2012–13 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
2012–13 season
Chairman	Michael Johnston
Manager	Kenny Shiels
Stadium	Rugby Park
SPL	Ninth place
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Cillian Sheridan &; Paul Heffernan (9); All: Paul Heffernan (12)
Highest home attendance	6,523 v Dundee, SPL, 4 August 2012
Lowest home attendance	3,198 v Hibernian, SPL, 15 May 2013
Average home league attendance	4,646
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was Kilmarnock's fourteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup of which they were the defending champions, having beaten Celtic in the Final the previous season.^[3]

Summary

Season

Kilmarnock finished ninth in the Scottish Premier League with 45 points.^[4] They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Stenhousemuir.^[5] Kilmarnock also reached the Quarter-final of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hibernian.^[6]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre season

14 July 2012^[7] Friendly	Livingston	3 – 2	Kilmarnock	Grangemouth Stadium
15:00	Andreu 52' Barr 67' McNulty 73'	Livingston Report Daily Record Report	Harkins 16' McKenzie 41'

16 July 2012^[8] Friendly	Greenock Morton	4 – 1	Kilmarnock	Cappielow
19:30	O'Brien 13' McLaughlin 30' Weatherson 63' (pen) Halsman 78'	Morton Report	Kennedy 90'	Attendance: 636 Referee: McLean

Wrexham v Kilmarnock

18 July 2012^[8] Friendly	Wrexham	3 – 1	Kilmarnock	Racecourse Ground
19:30	Wright 24' Ogleby 54' Little 76' (pen.)	Wrexham Report	Harkins 35'	Attendance: 1,138 Referee: Handley

Chester v Kilmarnock

21 July 2012^[8] Friendly	Chester	0 – 1	Kilmarnock	Exacta Stadium
15:00		Chester Report	Kennedy 74'	Attendance: 1,099 Referee: Jones

Huddersfield Town

25 July 2012^[8] Friendly	Kilmarnock	1 – 1	Huddersfield Town	Rugby Park
19:45	Johnson 21'		Rhodes 39'	Attendance: 1,310

Bristol City

30 July 2012 Friendly	Kilmarnock	2 – 3	Bristol City	Rugby Park
19:45	Kennedy 52' 76'		Adomah 33' Woolford 75' Anderson 88'

Sheffield Wednesday

8 August 2012 James Fowler Testimonial	Kilmarnock	1 – 4	Sheffield Wednesday	Rugby Park
19:45	Pascali 64'	^[9]^[10]	Harewood 20', 87', 89' O'Grady 43'	Attendance: 2,064

Scottish Premier League

4 August 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	0 – 0	Dundee	Rugby Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 6,523 Referee: Madden

11 August 2012 Scottish Premier League	Inverness CT	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Shinnie 8' Jones 79'	BBC Report	Pascali 45'	Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Colvin

18 August 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Motherwell	Rugby Park
15:00	Harkins 30'	BBC Report	Murphy 12', 37'	Attendance: 4,969 Referee: Finnie

25 August 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	3 – 1	Dundee United	Rugby Park
15:00	McKenzie 47' Pérez 50' (Penalty) Winchester 56'	BBC Report	Daly 79'	Attendance: 4,516 Referee: Allan

1 September 2012 Scottish Premier League	Ross County	0 – 0	Kilmarnock	Victoria Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 4,006 Referee: Beaton

15 September 2012 Scottish Premier League	Hibernian	2 – 1	Kilmarnock	Easter Road
15:00	Griffiths 14', 45' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Racchi 32'	Attendance: 9,723 Referee: McLean

22 September 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	3 – 1	St Mirren	Rugby Park
15:00	Sheridan 26' Fowler 57' Dayton 61'	BBC Report	McGowan 83'	Attendance: 4,879 Referee: O'Reilly

29 September 2012 Scottish Premier League	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 3	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Žaliūkas 88'	BBC Report	Sheridan 32', 51', 62'	Attendance: 11,847 Referee: Madden

6 October 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Aberdeen	Rugby Park
15:00	O'Leary 3'	BBC Report	Rae 46' McGinn 55' Vernon 90'	Attendance: 5,540 Referee: McLean

20 October 2012 Scottish Premier League	St Johnstone	2 – 1	Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Davidson 30' Hasselbaink 90'	BBC Report	Fowler 93'	Attendance: 3,113 Referee: Colvin

27 October 2012 Scottish Premier League	Celtic	0 – 2	Kilmarnock	Celtic Park
15:00		BBC Report	Sheridan 43' Kelly 62' (pen.)	Attendance: 47,971 Referee: Allan

3 November 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Rugby Park
15:00	Kelly 56' Bell 76'	BBC Report	Shinnie 22' McKay 77' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,541 Referee: Norris

10 November 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	3 – 0	Ross County	Rugby Park
15:00	Heffernan 66', 82' Harkins 77'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,012 Referee: Madden

16 November 2012 Scottish Premier League	Dundee United	3 – 3	Kilmarnock	Tannadice Park
19:45	Mackay-Steven 48' Daly 56', 90+2'	BBC Report	Sheridan 9', 30' Heffernan 53'	Attendance: 6,287 Referee: Muir

25 November 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 2	St Johnstone	Rugby Park
15:00	Pascali 5' Nelson 85'	BBC Report	Davidson 31' Vine 89'	Attendance: 4,208 Referee: O'Reilly

8 December 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Celtic	Rugby Park
12:30	Sheridan 90+1'	BBC Report	Brown 27' Ledley 65' Samaras 74'	Attendance: 6,501 Referee: Thomson

15 December 2012 Scottish Premier League	Aberdeen	0 – 2	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Langfield 45'	BBC Report	Kelly 45+2' (Penalty), 86'	Attendance: 8,790 Referee: Charleston

23 December 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 1	Hibernian	Rugby Park
12:30	Heffernan 6'	BBC Report	Doyle 26'	Attendance: 4,028 Referee: Madden

26 December 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Rugby Park
15:00	Kelly 27' (Penalty)	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,163 Referee: McLean

29 December 2012 Scottish Premier League	Motherwell	2 – 2	Kilmarnock	Fir Park
15:00	Murphy 71' Ojamaa 74'	BBC Report	Perez 13' Heffernan 62'	Attendance: 4,903 Referee: Allan

2 January 2013 Scottish Premier League	St Mirren	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	St Mirren Park
15:00	McGowan 68' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Kelly 5' (Penalty)	Attendance: 6,347 Referee: Colvin

19 January 2013 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	2 – 3	Dundee United	Rugby Park
15:00	Pascali 18', 90+2'	BBC Report	Russell 43', 63', 88'	Attendance: 4,112 Referee: Thomson

27 January 2013 Scottish Premier League	Dundee	0 – 0	Kilmarnock	Dens Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 4,782 Referee: Beaton

30 January 2013 Scottish Premier League	Celtic	4 – 1	Kilmarnock	Celtic Park
19:45	Ledley 41' Matthews 50', 83' Stokes 78'	BBC Report	Sheridan 48'	Attendance: 43,652 Referee: Murray

9 February 2013 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Motherwell	Rugby Park
15:00	Hammell 13' (Own goal) Gros 71'	BBC Report	Kerr 85' Lasley 89'	Attendance: 4,246 Referee: McLean

13 February 2013 Scottish Premier League	Inverness CT	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Caledonian Stadium
19:45	Ross 21'	BBC Report	Pérez 90'	Attendance: 2,529 Referee: Madden

16 February 2013 Scottish Premier League	Heart of Midlothian	0 – 3	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Heffernan 42', 65', 71'	Attendance: 14,280 Referee: Thomson

23 February 2013 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 1	Aberdeen	Rugby Park
15:00	Heffernan 40'	BBC Report	Fallon 7'	Attendance: 4,390 Referee: Norris

27 February 2013 Scottish Premier League	Hibernian	2 – 2	Kilmarnock	Easter Road
19:45	McGivern 85' Griffiths 88'	BBC Report	Clingan 46' Winchester 86'	Attendance: 8,121 Referee: McKendrick

9 March 2013 Scottish Premier League	St Johnstone	2 – 0	Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Davidson 58' Tade 85'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,425 Referee: Colvin

30 March 2013 Scottish Premier League	Ross County	0 – 1	Kilmarnock	Victoria Park
15:00		BBC Report	Fowler 2'	Attendance: 3,782 Referee: Norris

3 April 2013 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 1	St Mirren	Rugby Park
19:45	Boyd 47'	BBC Report	Gonçalves 36'	Attendance: 4,494 Referee: Allan

6 April 2013 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Dundee	Rugby Park
15:00	Boyd 74'	BBC Report	Harkins 6', 77'	Attendance: 4,966 Referee: Brines

20 April 2013 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	Rugby Park
15:00		BBC Report	Sutton 4'	Attendance: 3,572 Referee: Murray

27 April 2013 Scottish Premier League	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McGinn 4'	BBC Report		Attendance: 6,334 Referee: Charleston

5 May 2013 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	A – A	Hibernian	Rugby Park
15:00	Boyd 31'	SKY Report	Harris 21'	Referee: Clancy
Note: Match abandoned after 54 minutes after fan took gravely ill in the west stand^[11]

11 May 2013 Scottish Premier League	Dundee	2 – 3	Kilmarnock	Dens Park
15:00	Conroy 19' Stewart 83'	BBC Report	McKenzie 4' Johnston 58' Clingan 73'	Attendance: 4,190 Referee: Norris

15 May 2013 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Hibernian	Rugby Park
19:45	Ashcroft 57'	BBC Report	Robertson 10' Doyle 86', 90'	Attendance: 3,198 Referee: Charleston

18 May 2013 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 3	St Mirren	Rugby Park
15:00	Boyd 25'	BBC Report	McGinn 20' McGowan 75' (Penalty) Newton 88'	Attendance: 4,428 Referee: Collum

Scottish League Cup

28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 2	Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Stenhousemuir	Rugby Park
19:45	Nelson 90'	SFL Report	Ferguson 20' (Penalty) Gemmell 43'	Attendance: 2,538 Referee: Collum

Scottish Cup

1 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Kilmarnock	2 – 1	Queen of the South	Rugby Park
15:00	Sheridan 8' Perez 69'	BBC Report	McKenna 2' Clark 77'	Attendance: 4,295 Referee: Tumilty

2 February 2013 Scottish Cup round 5	Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Inverness CT	Rugby Park
15:00	Heffernan 58', 85'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,172 Referee: Collum

3 March 2013 Scottish Cup QF	Kilmarnock	2 – 4	Hibernian	Rugby Park
15:00	Dayton 26' Heffernan 72' (pen)	BBC Report	Griffiths 15', 82', 89' (pen) Done 39'	Attendance: 7,272 Referee: Beaton

Squad information

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
29	MF	Manuel Pascali^[12]		25	Club captain

Last updated: 18 May 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.

Squad

Last updated 18 May 2013^[13]^[14]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Cammy Bell	33	0	30+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
2	DF	NED	Jeroen Tesselaar	30	0	25+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Garry Hay	9	0	5+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
4	MF	SCO	James Fowler	38	3	33+1	3	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	SCO	Ryan O'Leary	30	1	22+6	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Danny Racchi	18	1	8+8	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	NIR	Sammy Clingan	15	2	13+1	2	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	FRA	William Gros	20	1	9+8	1	0+1	0	2+0	0
10	MF	ENG	James Dayton	31	2	23+4	1	0+1	0	2+1	1
11	FW	SCO	Kris Boyd	9	3	6+2	3	0+0	0	0+1	0
12	FW	IRL	Cillian Sheridan	29	10	19+7	9	0+0	0	2+1	1
14	FW	IRL	Paul Heffernan	30	12	22+5	9	0+0	0	2+1	3
15	FW	ESP	Borja Pérez	28	4	19+6	3	1+0	0	2+0	1
19	MF	NGA	Rabiu Ibrahim	6	0	2+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	SCO	Gary Fisher	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	NIR	Rory McKeown	18	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
24	MF	SCO	Rory McKenzie	24	2	8+14	2	1+0	0	0+1	0
25	DF	SCO	Ross Barbour	18	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
28	MF	NIR	Jude Winchester	10	2	5+3	2	1+0	0	1+0	0
29	MF	ITA	Manuel Pascali	25	3	24+0	3	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF	SCO	Chris Johnston	10	1	4+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	SCO	Ross Davidson	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
35	DF	SCO	Lee Ashcroft	3	1	2+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF	SCO	Craig Slater	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	DF	SCO	Mark O'Hara	20	0	13+4	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
39	FW	SCO	Robbie Muirhead	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
46	MF	SCO	Greg Kiltie	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
53	GK	FIN	Anssi Jaakkola	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
88	DF	FRA	Mohamadou Sissoko	22	0	18+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
Players who left the club during the 2012–13 season
6	DF	ENG	Michael Nelson	23	2	21+0	1	1+0	1	1+0	0
8	MF	SCO	Liam Kelly	19	6	19+0	6	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	SCO	Gary Harkins	17	2	14+2	2	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	FW	ENG	Rory Boulding	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	GK	WAL	Kyle Letheren	10	0	8+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Alex Pursehouse	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Lee Johnson	14	0	7+5	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
33	MF	NIR	Matty Kennedy	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 18 May 2013

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
1		GK	Cammy Bell	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
2		DF	Jeroen Tesselaar	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Garry Hay	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
4		MF	James Fowler	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
5		DF	Ryan O'Leary	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
6		DF	Michael Nelson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Danny Racchi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Liam Kelly	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
8		MF	Sammy Clingan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9		FW	William Gros	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
10		MF	James Dayton	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		MF	Gary Harkins	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
11		FW	Kris Boyd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12		FW	Cillian Sheridan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		FW	Paul Heffernan	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
15		FW	Borja Perez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16		FW	Rory Boulding	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		GK	Kyle Letheren	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Lee Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		MF	Rabiu Ibrahim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		DF	Gary Fisher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		DF	Rory McKeown	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		FW	Rory McKenzie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		DF	Ross Barbour	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
26		DF	Alex Pursehouse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28		MF	Jude Winchester	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29		MF	Manuel Pascali	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
30		FW	Chris Johnston	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31		FW	Ross Davidson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		MF	Matthew Kennedy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35		DF	Lee Ashcroft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36		MF	Craig Slater	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38		DF	Mark O'Hara	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
39		FW	Robbie Muirhead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46		DF	Greg Kiltie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53		GK	Anssi Jaakkola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88		DF	Mohamadou Sissoko	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Hibernian	38	13	12	13	49	52	−3	51^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]
8	Aberdeen	38	11	15	12	41	43	−2	48^[a]
9	Kilmarnock	38	11	12	15	52	53	−1	45
10	Heart of Midlothian	38	11	11	16	40	49	−9	44
11	St Mirren	38	9	14	15	47	60	−13	41

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Division summary

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L
Position	6	6	10	6	7	8	4	3	6	7	6	7	5	5	8	9	8	8	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	6	5	6	7	8	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2013. Source: ^[15]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Danny Buijs	Sparta Rotterdam^[25]	Free^[26]
Jonathan Stynes	Cambridge City^[27]	Free^[28]
Greig Thorburn	Annan Athletic^[29]	Free^[30]
Ross Lindsay	Clyde^[31]	Free^[32]
Andy Rankin	Newmains United^[33]	Free^[34]
David Silva	Olhanense	Free^[35]
Zdeněk Kroča	Tescoma Zlín	Free^[36]
Nic Rajovic	Clyde	Free^[37]
Dieter Van Tornhout	Royal Antwerp^[38]	Free^[39]
Dean Shiels	Rangers	Free^[40]
Russell Cadwell	Stranraer	Free^[41]
Gary Fisher	Hamilton Academical	Loan^[42]
Matty Kennedy	Everton	£200,000^[43]
Ross Fisher	Brechin City	Loan^[44]
Ross Davidson	Airdrie United	Loan^[45]
Liam Kelly	Bristol City	Undisclosed^[46]
Michael Nelson	Bradford City	£50,000^[47]^[48]
Rory Boulding	Dundee United^[49]	Free^[50]
Gary Harkins	Dundee	Undisclosed^[51]
Lee Johnson	Oldham Athletic^{[note 1]}^[52]	Free^[53]
Alex Pursehouse	Brechin City^[54]	Free^[55]
Kyle Letheren	Released	Free^[56]

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