2012-13 season

2012-13 season
General information
Manager	Brendan Rodgers
Captain	Steven Gerrard
Performance
Premier League	7th
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	4th round
Europe	Europa League: Last 32
Top scorers
League	Suarez (23)
FA Cup	Suarez (2)
League Cup	Sahin (2)
Europe	Europa League: Shelvey (4) Suarez (4)
Overall	Suarez (30)
Attendances
Average	43,668
←2011-12	2013-14→

The 2012-13 season was Liverpool's 121st season of football since they were established.

Competition performance

Competition	Result	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Top Scorer
Premier League	7th	38	16	13	9	71	43	Luis Suarez (23)
FA Cup	4th Round	2	1	0	1	4	4	Luis Suarez (2)
Europa League	Last 32	8	4	1	3	14	12	Jonjo Shelvey (4)
Europa League (Q)	Qualified	4	3	1	0	6	1	Four Players
League Cup	4th Round	2	1	0	1	3	4	Nuri Sahin (2)
Overall	-	54	25	15	14	98	64	Luis Suarez (30)

Squad

• 1 Brad Jones
• 2 Glen Johnson
• 3 Jose Enrique
• 4 Nuri Sahin
• 5 Daniel Agger
• 7 Luis Suarez
• 8 Steven Gerrard
• 9 Andy Carroll
• 10 Joe Cole
• 10 Philippe Coutinho
• 11 Oussama Assaidi
• 12 Dani Pacheco
• 14 Jordan Henderson
• 15 Daniel Sturridge
• 16 Sebastian Coates
• 19 Stewart Downing
• 20 Jay Spearing
• 21 Lucas Leiva
• 22 Danny Wilson
• 23 Jamie Carragher
• 24 Joe Allen
• 25 Pepe Reina
• 26 Charlie Adam
• 29 Fabio Borini
• 30 Suso
• 31 Raheem Sterling
• 32 Alexander Doni
• 33 Jonjo Shelvey
• 34 Martin Kelly
• 35 Conor Coady
• 36 Samed Yesil
• 37 Martin Skrtel
• 38 Jon Flanagan
• 42 Peter Gulacsi
• 43 Ryan McLaughlin
• 44 Jordon Ibe
• 45 Stephen Sama
• 47 Andre Wisdom
• 48 Jerome Sinclair
• 49 Jack Robinson
• 50 Adam Morgan
• 51 Lloyd Jones
• 52 Danny Ward

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
21 July 2012	Toronto	1-1	Morgan (69)
25 July 2012	Roma	1-2	Adam (80)
28 July 2012	Tottenham	0-0
12 August 2012	Bayer Leverkusen	3-1	Sterling (3), Lucas (29), Carroll (65)

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
18 August 2012	West Brom	0-3	Away
25 August 2012	Man City	2-2	Home	Skrtel (34), Suarez (66)
2 September 2012	Arsenal	0-2	Home
15 September 2012	Sunderland	1-1	Away	Suarez (71)
23 September 2012	Man Utd	1-2	Home	Gerrard (47)
29 September 2012	Norwich	5-2	Away	Suarez (2, 38, 56), Sahin (47), Barnett (og 68)
7 October 2012	Stoke	0-0	Home
20 October 2012	Reading	1-0	Home	Sterling (29)
28 October 2012	Everton	2-2	Away	Baines (og 14), Suarez (20)
4 November 2012	Newcastle	1-1	Home	Suarez (67)
11 November 2012	Chelsea	1-1	Away	Suarez (73)
17 November 2012	Wigan	3-0	Home	Suarez (47, 58), Enrique (65)
25 November 2012	Swansea	0-0	Away
28 November 2012	Tottenham	1-2	Away	Bale (og 72)
1 December 2012	Southampton	1-0	Home	Agger (43)
9 December 2012	West Ham	3-2	Away	Johnson (11), Cole (76), Shelvey (80)
15 December 2012	Aston Villa	1-3	Home	Gerrard (87)
22 December 2012	Fulham	4-0	Home	Skrtel (8), Gerrard (36), Downing (51), Suarez (90)
26 December 2012	Stoke	1-3	Away	Gerrard (pen 2)
30 December 2012	QPR	3-0	Away	Suarez (10, 16), Agger (28)
2 January 2013	Sunderland	3-0	Home	Sterling (19), Suarez (26, 52)
13 January 2013	Man Utd	1-2	Away	Sturridge (57)
19 January 2013	Norwich	5-0	Home	Henderson (26), Suarez (36), Sturridge (59), Gerrard (66), Bennett (og 74)
30 January 2013	Arsenal	2-2	Away	Suarez (5), Henderson (60)
3 February 2013	Man City	2-2	Away	Sturridge (29), Gerrard (78)
11 February 2013	West Brom	0-2	Home
17 February 2013	Swansea	5-0	Home	Gerrard (pen 34), Coutinho (46), Enrique (50), Suarez (56), Sturridge (pen 71)
2 March 2013	Wigan	4-0	Away	Downing (2), Suarez (18, 34, 49)
10 March 2013	Tottenham	3-2	Home	Suarez (21), Downing (66), Gerrard (pen 82)
17 March 2013	Southampton	1-3	Away	Coutinho (45)
31 March 2013	Aston Villa	2-1	Away	Henderson (47), Gerrard (pen 60)
7 April 2013	West Ham	0-0	Home
13 April 2013	Reading	0-0	Away
21 April 2013	Chelsea	2-2	Home	Sturridge (51), Suarez (90)
27 April 2013	Newcastle	6-0	Away	Agger (3), Henderson (17, 76), Sturridge (54, 60), Borini (74)
5 May 2013	Everton	0-0	Home
12 May 2013	Fulham	3-1	Away	Sturridge (36, 62, 85)
19 May 2013	QPR	1-0	Home	Coutinho (23)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3	6 January 2013	Mansfield	2-1	Away	Sturridge (7), Suarez (58)
4	27 January 2013	Oldham	2-3	Away	Suarez (17), Allen (80)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3	26 September 2012	West Brom	2-1	Away	Sahin (17, 82)
4	31 October 2012	Swansea	1-3	Home	Suarez (76)

Europa League

Qualifying stages

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3 (1st leg)	2 August 2012	FC Gomel	1-0	Away	Downing (67)
3 (2nd leg)	9 August 2012	FC Gomel	3-0	Home	Borini (21), Gerrard (41), Johnson (71)
4 (1st leg)	23 August 2012	Hearts	1-0	Away	Webster (o.g. 78)
4 (1st leg)	30 August 2012	Hearts	1-1	Home	Suarez (88)

Group stage

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
20 September 2012	Young Boys	5-3	Away	Ojala (og 4), Wisdom (40), Coates (67), Shelvey (76, 88)
4 October 2012	Udinese	2-3	Home	Shelvey (23), Suarez (75)
25 October 2012	Anzhi	1-0	Home	Downing (53)
8 November 2012	Anzhi	0-1	Away
22 November 2012	Young Boys	2-2	Home	Shelvey (33), Cole (72)
6 December 2012	Udinese	1-0	Away	Henderson (23)

Knockout stages

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
Last 32 (1st leg)	14 February 2013	Zenit	0-2	Away
Last 32 (2nd leg)	21 February 2013	Zenit	3-1	Home	Suarez (28, 59), Allen (43)

Player stats

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Brad Jones	7	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	15	0
2	DF	Glen Johnson	36	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	43	2
3	DF	Jose Enrique	29	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	35	2
4	MF	Nuri Sahin	7	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	12	3
5	DF	Daniel Agger	35	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	39	3
7	FW	Luis Suarez	33	23	2	2	1	1	8	4	44	30
8	MF	Steven Gerrard	36	9	1	0	1	0	8	1	46	10
9	FW	Andy Carroll	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF	Joe Cole	6	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	10	2
10	MF	Philippe Coutinho	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	3
11	MF	Oussama Assaidi	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	12	0
12	FW	Dani Pacheco	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	30	5	2	0	2	0	10	1	44	6
15	FW	Daniel Sturridge	14	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	16	11
16	DF	Sebastian Coates	5	0	2	0	2	0	3	1	12	1
19	MF	Stewart Downing	29	3	2	0	2	0	12	2	45	5
20	MF	Jay Spearing	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
21	MF	Lucas	26	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	31	0
22	DF	Danny Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	24	0	1	0	2	0	11	0	38	0
24	MF	Joe Allen	27	0	2	1	1	0	7	1	37	2
25	GK	Pepe Reina	31	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	39	0
26	MF	Charlie Adam	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
29	FW	Fabio Borini	13	1	1	0	0	0	6	1	20	2
30	MF	Suso	14	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	20	0
31	MF	Raheem Sterling	24	2	1	0	1	0	10	0	36	2
32	GK	Alexander Doni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	Jonjo Shelvey	19	1	2	0	1	0	10	4	32	5
34	DF	Martin Kelly	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
35	MF	Conor Coady	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
36	FW	Samed Yesil	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
37	DF	Martin Skrtel	25	2	1	0	0	0	7	0	33	2
38	DF	Jon Flanagan	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
42	GK	Peter Gulacsi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	Ryan McLaughlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	FW	Jordon Ibe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
45	DF	Stephen Sama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF	Andre Wisdom	12	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	19	1
48	FW	Jerome Sinclair	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
49	DF	Jack Robinson	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	6	0
50	FW	Adam Morgan	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
51	DF	Lloyd Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	GK	Danny Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scorers

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total
7	FW	Luis Suarez	23	2	1	4	30
15	FW	Daniel Sturridge	10	1	0	0	11
8	MF	Steven Gerrard	9	0	0	1	10
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	5	0	0	1	6
33	MF	Jonjo Shelvey	1	0	0	4	5
19	MF	Stewart Downing	3	0	0	2	5
4	MF	Nuri Sahin	1	0	2	0	3
5	DF	Daniel Agger	3	0	0	0	3
10	MF	Philippe Coutinho	3	0	0	0	3
2	DF	Glen Johnson	1	0	0	1	2
10	MF	Joe Cole	1	0	0	1	2
37	DF	Martin Skrtel	2	0	0	0	2
31	FW	Raheem Sterling	2	0	0	0	2
3	DF	Jose Enrique	2	0	0	0	2
24	MF	Joe Allen	0	1	0	1	2
29	FW	Fabio Borini	1	0	0	1	2
47	DF	Andre Wisdom	0	0	0	1	1
16	DF	Sebastian Coates	0	0	0	1	1

Assisters

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total
8	MF	Steven Gerrard	9	0	1	1	11
19	MF	Stewart Downing	5	0	0	3	8
7	FW	Luis Suarez	5	0	0	1	6
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	4	0	0	2	6
10	MF	Philippe Coutinho	6	0	0	0	6
2	DF	Glen Johnson	5	0	0	0	5
3	DF	Jose Enrique	4	0	0	0	4
15	FW	Daniel Sturridge	3	0	0	0	3
31	FW	Raheem Sterling	2	0	0	0	2
33	MF	Jonjo Shelvey	0	1	0	1	2
47	DF	Andre Wisdom	1	0	1	0	2
29	FW	Fabio Borini	0	0	0	1	1
11	FW	Oussama Assaidi	0	0	1	0	1
4	MF	Nuri Sahin	1	0	0	0	1
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	1	0	0	0	1
10	MF	Joe Cole	0	0	0	1	1
30	MF	Suso	0	0	0	1	1
21	MF	Lucas	1	0	0	0	1
44	FW	Jordon Ibe	1	0	0	0	1

Player awards

Month	Player	Award no.
August 2012	Joe Allen	1
September 2012	Luis Suarez	7
October 2012	Luis Suarez	8
November 2012	Jose Enrique	1
December 2012	Luis Suarez	9
January 2013	Steven Gerrard	3
February 2013	Luis Suarez	10
March 2013	Philippe Coutinho	1
April 2013	Philippe Coutinho	2
2012-13	Luis Suarez	1

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
6	Everton	38	16	15	7	55	40	15	63
7	Liverpool	38	16	13	9	71	43	28	61
8	West Brom	38	14	7	17	53	57	−4	49

Europe

Europa League group stage

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	6	3	1	2	11	9	2	10
2	Anzhi	6	3	1	2	7	5	2	10
3	Young Boys	6	3	1	2	14	13	−1	10
4	Udinese	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Fabio Borini	Roma	£10,400,000	13 June 2012
Joe Allen	Swansea	£15,000,000	10 August 2012
Oussama Assaidi	Heerenveen	£2,400,000	17 August 2012
Nuri Sahin	Real Madrid	Loan	25 August 2012
Samed Yesil	Bayer Leverkusen	£1,000,000	30 August 2012
Daniel Sturridge	Chelsea	£12,000,000	2 January 2013
Philippe Coutinho	Inter Milan	£8,600,000	30 January 2013

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Fabio Aurelio	Gremio	Free	1 June 2012
David Amoo	Preston North End	Free	1 June 2012
Stephen Darby	Bradford	Free	2 June 2012
Dirk Kuyt	Fenerbahce	£800,000	3 June 2012
Maxi Rodriguez	Newell's Old Boys	Free	13 July 2012
Alberto Aquilani	Fiorentina	Undisclosed	3 August 2012
Craig Bellamy	Cardiff	Free	10 August 2012
Andy Carroll	West Ham	Loan	30 August 2012
Jay Spearing	Bolton	Loan	31 August 2012
Charlie Adam	Stoke	£5,000,000	31 August 2012
Nathan Eccleston	Blackpool	Undisclosed	31 August 2012
Joe Cole	West Ham	Free	4 January 2013
Nuri Sahin	Real Madrid	Loan terminated	11 January 2013
Dani Pacheco	SD Huesca	Loan	31 January 2013
Alexander Doni	Botafogo SP	Free	31 January 2013