y 1994 9 27 2012 12 19 Darlington 1883 ENG None One month loan SAFC ENG Youth Loan Johnny Burn DF ENG y 1994 9 27 2012 12 19 Darlington 1883 ENG None One month loan SAFC ENG Loan Ji Dong-won FW 27 KOR n 1991 5 28 2013 1 1 FC Augsburg GER W Season long loan SAFC ENG Transfer David Meyler MF 31 IRE y 1989 5 29 2013 1 8 Hull City ENG W £1,500,000 SAFC ENG Transfer Blair Adams DF 39 ENG y 1991 9 8 2013 1 17 Coventry City ENG W Free SAFC ENG Transfer Fraizer Campbell FW 27 ENG y 1987 9 13 2013 1 21 Cardiff City WAL W £650,000 SAFC ENG Loan Adam Reed MF 7 ENG y 1991 5 8 2013 1 24 Portsmouth ENG W One month loan SAFC ENG Contract expired James McFadden FW SCO y 1983 4 14 2013 1 26 Motherwell SCO W Released SAFC ENG Youth Loan Jonny Maddison GK 25 ENG y 1994 9 27 2013 1 29 Crawley Town ENG W Three month loan SAFC ENG Loan Ahmed Elmohamady MF 27 EGY n 1987 9 9 2013 1 31 Hull City ENG W Season-long loan SAFC ENG Mutual Consent Louis Saha FW 28 FRA y 1978 8 8 2013 2 6 Lazio ITA W Released SAFC ENG Loan Connor Wickham FW 22 ENG y 1993 3 31 2013 2 8 Sheffield Wednesday ENG None One month loan SAFC ENG Youth Loan Joel Dixon GK ENG y 1994 9 27 2013 2 16 Workington ENG None One month loan Workington AFC February 2013 Awards Individual awards AwardMonth/Round/YearWinnerPremier League Player of the MonthSeptemberSteven FletcherNorth-East Football Writers' Association's Player of the Year2012Simon Mignolet See also Sunderland A.F.C. seasons References 2012-13 Category:2012–13 Premier League by team