2012–13 Manchester City F.C. season facts for kids

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Manchester City

2012–13 season
Manager	Roberto Mancini (until 13 May 2013) Brian Kidd
Stadium	Etihad Stadium
Premier League	2nd
FA Cup	Runner-up
League Cup	Third round
Champions League	Group stage
Community Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Edin Džeko, Sergio Agüero, Carlos Tévez (14) All: Carlos Tévez (20)
Highest home attendance	47,386 vs. Everton
Lowest home attendance	28,015 vs. Aston Villa
Average home attendance	45,781
Home Away Third
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Manchester City F.C. season was Manchester City's 111th season, 11th English Premier League season in a row, and their 21st season in the Premier League since the team was created.

Squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Joe Hart 2 DF Micah Richards 3 DF Maicon 4 DF Vincent Kompany 5 DF Pablo Zabaleta 6 DF Joleon Lescott 7 MF James Milner 8 MF Samir Nasri 10 FW Edin Džeko 11 MF Scott Sinclair 13 DF Aleksandar Kolarov 14 MF Javi García 16 FW Sergio Agüero

No. Position Player 17 MF Jack Rodwell 18 MF Gareth Barry 21 MF David Silva 22 DF Gaël Clichy 28 DF Kolo Touré 29 GK Richard Wright 30 GK Costel Pantilimon 32 FW Carlos Tevez 33 DF Matija Nastasić 42 MF Yaya Touré 60 FW John Guidetti 62 MF Abdul Razak

Season

Overall

FA Community Shield

12 August 2012	Chelsea	2–3	Manchester City	Birmingham
13:30 BST	Torres  40' Bertrand  80' Ivanović  42'	Report	Y. Touré  52' Tevez  59' Nasri  64'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,394 Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

Premier League

Table

Matches

1 19 August 2012	Manchester City	3–2	Southampton	Manchester
16:00 BST	Tevez  39' Džeko  71' Nasri  80' 80'	Report	Lambert  60' Fox 60' Davis  67' Schneiderlin 87'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,109 Referee: Howard Webb

2 26 August 2012	Liverpool	2–2	Manchester City	Liverpool
16:00 BST	Škrtel  34' Suárez  66' 90+4'	Report	Y. Touré  63' Tevez  80'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,492 Referee: Andre Marriner

3 1 September 2012	Manchester City	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Manchester
17:30 BST	Y. Touré  16' Kolarov 45' Džeko  61' Rodwell 73' Tevez  90+2'	Report	Zamora  59' 85'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 45,579 Referee: Chris Foy

4 15 September 2012	Stoke City	1–1	Manchester City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Crouch  15'	Report	García  35' 55'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,101 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

5 23 September 2012	Manchester City	1–1	Arsenal	Manchester
16:00 BST	Lescott  40'	Report	Koscielny  82'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,318 Referee: Mike Dean

6 29 September 2012	Fulham	1–2	Manchester City	London
15:00 BST	Petrić  10' (pen.)	Report	Agüero  43' Džeko  87'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,698 Referee: Mark Halsey

7 6 October 2012	Manchester City	3–0	Sunderland	Manchester
12:45 BST	Kolarov  5' Agüero  60' Milner  89'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,036 Referee: Lee Probert

8 20 October 2012	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Manchester City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Long  67'	Report	Džeko  80', 90+2'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,891 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

9 27 October 2012	Manchester City	1–0	Swansea City	Manchester
17:30 BST	Tevez  61'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,801 Referee: Martin Atkinson

11 11 November 2012	Manchester City	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
13:30 GMT	Zabaleta 29' Agüero  65' Džeko  88'	Report	Caulker  21' Walker 27' Adebayor 76'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,208 Referee: Michael Oliver

12 17 November 2012	Manchester City	5–0	Aston Villa	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Silva  43' Agüero  54' (pen.), 67' Tevez  65' (pen.), 74'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,072 Referee: Jon Moss

14 28 November 2012	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Manchester City	Wigan
20:00 GMT	Gomez 45+2'	Report	Barry 64' Balotelli  69' Milner  72'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 19,623 Referee: Mark Halsey

15 1 December 2012	Manchester City	1–1	Everton	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Tevez  43' (pen.)	Report	Fellaini  33'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,386 Referee: Lee Probert

16 9 December 2012	Manchester City	2–3	Manchester United	Manchester
13:30 GMT	Touré  60' Zabaleta  85'		Rooney  15' Rooney  28' van Persie  90+3'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,166 Referee: Martin Atkinson

17 15 December 2012	Newcastle United	1–3	Manchester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
12:45 GMT	Ba  51'	Report	Agüero  10' García  39' Y. Touré  78'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,579 Referee: Andre Marriner

18 22 December 2012	Manchester City	1–0	Reading	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Barry  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,007 Referee: Mike Dean

19 26 December 2012	Sunderland	1–0	Manchester City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Johnson  53'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,190 Referee: Kevin Friend

20 29 December 2012	Norwich City	3–4	Manchester City	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Pilkington  15' Martin  63', 75'	Report	Džeko  2', 4' Agüero  50' Bunn  67' (o.g)	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,827 Referee: Mike Jones

21 1 January 2013	Manchester City	3–0	Stoke City	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Zabaleta  43' Džeko  56' 57' Lescott 59' Agüero  74' (pen.)	Report	Huth 47' N'Zonzi 73'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,192 Referee: Michael Oliver

22 13 January 2013	Arsenal	0–2	Manchester City	London
16:00 GMT		Report	Milner  21' Džeko  32'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,107 Referee: Mike Dean

23 19 January 2013	Manchester City	2–0	Fulham	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Silva  2', 69' García 65'	Report	Karagounis 24' Richardson 56'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,286 Referee: Jon Moss

24 29 January 2013	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Manchester City	London
19:45 GMT	Mbia 40' Granero 58'	Report	Barry 63' Zabaleta 84'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,894 Referee: Phil Dowd

25 3 February 2013	Manchester City	2–2	Liverpool	Manchester
16:00 GMT	Džeko  23' Agüero  78'	Report	Sturridge  29' Gerrard  73'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,301 Referee: Anthony Taylor

26 9 February 2013	Southampton	3–1	Manchester City	Southampton
17:30 GMT	Puncheon  7' Davis  22' Barry  48' (o.g.)	Report	Džeko  39'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,738 Referee: Martin Atkinson

27 24 February 2013	Manchester City	2–0	Chelsea	Manchester
13:30 GMT	Toure  63' Tevez  85'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,256 Referee: Andre Marriner

28 4 March 2013	Aston Villa	0–1	Manchester City	Birmingham
20:00 GMT			Tevez  45+1'	Stadium: Villa Park Referee: Mike Dean

29 16 March 2013	Everton	2–0	Manchester City	Liverpool
12:45 GMT	Osman  32' Jelavić  90'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,519 Referee: Lee Probert

30 30 March 2013	Manchester City	4–0	Newcastle United	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Tevez  41' Silva  45+1' Kompany  56' Y. Touré  69'	Report OG corrected		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,201 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

31 8 April 2013	Manchester United	1–2	Manchester City	Manchester
20:00 BST	Kompany  59' (o.g.)	Report	Milner  51' Agüero  78'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,498 Referee: Mike Dean

32 17 April 2013	Manchester City	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester
19:45 BST	Tevez  83'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,106 Referee: Anthony Taylor

33 21 April 2013	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Manchester City	London
13:30 BST	Dempsey  75' Defoe  80' Bale  82'	Report	Nasri  5'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,121 Referee: Lee Mason

34 27 April 2013	Manchester City	2–1	West Ham United	Manchester
12:45 BST	Agüero  28' Y. Touré  83'	Report	Carroll  90+4'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,189 Referee: Howard Webb

36 7 May 2013	Manchester City	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Manchester
19:45 BST	Džeko  35'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,158 Referee: Phil Dowd

37 14 May 2013	Reading	0–2	Manchester City	Reading
20:00 BST		Report	Agüero  40' Džeko  88'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 22,859 Referee: Martin Atkinson

38 19 May 2013	Manchester City	2–3	Norwich City	Manchester
16:00 BST	Rodwell  29', 59'	Report	Pilkington  26' Holt  54' Howson  65'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,054 Referee: Mark Halsey

Football League Cup

Third round 25 September 2012	Manchester City	2–4	Aston Villa	Manchester
19:45 BST	Balotelli  27' Kolarov  64'		Barry  59' (o.g.) Agbonlahor  70', 113' N'Zogbia  96'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 28,015 Referee: Phil Dowd

FA Cup

Third round 5 January 2013	Manchester City	3–0	Watford	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Tevez  22' Barry  44' Lopes  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,821 Referee: Phil Dowd

Fourth round 26 January 2013	Stoke City	0–1	Manchester City	Stoke-on-Trent
12:45 GMT		Report	Zabaleta  85'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 19,814 Referee: Howard Webb

Fifth round 17 February 2013	Manchester City	4–0	Leeds United	Manchester
14:00 GMT	Y. Touré  5' Agüero  15' (pen.), 74' Tevez  52'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,849 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Sixth round 9 March 2013	Manchester City	5–0	Barnsley	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Tevez  11', 31', 50' Kolarov  27' Silva  65'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,728 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Semi-finals 14 April 2013	Chelsea	1–2	Manchester City	London
16:00 BST	Ba  66'	Report	Nasri  35' Agüero  47'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,621 Referee: Chris Foy

Final 11 May 2013	Manchester City	0–1	Wigan Athletic	London
17:15 BST		Report	Watson  90'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 86,254 Referee: Andre Marriner

UEFA Champions League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14
2	Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	15	9	+6	11
3	Ajax	6	1	1	4	8	16	–8	4
4	Manchester City	6	0	3	3	7	11	–4	3

Matches

1 18 September 2012	Real Madrid	3–2	Manchester City	Madrid, Spain
19:45 BST	Marcelo  76' Benzema  87' Ronaldo  90'	Report	Džeko  69' Kolarov  85'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

2 3 October 2012	Manchester City	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Manchester, England
19:45 BST	Balotelli  90' (pen.)	Report	Reus  61'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 43,607 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

3 24 October 2012	Ajax	3–1	Manchester City	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:45 BST	De Jong  45' Moisander  57' Eriksen  68'	Report	Nasri  22'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,743 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

4 6 November 2012	Manchester City	2–2	Ajax	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT	Y. Touré  22' Agüero  74'	Report	De Jong  10', 17'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 40,222 Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

5 21 November 2012	Manchester City	1–1	Real Madrid	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT	Agüero  73' (pen.)	Report	Benzema  10'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 45,740 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

6 4 December 2012	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Manchester City	Dortmund, Germany
19:45 GMT	Schieber  57'	Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Statistics

Top scorers

These are the top scorers for all tournaments.

17 goals

15 goals

• Edin Džeko

10 goals

• Yaya Touré

5 goals

Images for kids

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  In the opening Champions League group game Manchester City twice took the lead against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu, but ultimately lost the match.