2012–13 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Friendlies

2012 Peace Cup

Sunderland, along with Eredivisie side Groningen, K-League side Seongnam, and Bundesliga side Hamburg, will compete in a friendly tournament, 2012 Peace Cup. All matches will be played at the Suwon World Cup Stadium in the Korean city of Suwon.

League table

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Tie-breaker: one or more play-off deciding league matches at neutral grounds if question of qualifications for other competitions cannot be determined by rules for classification at the end of the season.^[1][2]
1Swansea City qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2012–13 Football League Cup.
²Wigan Athletic qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2012–13 FA Cup.
(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.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Phil Bardsley	21	1	11+7	1	2	0	1	0
3	DF		Danny Rose	29	1	25+2	1	1	0	1	0
4	MF		Alfred N'Diaye	16	0	15+1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Wes Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Lee Cattermole	14	0	10	0	0+1	0	3	0
7	MF		Sebastian Larsson	41	1	36+2	1	1+1	0	1	0
8	MF		Craig Gardner	37	8	32+1	6	2	1	2	1
9	FW		Danny Graham	13	0	11+2	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Connor Wickham	14	1	3+9	0	1+1	1	0	0
11	FW		James McFadden	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Matthew Kilgallon	8	0	6	0	1	0	1	0
13	GK		Jordan Pickford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Jack Colback	40	0	30+5	0	1+1	0	3	0
15	MF		David Vaughan	28	1	6+18	1	2	0	2	0
16	DF		John O'Shea	36	2	34	2	0	0	2	0
18	DF		Kader Mangane	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Titus Bramble	19	0	12+4	0	2	0	1	0
20	GK		Keiren Westwood	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21	MF		Adam Johnson	40	5	35	5	2	0	2+1	0
22	GK		Simon Mignolet	40	0	38	0	2	0	0	0
23	MF		James McClean	41	5	24+12	2	2	0	2+1	3
24	DF		Carlos Cuéllar	28	1	26	1	1	0	1	0
26	FW		Steven Fletcher	31	11	28	11	1	0	2	0
28	FW		Stéphane Sessègnon	36	7	34+1	7	1	0	0	0
30	FW		Mikael Mandron	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Ryan Noble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Billy Knott	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Adam Mitchell	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF		John Egan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players that played for Sunderland this season that have left the club/are currently out on loan:
9	FW		Fraizer Campbell	15	1	1+11	1	0+1	0	0+2	0
11	MF		Kieran Richardson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Ji Dong-won	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		David Meyler	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
11	FW		James McFadden	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Louis Saha	14	0	0+11	0	0	0	2+1	0
27	MF		Ahmed Elmohamady	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Blair Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
FW		26	Steven Fletcher	11	0	0	11
MF		8	Craig Gardner	6	1	1	8
FW		28	Stéphane Sessègnon	7	0	0	7
MF		21	Adam Johnson	5	0	0	5
MF		23	James McClean	2	0	3	5
DF		16	John O'Shea	2	0	0	2
DF		2	Phil Bardsley	1	0	0	1
FW		9	Fraizer Campbell	1	0	0	1
DF		24	Carlos Cuéllar	1	0	0	1
MF		7	Sebastian Larsson	1	0	0	1
DF		3	Danny Rose	1	0	0	1
MF		15	David Vaughan	1	0	0	1
FW		10	Connor Wickham	0	1	0	1
			Own goals	2	0	0	2
			Totals	41	2	4	47

Overall

Squad

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Phil Bardsley 3 DF Danny Rose (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 4 MF Alfred N'Diaye 5 DF Wes Brown 6 MF Lee Cattermole (captain) 7 MF Sebastian Larsson 8 MF Craig Gardner 9 FW Danny Graham 12 DF Matthew Kilgallon 13 GK Jordan Pickford 14 MF Jack Colback 15 MF David Vaughan

No. Position Player 16 DF John O'Shea 18 DF Kader Mangane (on loan from Al-Hilal) 19 DF Titus Bramble 20 GK Keiren Westwood 21 MF Adam Johnson 22 GK Simon Mignolet 23 MF James McClean 24 DF Carlos Cuéllar 26 FW Steven Fletcher 28 FW Stéphane Sessègnon 33 FW Ryan Noble 42 DF John Egan

In

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
24	DF		Carlos Cuéllar	30	EU	Aston Villa	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free
	DF		David Ferguson	18	EU	Darlington	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
	MF		Wade Joyce	18	EU	Bury	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
25	FW		Louis Saha	34	EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
26	FW		Steven Fletcher	25	EU	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Transfer	Summer	2016	£12 million
21	MF		Adam Johnson	25	EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	2016	£12 million
3	DF		Danny Rose	22	EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan	Summer	2013	Loan
	FW		Scott Harrison	19	EU	Darlington	Transfer	None	2013	Free
11	FW		James McFadden	29	EU	Everton	Transfer	None	January 2013	Free
4	MF		Alfred N'Diaye	22	EU	Bursaspor	Transfer	Winter	2016	£3.8 million
18	DF		Kader Mangane	29	EU	Al-Hilal	Loan	Winter	2013	Loan
9	FW		Danny Graham	27	EU	Swansea City	Transfer	Winter	2016	£5 million

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	GK		Craig Gordon	29	EU	Free agent	Contract expired	Summer		Sky Sports
	DF		Liam Bagnall	20	EU	Free agent	Contract expired	Summer		Sky Sports
1	GK		Trevor Carson	24	EU	Bury	Contract expired	Summer		Sky Sports
16	MF		Cristian Riveros	29	Non-EU	Kayserispor	Transfer	Summer		Goal.com
3	DF		George McCartney	31	EU	West Ham United	Transfer	Summer		SAFC
3	FW		Asamoah Gyan	26	Non-EU	Al Ain	Transfer	Summer		Goal.com
17	FW		Jordan Cook	22	EU	Charlton Athletic	Contract expired	Summer		CAFC
3	DF		Michael Liddle	22	EU	Accrington Stanley	Transfer	Summer		Sky Sports
14	DF		Marcos Angeleri	29	Non-EU	Estudiantes	Transfer	Summer		Sky Sports
6	DF		Michael Turner	28	EU	Norwich City	Transfer	Summer		Sky Sports
21	GK		Lewis King	19	EU	Stockport County	Contract expired	Summer		Stockport County
27	MF		Ahmed Elmohamady	24	Non-EU	Hull City	Loan	Summer		SAFC
6	MF		Brett Elliott	19	EU	University of Charleston	Contract expired	Summer		UC Golden Eagles
15	MF		Kieran Richardson	27	EU	Fulham	Transfer	Summer		Sky Sports
	FW		Oumare Tounkara	22	EU	Red Star	Contract expired	Summer		Soccerway
24	FW		Craig Lynch	20	EU	Hartlepool United	Loan	None		SAFC
27	GK		Ben Wilson	20	EU	Chesterfield	Loan	None		SAFC
35	FW		Ryan Noble	21	EU	Hartlepool	Loan	None		SAFC
34	MF		Billy Knott	19	EU	Woking	Loan	None		SAFC
22	DF		John Egan	20	EU	Bradford City	Loan	None		Sky Sports
31	MF		David Meyler	23	EU	Hull City	Loan	None		Hull City AFC
39	DF		Blair Adams	21	EU	Coventry City	Loan	None		SAFC
	MF		Nathan Thomas	18	EU	Darlington 1883	Youth Loan	None		SAFC
	DF		Johnny Burn	18	EU	Darlington 1883	Youth Loan	None		SAFC
27	FW		Ji Dong-won	21	Non-EU	FC Augsburg	Loan	Winter		SAFC
31	MF		David Meyler	23	EU	Hull City	Transfer	Winter		SAFC
39	DF		Blair Adams	21	EU	Coventry City	Transfer	Winter		SAFC
27	FW		Fraizer Campbell	25	EU	Cardiff City	Transfer	Winter		SAFC
7	MF		Adam Reed	21	EU	Portsmouth	Loan	Winter		SAFC
	FW		James McFadden	29	EU	Motherwell	Contract expired	Winter		SAFC
25	GK		Johnny Maddison	18	EU	Crawley Town	Youth Loan	Winter		SAFC
27	MF		Ahmed Elmohamady	25	Non-EU	Hull City	Loan	Winter		SAFC
28	FW		Louis Saha	34	EU	Lazio	Mutual Consent	Winter		SAFC
22	FW		Connor Wickham	19	EU	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan	None		SAFC
	GK		Joel Dixon	18	EU	Workington	Youth Loan	None		Workington AFC

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.

Individual awards