43rd season in existence of Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain 2012–13 football
season
The 2012–13 season was Paris Saint-Germain Football Club's 43rd in💶 existence and
their 40th in the top-flight of French football. The team competed in Ligue 1, the
Coupe de France,💶 the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Champions League.[2]
Reinforced by
new stars Ezequiel Lavezzi, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Thiago Silva,💶 PSG warmed up for the
2012–13 season with the aim of winning the league crown that dramatically eluded the
club💶 the previous year. Paris began at home to Lorient at the Parc des Princes. Les
Merlus caused Paris plenty of💶 problems and the match ended 2–2 thanks to Ibrahimović's
first brace of the season. The PSG squad took a little💶 time to get going and after
three consecutive draws, Les Parisiens recorded their first victory in matchweek 4. It
was💶 in the north of France that Paris finally launched their campaign against Lille and
a 2–1 victory featuring another double💶 from Ibrahimović. Another three points followed
against Toulouse (2–0), before it was time for the UEFA Champions League. After nearly
💶 a decade's absence, PSG marked their return to Europe's premier club competition with a
resounding 4–1 victory over Dynamo Kyiv.[3]
Buoyed💶 by their continental success, the
capital club recorded their largest ever away win with a 4–0 demolition of Bastia
before💶 defeating Sochaux-Montbéliard 2–0, in a perfect month of September. October
began less well with a late 1–0 defeat away to💶 Porto. Then it was time to travel to the
Stade Vélodrome for Le Classique against Olympique de Marseille. Inspired, Zlatan
💶 netted two more remarkable goals as the match ended 2-2. It got even better as Stade de
Reims, Dinamo Zagreb,💶 Nancy and Marseille, this time in the Coupe de la Ligue, all fell
to Paris. The first defeat of the💶 campaign came soon after, 2–1, to Saint-Étienne. It
marked the start of a difficult month of November for the side💶 from the French capital.
A festive December started in style with a 2–1 win over Porto which saw Paris clinch
💶 top spot in Group A of the Champions League. Next up came Evian (4-0), Valenciennes
(0–4) and Lyon (1–0); all💶 fell victim to the high-flying Les Rouge-et-Bleu. A
comprehensive 3-0 win over Stade Brest in the final match of the💶 calendar year saw PSG
secure the honorary title of autumn champions.[3]
2013 began with new Brazilian signing
Lucas Moura meeting his💶 new teammates. The return to competition wasn't easy with a
tough and slender 4–3 win over Arras in the Coupe💶 de France. After a scoreless draw
with AC Ajaccio, Paris stepped up a gear with wins over Bordeaux, Toulouse in💶 the Coupe
de France and Lille. The run of matches saw goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu set a new club
record for💶 longest run without conceding a goal, surpassing the previous time set by
the legendary Bernard Lama. PSG then produced a💶 huge surprise for their supporters by
announcing the signature of David Beckham on the final day of the winter transfer
💶 window. The arrival of the English superstar saw the club continue on its winning ways
with a 4–0 triumph over💶 Toulouse followed by a 3–1 win over Bastia before the last 16
of the Champions League. Away to Spanish giants💶 Valencia in the first leg, Paris run
out 2–1 winners.[3]
The return to domestic action proved a little less convincing with
💶 a 3–2 upset at the hands of Sochaux. The reaction was immediate. As Beckham debuted in
his new colours, Paris💶 recorded back to back 2–0 home wins against arch-rivals
Marseille, firstly in the league and then in the Coupe de💶 France. Paris confirmed their
place in the Champions League quarter-finals with a 1–1 draw at home to Valencia.
Despite hiccups💶 against Reims (0–1) and Saint-Étienne (2–2), Paris continued to set the
pace at the top of the ladder with victories💶 over Nancy, 2–1, and defending champions
Montpellier, 1–0. Then came one of the highlights of the season with the quarter-final
💶 of the Champions League against Barcelona. And the match lived up to the hype with
Blaise Matuidi scoring in the💶 last minute to secure a thrilling 2–2 draw at the Parc
des Princes. PSG warmed up for the return match💶 against the Catalan outfit with a 2–0
victory over Rennes in Ligue 1. Then, at the Camp Nou, Javier Pastore💶 opened the
scoring for Carlo Ancelotti's players, only to be eliminated on away goals by Pedro’s
equaliser.[3]
Les Rouges et Bleu💶 bounced back with a 1–0 win over Troyes before
quarter-final exits in both the Coupe de la Ligue and the💶 Coupe de France.[4] The
players just had to focus on the Ligue 1 title and they did so with a💶 3–0 victory over
Nice before avenging their cup exit with a 1–0 win of their own away to Evian. In💶 the
end, a 1–0 win away to Lyon secured the club's first Ligue 1 title in 19 years, and
third💶 overall. Jérémy Ménez struck the goal that sent Paris into rapture. The
penultimate match of the season saw a 3–1💶 win over Brest at the Parc des Princes,
followed by the official presentation of the Ligue 1 trophy. It also💶 marked the final
match of David Beckham's playing career. The final match of the season saw the
newly-crowned 2013 champions💶 end with a win over Lorient as Zlatan Ibrahimović received
his Golden Boot trophy for Ligue 1 top scorer with💶 30 goals.[3]
Players [ edit
]
Players, transfers, appearances and goals - 2012/2013 season.[5][6]
First-team squad
[ edit ]
Note: Flags indicate national team💶 as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan [ edit ]
Note: Flags
💶 indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more
than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers in [ edit💶 ]
Note: Flags indicate national team
as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA
nationality.
Transfers out💶 [ edit ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA
💶 nationality.
Appearances and goals [ edit ]
Competitions [ edit ]
Ligue 1 [ edit
]
League table [ edit ]
Rules for classification: 1)💶 points; 2) goal difference; 3)
number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes: Source: Ligue 1 Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal💶 difference; 3) number of goals scored.ChampionsNotes:
Results
summary [ edit ]
Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts💶 W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 25 8 5 69 23 +46 83💶 13 4 2 34 10 +24 12 4 3 35 13 +22
Results by round [ edit
]
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 H A H A💶 H A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H💶 A H A
H A H A A H A H A H A Result D D D W W💶 W W D W W L D L W L W W W W D W W W W L💶 W L W D
W W W W W D W W W Position 9 12 11 8 4 3💶 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1💶 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A = Away ; H = Home ; W💶 = Win ; D = Draw ; L = Loss Source:
LFP.fr
Matches [ edit ]
Win Draw Loss
Coupe de France [💶 edit ]
Coupe de la Ligue [ edit
]
UEFA Champions League [ edit ]
Group stage [ edit ]
Knockout phase [ edit💶 ]
Round of
16 [ edit ]
