Premier League 2012–13 | ||
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Season information | ||
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Winners | Manchester United | |
Relegated | Queens Park Rangers Reading Wigan Athletic | |
Domestic cup winners | ||
FA Cup | Wigan Athletic | |
Capital One Cup | Swansea City | |
Community Shield | Manchester City | |
Continental cup qualifiers | ||
Champions League | Manchester United Manchester City Chelsea Arsenal | |
Europa League | Tottenham Hotspur Swansea City Wigan Athletic | |
Season statistics | ||
Goals scored | 1063 | |
Top goalscorer | Robin van Persie (26 goals) | |
Biggest home win | Chelsea 8–0 Aston Villa | |
Biggest away win | Newcastle Utd 0–6 Liverpool | |
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2013–14 →
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The 2012–13 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 21st season of the Premier League, the English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The fixture schedule was released on 18 June 2012. The season began on 18 August 2012 and will end on 19 May 2013.
Manchester City are the defending champions, having won their first Premier League title the previous season. This was their first top division league title since the 1967–68 season.
Teams[]
A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2011–12 season and three promoted from the 2011–12 Football League Championship.
Relegation for Wolverhampton Wanderers to the 2012–13 Football League Championship was confirmed on 22 April 2012, ending a three-season Premier League tenure. Blackburn Rovers were relegated after a 1–0 defeat against Wigan Athletic on 7 May 2012, ending an eleven-season tenure in top-flight football. The final team to be relegated from the 2011–12 Premier League was Bolton Wanderers on 13 May 2012, the final day of the season, also after eleven seasons in the top flight. For only the second time in the history of the Premier League, all three sides who were promoted from the 2010–11 Football League Championship survived and will compete in this season.
Reading (as Champions) and Southampton (as runners-up) secured direct promotion to the Premier League from the 2011–12 Football League Championship. Reading will return to the Premier League after an absence of four years, while Southampton make a comeback to the highest tier after making two successive promotions and seven seasons in the leagues below. The third promoted team was decided in a four-team play-off between the Championship teams ranked third through to sixth. Ultimately, third-placed West Ham United defeated fifth-placed Blackpool in the Play-Off Final at Wembley Stadium on 19 May 2012. West Ham returned to the Premier League after only one season of absence.
Stadia and locations[]
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
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Arsenal | Emirates Stadium | 60,362 |
Aston Villa | Villa Park | 42,785 |
Chelsea | Stamford Bridge | 41,798 |
Everton | Goodison Park | 39,571 |
Fulham | Craven Cottage | 25,700 |
Liverpool | Anfield | 45,276 |
Manchester City | Etihad Stadium | 47,405 |
Manchester United | Old Trafford | 75,765 |
Newcastle United | St James' Park | 52,405 |
Norwich City | Carrow Road | 27,224 |
Queens Park Rangers | Loftus Road | 18,439 |
Reading | Madejski Stadium | 24,197 |
Southampton | St Mary's Stadium | 32,689 |
Stoke City | Britannia Stadium | 27,740 |
Sunderland | Stadium of Light | 48,707 |
Swansea City | Liberty Stadium | 20,745 |
Tottenham Hotspur | White Hart Lane | 36,284 |
West Bromwich Albion | The Hawthorns | 26,445 |
West Ham United | Boleyn Ground | 35,016 |
Wigan Athletic | DW Stadium | 25,133 |
Personnel and kits[]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Manager1 | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Arsenal | ![]() |
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Nike | Emirates |
Aston Villa | ![]() |
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Macron | Genting Casinos |
Chelsea | ![]() |
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Adidas | Samsung |
Everton | ![]() |
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Nike | Chang Beer |
Fulham | ![]() |
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Kappa | FxPro |
Liverpool | ![]() |
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Warrior Sports | Standard Chartered |
Manchester City | ![]() |
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Umbro | Etihad Airways |
Manchester United | ![]() |
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Nike | Aon |
Newcastle United | ![]() |
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Puma | Virgin Money |
Norwich City | ![]() |
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Erreà | Aviva |
Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
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Lotto | AirAsia |
Reading | ![]() |
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Puma | Waitrose |
Southampton | ![]() |
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Umbro | aap3 |
Stoke City | ![]() |
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Adidas | Bet365 |
Sunderland | ![]() |
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Adidas | Invest In Africa |
Swansea City | ![]() |
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Adidas | 32Red |
Tottenham Hotspur | ![]() |
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Under Armour | Autonomy |
West Bromwich Albion | ![]() |
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Adidas | Zoopla |
West Ham United | ![]() |
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Macron | SBOBET |
Wigan Athletic | ![]() |
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MiFit | 12BET |
- 1 According to current revision of List of English Football League managers
- 2 Stiliyan Petrov is Aston Villa's club captain, but Vlaar has been appointed team captain for the season whilst Petrov recovers from leukaemia.
- Additionally, referee kits are now being sponsored by Expedia.com, and Nike has a new match ball, the Maxim Premier League.
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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West Bromwich Albion | ![]() |
Signed by England | 13 May 2012 | Pre-season | ![]() |
8 June 2012 |
Aston Villa | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 May 2012 | ![]() |
2 June 2012 | |
Liverpool | ![]() |
16 May 2012 | ![]() |
1 June 2012 | ||
Swansea City | ![]() |
Signed by Liverpool | 1 June 2012 | ![]() |
15 June 2012 | |
Norwich City | ![]() |
Signed by Aston Villa | 2 June 2012 | ![]() |
7 June 2012 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | ![]() |
Sacked | 13 June 2012 | ![]() |
3 July 2012 | |
Chelsea | ![]() |
21 November 2012 | 3rd | ![]() |
21 November 2012 | |
Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
23 November 2012 | 20th | ![]() |
24 November 2012 |
League table[]
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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1 | Manchester United (C) | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 86 | 43 | +43 | 89 | 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage |
2 | Manchester City | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 78 | |
3 | Chelsea | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 75 | |
4 | Arsenal | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 73 | 2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-off round |
5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 72 | 2013–14 UEFA Europa League play-off round |
6 | Everton | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 63 | |
7 | Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 71 | 43 | +28 | 61 | |
8 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 49 | |
9 | Swansea City | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 46 | 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round 1 |
10 | West Ham United | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 46 | |
11 | Norwich City | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 44 | |
12 | Fulham | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 43 | |
13 | Stoke City | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 42 | |
14 | Southampton | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 41 | |
15 | Aston Villa | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 69 | −22 | 41 | |
16 | Newcastle United | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 41 | |
17 | Sunderland | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 39 | |
18 | Wigan Athletic (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 73 | –26 | 36 | 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage 2 |
Relegation to the 2013–14 Football League Championship | ||||||||||
19 | Reading (R) | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 43 | 73 | −30 | 28 | Relegation to the 2013–14 Football League Championship |
20 | Queens Park Rangers (R) | 38 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 25 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament
Premier League 2012-13 Winners |
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Manchester United |
Results[]
Home \ Away | ARS | AST | CHE | EVE | FUL | LIV | MNC | MNU | NEW | NWC | QPR | REA | SOT | STK | SUN | SWA | TOT | WBA | WHU | WIG |
Arsenal | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 7–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | |
Aston Villa | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |
Chelsea | 2–1 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
Everton | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
Fulham | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
Liverpool | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
Manchester City | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Manchester United | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
Newcastle United | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
Norwich City | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
Queens Park Rangers | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
Reading | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |
Southampton | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
Stoke City | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
Sunderland | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
Swansea City | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
West Ham United | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
Wigan Athletic | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Season statistics[]
Top scorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Manchester United | 26 |
2 | ![]() |
Liverpool | 23 |
3 | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur | 21 |
4 | ![]() |
Aston Villa | 19 |
5 | ![]() |
Swansea City | 18 |
6 | ![]() |
West Bromwich Albion | 17 |
7 | ![]() |
Chelsea / Newcastle United | 15 |
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Fulham | ||
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Southampton | ||
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Chelsea |
Hat-tricks[]
- Main article:List of Premier League hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Manchester United | Southampton | 3–2 | 2 September 2012 |
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Liverpool | Norwich City | 5–2 | 29 September 2012 |
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Wigan Athletic | Reading | 3–2 | 24 November 2012 |
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Arsenal | Reading | 5–2 | 17 December 2012 |
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Tottenham Hotspur | Aston Villa | 4–0 | 26 December 2012 |
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Arsenal | Newcastle United | 7–3 | 29 December 2012 |
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Manchester United | Norwich City | 4–0 | 2 March 2013 |
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Liverpool | Wigan Athletic | 4–0 | 2 March 2013 |
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Manchester United | Aston Villa | 3–0 | 22 April 2013 |
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Aston Villa | Sunderland | 6–1 | 29 April 2013 |
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Liverpool | Fulham | 3–1 | 12 May 2013 |
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West Ham United | Reading | 4–2 | 19 May 2013 |
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West Bromwich Albion | Manchester United | 5–5 | 19 May 2013 |
Awards[]
Monthly awards[]
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
September | ![]() |
Everton | ![]() |
Sunderland |
October | ![]() |
Manchester United | ![]() |
Chelsea |
November | ![]() |
West Bromwich Albion | ![]() |
Everton |
December | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur | ![]() |
Manchester United |
January | ![]() |
Reading | ![]() |
Reading |
February | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur |
March | ![]() |
Everton | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur |
April | ![]() |
Chelsea | ![]() |
Manchester United |
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