2012–13 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season
# 2012–13 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's fourth year in the Championship and their second at Falmer Stadium. The club returned to the Championship for the second consecutive season after finishing 10th in the 2011–12 season. The club competed in the 2012–13 League Cup losing in the first round to Swindon Town and they were also defeated in the fifth round of the 2013 FA Cup by Arsenal 3–2.

The club made it to the Championship playoffs for the first time since 1991, however they were eliminated at the semifinal stage following a 2–0 defeat to bitter rivals Crystal Palace at Falmer Stadium. This was followed two days later by the suspension of manager Gus Poyet and his assistants.

## Transfers

### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 | GK | Tomasz Kuszczak | 30 | EU | Manchester United | Free | Summer | 2014 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 2 | DF | Bruno | 31 | EU | Valencia | Free | Summer | 2014 | Free | Official Site |
| 28 | DF | Wayne Bridge | 31 | EU | Manchester City | Loan | Summer | 2013 | Season-long | Sky Sports |
| 8 | MF | Andrew Crofts | 28 | EU | Norwich City | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Undisclosed | BBC Sport |
| 11 | MF | Andrea Orlandi | 28 | EU | Swansea City | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | BBC Sport |
| 10 | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 29 | EU | Swansea City | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Undisclosed | BBC Sport |
| 4 | MF | Dean Hammond | 29 | EU | Southampton | Loan | Summer | 2013 | Season-long | BBC Sport |
| 21 | MF | David López | 29 | EU | Athletic Bilbao | Free | Summer | 2013 | Free | BBC Sport |
| | DF | Vitalijs Maksimenko | 22 | EU | Skonto FC | Free | Winter | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Sky Sports |
| 24 | FW | Leonardo Ulloa | 26 | EU | Almería | Transfer | Winter | 2017 | £2,000,000 | BBC Sport |
| | MF | Emil Asmundssen | 18 | EU | Fylkir | Transfer | Winter | 2015 | Undisclosed | BBC Sport |
| | DF | Matthew Upson | 33 | EU | Stoke City | Loan | Winter | 2013 | Season Long Loan | BBC Sport |

### Out

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| N | P | Name | Age | Type | Moving to | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Apps | Goals | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | GK | David González | 29 | Contract Ended | Barnsley | Summer | Free | 2 | 0 | BBC Sport |
| 19 | GK | Michael Poke | 26 | Contract Ended | Torquay United | Summer | Free | 1 | 0 | BBC Sport |
| 8 | MF | Alan Navarro | 31 | Contract Ended | Swindon Town | Summer | Free | 85 | 1 | BBC Sport |
| 35 | MF | Jake Forster-Caskey | 18 | Loan | Oxford United | Summer | Six month loan | 8 | 2 | BBC Sport |
| 32 | MF | Yaser Kasim | 21 | Loan | Luton Town | Summer | Six Month Loan | 2 | 0 | BBC Sport |
| 31 | DF | Grant Hall | 20 | Contract Ended | Tottenham Hotspur | Summer | Free | 1 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 11 | MF | Craig Noone | 24 | Transfer | Cardiff City | Summer | Undisclosed | 64 | 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| | FW | Roland Bergkamp | 21 | Loan | VVV-Venlo | Summer | Season Long Loan | 0 | 0 | BBC Sport |
| 17 | MF | Ryan Harley | 27 | Loan | Milton Keynes Dons | Winter | Season Long Loan | 21 | 2 | BBC Sport |
| N/A | MF | Matt Sparrow | 31 | Free | Crawley Town | Winter | Free | 58 | 8 | Crawley Town FC |
| 10 | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 30 | Loan | Crystal Palace | Winter | Season Long Loan | 13 | 2 | BBC Sport |
| 22 | DF | Marcos Painter | 26 | Loan | Bournemouth | Winter | Season Long Loan | 98 | 1 | BBC Sport |

### Contracts

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | MF | Jake Forster-Caskey | 18 | Signed | 4 years | June 2015 | BBC Sport |
| 15 | MF | Vicente | 30 | Signed | 1 year | June 2013 | Sky Sports |
| 30 | MF | Will Buckley | 23 | Signed | 4 1/2 years | June 2017 | BBC Sport |

## Competitions

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Hull City (P) | 46 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 79 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Watford | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 85 | 58 | +27 | 77 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 69 | 43 | +26 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Crystal Palace (P, O) | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 72 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Leicester City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 68 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 28 April 2013. Source:

### Results round by round

| Round | 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | P | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 17 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad statistics

### Appearances

    As of 28 April 2013

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SVK | Peter Brezovan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Bruno | 31 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Gordon Greer | 40 | 1 | 36+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dean Hammond (on loan from Southampton) | 38 | 2 | 31+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Lewis Dunk | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Adam El-Abd | 33 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Will Hoskins | 12 | 1 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | WAL | Andrew Crofts | 23 | 1 | 16+7 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ashley Barnes | 36 | 9 | 25+8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Andrea Orlandi | 35 | 7 | 29+5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | SCO | Craig Mackail-Smith | 33 | 11 | 26+5 | 11 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Calderón | 28 | 0 | 16+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Vicente | 12 | 2 | 5+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | DEN | Casper Ankergren | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Ryan Harley | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Gary Dicker | 26 | 0 | 12+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Leonardo Ulloa | 17 | 10 | 15+1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Matthew Upson (on loan from Stoke City) | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | David López | 30 | 9 | 24+4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IRL | Marcos Painter | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Torbjørn Agdestein | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | COD | Kazenga LuaLua | 22 | 3 | 7+13 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Liam Bridcutt | 43 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Wayne Bridge (on loan from Manchester City) | 41 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | POL | Tomasz Kuszczak | 42 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Will Buckley | 37 | 8 | 28+8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | George Barker | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Jake Forster-Caskey | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ISL | Emil Asmundssen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | LVA | Vitalijs Maksimenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players currently out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | SCO | Stephen Dobbie (on loan at Crystal Palace) | 13 | 2 | 4+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | IRQ | Yaser Kasim (on loan to Luton Town) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NED | Roland Bergkamp (on loan at VVV-Venlo) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | ENG | Craig Noone | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Romain Vincelot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

**Goalscorers**

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 12 | FW | Craig Mackail-Smith | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 19 | FW | Leonardo Ulloa | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 21 | FW | David López | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | Ashley Barnes | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 30 | MF | Will Buckley | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | Andrea Orlandi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | 28 | DF | Wayne Bridge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 25 | MF | Kazenga LuaLua | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 10 | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | MF | Dean Hammond | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | Vicente | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 2 | DF | Bruno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | DF | Adam El-Abd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 3 | DF | Gordon Greer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 7 | FW | Will Hoskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 20 | DF | Matthew Upson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 4 | 0 | 71 |

**Disciplinary record**

| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | Bruno | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Gordon Greer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Dean Hammond | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Lewis Dunk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Adam El-Abd | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Andrew Crofts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ashley Barnes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Craig Noone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Andrea Orlandi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | '0 |
| 14 | DF | Iñigo Calderón | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Vicente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Casper Ankergren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Gary Dicker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Leonardo Ulloa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Matthew Upson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | David López | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Marcos Painter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Kazenga LuaLua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Liam Bridcutt | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Wayne Bridge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Tomasz Kuszczak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Will Buckley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 67 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 4 |

### Starting 11

    Considering starts in all competitions
    As of 28 April 2013

| No. | Pos. | Name | MS |
| - | - | - | - |
| 29 | GK | Tomasz Kuszczak | 43 |
| 2 | RB | Bruno | 30 |
| 3 | CB | Gordon Greer | 39 |
| 6 | CB | Adam El-Abd | 33 |
| 28 | LB | Wayne Bridge | 42 |
| 11 | CM | Andrea Orlandi | 31 |
| 26 | CM | Liam Bridcutt | 44 |
| 4 | CM | Dean Hammond | 33 |
| 30 | RW | Will Buckley | 29 |
| 12 | CF | Craig Mackail-Smith | 25 |
| 9 | LW | Ashley Barnes | 28 |
