2012–13 Norwich City F.C. season


The 2012–13 season was the 111th season of football for Norwich City. It is Norwich City's second campaign in the Premier League since being promoted in the 2010–11 season. It is their 23rd season in the top flight of English football. During the season, they competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup exiting at the quarter final and fourth rounds respectively. During their FA Cup campaign Norwich became the first top flight club to lose to a non-league club since 1989 when they lost 1–0 at home to Luton Town in the fourth round. Sébastien Bassong was named player of the season.

Club staff

Backroom staff

Board of directors

PositionName
Chairman Alan Bowkett
Chief Executive David McNally
Joint Majority Shareholder Delia Smith
Michael Wynn-Jones
Directors Stephen Fry
Michael Foulger
Stephan Phillips

Players

Squad

Nationality: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth

Apps/goals: statistics prior to 2012/13 season

Transfers

In

Out

Loan

Active loan deals in bold

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Status :
Source: Premier League Squad list: ,

Goalscorers

Captains

Penalties

Pre-season

Note: this section relates to first team friendlies only.

Competitions

Overall

Competition record

Summary

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Norwich City's second season in the premier league started with a heavy defeat away to Fulham. Damien Duff, Alexander Kačaniklić both scored one, Mladen Petrić scored two and Steve Sidwell scored a penalty. Manager Chris Hughton said that Norwich simply didn't defend enough. Chris Hughton responded by signing defender Sébastien Bassong and defensive midfielder Alexander Tettey before the following game at home to QPR. Bassong and summer loan signing Javier Garrido made their débuts for the club in the match. Simeon Jackson opened the scoring and with Bobby Zamora scoring an equaliser. Djibril Cissé missed a penalty which was awarded following a coming together between Cissé and Bassong. The month ended with Norwich signing goalkeeper Mark Bunn from Blackburn Rovers.

FA Cup

League Cup