2012–13 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
2012–13 season
Chairman Michael Johnston
Manager Kenny Shiels[1]
Stadium Rugby Park
Premier League Ninth place
Scottish Cup Quarter-final, lost to Hibernian
League Cup Second round, lost to Stenhousemuir
Top goalscorer League:
Cillian Sheridan (9)
Paul Heffernan (9)
All:
Paul Heffernan (12)
Highest home attendance 6,523 v Dundee, 4 August 2012
Lowest home attendance 3,198 v Hibernian, 15 May 2013
Average home league attendance League: 4,646[2]
Home colours
Away colours

The 2012–13 season was Kilmarnock's fourteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup of which they were the defending champions, having beaten Celtic in the Final the previous season.[3]

Summary

Season

Kilmarnock finished ninth in the Scottish Premier League.[4] They reached the second round of the League Cup[5] and the Quarter-final of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad information

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
29 MF Manuel Pascali[11] Italy 25 Club captain

Last updated: 18 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 18 May 2013[12][13]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Cammy Bell 33 0 30+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF Netherlands Jeroen Tesselaar 30 0 25+1 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
3 DF Scotland Garry Hay 9 0 5+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
4 MF Scotland James Fowler 38 3 33+1 3 1+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF Scotland Ryan O'Leary 30 1 22+6 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF England Michael Nelson 23 2 21+0 1 1+0 1 1+0 0
7 MF England Danny Racchi 18 1 8+8 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland Liam Kelly 19 6 19+0 6 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Northern Ireland Sammy Clingan 15 2 13+1 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Réunion William Gros 20 1 9+8 1 0+1 0 2+0 0
10 MF England James Dayton 31 2 23+4 1 0+1 0 2+1 1
11 MF Scotland Gary Harkins 17 2 14+2 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 9 3 6+2 3 0+0 0 0+1 0
12 FW Republic of Ireland Cillian Sheridan 29 10 19+7 9 0+0 0 2+1 1
14 FW Republic of Ireland Paul Heffernan 30 12 22+5 9 0+0 0 2+1 3
15 FW Spain Borja Pérez 28 4 19+6 3 1+0 0 2+0 1
16 FW England Rory Boulding 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 GK Wales Kyle Letheren 10 0 8+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF England Lee Johnson 14 0 7+5 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
19 MF Nigeria Rabiu Ibrahim 6 0 2+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland Gary Fisher 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Northern Ireland Rory McKeown 18 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
24 FW Scotland Rory McKenzie 24 2 8+14 2 1+0 0 0+1 0
25 DF Scotland Ross Barbour 18 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
26 DF England Alex Pursehouse 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF Northern Ireland Jude Winchester 10 2 5+3 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
29 MF Italy Manuel Pascali 25 3 24+0 3 1+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW Scotland Chris Johnston 10 1 4+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 FW Scotland Ross Davidson 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
33 MF Scotland Matthew Kennedy 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 DF Scotland Lee Ashcroft 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF Scotland Craig Slater 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 DF Scotland Mark O'Hara 20 1 13+4 1 0+1 0 1+1 0
39 FW Scotland Robbie Muirhead 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
46 DF Scotland Greg Kiltie 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
53 GK Finland Anssi Jaakkola 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
88 DF France Mahamadou Sissoko 22 0 18+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 18 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 Scotland GK Cammy Bell 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
2 Netherlands DF Jeroen Tesselaar 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 Scotland DF Garry Hay 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
4 Scotland MF James Fowler 10 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
5 Scotland DF Ryan O'Leary 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
6 England DF Michael Nelson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 England MF Danny Racchi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Scotland MF Liam Kelly 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
8 Northern Ireland MF Sammy Clingan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Réunion FW William Gros 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
10 England MF James Dayton 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Scotland MF Gary Harkins 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
11 Scotland FW Kris Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Republic of Ireland FW Cillian Sheridan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Republic of Ireland FW Paul Heffernan 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
15 Spain FW Borja Perez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 England FW Rory Boulding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Wales GK Kyle Letheren 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 England MF Lee Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Nigeria MF Rabiu Ibrahim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Scotland DF Gary Fisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Northern Ireland DF Rory McKeown 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 Scotland FW Rory McKenzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Scotland DF Ross Barbour 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
26 England DF Alex Pursehouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Northern Ireland MF Jude Winchester 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 Italy MF Manuel Pascali 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
30 Scotland FW Chris Johnston 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 Scotland FW Ross Davidson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Scotland MF Matthew Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Scotland DF Lee Ashcroft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Scotland MF Craig Slater 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Scotland DF Mark O'Hara 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
39 Scotland FW Robbie Muirhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Scotland DF Greg Kilpie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 Finland GK Anssi Jaakkola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 France DF Mahamadou Sissoko 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 2013–14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 11 47
7 Hibernian2 38 13 12 13 49 52 3 512013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
8 Aberdeen2 38 11 15 12 41 43 2 48
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 12 15 52 53 1 45
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 11 11 16 40 49 9 44
11 St. Mirren 38 9 14 15 47 60 13 41
12 Dundee (R) 38 7 9 22 28 66 38 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic are already qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round.
2 Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division summary

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Result D D L W D L W W L L W L W D L L W D W D D L D L W D W D D L W D L L L W L L
Position 6 6 10 6 7 8 4 3 6 7 6 7 5 5 8 9 8 8 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 6 5 6 7 8 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9

Last updated: 18 May 2013.
Source: [14]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Netherlands Jeroen Tesselaar Scotland St Mirren Free[15]
England Rory Boulding Scotland Livingston Free[16]
Spain Borja Perez Spain Alcorcón Free[17]
Republic of Ireland Cillian Sheridan Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Free[18]
France Mahamadou Sissoko Italy Udinese Free[19]
Nigeria Rabiu Ibrahim Scotland Celtic Free[20]
Northern Ireland Sammy Clingan England Doncaster Rovers Free[21]
Scotland Kris Boyd United States Portland Timbers Free[22]

Players out

Player To Fee
Netherlands Danny Buijs Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam[23] Free[24]
Australia Jonathan Stynes England Cambridge City[25] Free[26]
Scotland Greig Thorburn Scotland Annan Athletic[27] Free[28]
Scotland Ross Lindsay Scotland Clyde[29] Free[30]
Scotland Andy Rankin Scotland Newmains United Community[31] Free[32]
Cape Verde David Silva Portugal Olhanense Free[33]
Czech Republic Zdeněk Kroča Czech Republic Tescoma Zlín Free[34]
Serbia Nic Rajovic Scotland Clyde Free[35]
Belgium Dieter Van Tornhout Belgium Royal Antwerp[36] Free[37]
Northern Ireland Dean Shiels Scotland Rangers Free[38]
Scotland Russell Cadwell Scotland Stranraer Free[39]
Scotland Gary Fisher Scotland Hamilton Academical Loan[40]
Scotland Matthew Kennedy England Everton £200,000[41]
Scotland Ross Fisher Scotland Brechin City Loan[42]
Scotland Ross Davidson Scotland Airdrie United Loan[43]
Scotland Liam Kelly England Bristol City Undisclosed[44]
England Michael Nelson England Bradford City £30,000[45]
England Rory Boulding Scotland Dundee United[46] Free[47]
Scotland Gary Harkins Scotland Dundee Undisclosed[48]
England Lee Johnson England Oldham Athletic[note 1][49] Free[50]
England Alex Pursehouse Scotland Brechin City[51] Free[52]

Notes

  1. Became manager of Oldham Athletic in March 2013.

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