2012–13 Montpellier HSC season

The 2012–13 Montpellier HSC season was the 39th season since the club was refounded.

Montpellier HSC
2012–13 season
ChairmanLaurent Nicollin
ManagerRené Girard
StadiumStade de la Mosson,
Montpellier, France
Ligue 19th
Coupe de FranceRound 32
Coupe de la LigueSemi-finals
Trophée des ChampionsRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Younès Belhanda (10)

All:
Younès Belhanda
Souleymane Camara
(12 each)

Review and events edit

Competitions edit

Ligue 1 edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Bordeaux 38 13 16 9 40 34 +6 55 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
8 Lorient 38 14 11 13 57 58 −1 53
9 Montpellier 38 15 7 16 54 51 +3 52
10 Toulouse 38 13 12 13 49 47 +2 51
11 Valenciennes 38 12 12 14 49 53 −4 48
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Bordeaux, winner of the 2012–13 Coupe de France, qualified for the Group stage of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

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 15 7 16 54 51  +3 52 11 5 3 33 14  +19 4 2 13 21 37  −16

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLLWLDWLLWDDDWLWWWLWLWWLWWWLDLWLLLWLDL
Position1617151519202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 August 2012 (2012-08-10) 1 Montpellier 1–1 Toulouse Montpellier
20:45 Camara   34' Report Ben Yedder   72' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 19,788
Referee: Antony Gautier
18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 2 Lorient 2–1 Montpellier Lorient
20:00 Traoré   90'
Aliadière   90+2'
Report Herrera   37' Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 14,190
Referee: Olivier Thual
26 August 2012 (2012-08-26) 3 Montpellier 0–1 Marseille Montpellier
17:00 Report Gignac   77' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 26,360
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) 4 Sochaux 1–3 Montpellier Montbéliard
20:00 Privat   63' Report Belhanda   16' (pen.)
Herrera   58'
Cabella   78'
Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal
Attendance: 9,554
Referee: Benoît Bastien
14 September 2012 (2012-09-14) 5 Reims 3–1 Montpellier Reims
20:45 Diego   38'
Glombard   71'
Coutet   86'
Report Cabella   55' Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune
Attendance: 15,835
Referee: Tony Chapron
21 September 2012 (2012-09-21) 6 Montpellier 1–1 Saint-Étienne Montpellier
20:45 Camara   70' Report Aubameyang   45+3' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 16,666
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
29 September 2012 (2012-09-29) 7 Nancy 0–2 Montpellier Tomblaine
20:00 Report Belhanda   67'
Camara   90'
Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 13,867
Referee: Benoît Millot
6 October 2012 8 Montpellier 2–3 Evian Montpellier
17:00 Estrada   36',   67'
Camara   42'
Saihi   50'
Bocaly   85'
Tinhan   90+2'
Summary Khelifa   30', 62', 89'
Sorlin   45+1'
Sagbo   69'
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 16,701
Referee: Philippe Kalt
20 October 2012 9 Rennes 2–1 Montpellier Rennes
20:00 Makoun   13'
Erdinç   52'
Summary Jeunechamp   22'
Belhanda   69' (pen.)
Saihi   70'
Stambouli   79'
Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 16,087
Referee: Antony Gautier
27 October 2012 10 Montpellier 3–1 Nice Montpellier
20:00 Utaka   49',   64'
Camara   53'
Bedimo   63'
Congré   80'
Charbonnier   86'
Civelli   87' (o.g.)
Bocaly   90+1'
Summary Cvitanich   90+1' (pen.)
Traoré   90+2'
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 15,549
Referee: Benoit Bastien
3 November 2012 11 Troyes 1–1 Montpellier Troyes
20:00 Camus   41'
Thiago Xavier   69'
Summary Belhanda   19'
Saihi   55'
Charbonnier   61'
Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 10,446
Referee: Benoît Millot
11 November 2012 12 Montpellier 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain Montpellier
21:00 Jeunechamp   32'
Belhanda   53'   65'
Cabella   60'
Saihi   68'
Summary Sakho   10'
Motta   32'
Maxwell   37'
Verratti   50'
Van der Wiel   70'
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 22,242
Referee: Clement Turpin
17 November 2012 13 Valenciennes 1–1 Montpellier Valenciennes
20:00 Pujol   39'
Gomis   54'
Kadir   90'
Summary Charbonnier   15'
Mounier   42'
Saihi   57'
Cabella   58'
Jourdren   90+2'
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 14,967
Referee:   Laurent Duhamel

Coupe de France edit

6 January 2013 Round of 64 Bourg-Péronnas 1–2 Montpellier Péronnas
12:00 Di Tommaso   62' (pen.)
Moisy   83'
Summary Herrera   6'
Camara   33'
Dabo   76'
Stadium: Stade Municipal de Péronnas
Attendance: 7,242
Referee: Benoit Bastien
23 January 2013 Round of 32 Montpellier 2–3 (a.e.t.) Sochaux Montpellier
17:00 Charbonnier   16'
Deplagne   41'   51'
Bedimo   110'
Summary Contout   43'
Bakambu   79'
Mikari   108'
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Antony Gautier

Coupe de la Ligue edit

31 October 2012 Round of 16 Montpellier 1–0 Bordeaux Montpellier
18:45 Jeunechamp   19'   82'
Tinhan   61'
Summary Ben Khalfallah   58'
Chalmé   68'
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 7,339
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
28 November 2012 Quarter-final Montpellier 3–2 Nice Montpellier
17:00 Cabella   29'
Deplagne   35'
Herrera   52'
Yanga-Mbiwa   76'
Tinhan   83'
Summary Bosetti   22'
Palun   59'
Bauthéac   66' (pen.)
Abriel   71'
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 6,658
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
16 January 2013 Semi-final Rennes 2–0 Montpellier Rennes
21:00 Féret   7'
Erdinç   51'
Summary Mounier   23'
Pitau   78'
Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 28,028
Referee: Stephane Lannoy

UEFA Champions League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Schalke 04 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase
2   Arsenal 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10
3   Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 9 9 0 9 Transfer to Europa League
4   Montpellier 6 0 2 4 6 12 −6 2
Source: Soccerway
18 September 2012 (2012-09-18) 1 Montpellier   1–2   Arsenal Montpellier, France
20:45 CEST Belhanda   9' (pen.) Report Podolski   16'
Gervinho   18'
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 27,522
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
3 October 2012 (2012-10-03) 2 Schalke 04   2–2   Montpellier Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45 CEST Draxler   26'
Huntelaar   53' (pen.)
Report Aït-Fana   13'
Camara   90'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 50,004
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
24 October 2012 (2012-10-24) 3 Montpellier   1–2   Olympiacos Montpellier, France
20:45 CEST Charbonnier   49' Report Torosidis   73'
Mitroglou   90+1'
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 22,834
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
6 November 2012 (2012-11-06) 4 Olympiacos   3–1   Montpellier Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CET Machado   4'
Greco   80'
Mitroglou   82'
Report Belhanda   66' (pen.) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 28,217
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
21 November 2012 (2012-11-21) 5 Arsenal   2–0   Montpellier London, England
20:45 CET Wilshere   49'
Podolski   63'
Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,760
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)
4 December 2012 (2012-12-04) 6 Montpellier   1–1   Schalke 04 Montpellier, France
20:45 CET Herrera   59'
Hilton   84'
Report Höwedes   56' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 23,142
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of the end of the 2012–13 season.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Trophée des Champions Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Laurent Pionnier 10 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF   Garry Bocaly 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 DF   Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 26 0 16 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6 0
4 DF   Vitorino Hilton 40 1 30 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
5 DF   Henri Bedimo 42 0 32 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
6 MF   Joris Marveaux 12 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
7 FW   John Utaka 35 7 28 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0
8 FW   Anthony Mounier 36 2 26 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
9 FW   Gaëtan Charbonnier 34 6 26 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 1
10 MF   Younès Belhanda 37 12 30 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 2
11 FW   Emanuel Herrera 29 5 24 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
12 DF   Daniel Congré 46 1 36 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 4 0
13 MF   Marco Estrada 32 4 24 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
14 MF   Romain Pitau 21 0 16 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
15 MF   Jonathan Tinhan 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0
16 GK   Geoffrey Jourdren 39 0 33 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
18 MF   Karim Aït-Fana 10 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
19 FW   Souleymane Camara 44 12 33 10 2 1 3 0 1 0 5 1
20 MF   Rémy Cabella 41 8 31 7 1 0 2 1 1 0 6 0
21 DF   Abdelhamid El Kaoutari 25 0 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF   Benjamin Stambouli 28 1 21 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
23 MF   Jamel Saihi 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
24 FW   Bengali-Fodé Koita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF   Mathieu Deplagne 7 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
26 MF   Bryan Dabo 19 0 16 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF   Cyril Jeunechamp 9 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   Jonas Martin 20 0 16 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
29 MF   Guillaume Legras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK   Jonathan Ligali 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 DF   Teddy Mézague 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   Adrien Coulomb 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF   Mohamed Hamzaoui 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW   Abdoul Karim Sylla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF   Vincent Di Stéfano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK   Baptiste Valette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   Alexandre Cropanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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