2012–13 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 21st season in the Premier League and 35th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

Tottenham Hotspur

2012–13 season
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	André Villas-Boas
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Gareth Bale (21) All: Gareth Bale (26)
Highest home attendance	36,763 vs. Sunderland (19 May 2013, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	25,030 vs. Lazio (20 September 2012, Europa League)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The campaign featured Tottenham's 11th appearance in the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup), entering the group stage due to finishing fourth in the 2011–12 Premier League season but missing out on qualification to the Champions League due to their London rivals Chelsea winning the Champions League trophy in 2012 but finishing outside of the top four positions in the Premier League. The season was also notable for the fact that Tottenham achieved their record points tally in a Premier League season, 72 points from 38 games. They scored 66 goals and conceded 46 throughout the course of the Premier League season, ending with a goal difference of +20.

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Heurelho Gomes 2 FW  USA Clint Dempsey 3 DF  ENG Danny Rose 4 DF  FRA Younès Kaboul 5 DF  BEL Jan Vertonghen 6 MF  ENG Tom Huddlestone 7 MF  ENG Aaron Lennon (2nd vice-captain) 8 MF  ENG Scott Parker 10 FW  TOG Emmanuel Adebayor 11 FW  WAL Gareth Bale 13 DF  FRA William Gallas (vice-captain) 15 MF  ENG David Bentley 16 DF  ENG Kyle Naughton 18 FW  ENG Jermain Defoe 19 MF  BEL Mousa Dembélé

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ENG Michael Dawson (captain) 22 MF  ISL Gylfi Sigurðsson 23 MF  GER Lewis Holtby 24 GK  USA Brad Friedel 25 GK  FRA Hugo Lloris 27 MF  ESP Iago Falque 28 DF  ENG Kyle Walker 29 MF  ENG Jake Livermore 30 MF  BRA Sandro 31 MF  ENG Andros Townsend 32 DF  CMR Benoît Assou-Ekotto 33 DF  ENG Steven Caulker 37 FW  ENG Harry Kane 46 MF  ENG Tom Carroll 57 GK  SCO Jordan Archer

Transfers

In

First team

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Transfer window	Date	Source
MF	Gylfi Sigurðsson	1899 Hoffenheim	£8 million	Summer	4 July 2012	[1]
DF	Jan Vertonghen	Ajax	£9.5 million	Summer	12 July 2012	[2]
FW	Emmanuel Adebayor	Manchester City	£5 million	Summer	21 August 2012	[3]
MF	Mousa Dembélé	Fulham	£15 million	Summer	28 August 2012	[4]
GK	Hugo Lloris	Lyon	£12 million (plus £4 million in variables)	Summer	31 August 2012	[5]
MF	Clint Dempsey	Fulham	£6 million	Summer	31 August 2012	[5][6]
DF	Zeki Fryers	Standard Liège	£3 million	Winter	3 January 2013	[7]
MF	Lewis Holtby	Schalke 04	£1.5 million	Winter	28 January 2013	[8][9]

Total spending: £60 million

Out

First team

Position	Player	Transfer	Transferred to	Fee	Transfer window	Date	Source
GK	Ben Alnwick	Released	Barnsley	Free	Summer	1 June 2012	[10]
GK	Oscar Jansson	Released	Shamrock Rovers	Free	Summer	1 June 2012
GK	David Button	Sold	Charlton Athletic	£0.5 million	Summer	28 August 2012	[11]
DF	Ledley King	Retired	-	N/A	Summer	19 July 2012	[12]
DF	Ryan Nelsen	Released	Queens Park Rangers	Free	Summer	1 June 2012	[13]
DF	Vedran Ćorluka	Sold	Lokomotiv Moscow	£5.5 million	Summer	27 June 2012	[14]
DF	Sébastien Bassong	Sold	Norwich City	£5.5 million	Summer	21 August 2012	[15]
MF	Niko Kranjčar	Sold	Dynamo Kyiv	£5.5 million	Summer	7 June 2012	[16]
MF	Steven Pienaar	Sold	Everton	£4.5 million	Summer	31 July 2012	[17]
MF	Luka Modrić	Sold	Real Madrid	£33 million	Summer	27 August 2012	[18][19]
MF	Rafael van der Vaart	Sold	Hamburg	£10.3 million	Summer	31 August 2012	[20]
FW	Giovani dos Santos	Sold	Mallorca	£1.7 million	Summer	31 August 2012	[21]
FW	Louis Saha	Released	Sunderland	Free	Summer	1 June 2012	[22]
GK	Carlo Cudicini	Released	LA Galaxy	Free	Winter	1 January 2013	[23]
MF	Jermaine Jenas	Sold	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	Winter	31 January 2013	[24]

Under-21

Position	Player	Transfer	Transferred To	Fee	Transfer Window	Date	Source
GK	Mirko Ranieri	Released	Free agent	Free	Summer	1 June 2012	[22]
MF	Jesse Waller-Lassen	Released	Free agent	Free	Summer	1 June 2012	[22]
MF	Lee Angol	Released	Wycombe Wanderers	Free	Summer	3 July 2012	[25]
FW	Kudus Oyenuga	Released	Hayes & Yeading United	Free	Summer	1 June 2012	[26]

Loan out

Squad #	Position	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
36	DF	Bongani Khumalo	PAOK	1 July 2012	31 May 2013	[27]
45	MF	Massimo Luongo	Ipswich Town	23 July 2012	31 May 2013	[28]
43	MF	Ryan Fredericks	Brentford	9 August 2012	31 May 2013	[29]
41	MF	John Bostock	Swindon Town	30 August 2012	January 2013	[30]
3	MF	Danny Rose	Sunderland	31 August 2012	31 May 2013	[31]
15	MF	David Bentley	Rostov	6 September 2012	January 2013	[32]
21	MF	Jermaine Jenas	Nottingham Forest	27 September 2012	27 October 2012	[33]
42	FW	Simon Dawkins	San Jose Earthquakes	14 February 2012	30 November 2012	[34]
37	FW	Harry Kane	Norwich City	31 August 2012	1 January 2013	[35]
37	FW	Harry Kane	Leicester City	21 January 2013	31 May 2013	[36]
15	MF	David Bentley	Blackburn Rovers	15 February 2013	June 2013
31	FW	Andros Townsend	Queens Park Rangers	31 January 2013	31 May 2013	[37]
	GK	Jonathan Miles	Dagenham & Redbridge	28 March 2013	31 May 2013	[38]

Total income: £66.5 million

Transfer summary

Transfers in = £60 million

Transfers out = £66.5 million

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Net = £6.5 million

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—	5th	18 August 2012	19 May 2013
League Cup	3rd round	—	4th round	26 September 2012	31 October 2012
FA Cup	3rd round	—	4th round	5 January 2013	27 January 2013
UEFA Europa League	Group stage	—	Quarter-Final	20 September 2012	11 April 2013

Updated to match played 21 April 2013
Source: Competitions

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Chelsea	38	22	9	7	75	39	+36	75	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Arsenal	38	21	10	7	72	37	+35	73	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	21	9	8	66	46	+20	72	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
6	Everton	38	16	15	7	55	40	+15	63
7	Liverpool	38	16	13	9	71	43	+28	61

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[39]

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	21	9	8	66	46	+20	72	11	5	3	29	18	+11	10	4	5	37	28	+9

Last updated: 19 May 2013.
Source: ^[40]

Results by matchday

Match	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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W
Position	14	14	14	10	8	5	5	5	4	6	7	7	7	5	4	4	4	6	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Pre-season

Stevenage v Tottenham Hotspur

18 July 2012 Preseason	Stevenage	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Stevenage
		Report	Sigurðsson 55', Falque 88'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,109

LA Galaxy v Tottenham Hotspur

24 July 2012 Preseason	LA Galaxy	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Carson, California
		Report	Bale 17'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 25,676

Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur

28 July 2012 Preseason	Liverpool	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Baltimore, Maryland
		Report		Stadium: M&T Bank Stadium Attendance: 42,723

New York Red Bulls v Tottenham Hotspur

31 July 2012 Preseason	New York Red Bulls	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Harrison, New Jersey
		Report	Bale 59', Sigurðsson 65'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena (New Jersey) Attendance: 21,701

Watford v Tottenham Hotspur

5 August 2012 Preseason	Watford	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Watford
		Report	Defoe 55'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,218

Valencia v Tottenham Hotspur

9 August 2012 Preseason	Valencia	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Valencia, Spain
		Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 42,000

Premier League

Main article: 2012–13 Premier League

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

18 August 2012 1	Newcastle United	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle upon Tyne
17:30 BST	Ba 54' Ben Arfa 80' (pen.)	Report	Defoe 76'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,385 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion

25 August 2012 2	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	London
15:00 BST	Vertonghen  48' Assou-Ekotto 74'	Report	Mulumbu  30' Reid  81' Morrison 90'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,166 Referee: Mike Dean

Tottenham Hotspur v Norwich City

1 September 2012 3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Norwich City	London
15:00 BST	Dembélé 68'	Report	Snodgrass 85'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,142 Referee: Mark Halsey

Reading v Tottenham Hotspur

16 September 2012 4	Reading	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Reading
16:00 BST	Robson-Kanu 90'	Report	Defoe 18', 74',  90+3' Bale 71'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 24,160 Referee: Howard Webb

Tottenham Hotspur v Queens Park Rangers

23 September 2012 5	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	London
16:00 BST	Faurlín 60' (o.g.) Defoe 61'	Report	Zamora 33'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,052 Referee: Phil Dowd

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

29 September 2012 6	Manchester United	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
17:30 BST	Nani 51' Kagawa 53'	Report	Evans 2' (o.g.) Bale 32' Dempsey 52'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,566 Referee: Chris Foy

Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa

7 October 2012 7	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Aston Villa	London
15:00 BST	Caulker 58' Lennon 67' Walker  73'	Report	Delph  27' Bennett  47' El Ahmadi  57'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,802 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea

20 October 2012 8	Tottenham Hotspur	2–4	Chelsea	London
12:45 BST	Huddlestone  37' Gallas  40', 47' Walker  45+2' Defoe 54'	Report	Cahill 17' Ivanović  25' Mata 66', 69' Sturridge 90'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,060 Referee: Mike Dean

Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur

28 October 2012 9	Southampton	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Rodriguez 66'	Report	Bale 15' Dempsey 39'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,944 Referee: Lee Mason

Tottenham Hotspur v Wigan Athletic

3 November 2012 10	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Wigan Athletic	London
15:00 GMT		Report	Watson 56'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,534 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

11 November 2012 11	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

Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

17 November 2012 12	Arsenal	5–2	Tottenham Hotspur	London
12:45 GMT	Mertesacker 24' Podolski 42' Giroud 45+1' Cazorla 60' Walcott 90+1'	Report	Adebayor 10' Bale 71'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,111 Referee: Howard Webb

Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United

25 November 2012 13	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	West Ham United	London
16:00 GMT	Defoe  33', 44', 64' Bale 58'	Report	O'Brien  7' Noble  29' Carroll 82'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,034 Referee: Andre Marriner

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

28 November 2012 14	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Liverpool	London
19:45 GMT	Lennon 7' Bale 16'  78'	Report	Škrtel  38' Bale 72' (o.g.) José Enrique  90+1'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,162 Referee: Phil Dowd

Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur

1 December 2012 15	Fulham	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	London
15:00 GMT		Report	Sandro 55' Defoe 72', 77'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,426 Referee: Chris Foy

Everton v Tottenham Hotspur

9 December 2012 16	Everton	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Pienaar 90' Jelavić 90'	Report	Dempsey 76'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,494 Referee: Lee Mason

Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea City

16 December 2012 17	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Swansea City	London
13:30 GMT	Vertonghen 75'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,783 Referee: Mike Dean

Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City

22 December 2012 18	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	Stoke City	London
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,702 Referee: Lee Mason

Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur

26 December 2012 19	Aston Villa	0–4	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham
17:30 GMT		Report	Defoe 57' Bale 61', 73', 84'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,863 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur

29 December 2012 20	Sunderland	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Sunderland
12:45 GMT	O'Shea 40'	Report	Cuéllar  47', 48' (o.g.) Lennon 51' Dawson  69' Dembélé  78' Bale  81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,168 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Tottenham Hotspur v Reading

1 January 2013 21	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Reading	London
15:00 GMT	Dawson 9' Adebayor 51' Dempsey 79'	Report	Pogrebnyak 4'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,180 Referee: Howard Webb

Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur

12 January 2013 22	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	London
12:45 GMT	Mbia  70'	Report	Dembélé  39'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,018 Referee: Lee Probert

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United

20 January 2013 23	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Manchester United	London
16:00 GMT	Dempsey 90+3'	Report	Van Persie 25'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,956 Referee: Chris Foy

Norwich City v Tottenham Hotspur

30 January 2013 24	Norwich City	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Norwich
19:45 GMT	Hoolahan 32'  75' Garrido  36' Holt  60' Snodgrass  71'	Report	Holtby  79' Bale 80'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,818

West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham Hotspur

3 February 2013 25	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	West Bromwich
13:30 GMT	Popov  47' Dorrans  69'	Report	Bale 67'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,978 Referee: Mike Clattenburg

Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United

9 February 2013 26	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Newcastle United	London
12:45 GMT	Bale 5', 78'	Report	Gouffran 24' Cabaye  90'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,244 Referee: Phil Dowd

West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur

25 February 2013 27	West Ham United	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	London
20:00 GMT	Carroll 25' (pen.) J. Cole 58',  59' Diamé  62' O'Neil  71' Collins  82'	Report	Dembélé  8' Bale 13', 90' Sigurðsson 76'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 35,005 Referee: Howard Webb

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

3 March 2013 28	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Arsenal	London
16:00 GMT	Adebayor  19' Vertonghen  29' Bale 37' Lennon 39' Walker  90+7'	Report	Ramsey  30' Mertesacker 51'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,170 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur

10 March 2013 29	Liverpool	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
16:00 GMT	Suárez 21' Downing 66' Gerrard 82' (pen.) Carragher  83'	Report	Vertonghen 45', 53'  57'	Attendance: 44,752 Referee: Michael Oliver

Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham

17 March 2013 30	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Fulham	London
15:00 GMT	Dempsey  77'	Report	Dejagah  16' Berbatov 52'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,004 Referee: Mike Jones

Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur

30 March 2013 31	Swansea City	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Michu  62', 71' Davies  83'	Report	Vertonghen 7' Bale 21' Adebayor  40' Walker  68' Holtby  88' Parker  90+4'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,604 Referee: Taylor

Tottenham Hotspur v Everton

7 April 2013 32	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Everton	London
14:05 GMT	Adebayor 1' Dempsey  83' Sigurðsson 87'	Report	Jagielka 15' Mirallas 53'  81'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,192 Referee: Andre Marriner

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

21 April 2013 33	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Manchester City	London
13:30 GMT	Dawson  19' Assou-Ekotto  48' Huddlestone  66' Dempsey 75' Defoe 80' Bale 82'	Report	Nasri 5' Y. Touré  12' Hart  79'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,121 Referee: Lee Mason

Wigan Athletic v Tottenham Hotspur

27 April 2013 34	Wigan Athletic	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Boyce 11' Gómez  45' McManaman 49' Di Santo  84' Scharner  90+4'	Report	Bale 9' Dawson  82' Boyce 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 22,326 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton

4 May 2013 35	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Southampton	London
15:30 GMT	Assou-Ekotto  71' Bale 86'	Report	Davis  73'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,190 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur

8 May 2013 36	Chelsea	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	London
19:45 GMT	Oscar 10' Ramires 39',  90+2'	Report	Adebayor 26' Vertonghen  79' Sigurðsson 80' Bale  87'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,581 Referee: Mike Dean

Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur

12 May 2013 37	Stoke City	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Stoke-on-Trent
13:30 GMT	Nzonzi 2' Huth  35' Begović  41' Adam  2'  47' Shotton  68'	Report	Dempsey 20' Huddlestone  76' Adebayor 83'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,531 Referee: Kevin Friend

Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland

19 May 2013 38	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Sunderland	London
16:00 GMT	Bale  20' 90'	Report	McClean  38' Vaughan  53'  75' Mandron  79'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,763 Referee: Andre Marriner

Football League Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Football League Cup

Carlisle United v Tottenham Hotspur

26 September 2012 3rd Round	Carlisle United	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Carlisle
19:45 BST		Report	Vertonghen 37' Townsend 53' Sigurðsson 89'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 12,625 Referee: Kevin Friend

Norwich City v Tottenham Hotspur

31 October 2012 4th Round	Norwich City	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Norwich
19:45 GMT	Vertonghen 83' (o.g.) Jackson 86'	Report	Bale 66'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 16,465 Referee: Jonathan Moss

FA Cup

Main article: 2012–13 FA Cup

Tottenham Hotspur v Coventry City

5 January 2013 3rd Round	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Coventry City	London
15:00 GMT	Dempsey 14', 37' Bale 33'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,766 Referee: Michael Naylor

Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur

27 January 2013 4th Round	Leeds United	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Leeds
14:00 GMT	Varney 15' McCormack 50'	Report	Dempsey 58'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 29,943 Referee: Kevin Friend

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group J

Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lazio	6	3	3	0	9	2	+7	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	4	0	8	4	+4	10
3	Panathinaikos	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5
4	Maribor	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4

Source: Soccerway

Tottenham Hotspur v Lazio

20 September 2012 1	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	Lazio	London, England
20:05 BST		Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 25,030 Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (Romania)

Panathinaikos v Tottenham Hotspur

4 October 2012 2	Panathinaikos	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Athens, Greece
18:00 BST	Toché 77'	Report	Dawson 35'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Maribor v Tottenham Hotspur

25 October 2012 3	Maribor	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Maribor, Slovenia
18:00 BST	Berić 42'	Report	Sigurðsson 55'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Tottenham Hotspur v Maribor

8 November 2012 4	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Maribor	London, England
20:05 GMT	Defoe 22', 49', 77'	Report	Berić 40'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 27,089 Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

Lazio v Tottenham Hotspur

22 November 2012 5	Lazio	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Rome, Italy
18:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico, Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira (Spain)

Tottenham Hotspur v Panathinaikos

6 December 2012 6	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Panathinaikos	London, England
20:05 GMT	Adebayor 29' Karnezis 76' (o.g.) Defoe 83'	Report	Zeca 54'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 32,554 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Tottenham Hotspur v Lyon

14 February 2013 First leg	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Lyon	London, England
20:05 GMT	Bale 45', 90'	Report	Umtiti 55'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 31,762 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Lyon v Tottenham Hotspur

21 February 2013 Second leg	Lyon	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Tottenham Hotspur	Lyon, France
18:00 GMT	Gonalons 17'	Report	Dembélé 90'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,761 Referee: Wolfgang Stark, (Germany)

Round of 16

Tottenham Hotspur v Internazionale

7 March 2013 First leg	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Internazionale	London, England
20:05 GMT	Bale 6' Sigurðsson 18' Vertonghen 53'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,353 Referee: Antonio Lahoz (Spain)

Internazionale v Tottenham Hotspur

14 March 2013 Second leg	Internazionale	4–1 (a.e.t.) (4–4 agg.)	Tottenham Hotspur	Milan, Italy
18:00 GMT	Cassano 20' Palacio 52' Gallas 75' (o.g.) Álvarez 110'	Report	Adebayor 96'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 18,241 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

4–4 aggregate, Tottenham Hotspur win on away goals

Quarter-final

Tottenham Hotspur v Basel

4 April 2013 First leg	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Basel	London, England
20:05 GMT	Adebayor 40' Sigurðsson 58'	Report	Stocker 30' F. Frei 34'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 32,136 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Basel v Tottenham Hotspur

11 April 2013 Second leg	Basel	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Tottenham Hotspur	Basel, Switzerland
20:05 GMT	Salah 27' Dragović 49'	Report	Dempsey 23', 82'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park, Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
	Penalties
	Schär Streller F. Frei Díaz		Huddlestone Sigurðsson Adebayor

Post-season

Tottenham played against the Jamaica national football team on 23 May 2013 in The Bahamas as part of the 40th anniversary of Bahamas' independence celebrations. Jamaica used the game as part of their preparations for the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.^[41]

Jamaica v Tottenham Hotspur

23 May 2013	Jamaica	0 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Paradise Island
		Report		Stadium: Thomas Robinson Stadium

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europa League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
24	GK	Brad Friedel	11	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	20	0
25	GK	Hugo Lloris	27	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	33	0
Defenders
4	DF	Younes Kaboul	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	Jan Vertonghen	34	4	1	0	1+1	1	12	1	48+1	6
13	DF	William Gallas	16+3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	21+3	1
16	DF	Kyle Naughton	13+1	0	2	0	1	0	8+1	0	24+2	0
20	DF	Michael Dawson	23+4	1	1	0	2	0	3+1	1	29+5	2
28	DF	Kyle Walker	36	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	11	0	48+2	0
32	DF	Benoît Assou-Ekotto	12+3	1	2	0	0	0	4+1	0	18+4	1
33	DF	Steven Caulker	17+1	2	2	0	2	0	5+1	0	26+2	2
39	DF	Adam Smith	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Tom Huddlestone	11+9	0	2	0	1+1	0	3+1	0	17+11	0
7	MF	Aaron Lennon	33+1	4	1	0	0	0	9+2	0	43+3	4
8	MF	Scott Parker	15+6	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	23+6	0
11	MF	Gareth Bale	33	21	2	1	1	1	8	3	44	26
19	MF	Mousa Dembele	26+4	1	0+2	0	0	0	8+2	1	34+8	2
22	MF	Gylfi Sigurdsson	12+21	3	2	0	2	1	5+6	3	21+27	7
23	MF	Lewis Holtby	4+7	0	0	0	0	0	3+3	0	7+10	0
27	MF	Iago Falque	0+1	0	0	0	2	0	0+2	0	2+3	0
29	MF	Jake Livermore	4+7	0	0	0	1	0	1+5	0	6+12	0
30	MF	Sandro	22	1	0	0	0	0	4+1	0	26+1	1
31	MF	Andros Townsend	0+5	0	0+1	0	1	1	1+2	0	2+8	1
38	MF	Ryan Mason	0	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0	1+2	0
46	MF	Tom Carroll	0+7	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	3+1	0	4+10	0
Forwards
2	FW	Clint Dempsey	22+7	7	2	3	2	0	6+4	2	32+11	12
10	FW	Emmanuel Adebayor	18+7	5	1	0	0	0	8	3	27+7	8
18	FW	Jermain Defoe	27+7	11	0	0	0+1	0	7+1	4	34+9	15
37	FW	Harry Kane	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
45	FW	Jonathan Obika	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
Players transferred out during the season
23	GK	Carlo Cudicini	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF	Rafael van der Vaart	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
21	MF	Jermaine Jenas	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF	11	Gareth Bale	21	1	1	3	26
2	FW	18	Jermain Defoe	11	0	0	4	15
3	FW	2	Clint Dempsey	7	3	0	2	12
4	FW	10	Emmanuel Adebayor	5	0	0	3	8
5	MF	22	Gylfi Sigurdsson	3	0	1	3	7
6	DF	5	Jan Vertonghen	4	0	1	1	6
7	MF	23	Aaron Lennon	4	0	0	0	4
8	MF	19	Mousa Dembele	1	0	0	1	2
	DF	20	Michael Dawson	1	0	0	1	2
	DF	33	Steven Caulker	2	0	0	0	2
11	DF	13	William Gallas	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	30	Sandro	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	31	Andros Townsend	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	32	Benoît Assou-Ekotto	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS				62	4	4	18	88

Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europa League	Total
1	25	Hugo Lloris	9	0	0	2	11
2	24	Brad Friedel	0	1	0	1	2
3	23	Carlo Cudicini	0	0	1	0	1
TOTALS			9	1	1	3	14

Notes