2012–13 Sevilla FC season

Sevilla

2012–13 season
Chairman	José María del Nido
Manager	Míchel (until January 14) Unai Emery (from January 14)
La Liga	9th
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Álvaro Negredo (25) All: Álvaro Negredo (31)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012–13 Spanish football season is Sevilla Fútbol Club's 12th consecutive season in La Liga and the first season without playing European competitions since 2004. The team manager in the previous season, Míchel, continued with the team.

Trophies balance

Category	Trophy	Started round	First match	Result	Last match
Friendly Trophy	2nd Antonio Camacho Memorial	Final	21 July 2012	Winners	21 July 2012
	36th Costa Brava Trophy	Final	26 July 2012	Winners	26 July 2012
	5th Antonio Puerta Trophy	Final	8 August 2012	Winners	8 August 2012
Competitive	Liga BBVA	—	18 August 2012	09th	1 June 2013
	Copa del Rey	Round of 32	1 November 2012	Semi-finals	2013

Competitive balance

Biggest win
	Home				Away
Liga BBVA	18 November 2012	Matchday 12	v. Real Betis	5 – 1	24 September 2012	Matchday 5	v. Deportivo La Coruña	0 – 2
Copa del Rey	1 November 2012	Quarter-finals, 2nd leg	v. Real Zaragoza	4 – 0	28 November 2012	Round of 16, 1st leg	v. Mallorca	0 – 5
Biggest loss
	Home				Away
Liga BBVA	15 December 2012	Matchday 16	v. Málaga	0 – 2	25 November 2012	Matchday 13	v. Atlético Madrid	4 – 0
Copa del Rey	9 January 2013	Round of 16, 2nd leg	v. Mallorca	1 – 2	Date	Matchday	Rival	Score

Summer transfers

In

In (6 players)
Player	From	Fee
Diego López	Villarreal	€3.5M
Hedwiges Maduro	Valencia	Free
Bryan Rabello	Colo-Colo	Free
Geoffrey Kondogbia	Lens	€3M
Cicinho	Palmeiras	€2M
Alberto Botía	Sporting Gijón	€3M

Out

Out (7 players)
Player	New Team	Fee
Martín Cáceres	Juventus	€9.5M
Arouna Koné	Levante	Free
Frédéric Kanouté	Beijing Guoan	Free
Emiliano Armenteros	Osasuna	Free
Julien Escudé	Beşiktaş	Free
Romaric	Real Zaragoza	Free
Tom de Mul	Free agent

Loan out

Loan out (6 players)
Player	Team
Javi Varas	Celta Vigo
Alexis Ruano	Getafe
Tiberio Guarente	Bologna
Luis Alberto	Barcelona B
Lautaro Acosta	Boca Juniors
Hiroshi Ibusuki	Eupen

Loan return

Loan return (2 players)
Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-season
Player	From
Bernardo	Racing Santander
Javi Hervás	Córdoba
Martín Cáceres	Juventus
Arouna Koné	Levante
Emiliano Armenteros	Rayo Vallecano
Alexis	Getafe
Romaric	Espanyol
Lautaro Acosta	Racing Santander

Promotion from youth system

Promotion from youth system (1 player)
Italics for players who were promoted from youth system but left the team during pre-season
Player	Date of birth (Age)
Álex Rubio	(1993-07-23)23 July 1993 (aged 18)
Hiroshi Ibusuki	(1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 21)

Winter transfers

In

In (1 player)
Player	From	Fee
Miroslav Stevanović	Vojvodina	€1M

Out

Out (1 player)
Player	New Team	Fee
Diego López	Real Madrid	€4M

Loan in

Loan in (1 player)
Player	From
Beto	Braga

Loan out

Loan out (2 players)
Player	Team
Bernardo	Sporting Gijón
Antonio Luna	Mallorca

Promotion from youth system

Promotion from youth system (1 player)
Italics for players who were promoted from youth system but left the team during pre-season
Player	Date of birth (Age)
Julián Cuesta	(1991-03-28)28 March 1991 (aged 21)

Current squad

Squad

• Updated to 30 January 2013

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Andrés Palop (captain) 3 DF Fernando Navarro 4 DF Emir Spahić 5 DF Cala 6 MF José Campaña 7 MF Jesús Navas 8 MF Gary Medel 9 FW Álvaro Negredo 10 MF Diego Perotti 11 MF Ivan Rakitić 12 DF Hedwiges Maduro 13 GK Beto (On loan from Braga) 14 FW Manu del Moral

No. Position Player 15 MF Piotr Trochowski 17 MF Javi Hervás 18 MF Miroslav Stevanović 19 MF José Antonio Reyes 20 FW Baba Diawara 21 DF Cicinho 22 MF Geoffrey Kondogbia 23 DF Coke 24 DF Alberto Botía 28 FW Álex Rubio 29 GK Julián Cuesta 30 MF Bryan Rabello

Youth system

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 26 DF Francisco Javier Atienza 27 MF Jozabed Sánchez 31 MF Joaquín García 32 FW Jonathan Diego Menéndez 33 MF Antonio Jesús Cotán 34 DF Israel Puerto 35 DF Alberto Moreno 36 GK Néstor Díaz 37 GK Sergio Rico

No. Position Player 38 DF Samu de los Reyes 39 MF Alban Bunjaku 40 DF Martí Tapia 41 FW Gonzalo Suárez – MF Salva Rivas – DF Modesto Acosta – DF Daniel Pérez – MF Jesús Alfaro

Long-term injuries

Congenital abnormality in Maduro's heart

Out between: July 2012 – September 2012

On 28 July, Sevilla FC officially announced that Hedwiges Maduro suffers a congenital anomaly in his heart. It was detected in a special examination by physicians during the second part of the team's summer concentration in Costa Ballena, near Rota, and it is an anomaly which is not possible to detect in standard tests. As the gravity of this anomaly wasn't known, the club preferred to preserve confidentiality in this matter. The club said days after that the player had traveled to Houston, Texas, for an examination and a full diagnosis. Maduro said after the first extensive revisions made in Spain that his life was not in danger. After being investigated in Houston by Dr. Paolo Angelini, Sevilla FC medical services made public that Maduro's abnormality will not prevent him from playing football professionally, so they could rejoin the squad normally in late August. Consequently, he could play, if Míchel wants, the matchday 3 in Vallecas against Rayo Vallecano on 2 September.

Trochowski's knee injury

Out between: September 2012 – May 2013

After scoring the first goal of the match between FC Barcelona and Sevilla on 29 September, Piotr Trochowski had to retire with a knee injury. Sevilla's medical services analyzed his illness during the following days. The treatment he received first failed, and doctors thought it was appropriate to operate him in late October in Denver, Colorado. After the surgery, the club told press that the time without playing would be eight months, figuring that his reappearance could be in May 2013, so he would miss the remainder of the season.

Called up by their national football team

List of players called up by their national team
Updated to 22 January 2013
4	Emir Spahić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	v.  Wales (15 August 2012) v.  Liechtenstein (7 September 2012) v.  Latvia (11 September 2012) v.  Greece (12 October 2012) v.  Lithuania (16 October 2012) v.  Algeria (14 November 2012)
7	Jesús Navas	Spain	v.  Puerto Rico (15 August 2012) v.  Saudi Arabia (7 September 2012) v.  Georgia (11 September 2012) v.  Belarus (12 October 2012) v.  France (16 October 2012) v.  Panama (14 November 2012)
8		Croatia	v.   Switzerland (15 August 2012) v.  Macedonia (7 September 2012) v.  Belgium (11 September 2012) v.  Macedonia (12 October 2012) v.  Wales (16 October 2012)
16	José Campaña	Spain U19	v.  Greece (3 July 2012) v.  Portugal (6 July 2012) v.  Estonia (9 July 2012) v.  France (12 July 2012) v.  Greece (15 July 2012)
22	Geoffrey Kondogbia	France U20	v.  Ukraine (13 November 2012)
28	Álex Rubio	Spain U20	v.  Japan (17 August 2012) v.  Saudi Arabia (19 August 2012) v.  Argentina (21 August 2012) v.  South Korea (22 August 2012) v.  Argentina (23 August 2012)
30	Bryan Rabello	Chile U20	v. France U21 (10 September 2012) v.  Argentina (10 January 2013) v.  Bolivia (12 January 2013) v.  Colombia (13 January 2013) v.  Paraguay (16 January 2013) v.  Paraguay (20 January 2013) v.  Ecuador (23 January 2013) v.  Uruguay (27 January 2013) v.  Colombia (30 January 2013) v.  Peru (3 February 2013)

Match stats

Updated to 29 January 2013

No.	Pos.	Player
			Liga	Cup	Liga	Cup	Liga	Cup	Liga	Cup
1	GK	Andrés Palop			1
2	DF	Federico Fazio	3	1	2	1			2
3	DF	Fernando Navarro			5
4	DF	Emir Spahić	1		8	1
5	DF	Cala		1	2	1
6	MF	José Campaña			2
7	MF	Jesús Navas			2	1
8	MF	Gary Medel	3	1	6		1		1
9	FW	Álvaro Negredo	9	5	1
10	MF	Diego Perotti		1	1
11	MF	Ivan Rakitić	3	2	7		1
12	MF	Hedwiges Maduro			2	1
13	GK	Diego López (Out)							1
14	FW	Manu del Moral		2	1	1
15	MF	Piotr Trochowski (LTI)	2
16	MF	Antonio Luna (Out)		1	1				1
19	MF	José Antonio Reyes	3		2		1
20	FW	Baba Diawara		1
21	DF	Cicinho	1		4	1
22	MF	Geoffrey Kondogbia	1		1
23	DF	Coke			2		1
24	DF	Alberto Botía		1	7	1

Competitions

Pre-season and friendly tournaments

Friendly matches

2nd Antonio Camacho Memorial

36th Costa Brava Trophy

5th Antonio Puerta Trophy

La Liga

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Against	GET	GRA	RYV	RM	DEP	FCB	CEL	MLL	ZAR	LEV	ATH	BET	ATM	RV	ESP	MGA	RSO	OSA	VAL	GET	GRA	RYV	RM	DEP	FCB	CEL	MLL	ZAR	LEV	ATH	BET	ATM	RV	ESP	MGA	RSO	OSA	VAL
Venue	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Position	5	7	8	5	5	4	7	5	7	7	10	7	10	11	11	13	14	12	12	12	11
Goal Average (useful in case of tie)[2]																				Won	Won

     Win       Draw       Lost

		All							Home							Away
		Pts	W	D	L	F	A	Dif.	Pts	W	D	L	F	A	Dif.	Pts	W	D	L	F	A	Dif.
11	Sevilla	26	7	5	9	27	29	–2	19	6	1	3	18	11	+7	7	1	4	6	9	18	–9

     Liga BBVA Winner (also qualified for 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group Stage)
     2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
     2013–14 UEFA Champions League 4th Qualifying Round
     2013–14 UEFA Europa League Group Stage
     2013–14 UEFA Europa League 4th Qualifying Round
     2013–14 UEFA Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round
     Relegation to Liga Adelante

Matches

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Others

5th Champions for Africa

For the fifth consecutive time, Frédéric Kanouté and his foundation, along with support from UNICEF and other agencies and corporations, have organized this solidary friendly match in order to help children in Africa in areas such as health and education, especially in the recently opened Sakina, Ville des Enfants in Bamako (Mali). The game was played again in the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville because the match was also the official farewell and tribute for the Malian, who signed a new contract with Beijing Guoan in China after seven seasons playing for Sevilla. There were two teams composed by players from Liga BBVA, Liga Adelante, and Segunda División B. One of them, called "Sevilla FK", was composed entirely by Sevilla FC former and current players, and was led by Míchel, and the other one, called "Selección Champions" (in English, Champions Team), was led by Manolo Jiménez, Real Zaragoza coach and former Sevilla coach and player.

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