2012–13 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Aberdeen's 100th season in the top flight of Scottish football. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. They finished 8th in the Premier League, reached the fourth round of the League Cup and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup. A number of players all departed during the summer's pre-season. Kari Arnason, Rory McArdle, Youl Mawene and Mohamed Chalali all moved on to new clubs as free agents. Darren Mackie, Yoann Folly and Danny Uchechi were also released by the club. Aberdeen also sold youngster Fraser Fyvie to Premier League side Wigan Athletic for a fee in the region of £500,000.

Aberdeen

2012–13 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Craig Brown (until 6 April) Derek McInnes (from 8 April)
Stadium	Pittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premier League	Eighth Place
Scottish Cup	Fifth round, lost to Hibernian
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-final, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorer	League: Niall McGinn (20) All: Niall McGinn (21)
Highest home attendance	18,083 vs Celtic, 17 November 2012
Lowest home attendance	6,061 vs Motherwell, 1 December 2012
Average home league attendance	9,615
Home colours Away colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Manager Craig Brown made four additions, bringing in wingers Jonny Hayes and Niall McGinn from rival SPL clubs, as well as adding experienced left-back Gary Naysmith to his squad. Mark Reynolds who returned to his parent club Sheffield Wednesday at the end of last season, was allowed to return to Pittodrie on a season long loan.

Craig Brown retired as manager in 2013, with Derek McInnes taking over for the final five games of the season.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Arbroath v Aberdeen

14 July 2012 Friendly	Arbroath	1–5	Aberdeen	Arbroath
15:00	Sibanda 89' (pen.)	AFC	Fallon 34' Magennis 49' Megginson 55' Paton 60' Vernon 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,766 Referee: Somers

Elgin City v Aberdeen

17 July 2012 Friendly	Elgin City	1–0	Aberdeen	Elgin
19:30	Moore 8' (pen.)	AFC		Stadium: Borough Briggs Attendance: 1,486 Referee: Shaw

VfB Alstatte v Aberdeen

21 July 2012 Friendly	VfB Alstatte	0–12	Aberdeen	Alstatte
15:00		AFC	Fallon 11' Jack 17' Milsom 21' (pen.) Pawlett 38, 45' Shaughnessy 40' Rae 49, 76' Vernon 54' (pen.), 55' McGinn 83' Megginson 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion am Bahnhof Attendance: 180

Werder Bremen v Aberdeen

25 July 2012 Friendly	Werder Bremen	1–0	Aberdeen	Bremen
18:00	Elia 24'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 8,500

FC St. Pauli v Aberdeen

28 July 2012 Friendly	FC St. Pauli	1–1	Aberdeen	Hamburg
15:30	Ebbers 63'	AFC	McGinn 71'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 8.402

Aberdeen v Manchester United

14 August 2012 Neil Simpson testimonial	Aberdeen	2–1	Manchester United	Aberdeen
19:00	Hayes 37' Shaughnessy 70'	AFC	Anderson 80'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Clancy

Viking FK v Aberdeen

29 August 2012 Friendly	Viking FK	0–2	Aberdeen	Stavanger
19:00		AFC	Smith 81' Jordon Brown 85'	Stadium: Viking Stadion

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League

Celtic v Aberdeen

4 August 2012 1[1]	Celtic	1–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
12:45	Commons 79'	BBC Sport	Anderson  90+1'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 48,251 Referee: Murray

Aberdeen v Ross County

11 August 2012 2	Aberdeen	0–0	Ross County	Aberdeen
15:00	Jack  22' Vernon  74'	BBC Sport	Tokely  81' McMenamin  90+2'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 14,010 Referee: Norris

St Johnstone v Aberdeen

18 August 2012 3	St Johnstone	1–2	Aberdeen	Perth
15:00	Hasselbaink 83' Anderson  5' Cregg  89'	BBC Sport	Osbourne 16' Hayes 47' Vernon  8' Considine  42' Osbourne  59'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 4,857 Referee: Beaton

Aberdeen v Heart of Midlothian

26 August 2012 4	Aberdeen	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	Aberdeen
15:00	Considine  67'	BBC Sport	Taouil  40' Zaliukas  43' Novikovas  64' McGowan  82' Grainger  90'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 11,971 Referee: Muir

Aberdeen v St Mirren

1 September 2012 5	Aberdeen	0–0	St Mirren	Aberdeen
15:00		BBC Sport	van Zanten  54' Barron  73' Goodwin  75'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 9,288 Referee: Colvin

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Aberdeen

15 September 2012 6	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Aberdeen	Inverness
15:00	Foran 67' (pen.) Doran  18' Meekings  43' Tudar Jones  54' Foran  78'	BBC Sport	Smith 84' Anderson  65' Vernon  66' Smith  84'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 4,499 Referee: Salmond

Aberdeen v Motherwell

23 September 2012 7	Aberdeen	3–3	Motherwell	Aberdeen
12:45	Rae 6' McGinn 84' Magennis 90+3'	BBC Sport	Higdon 42' Hutchinson 48' Law 82' Kerr  18' Hutchinson  27' Hammell  86'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 8,577 Referee: Madden

Aberdeen v Hibernian

29 September 2012 8	Aberdeen	2–1	Hibernian	Aberdeen
12:00	McGinn 4' Rae 71'	BBC Sport	Doyle 33' Maybury  12' Cairney  63' Hanlon  66'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 8,282 Referee: Murray

Kilmarnock v Aberdeen

6 October 2012 9	Kilmarnock	1–3	Aberdeen	Kilmarnock
15:00	O'Leary 3' O'Leary  21' Kelly  72' Johnston  82'	BBC Report	Rae 46' McGinn 55' Vernon 90' Hughes  43' Jack  52' Magennis  82'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 5,540 Referee: Clancy

Dundee United v Aberdeen

20 October 2012 10	Dundee United	1–1	Aberdeen	Dundee
15:15	Rankin 22'  27'	BBC Sport	McGinn 53' Robertson  47' Vernon  62' Anderson  64' Milsom  89'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 9,858 Referee: Brines

Aberdeen v Dundee

27 October 2012 11	Aberdeen	2–0	Dundee	Aberdeen
15:00	McGinn 14' Hayes 74' Hughes  63'	BBC Report	Irvine  25' Davidson  35' McBride  75'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 10,425 Referee: Murray

Ross County v Aberdeen

3 November 2012 12	Ross County	2–1	Aberdeen	Dingwall
15:00	Reynolds 37' (o.g.) Ross 49' Quinn  9' Kettlewell  16' Fitzpatrick  84' McMenamin  91'	BBC Report	McGinn 77' Rae  45'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,064 Referee: Thomson

St Mirren v Aberdeen

10 November 2012 13	St Mirren	1–4	Aberdeen	Paisley
15:00	Thompson 88' McAusland  14'	BBC Report	Hayes 10' McGinn 45' Clark 86' Reynolds 87' Clark  15' Magennis  44'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 4,486 Referee: Finnie

Aberdeen v Celtic

17 November 2012 14	Aberdeen	0–2	Celtic	Aberdeen
12:00		BBC Sport	Nouioui 73' Mulgrew 77'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 18,083[2] Referee: Thomson

Hibernian v Aberdeen

24 November 2012 15	Hibernian	0–1	Aberdeen	Edinburgh
15:00		BBC Sport	McGinn 77'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 12,007 Referee: Madden

Aberdeen v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

27 November 2012 16	Aberdeen	2–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Aberdeen
19:45	Magennis 45', 50' Clark  25' Magennis  45' Vernon  72'	BBC Sport	McKay 36', 82' Warren 58' Warren  42'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 9,193 Referee: Muir

Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen

8 December 2012 17	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Aberdeen	Edinburgh
15:00	Stevenson 31' (Pen.) Paterson 54'	BBC Report	Magennis  30' Considine  45+1'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 14,410 Referee: Norris

Aberdeen v Kilmarnock

15 December 2012 18	Aberdeen	0–2	Kilmarnock	Aberdeen
15:00	Langfield  45' Hayes  60' Reynolds  90+2'	BBC Report	Kelly 45+2' (pen.), 86' Sissoko  37' Fowler  54' Harkins  69'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 8,790 Referee: Charleston

Aberdeen v St Johnstone

22 December 2012 19	Aberdeen	2–0	St Johnstone	Aberdeen
15:00	McGinn 63', 81'	BBC Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 7,051 Referee: Finnie

Motherwell v Aberdeen

26 December 2012 20	Motherwell	4–1	Aberdeen	Motherwell
15:00	Hateley 9' Murphy 31', 45' Higdon 55'  48'	BBC Report	Hayes 34' Robertson  66'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,093 Referee: Thomson

Dundee v Aberdeen

29 December 2012 21	Dundee	1–3	Aberdeen	Dundee
15:00	Stewart 82'	BBC Report	McGinn 46', 69', 89' Shaughnessy  35' Rae  45+2' Anderson  62'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 9,013 Referee: Colvin

Aberdeen v Dundee United

2 January 2013 22	Aberdeen	2–2	Dundee United	Aberdeen
15:00	Vernon 11' McGinn 53' Hayes  60'	BBC Report	Gunning 20' Langfield 34' (o.g.)	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 13,176 Referee: Muir

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Aberdeen

19 January 2013 23	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Aberdeen	Inverness
15:00	Shinnie 53' McKay 61', 78' Meekings  84'	BBC Report	Rae  35' Hayes  56' Robertson  59' Osbourne  68'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 4,734 Referee: Allan

Aberdeen v Hibernian

27 January 2013 24	Aberdeen	0–0	Hibernian	Aberdeen
12:30		BBC Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 7,184 Referee: Thomson

St Johnstone v Aberdeen

30 January 2013 25	St Johnstone	3–1	Aberdeen	Perth
19:30	Tadé 33' Vine 68',  55' Mackay 70'	BBC Sport	McGinn 44' Hughes  71' Shaughnessy  90'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,167 Referee: McLean

Aberdeen v St Mirren

9 February 2013 26	Aberdeen	0–0	St Mirren	Aberdeen
15:00	Reynolds  72'	BBC Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 7,240 Referee: Beaton

Aberdeen v Dundee

15 February 2013 27	Aberdeen	1–0	Dundee	Aberdeen
19:45	McGinn 18'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 7,841 Referee: Colvin

Kilmarnock v Aberdeen

23 February 2013 28	Kilmarnock	1–1	Aberdeen	Kilmarnock
15:00	Heffernan 40'	BBC Sport	Fallon 7'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,390 Referee: Norris

Aberdeen v Ross County

26 February 2013 29	Aberdeen	0–1	Ross County	Aberdeen
19:45		BBC Sport	Glen 81'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 6,394 Referee: Crawford

Aberdeen v Motherwell

9 March 2013 30	Aberdeen	0–0	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00		BBC Sport		Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 8,210 Referee: Clancy

Celtic v Aberdeen

16 March 2013 31	Celtic	4–3	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00	Commons 1' Mulgrew 68' Hooper 87' Samaras 90+4'	BBC Sport	Vernon 45' Magennis 53', 60'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 46,395 Referee: McLean

Aberdeen v Heart of Midlothian

30 March 32	Aberdeen	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Aberdeen
15:00	McGinn 10', 55'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 10,175 Referee: Collum

Dundee United v Aberdeen

6 April 2013 33	Dundee United	1–0	Aberdeen	Dundee
15:00	Boulding 90'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Tannadice Attendance: 8,577 Referee: Thomson

Hibernian v Aberdeen

22 April 2013 34	Hibernian	0–0	Aberdeen	Edinburgh
19:45		BBC Sport		Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 8,326 Referee: McLean

Aberdeen v Kilmarnock

27 April 2013 35	Aberdeen	1–0	Kilmarnock	Aberdeen
15:00	McGinn 4'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 6,334 Referee: Charleston

Dundee v Aberdeen

5 May 2013 36	Dundee	1–1	Aberdeen	Dundee
15:00	McAlister 20'	BBC Sport	McGinn 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 6,441 Referee: Muir

St Mirren v Aberdeen

11 May 2013 37	St Mirren	0–0	Aberdeen	Paisley
15:00		BBC Sport		Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 4,292 Referee: McKendrick

Aberdeen v Heart of Midlothian

18 May 2013 38	Aberdeen	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Aberdeen
15:00	Hamill 78' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Ryan Stevenson 62'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 10,465 Referee: Crawford

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish League Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup in the second round stage, having not qualified for Europe in 2011–12. The draw for the second round took place at Hampden on 9 August and handed the Dons' an away tie against First Division side Greenock Morton^[3]

Greenock Morton v Aberdeen

22 August 2012 2	Greenock Morton	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Aberdeen	Greenock
19:45	O'Brien  13' McLaughlin  73' Reid  84' Tidser  114'	BBC Sport	Rae 109' Vernon 115'	Stadium: Cappielow Attendance: 2,817 Referee: Brines

Dunfermline Athletic v Aberdeen

26 September 2012 3	Dunfermline Athletic	0–1	Aberdeen	Dunfermline
19:45		BBC Sport	Vernon 90+3' Rae  36' Robertson  65' Hughes  88'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Beaton

Aberdeen v St Mirren

30 October 2012 4	Aberdeen	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	St Mirren	Aberdeen
19:45	Vernon 21' Magennis 90+2'	BBC Sport	Parkin 6' McLean 69' Goodwin  71' Dummett  97' van Zanten  115' Guy  120'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 7,610 Referee: Allan
	Penalties
	Hughes McGinn Hayes Smith		McLean Teale Goodwin McAusland

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Cup

Aberdeen v Motherwell

1 December 2012 4	Aberdeen	1–1	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00	McGinn 90' Shaughnessy  17'	BBC Sport	Murphy 80'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 6,061 Referee: Collum

Motherwell v Aberdeen

11 December 2012 4 Replay	Motherwell	1–2	Aberdeen	Motherwell
19:45	Higdon 90+2' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Fallon 51' Shaughnessy 61'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,516 Referee: Collum

Hibernian v Aberdeen

3 February 2013 5	Hibernian	1–0	Aberdeen	Edinburgh
15:30	Deegan 48'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 11,877 Referee: Iain Brines

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		SPL		Scottish Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Jamie Langfield	43	0	37+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
2	MF	SCO	Ryan Jack	19	0	18+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Clark Robertson	27	0	21+2	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	SCO	Russell Anderson (c)	35	0	30+1	0	2+0	0	1+1	0
5	MF	SCO	Gavin Rae	41	4	34+1	3	3+0	0	3+0	1
6	DF	SCO	Andrew Considine	22	0	17+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	SCO	Chris Clark	12	1	6+4	1	0+0	0	1+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Robert Milsom	14	0	3+10	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Scott Vernon	41	6	29+6	3	2+1	0	2+1	3
10	FW	NIR	Niall McGinn	40	21	33+2	20	3+0	1	2+0	0
11	MF	IRL	Jonny Hayes	41	3	29+6	3	3+0	0	3+0	0
13	DF	SCO	Nicky Low	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	NZL	Rory Fallon	16	2	8+6	1	2+0	1	0+0	0
15	MF	SCO	Peter Pawlett	14	0	4+8	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Isaac Osbourne	27	1	21+2	1	1+0	0	3+0	0
17	DF	SCO	Gary Naysmith	10	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
18	MF	SCO	Stephen Hughes	27	0	22+1	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
19	FW	SCO	Mitchel Megginson	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	SCO	Ryan Fraser	18	0	13+3	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
20	GK	GER	Dan Twardzik	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	NIR	Josh Magennis	39	6	18+16	5	2+0	0	2+1	1
22	DF	SCO	Mark Reynolds	41	1	34+1	1	3+0	0	3+0	0
23	DF	IRL	Joe Shaughnessy	26	1	22+1	0	3+0	1	0+0	0
24	MF	SCO	Jordon Brown	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	SCO	Jamie Masson	7	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	GK	WAL	Jason Brown	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	FW	SCO	Declan McManus	7	0	0+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	MF	SCO	Craig Murray	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	FW	SCO	Cammy Smith	21	1	7+11	1	0+1	0	1+1	0
39	MF	SCO	Craig Storie	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

As of 18 May 2013

Disciplinary record

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	SPL		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
4		DF	Russell Anderson	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
2		DF	Ryan Jack	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Scott Vernon	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6		DF	Andrew Considine	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Isaac Osbourne	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
38		FW	Cammy Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		MF	Gavin Rae	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
3		DF	Clark Robertson	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
18		MF	Stephen Hughes	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
21		FW	Josh Magennis	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
8		MF	Robert Milsom	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Chris Clark	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23		DF	Joe Shaughnessy	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
1		GK	Jamie Langfield	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
11		MF	Jonny Hayes	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22		DF	Mark Reynolds	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
15		MF	Peter Pawlett	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		FW	Niall McGinn	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

As of 18 May 2013

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	SPL	SC	LC	Total
1.	Niall McGinn	20	1	0	21
2.	Josh Magennis	5	0	1	6
2.	Scott Vernon	3	0	3	6
4.	Jonny Hayes	4	0	0	4
4.	Gavin Rae	3	0	1	4
6.	Rory Fallon	1	1	0	2
7.	Isaac Osbourne	1	0	0	1
7.	Cammy Smith	1	0	0	1
7.	Chris Clark	1	0	0	1
7.	Mark Reynolds	1	0	0	1
7.	Joe Shaughnessy	0	1	0	1

As of 18 May 2013

Clean Sheets

Place	Position	Nationality	Number	Name	SPL	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Jamie Langfield	14	0	2	16
2	GK		32	Jason Brown	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	7	0	2	9

Last updated: 11 May 2013
Source: Match reports in Results

Home attendances

  Win   Draw   Loss

Comp	Date	Score	Opponent	Attendance
SPL	11 August 2012	0–0	Ross County	14,010
SPL	26 August 2012	0–0	Hearts	11,971
SPL	1 September 2012	0–0	St Mirren	9,288
SPL	23 September 2012	3–3	Motherwell	8,577
SPL	29 September 2012	2–1	Hibernian	8,282
SPL	27 October 2012	2–0	Dundee	10,425
Scottish League Cup	30 October 2012	2–2 (2–4 pens)	St Mirren	7,610
SPL	17 November 2012	0–2	Celtic	18,083
SPL	27 November 2012	2–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	9,193
Scottish Cup	1 December 2012	1–1	Motherwell	6,061
SPL	15 December 2012	0–2	Kilmarnock	8,790
SPL	22 December 2012	2–0	St Johnstone	7,051
SPL	2 January 2013	2–2	Dundee United	13,176
SPL	27 January 2013	0–0	Hibernian	7,184
SPL	9 February 2013	0–0	St Mirren	7,240
SPL	15 February 2013	1–0	Dundee	7,841
SPL	26 February 2013	0–1	Ross County	6,394
SPL	9 March 2013	0–0	Motherwell	8,210
SPL	30 March 2013	2–0	Hearts	10,175
SPL	27 April 2013	1–0	Kilmarnock	6,334
SPL	18 May 2013	1–1	Hearts	10,465
			Total attendance	196,360
			Total league attendance	182,689
			Average attendance	9,350
			Average league attendance	9,615

Last updated: 18 May 2013
Source: Match reports in Results

Competition statistics

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	1	—	8	4 August	18 May
League Cup	2nd Round	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	22 August	30 October
Scottish Cup	4th Round	5th Round		1 December

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Dundee United	38	11	14	13	51	62	−11	47[a]
7	Hibernian	38	13	12	13	49	52	−3	51[a]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
8	Aberdeen	38	11	15	12	41	43	−2	48[a]
9	Kilmarnock	38	11	12	15	52	53	−1	45
10	Heart of Midlothian	38	11	11	16	40	49	−9	44

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. 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.
2. Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in Europa League second qualifying round.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	15	12	41	43	−2	48	6	9	4	18	15	+3	5	6	8	23	28	−5

As of 18 May 2013

Results 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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	D
Position	11	9	5	9	9	7	8	6	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	5	7	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	5	8	8	9	9	7	8	8	7	7	7	8

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2013. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Last updated on 18 May 2013

Team	Results[4]				Points
	1	2	3	4
Celtic	0–1	0–2	3–4		0
Dundee	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	10
Dundee United	1–1	2–2	0–1		2
Heart of Midlothian	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	5
Hibernian	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	8
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	2–3	0–3		1
Kilmarnock	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	7
Motherwell	3–3	1–4	0–0		2
Ross County	0–0	1–2	0–1		1
St Johnstone	2–1	2–0	1–3		6
St Mirren	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	6

Source: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League article

Transfers

Players in Dates Player From Fee Source 26 June 2012 Jonny Hayes Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free [5] 4 July 2012 Niall McGinn Celtic Free [6] 1 August 2012 Gary Naysmith Huddersfield Town Free [7] 9 August 2012 Mark Reynolds Sheffield Wednesday Loan [8] 31 January 2013 Mark Reynolds Sheffield Wednesday Free [9] 31 January 2013 Dan Twardzik Calcio Como Free [9]

Players out Dates Player To Fee Source 1 July 2012 Mark Reynolds Sheffield Wednesday Loan return [10] 1 July 2012 Rory McArdle Bradford City Free [10][11] 1 July 2012 Kári Árnason Rotherham United Free [10][12] 1 July 2012 Matthew Cooper Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free [13] 1 July 2012 Dean Carse Berwick Rangers Free [14] 16 July 2012 Fraser Fyvie Wigan Athletic Undisclosed [15] 23 July 2012 Michael Dunlop Forfar Athletic Free [16] 27 July 2012 Youl Mawéné Fleetwood Town Free [10][17] 10 August 2012 Mohamed Chalali ES Sétif Free [10][18] 23 August 2012 Peter Pawlett St Johnstone Loan [19] 1 July 2012 Darren Mackie Phoenix Free [10][20] 1 July 2012 Yoann Folly Retired [10] 1 July 2012 Danny Uchechi Väsby United Free [10][21] 31 August 2012 Michael Paton Released [22] 3 October 2012 Mitchel Megginson Alloa Athletic Loan [23] 18 October 2012 Nicky Low Alloa Athletic Loan [24] 17 January 2013 Mitchel Megginson Alloa Athletic Loan [25] 23 January 2013 Jordon Brown Forfar Athletic Loan [26] 29 January 2013 Jason Brown Free [27]