2012–13 Leeds United F.C. season

Leeds United

2012-13 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Neil Warnock (until 1 April 2013)[1] Neil Redfearn (c) (until 12 April 2013)[2] Brian McDermott
Stadium	Elland Road
The Championship	13th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Luciano Becchio (15) All: Luciano Becchio (19)
Highest home attendance	33,816 vs Chelsea (19 December 2012, League Cup)
Lowest home attendance	11,447 vs Birmingham City (5 January 2013, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance	21,572
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013-14 →

The 2012–13 season was Leeds United A.F.C.'s third season back in the second tier of English football which saw a minor flirtation with play-offs and later with relegation, but ended with a mid-table finish. In other competitions, the squad recorded their best finish in the League Cup for 18 years, reaching the quarter-finals only to be knocked out by rivals Chelsea. Similar progression was seen in the FA Cup as the team reached the 5th round for the first time since the 1996-97 season.

The manager's office was vacated on 1 April by Neil Warnock after his promise of promotion appeared dead in the water. The club officials relieved him of his duties and after a brief period with caretaker manager Neil Redfearn in charge, appointed Brian McDermott as the club's eight manager in ten years. Pre-season saw a big change in the playing staff with no more than ten players departing Elland Road and twelve players brought in. New signing Lee Peltier became club captain after existing leader Robert Snodgrass departed for Norwich City in the summer and was joined in the winter by fan favourite Luciano Becchio - both transfers much to the chagrain of the supporters. With Becchio gone, the club's top scorers were last year's star Ross McCormack with eight goals and controversial winger El Hadji Diouf with seven who Warnock picked up on a free transfer at the start of the season. Academy product Sam Byram would be the surprise of the season making his debut in the first game of the year and going on to scoop all the major awards at both the official, supporters' and Yorkshire Post's Player of the Year Awards. Other youngsters to take the field included Dominic Poleon who managed two goals and Chris Dawson who has since been awarded a three-year professional contract.

The talk of the season though was undoubtedly the protracted takeover of the club. The eight month, £52m takeover by Bahrain based GFH Capital saw the investment bank secure 100% shares of the club's parent company with four of its party joining the board of directors. In March, GFH would sell a 10% stake to the International Investment Bank and announced the company were looking for additional investors to boost the club's finances. The takeover would seemingly inject morale into the supporters with the club's short term finances secured and higher value incoming transfers promised. GFH deputy-CEO David Haigh become the public face for the boardroom with departing chairman Ken Bates taking a step back with a promise of the title club president secured for the end of the season.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2012–13 season, presented in chronological order, starting on 29 April 2012 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2012–13 season. This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.

November

• 21 November: Middle East-based private equity group GFH Capital finalise a deal for a protracted takeover of Leeds.^[3]

December

• 21 December: GFH Capital officially become the new owners of Leeds after completing a takeover of the club.^[4]

January

• 24 January: Longest serving player and top goalscorer, Luciano Becchio, hands in a transfer request.^[5]

April

• 1 April: After a 1–2 home loss to Derby County, Manager Neil Warnock departs from Leeds United.^[1]
• 12 April: Leeds United appoint Brian McDermott as new manager.^[2]

May

• 4 May: Leeds United end the 2012-13 Championship season 13th, 7 points behind the play offs and 7 points above the relgation zone.

League table

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	Cardiff City	46	25	12	9	72	45	+27	87
P	Hull City	46	24	7	15	61	52	+9	79
3	Watford	46	23	8	15	85	58	+27	77
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	18	9	69	43	+26	75
P	Crystal Palace	46	19	15	12	73	62	+11	72
6	Leicester City	46	19	11	16	71	48	+23	68
7	Bolton Wanderers	46	18	14	14	69	61	+8	68
8	Nottingham Forest	46	17	16	13	63	59	+4	67
9	Charlton Athletic	46	17	14	15	65	59	+6	65
10	Derby County	46	16	13	17	65	62	+3	61
11	Burnley	46	16	13	17	62	60	+2	61
12	Birmingham City	46	15	16	15	63	69	−6	61
13	Leeds United	46	17	10	19	57	66	−9	61
14	Ipswich Town	46	16	12	18	48	61	−13	60
15	Blackpool	46	14	17	15	62	63	−1	59
16	Middlesbrough	46	18	5	23	61	70	−9	59
17	Blackburn Rovers	46	14	16	16	55	62	−7	58
18	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	10	20	53	61	−8	58
19	Huddersfield Town	46	15	13	18	53	73	−20	58
20	Millwall	46	15	11	20	51	62	−11	56
21	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	56	70	−14	55
R	Peterborough United	46	15	9	22	66	75	−9	54
R	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	14	9	23	55	69	−14	51
R	Bristol City	46	11	8	27	59	84	−25	41

	Promotion to Premier League
	Qualification to Championship playoffs
	Relegation to League One
	Last updated: 13:56, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Players

First team squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Kenny, PaddyPaddy Kenny	34	2012	47	0	2015	£400,000	Leeds United
2	DF		Peltier, LeeLee Peltier	26	2012	48	0	2015	£800,000	Leeds United
3	DF		Drury, AdamAdam Drury	34	2012	15	0	2014	Free	Leeds United
4	DF		Lees, TomTom Lees	22	2008	93	4	2016	Youth system	Leeds United
5	DF		Pearce, JasonJason Pearce	25	2012	41	0	2016	£500,000	Leeds United
6	DF		Kisnorbo, PatrickPatrick Kisnorbo ^1	32	2009	58	1	2013	Free	Leeds United
7	MF		Green, PaulPaul Green	30	2012	36	4	2014	Free	Leeds United
8	MF		Austin, RodolphRodolph Austin	27	2012	38	4	2015	£300,000	Leeds United
9	FW		Morison, SteveSteve Morison	29	2013	16	3	2016	PX	Leeds United
11	MF		Varney, LukeLuke Varney	30	2012	39	6	2014	£300,000	Leeds United
12	GK		Ashdown, JamieJamie Ashdown	30	2012	8	0	2014	Free	BBC Sport
14	DF		White, AidanAidan White	21	2008	98	2	2015	Youth system	Leeds United
15	DF		Warnock, StephenStephen Warnock	31	2013	17	1	2015	Free	Leeds United
17	MF		Brown, MichaelMichael Brown	36	2011	60	2	2014	Free	Yorkshire Evening Post
18	MF		Tonge, MichaelMichael Tonge	30	2012	39	5	2015	£200,000	Leeds United
19	MF		Norris, DavidDavid Norris	32	2012	34	4	2015	Free	Leeds United
21	FW		Diouf, El-HadjiEl-Hadji Diouf	32	2012	45	7	2014	Free	Leeds United
22	FW		Habibou, HabibHabib Habibou ^2	26	2013	4	0	2013	N/A	Leeds United
23	DF		Thompson, ZacZac Thompson	20	2011	11	0	2015	Free	Leeds United
25	DF		Byram, SamSam Byram	19	2012	53	4	2016	Youth system	Leeds United
26	FW		Poleon, DominicDominic Poleon	19	2010	8	2	2015	Youth system	Leeds United
27	MF		Payne, SanchezSanchez Payne	20	2010	0	0	2013	Youth system
28	FW		Somma, DavideDavide Somma	28	2009	40	13	2013	Free	Leeds United
29	MF		Lenighan, SimonSimon Lenighan	18	2012	0	0	2014	Youth system	Yorkshire Evening Post
30	MF		Hall, RyanRyan Hall	25	2012	8	0	2015	£150,000	Leeds United
32	MF		Dawson, ChrisChris Dawson	18	2012	1	0	2016	Youth system	Leeds United
33	GK		Cairns, AlexAlex Cairns	20	2011	1	0	2014	Youth system	Leeds United
34	DF		Killock, RossRoss Killock	18	2012	0	0	2014	Youth system	Leeds United
44	FW		McCormack, RossRoss McCormack	26	2010	108	29	2015	£350,000	Leeds United
—	DF		Bromby, LeighLeigh Bromby	32	2009	62	1	2013	£250,000	Leeds United
—	DF		Taylor, CharlieCharlie Taylor ^3	19	2011	4	0	2014	Youth system	Leeds United
Players who have been available for selection this season, but have now permanently left the club:
9	MF		Thomas, JeromeJerome Thomas	30	2012	7	1	Jan 2013	N/A	Leeds United
10	FW		Becchio, LucianoLuciano Becchio	29	2008	221	86	2014	£300,000	Leeds United
15	DF		Tate, AlanAlan Tate	30	2012	11	0	Jan 2013	N/A	Leeds United
20	FW		Gray, AndyAndy Gray	35	2012 1995	38	1	2013 1998	Free YS	Leeds United
20	MF		Barkley, RossRoss Barkley	19	2013	4	0	Feb 2013	N/A	Leeds United
22	MF		Rogers, RobbieRobbie Rogers	25	2012	4	0	2013	Free	Leeds United
—	MF		Núñez, RamónRamón Núñez	27	2010	25	5	2015	Free	Leeds United

• Last updated: 8 April 2014
• Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Leeds United, Sky Sports
• Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

¹On loan at Ipswich Town^[6]
2On loan from SV Zulte Waregem^[7]
3Currently on loan at Inverness CT^[8]

Transfer-listed players

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
16	MF		Pugh, DannyDanny Pugh^1 ^2	30	2011 2004	98	8	2014 2006	£500,000 PX	Leeds United
24	DF		Connolly, PaulPaul Connolly^3	29	2010	63	0	2013	Free	Leeds United
31	GK		Rachubka, PaulPaul Rachubka ^4	31	2011	7	0	2013	Free	Leeds United

• Last updated: 2 May 2012
• Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Leeds United, Sky Sports
• Ordered by Squad number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

¹Player made fifty eight appearances (scoring six goals) for the club during his first spell at the club^[9]
2Player is currently on loan at Sheffield Wednesday^[10]
3Player is currently on loan at Preston North End^[11]
4Player is currently on loan at Accrington Stanley^[12]

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Type	Moving from	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
5	DF	Jason Pearce	EU		24	Transfer	Portsmouth	Summer	2016	£500,000	Leeds United
3	DF	Adam Drury	EU		33	Transfer	Norwich City	Summer	2014	Free	Leeds United
7	MF	Paul Green	EU		29	Transfer	Derby County	Summer	2014	Free	Leeds United
1	GK	Paddy Kenny	EU		34	Transfer	Queens Park Rangers	Summer	2015	£400,000	Leeds United
20	FW	Andy Gray	EU		34	Transfer	Barnsley	Summer	2013	Free	Leeds United
12	GK	Jamie Ashdown	EU		31	Transfer	Portsmouth	Summer	2014	Free	Leeds United
11	MF	Luke Varney	EU		29	Transfer	Portsmouth	Summer	2014	£300,000	Leeds United
19	MF	David Norris	EU		31	Transfer	Portsmouth	Summer	2015	Free	Portsmouth
8	MF	Rodolph Austin	Non-EU		27	Transfer	Brann	Summer	2015	£300,000	Leeds United
2	DF	Lee Peltier	EU		25	Transfer	Leicester City	Summer	2015	£800,000	Leeds United
21	FW	El-Hadji Diouf	Non-EU		31	Transfer	Doncaster Rovers	Summer	Jan 2013	Free	Leeds United
18	MF	Michael Tonge	EU		29	Loan	Stoke City	Summer	23 December 2012	N/A	Leeds United
30	MF	Ryan Hall	EU		24	Loan	Southend United	Summer	Jan 2013	N/A	Leeds United
15	DF	Alan Tate	EU		30	Loan	Swansea City	Summer	26 January 2013	N/A	Leeds United
9	MF	Jerome Thomas	EU		29	Loan	West Bromwich Albion	Summer	2 January 2013	N/A	Leeds United
30	MF	Ryan Hall	EU		24	Transfer	Southend United	Winter	2015	£150,000	Leeds United
18	MF	Michael Tonge	EU		29	Transfer	Stoke City	Winter	2015	£200,000	Leeds United
20	MF	Ross Barkley	EU		19	Loan	Everton	Winter	12 February 2013	N/A	Leeds United
9	FW	Steve Morison	EU		29	Transfer	Norwich City	Winter	2016	Player Exchange	Leeds United
15	DF	Stephen Warnock	EU		31	Transfer	Aston Villa	Winter	2015	Free	Leeds United
22	FW	Habib Habibou	Non-EU		25	Loan	Zulte Waregem	Winter	May 2013	N/A	Leeds United

Out

N	P	Name	Country	Age	Type	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Apps	Goals	Source
4	DF	Alex Bruce		27	Out of contract	Hull City	Summer	n/a	31	4	Leeds United
11	MF	Lloyd Sam		27	Out of contract	New York Red Bulls	Summer	n/a	39	3	Leeds United
18	FW	Mikael Forssell		31	Out of contract	HJK	Summer	n/a	17	0	Leeds United
25	MF	Danny Webber		30	Out of contract	Doncaster Rovers	Summer	n/a	13	1	Leeds United
24	GK	Maik Taylor		40	Out of contract	Millwall	Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
15	MF	Adam Clayton		23	Transfer	Huddersfield Town	Summer	£500,000	49	6	Leeds United
1	GK	Andy Lonergan		28	Transfer	Bolton Wanderers	Summer	£300,000	38	0	Leeds United
23	MF	Robert Snodgrass		24	Transfer	Norwich City	Summer	£3,000,000	190	41	Leeds United
5	DF	Andy O'Brien		33	Transfer	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Summer	Free	38	2	Leeds United
9	FW	Billy Paynter		28	Transfer	Doncaster Rovers	Summer	Free	28	3	Leeds United
24	DF	Paul Connolly		28	One month Loan	Portsmouth	Summer	n/a	63	0	Leeds United
—	GK	Alex Cairns		19	Two month loan	Stalybridge Celtic	Summer	n/a	1	0	Football Conference
22	FW	Robbie Rogers		25	Loan till January	Stevenage	Summer	n/a	4	0	Leeds United
—	DF	Charlie Taylor		18	Two month loan	York City	Summer	n/a	4	0	Leeds United
—	DF	Ross Killock		18	One month loan	Alfreton Town	Summer	n/a	0	0	BBC Sport
23	MF	Zac Thompson		19	Loan till end of season	Bury	Summer	n/a	11	0	Leeds United
26	FW	Dominic Poleon		19	One month loan	Bury	Summer	n/a	6	1	Leeds United
28	MF	Nathan Turner		20	Loan till End of Season	Chester	Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
33	DF	Lewis Turner		20	One month loan	Harrogate Town	Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
31	GK	Paul Rachubka		31	Loan till end of the season	Accrington Stanley	Summer	n/a	7	0	Leeds United
6	DF	Patrick Kisnorbo		31	Loan till End of Season	Ipswich Town	Winter	n/a	57	1	Leeds United
20	FW	Andy Gray		35	Released	Bradford City	Winter	n/a	38	1	Leeds United
22	FW	Robbie Rogers		25	Released	LA Galaxy	Winter	n/a	4	0	Leeds United
24	DF	Paul Connolly		29	Loan till End of April	Preston North End	Winter	n/a	63	0	Leeds United
33	DF	Lewis Turner		20	Loan till End of Season	Chester	Summer	n/a	0	0	Chesire-Today
—	DF	Charlie Taylor		19	Loan till End of Season	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Winter	n/a	4	0	Leeds United
16	MF	Danny Pugh		30	Loan till End of Season	Sheffield Wednesday	Winter	n/a	98	8	Leeds United
—	MF	Ramón Núñez		27	Released	FC Dallas	Winter	n/a	25	5	Leeds United
10	FW	Luciano Becchio		29	Transfer	Norwich City	Winter	£200,000 + Player	221	86	Leeds United
26	FW	Dominic Poleon		19	Loan till End of Season	Sheffield United	Winter	n/a	7	1	Leeds United

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

New contracts

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
—	MF		Turner, NathanNathan Turner	24	Signed	1 year^1	June 2013	Leeds United
—	DF		Turner, LewisLewis Turner	24	Signed	1 year^1	June 2013	Leeds United
25	DF		Byram, SamSam Byram	23	Signed	3½ years	June 2016	Leeds United
29	MF		Lenighan, SimonSimon Lenighan	18	Signed	1 year^2	June 2014	Yorkshire Evening Post
34	DF		Killock, RossRoss Killock	22	Signed	1 year^2	June 2014	Leeds United
—	MF		Clamp, CharlieCharlie Clamp	22	Signed	1 year^1	June 2013	Leeds United
26	FW		Poleon, DominicDominic Poleon	23	Signed	2½ years	June 2015	Leeds United
—	DF		Gimpel, MontyMonty Gimpel	23	Signed	1 year^1	June 2013	Leeds United
—	MF		Snodgrass, RobertRobert Snodgrass	29	Rejected	1 year	June 2014	Leeds United
44	FW		McCormack, RossRoss McCormack	30	Signed	3 years	June 2015	Leeds United
14	MF		White, AidanAidan White	25	Signed	3 years	June 2015	Leeds United
4	DF		Lees, TomTom Lees	26	Signed	4 Years	June 2016	Leeds United
23	MF		Thompson, ZacZac Thompson	23	Signed	3 years	June 2015	Leeds United
17	MF		Brown, MichaelMichael Brown	39	Signed	1 year^3	June 2014	Yorkshire Evening Post
32	MF		Dawson, ChrisChris Dawson	22	Signed	3 years	June 2016	Leeds United
21	FW		Diouf, El-HadjiEl-Hadji Diouf	35	Signed	1½ years	June 2014	Leeds United
10	FW		Becchio, LucianoLuciano Becchio	32	Rejected	3½ years	June 2016	Leeds United
—	FW		Walters, LewisLewis Walters	21	Signed	2 years	June 2015	Leeds United
—	GK		Grimes, EricEric Grimes	21	Signed	2 years	June 2015	Leeds United
—	FW		Parkin, LukeLuke Parkin	21	Signed	2 years	June 2015	Leeds United
—	MF		Mowatt, AlexAlex Mowatt	21	Signed	2 years	June 2015	Leeds United

Last updated:
¹The contract includes the option to extend the contract by a further year.
²Option to extend by further year taken up later in season.
³Contract extended by further year after making 30 appearances.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): Enterprise Insurance

Home

Away

Third

Source: Home, Away

Club officials

Position	Staff
Owners	GFH Capital
Patron	The Countess of Harewood
Chairman	Ken Bates
Vice Chairman	Salah Nooruddin
Chief Executive Officer	Shaun Harvey
Directors	David Haigh Salem Patel Hisham Al-Rayes Ken Bates Shaun Harvey
Football Ambassadors	Peter Lorimer Dominic Matteo Eddie Gray

Last updated: 11 May 2013
Source: "none", leedsunited.com, 7 January 2013

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

First team coaching and medical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Brian McDermott^1
Assistant Manager	Nigel Gibbs^1
First Team Coach	Neil Redfearn^1 ^2
Goalkeeping Coach	Andy Leaning
Fitness Coach	Chris Short
Fitness Coach	Jon Goodman^1
Head Physio	Harvey Sharman
Assistant Physio	Paul Perkins
Performance Analyst	Alex Davies
Head of Academy Sport Science and Medicine	Matt Pears

Last updated: 27 April 2013
Source: leedsunited.com

Includes staff currently registered with club only.
¹Appointed in April 2013 ²Also Manager of Development Squad

Other staff

Position	Staff
Head of Football Administration	Alison Royston
Technical Director	Gwyn Williams
Chief Scout	Kevin Randall
Kit Man	Chris Beasley
Groundsman	Norman Southernwood

Last updated: 16 April 2013
Source: leedsunited.com

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Other information

Mascot	Lucas the Kop Cat
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Elland Road (39,460 / 105x68m)

Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source: Leeds United

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Football League Championship	—	13th	18 August 2012	4 May 2013
League Cup	1st round	Quarter-finals	11 August 2012	19 December 2012
FA Cup	3rd round	5th round	5 January 2013	17 February 2013

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Competitions

Detailed overall summary

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	55	31	25
Games won	23	18	5
Games drawn	11	4	7
Games lost	19	7	13
Biggest win	4–0 vs Shrewsbury	4–0 vs Shrewsbury	4–2 vs Huddersfield
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Watford	1–6 vs Watford	4-0 vs Manchester City
Clean sheets	13	12	1
Goals scored	74	46	28
Goals conceded	79	33	46
Goal difference	-6	+17	-22
Average GF per game	1.35	1.53	1.12
Average GA per game	1.44	1.1	1.88
Winning rate	41.82%	60%	20%
Yellow cards	78	32	46
Red cards	5	3	2
Most appearances	Byram (53)	Byram (29)	Byram (24)
Most minutes played	Byram (3708)	Byram (1828)	Byram (1880)
Top scorer	Becchio (19)	Becchio (14)	Becchio (5)
Top assister	McCormack (13)	McCormack (8)	McCormack (5)

Last updated: 5 May 2013
Source: Competitive matches

Championship

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Derby County	46	16	13	17	65	63	+2	61
11	Burnley	46	16	13	17	62	60	+2	61
12	Birmingham City	46	15	16	15	63	69	−6	61
13	Leeds United	46	17	10	19	57	66	−9	61
14	Ipswich Town	46	16	12	18	48	61	−13	60
15	Blackpool	46	14	17	15	62	63	−1	59
16	Middlesbrough	46	18	5	23	61	70	−9	59

Updated to games played on 4 May 2013.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

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
46	17	10	19	57	66	−9	61	13	3	7	30	26	+4	4	7	12	27	40	−13

Last updated: 4 May 2013.
Source: The Football League

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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W
Position	5	14	7	7	9	13	11	9	9	7	6	7	11	10	15	17	18	16	15	10	14	12	8	9	9	8	11	11	12	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	16	11	11	13	16	13

Last updated: 4 May 2013.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

Pre-season

Farsley v Leeds United

20 July 2012	Farsley	2 – 5	Leeds United	Farsley
19:45 BST		Report	Gray  31', 35' Rogers  36' Paynter  64' Payne  89'	Stadium: Throstle Nest

Tavistock v Leeds United

23 July 2012	Tavistock	0 – 6	Leeds United	Tavistock
19:00 BST		Report	White  40' Green  45' Kinsman  61' (o.g.) Rogers  77' Poleon  86' Thompson  88'	Stadium: Langsford Park

Bodmin Town v Leeds United

25 July 2012	Bodmin Town	0 – 4	Leeds United	Bodmin
19:00 BST		Report	Varney  17' Gray  41' McCormack  45' (pen.) White  48'	Stadium: Priory Park

Torquay United v Leeds United

27 July 2012	Torquay United	1 – 2	Leeds United	Torquay
19:00 BST	MacKenzie  75'	Report	McCormack  7' McCormack  11'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 3925

Sandefjord v Leeds United

1 August 2012	Sandefjord	1 – 1	Leeds United	Sandefjord
18:00 BST	Klepaker  52'	Report	Pearce  17'	Stadium: Komplett.no Arena

Preston North End v Leeds United

4 August 2012	Preston North End	1 – 3	Leeds United	Preston
19:00 BST	Mousinho  57'	Report	Lees  31' Byram  66' White  80'	Stadium: Deepdale

Burton Albion v Leeds United

7 August 2012	Burton Albion	0 – 1	Leeds United	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST		Report	Varney  27'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

Championship

Leeds United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

18 August 2012 1	Leeds United	1 – 0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds
15:00 BST	Becchio  17'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 23,745 Referee: Anthony Bates

Blackpool v Leeds United

21 August 2012 2	Blackpool	2 – 1	Leeds United	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Dicko  75' M. Phillips  80'	Report	Lees  16'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 14,315 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Peterborough United v Leeds United

25 August 2012 3	Peterborough United	1 – 2	Leeds United	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Bostwick  73'	Report	Becchio  7', 50'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 10,432 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Leeds United v Blackburn Rovers

1 September 2012 4	Leeds United	3 – 3	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds
15:00 BST	Diouf  41' McCormack  56' Becchio  65'	Report	Olsson  19' Gomes  27' Rochina  84'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,411 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Cardiff City v Leeds United

15 September 2012 5	Cardiff City	2 – 1	Leeds United	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Bellamy  67' Whittingham  73' (pen.)	Report	Austin  77'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,836 Referee: Paul Tierney

Leeds United v Hull City

18 September 2012 6	Leeds United	2 – 3	Hull City	Leeds
19:45 BST	Becchio  8' (pen.) Gray  90'	Report	Elmohamady  23' Faye  29' Koren  76'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 19,750 Referee: Roger East

Leeds United v Nottingham Forest

22 September 2012 7	Leeds United	2 – 1	Nottingham Forest	Leeds
15:00 BST	Becchio  14' Poleon  25'	Report	Blackstock  60'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,292 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Bristol City v Leeds United

29 September 2012 8	Bristol City	2 – 3	Leeds United	Bristol
15:00 BST	Adomah  70' Austin  90' (o.g.)	Report	Diouf  64', 81' Tonge  83'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 15,692 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Bolton Wanderers v Leeds United

2 October 2012 9	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 2	Leeds United	Bolton
20:00 BST	K. Davies  14', 79'	Report	Byram  45' Becchio  47' (pen.)	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 21,258 Referee: Phil Dowd

Leeds United v Barnsley

6 October 2012 10	Leeds United	1 – 0	Barnsley	Leeds
15:00 BST	Becchio  42' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,569 Referee: Darren Deadman

Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United

19 October 2012 11	Sheffield Wednesday	1 – 1	Leeds United	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Bothroyd  43'	Report	Tonge  76'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 28,582 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Leeds United v Charlton Athletic

23 October 2012 12	Leeds United	1 – 1	Charlton Athletic	Leeds
19:45 BST	Norris  36'	Report	Dervite  49'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 17,384 Referee: Nigel Miller

Leeds United v Birmingham City

27 October 2012 13	Leeds United	0 – 1	Birmingham City	Leeds
15:00 BST		Report	Lita  75'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,152 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Brighton & Hove Albion v Leeds United

2 November 2012 14	Brighton & Hove Albion	2 – 2	Leeds United	Brighton
19:45 GMT	Mackail-Smith  15' (pen.), 47'	Report	Diouf  36' (pen.) Brown  65'	Stadium: AMEX Stadium Attendance: 26,402 Referee: Lee Mason

Burnley v Leeds United

6 November 2012 15	Burnley	1 – 0	Leeds United	Burnley
19:45 GMT	Austin  82'	Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 14,470 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Leeds United v Watford

10 November 2012 16	Leeds United	1 – 6	Watford	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Tonge  80' (pen.) Pearce  45'	Report	Vydra  27', 82' Abdi  62' Yeates  75' Murray  90+4' Deeney  90+8'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 19,104 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Millwall v Leeds United

18 November 2012 17	Millwall	1 – 0	Leeds United	South Bermondsey
13:15 GMT	Wood  85'	Report	Varney  47'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 13,117 Referee: Mark Halsey

Leeds United v Crystal Palace

24 November 2012 18	Leeds United	2 – 1	Crystal Palace	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Becchio  51' Green  76'	Report	Ramage  85'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 20,964 Referee: David Coote

Leeds United v Leicester City

27 November 2012 19	Leeds United	1 – 0	Leicester City	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Becchio  3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 17,717 Referee: Mick Russell

Huddersfield Town v Leeds United

1 December 2012 20	Huddersfield Town	2 – 4	Leeds United	Huddersfield
12:30 GMT	Atkinson  12' Clayton  43' (pen.)	Report	Tonge  35' Becchio  37', 86' Norris  70'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 20,372 Referee: Mike Dean

Derby County v Leeds United

8 December 2012 21	Derby County	3 – 1	Leeds United	Derby
13:00 GMT	Sammon  16' Buxton  65' Davies  90+4'	Report	Green  45'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,034 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Leeds United v Ipswich Town

15 December 2012 22	Leeds United	2 – 0	Ipswich Town	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Thomas  18' Green  67'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 19,123 Referee: Oliver Langford

Leeds United v Middlesbrough

22 December 2012 23	Leeds United	2 – 1	Middlesbrough	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Becchio  44', 72'	Report	Juszkiewicz  28'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 25,406 Referee: Paul Tierney

Nottingham Forest v Leeds United

26 December 2012 24	Nottingham Forest	4 – 2	Leeds United	Nottingham
12:15 GMT	Sharp  44' (pen.), 54' Austin  57' (o.g.) Blackstock  61'	Report	Green  12' Somma  90'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 26,670 Referee: Lee Probert

Hull City v Leeds United

29 December 2012 25	Hull City	2 – 0	Leeds United	Kingston upon Hull
12:30 GMT	Evans  52' Meyler  55'	Report		Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,453 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Leeds United v Bolton Wanderers

1 January 2013 26	Leeds United	1 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Becchio  66' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,386 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Barnsley v Leeds United

12 January 2013 27	Barnsley	2 – 0	Leeds United	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Dagnall  63' (pen.), 66'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,999 Referee: Craig Dawson

Leeds United v Bristol City

19 January 2013 28	Leeds United	1 – 0	Bristol City	Leeds
15:00 GMT	McCormack  67'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 18,156 Referee: Darren Sheldrake

Leeds United v Cardiff City

2 February 2013 29	Leeds United	0 – 1	Cardiff City	Leeds
12:30 GMT		Report	Campbell  64'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 19,236 Referee: Mike Dean

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United

9 February 2013 30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 – 2	Leeds United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Peltier  54' (o.g.) Batth  90'	Report	Varney  65' McCormack  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 23,463 Referee: Roger East

Middlesbrough v Leeds United

12 February 2013 31	Middlesbrough	1 – 0	Leeds United	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Main  82'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,388 Referee: Keith Stroud

Leeds United v Blackpool

20 February 2013 32	Leeds United	2 – 0	Blackpool	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Norris  57' Morison  61'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 25,532 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Blackburn Rovers v Leeds United

23 February 2013 33	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 0	Leeds United	Blackburn
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 18,467 Referee: Iain Williamson

Leeds United v Millwall

2 March 2013 34	Leeds United	1 – 0	Millwall	Leeds
12:30 GMT	McCormack 28' Warnock  72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 19,002 Referee: Mike Jones

Leicester City v Leeds United

5 March 2013 35	Leicester City	1 – 1	Leeds United	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Keane  90+4'	Report	Byram  52'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 22,660 Referee: Paul Tierney

Crystal Palace v Leeds United

9 March 2013 36	Crystal Palace	2 – 2	Leeds United	South Norwood
15:00 GMT	Murray  27', 84'	Report	Morison  56', 69'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 19,976 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Leeds United v Peterborough United

12 March 2013 37	Leeds United	1 – 1	Peterborough United	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Byram  56'	Report	Gayle  15'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,240 Referee: Simon Hooper

Leeds United v Huddersfield Town

16 March 2013 38	Leeds United	1 – 2	Huddersfield Town	Leeds
12:30 GMT	White  60'	Report	Danns  54' Vaughan  85'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 23,814 Referee: Andre Marriner

Ipswich Town v Leeds United

30 March 2013 39	Ipswich Town	3 – 0	Leeds United	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	McGoldrick  45', 49' Emmanuel-Thomas  68'	Report	Lees  32'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,402 Referee: James Adcock

Leeds United v Derby County

1 April 2013 40	Leeds United	1 – 2	Derby County	Leeds
17:05 BST	McCormack  66'	Report	Coutts  72' Buxton  88'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 21,384 Referee: Roger East

Charlton Athletic v Leeds United

6 April 2013 41	Charlton Athletic	2 – 1	Leeds United	Charlton
15:00 BST	Jackson  48' Obika  90+4'		Varney  82'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 18,900 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Leeds United v Sheffield Wednesday

13 April 2013 42	Leeds United	2 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Leeds
12:30 BST	Varney  63', 69'	Report	Johnson  27'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 23,936 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Leeds United v Burnley

16 April 2013 43	Leeds United	1 – 0	Burnley	Leeds
19:45 BST	Austin  63'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 16,788 Referee: Fred Graham

Birmingham City v Leeds United

20 April 2013 44	Birmingham City	1 – 0	Leeds United	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Mullins  70'	Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 17,666 Referee: Simon Hooper

Leeds United v Brighton & Hove Albion

27 April 2013 45	Leeds United	1 – 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leeds
15:00 BST	Diouf  74' (pen.) Austin  12' Diouf  75'	Report	Buckley  10' Ulloa  87' Calderón  73'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,904 Referee: Graham Scott

Watford v Leeds United

4 May 2013 46	Watford	1 – 2	Leeds United	Watford
12:45 BST	Abdi  45+6'	Report	Poleon  42' McCormack  90'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,969 Referee: Graham Salisbury

FA Cup

Leeds United v Birmingham City

5 January 2013 Third round	Leeds United	1 – 1	Birmingham City	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Becchio  60'	Report	Elliott  32'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 11,447 Referee: Chris Foy

Birmingham City v Leeds United

15 January 2013 Third round replay	Birmingham City	1 – 2	Leeds United	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Elliott  36'	Report	McCormack  70' Diouf  75' (pen.)	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 8,926 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur

27 January 2013 Fourth 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

Manchester City v Leeds United

17 February 2013 Fifth Round	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

League Cup

Leeds United v Shrewsbury Town

11 August 2012 First round	Leeds United	4 – 0	Shrewsbury Town	Leeds
19:45 BST	Becchio  20' Varney  26' Norris  65' McCormack  69' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 18,194 Referee: Mark Heywood

Leeds United v Oxford United

28 August 2012 Second round	Leeds United	3 – 0	Oxford United	Leeds
19:45 BST	Austin  27' Byram  33' Lees  73'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 13, 798 Referee: Gary Sutton

Leeds United v Everton

25 September 2012 Third round	Leeds United	2 – 1	Everton	Leeds
19:45 BST	White  4' Austin  70'	Report	Distin  81'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 21,164 Referee: Lee Mason

Leeds United v Southampton

30 October 2012 Fourth round	Leeds United	3 – 0	Southampton	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Tonge  34' Diouf  85' Becchio  90+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 17,002 Referee: Chris Foy

Leeds United v Chelsea

19 December 2012 Quarter-finals	Leeds United	1 – 5	Chelsea	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Becchio  37'	Report	Mata  47' Ivanović  64' Moses  66' Hazard  81' Torres  84'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 33,816 Referee: Andre Marriner

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
2	CB	Peltier		42	Club captain
5	CB	Pearce		5	Vice captain
15	LB	Warnock		3
17	CM	Brown		2
19	CM	Norris		1
21	ST	Diouf		1
7	RM	Green		1

Last updated: 16 April 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.

Awards

Internal Awards

Official Player of the Year Awards

The results of the 2012-13 Leeds United A.F.C. Player of the Year Awards were announced at a dinner on 27 April 2013 at Elland Road.^[13]

• Player of the Year: Sam Byram
• Young Player of the Year: Sam Byram
• Players' Player of the Year: Sam Byram
• Goal of the Season: Ross McCormack (vs Tottenham, 27 January)
• Fastest Goal of the Season: Aidan White (vs Everton, 25 September)
• Best Contribution to Community: Leigh Bromby
• Chairman's Special Award: Tom Lees

References

1. "Club Statement: Neil Warnock Departs". Leeds United. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
2. "Brian McDermott appointed Leeds United manager". BBC News. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
3. "Leeds United: GFH Capital finalise takeover deal". BBC Sport. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
4. "Leeds United: GFH Capital completes takeover". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
5. "Leeds United: Becchio hands in transfer request". Leeds United. Leeds United. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
6. "Paddy Kisnorbo joins Ipswich on loan". Leeds United. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
7. "Habibou joins on loan". Leeds United. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
8. "Charlie Taylor joins Inverness on loan". Leeds United. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
9. "Danny Pugh". Soccerbase. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
10. "Danny Pugh loan". Leeds United. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
11. "Paul Connolly loan". Leeds United. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
12. "Paul Rachubka loan". Leeds United. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
13. "Sam Wins The Big Prizes". Leeds United. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-27.

External links

• 2012–13 Leeds United F.C. season on BBC Sport: Club news – Recent results – Upcoming fixtures
• Official Website
• Sky Sports
• Soccerbase
• ESPNsoccernet