Premier League 2012/13

Premier League 2012/13
master	Manchester United
Champions League	Manchester United Manchester City Chelsea FC
Champions League qualification	Arsenal FC
Europe League	Wigan Athletic
Europa League qualification	Tottenham Hotspur Swansea City
Cup winners	Wigan Athletic
Relegated	Wigan Athletic Reading FC Queens Park Rangers
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1,063  (ø 2.8 per game)
spectator	13,650,568  (ø 35,923 per game)
Top scorer	Robin van Persie (Manchester United)
← Premier League 2011/12 Premier League 2013/14 →
Football League Championship 2012/13 ↓

The Premier League 2012/13 was the 21st season of the Premier League and at the same time the 114th first division season in English football. It started on August 18, 2012 and ended on May 19, 2013.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester United	38	28	5	5	086:430	+43	89
2.	Manchester City (M)	38	23	9	6th	066:340	+32	78
3.	Chelsea FC (P)	38	22nd	9	7th	075:390	+36	75
4th	Arsenal FC	38	21st	10	7th	072:370	+35	73
5.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	21st	9	8th	066:460	+20	72
6th	Everton FC	38	16	15th	7th	055:400	+15	63
7th	Liverpool FC (L)	38	16	13	9	071:430	+28	61
8th.	West Bromwich Albion	38	14th	7th	17th	053:570	−4	49
9.	Swansea City	38	11	13	14th	047:510	−4	46
10.	West Ham United (N)	38	12	10	16	045:530	−8	46
11.	Norwich City	38	10	14th	14th	041:580	−17	44
12.	Fulham FC	38	11	10	17th	050:600	−10	43
13.	Stoke City	38	9	15th	14th	034:450	−11	42
14th	Southampton FC (N)	38	9	14th	15th	049:600	−11	41
15th	Aston Villa	38	10	11	17th	047:690	−22	41
16.	Newcastle United	38	11	8th	19th	045:680	−23	41
17th	Sunderland AFC	38	9	12	17th	041:540	−13	39
18th	Wigan Athletic	38	9	9	20th	047:730	−26	36
19th	Reading FC (N)	38	6th	10	22nd	043:730	−30	28
20th	Queens Park Rangers	38	4th	13	21st	030:600	−30	25th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

English champion and participation in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League : Manchester United

Participation in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League: Manchester City & Chelsea FC

Participation in the Champions League qualification: Arsenal FC

Participation in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League play-offs : Tottenham Hotspur

League Cup 2012/13 winner and qualification for the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League: Swansea City

2012/13 FA Cup winner , participation in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League and relegation to the 2013/14 Football League Championship : Wigan Athletic

Relegation to the Football League Championship 2013/14: Reading FC & Queens Park Rangers

(M)	English champion 2011/12
(P)	FA Cup winner 2011/12
(L)	League Cup Winner 2011/12
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Championship 2011/12

Season statistics

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Robin van Persie	Manchester United	26th
2.	Luis Suarez	Liverpool FC	23
3.	Gareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur	21st
4th	Christian Benteke	Aston Villa	19th
5.	Michu	Swansea City	18th
6th	Romelu Lukaku	West Bromwich Albion	17th
7th	Demba Ba	Newcastle United / Chelsea FC	15th
	Dimitar Berbatov	Fulham FC
	Rickie Lambert	Southampton FC
	Frank Lampard	Chelsea FC

Goal assists list

If the number of assists is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically by surname or artist name.

Pl.	Surname	team	templates
01.	Juan Mata	Chelsea FC	012
02.	Santiago Cazorla	Arsenal FC	011
	Eden Hazard	Chelsea FC
04th	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	010
	Theo Walcott	Arsenal FC
06th	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool FC	09
	Robin van Persie	Manchester United
	Lukas Podolski	Arsenal FC
09.	Shaun Maloney	Wigan Athletic	08th
	David Silva	Manchester City
	Carlos Tévez	Manchester City

The Manchester United championship team

According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least five Premier League games for the master club. With this in mind, only the following players count as English champions of the 2012/13 season. In addition, three medals were given as a special dispensation to Alexander Büttner, Darren Fletcher and Anders Lindegaard. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

Manchester United

Goal: David de Gea (28 / -); Anders Lindegaard (10 / -) Defense: Patrice Evra (34/4); Rafael (28/3); Rio Ferdinand (28/1); Jonny Evans (23/3); Nemanja Vidić (19/1); Phil Jones (17 / -); Chris Smalling (15 / -); Alexander Buettner (4/1) Midfield: Michael Carrick (36/1); Antonio Valencia (30/1); Tom Cleverley (22/2); Ryan Giggs (22/2); Shinji Kagawa (20/6); Ashley Young (19 / -); Anderson (17/1); Paul Scholes (16/1); Nani (11/1); Darren Fletcher (3/1) Storm: Robin van Persie (38/26); Wayne Rooney (27/12); Danny Welbeck (27/1); Chicharito (22/10) Coach: Alex Ferguson

Individual evidence

1. ↑ When does 2012/13 season start. premierleague.com, accessed March 28, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Premier League 2012-13: Full list of fixtures. Guardian , June 18, 2012, accessed June 18, 2012 . 
3. ↑ List of goalscorers for table football
4. ↑ premierleague.com from premierleague.com , accessed on 31 December 2015
5. ↑ Squad Reds get medals , article on manutd.com of April 26, 2013, accessed February 3, 2015