2012–13 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion
2012–13 season
Chairman Jeremy Peace
Manager Steve Clarke
Premier League 8th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Romelu Lukaku (17)
All:
Romelu Lukaku (17)
Highest home attendance 26,039 (vs. Liverpool, 18 August 2012)
Lowest home attendance 11,184 (vs. Queens Park Rangers, 18 January 2013)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2012–13 season was West Bromwich Albion's third consecutive season in the Premier League, and their seventh in total. During the season, they also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup. The club enjoyed their best ever season in the Premier League, finishing 8th in the league with a club record 49 points and 14 wins.

Their manager for the season was Steve Clarke, after former manager Roy Hodgson left to manage the England national team.

Transfers

In

Date Pos. No. Name From Fee Ref
29 June 2012 GK 1 Ben Foster Birmingham City £4,000,000 [1]
11 July 2012 MF 10 Yassine El Ghanassy Gent Season-long loan [2]
24 July 2012 MF 5 Claudio Yacob Racing Free
7 August 2012 FW 8 Markus Rosenberg Werder Bremen Free [3]
10 August 2012 FW 20 Romelu Lukaku Chelsea Season-long loan [4]
31 August 2012 DF 4 Goran Popov Dynamo Kyiv Season-long loan

Out

Date Pos. No. Name To Fee Ref
16 May 2012 DF 2 Joe Mattock Sheffield Wednesday Free [5]
16 May 2012 MF 5 Somen Tchoyi Released Free
16 May 2012 DF 20 Nicky Shorey Reading Free [6]
16 May 2012 FW 41 Lateef Elford-Alliyu Bury Free [7]
24 May 2012 MF 34 Paul Downing Walsall Free [8]
1 June 2012 MF 8 Keith Andrews Bolton Wanderers Free [9]
1 June 2012 GK 13 Márton Fülöp Asteras Tripoli Free [10]
1 June 2012 DF 33 Paul Scharner Hamburg Free [11]
1 June 2012 MF 44 Jamie Edge Released Free
14 August 2012 FW 31 Simon Cox Nottingham Forest Undisclosed [12]

On loan

Date Pos. No. Name To Ref
17 September 2012 FW 39 Chris Wood Millwall [13]
29 October 2012 MF 16 Scott Allan Portsmouth [14]
21 November 2012 MF 15 George Thorne Peterborough United [15]
22 November 2012 MF 14 Jerome Thomas Leeds United [16]
22 November 2012 DF 42 Donervon Daniels Tranmere Rovers [17]

Match results

Pre-season friendlies

Premier League

Football League Cup

FA Cup

Squad statistics

As of 6 November 2012
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKBen Foster 30000100017000
2MFSteven Reid 1100+1000005+1030
3DFJonas Olsson 36000100011000
4DFGoran Popov 10+201000002+1000
5MFClaudio Yacob 29+100000009000
6DFLiam Ridgewell 28+201010009000
7MFJames Morrison 33+252000009200
8MFMarkus Rosenberg 5+1901020002+5000
9FWShane Long 25+98111+12009+3500
10MFYassine El Ghanassy 000+101+11001+1100
11MFChris Brunt 23+821011003+6100
13GKBoaz Myhill 802010001000
14MFJerome Thomas^ 4+601+1000000000
15MFGeorge Thorne^ 3+202020002000
16MFScott Allan^ 000000000000
17MFGraham Dorrans 21+511010006+2000
18DFGonzalo Jara 0+100010001+1000
19GKLuke Daniels 000000000000
20FWRomelu Lukaku 20+15172010003+7300
21MFYoussouf Mulumbu 282001+100011+1140
22MFZoltán Gera 14+241010007+1210
23DFGareth McAuley 36320000010100
24FWPeter Odemwingie 13+1250+1000005+2301
25DFCraig Dawson 000+101+10001+1000
26DFJames Hurst 000000000000
27MFSam Mantom 000000000000
28DFBilly Jones 24+3120200006+200
30DFGabriel Tamaș 7+402021005+1110
32FWMarc-Antoine Fortuné 9+1210+101+10005+3010
34MFKemar Roofe 000000000000
35MFRomaine Sawyers 000000000000
36FWAdil Nabi 000000000000
37MFKayleden Brown 000000000000
38FWSaido Berahino 00000+10000+1000
39FWChris Wood^ 000000000000
40DFLiam O'Neil 000000000000
41DFCameron Gayle 000000000000
43FWIsaiah Brown 0+100000000000
Own goals 000000


^On loan

Statistics accurate as of 30 September 2012[18]

References

  1. "West Brom sign Ben Foster on permanent deal". The Sun. 29 June 2012.
  2. "El Ghanassy seals Baggies switch". West Bromwich Albion FC. 11 July 2012.
  3. "West Brom win Rosenberg race". Sky Sports. 8 August 2012.
  4. "Baggies bring in Lukaku". Sky Sports. 10 August 2012.
  5. "Mattock moves to Wednesday". Sheffield Wednesday. 8 June 2012.
  6. "Nicky Shorey makes Royal return". Reading FC. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  7. Pete O'Rourke (3 July 2012). "Shakers to snap up striker". Sky Sports (Sky Sports). Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  8. "Paul Downing & Connor Taylor sign one-year deals for Walsall". BBC Sport. 1 August 2012.
  9. "Andrews Signs". Bolton Wanderers. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  10. "Fulop goes Greek". Sky Sports. 14 July 2012.
  11. Perfekt: Paul Scharner unterschreibt für zwei Jahre
  12. "Nottingham Forest sign Simon Cox from West Brom on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 14 August 2012.
  13. "Millwall sign West Brom striker Chris Wood on loan". BBC Sport. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  14. "Portsmouth re-sign West Brom's Scott Allan". BBC Sport. 29 October 2012.
  15. "West Brom's George Thorne loaned to Peterborough United". BBC Sport. 21 November 2012.
  16. "Leeds United sign Alan Tate and Jerome Thomas on loan". BBC Sport. 22 November 2012.
  17. "Tranmere sign Michael O'Halloran & Donervon Daniels on loan". BBC Sport. 22 November 2012.
  18. "Season 2012/13 – Appearances and Goalscorers". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2012.