2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Preconference season
The frontcourt accounted for 64 of the team's points, as bench player Sam Dower scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds. After this, the Zags faced their first true road game of the season as they travelled to play at Washington State. Down 67–69, DaVonte Lacy made a layup for the Cougars to tie the game. With the game tied at 69, Pangos drove up the court to make a layup with two seconds left to secure the 71–69 victory. Olynyk made 10 of 14 shots and grabbed seven rebounds to keep Gonzaga in the game in the second half, while Harris led the team with 23 points. The victory gave the Bulldogs their best start to a season in Division I history with a 9–0 record.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Preconference season
Gonzaga suffered their first loss of the season against #13 Illinois on December 8, falling 85–74. Tied at 41 at halftime, the Zags shot 38 percent in the second half after shooting 60 percent in the first half. A free throw by Pangos cut Illinois' lead to 75–71 with 2:51 left in the game. However, the Illini responded with an 80–71 advantage to take control of the game. The Bulldogs recovered from their first loss of the season by beating Kansas State in the annual State Farm Battle in Seattle game, 68–52.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Preconference season
The team outscored Kansas State in the paint 38–12 and limited the Wildcats to 33 percent shooting. Olynyk led the team with 20 points, while Bell added 11 points. Four days later, Gonzaga returned home and beat Campbell 74–52. The team finished with 33 points from the bench and 44 in the paint, while scoring 18 points off of 15 turnovers. Karnowski led the Zags with 14 points, while Harris put up 11 points and a career-high six assists.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Preconference season
With over a week to prepare for their next game at home, the Bulldogs beat Baylor 94–87 on December 28. The team was unable to hold a lead until there was 4:53 remaining in the first half. At that point, the game went back and forth, and the Zags led by as many as 12. Pangos led the team with 31 points, while Olynyk and Harris added 21 and 17 points, respectively. Gonzaga then went back on the road to play at #22 Oklahoma State, where they got a 69–68 win.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Preconference season
With 35.7 seconds left in the game, Mike Hart set a screen for Bell, who made a three-pointer to give the Zags the 67–65 lead. On the following play, Olynyk fouled out and sent Marcus Smart to the free throw line. Smart missed both free throws and Pangos rebounded the ball, and subsequently was sent to the free throw line, where he made both free throws. The win made Gonzaga undefeated against the Big 12 for the season with a 5–0 record.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
To begin the conference season, the Bulldogs travelled to Firestone Fieldhouse on January 3 to play Pepperdine, where they would beat the Waves 78–62. David Stockton came off the bench and keyed the Zags with four steals to hold off a Pepperdine team that was down two with 12 minutes left. Despite scoring a season-low 43.4% from the field, Elias Harris scored 18 points and Kelly Olynyk added 16. Two days later, they went to Santa Clara and beat the Broncos 81–74.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
The team managed to withstand a Santa Clara rally late when Olynyk made a key putback with 1:55 remaining. He led the team with a career-high 33 points and 10 rebounds, while Harris added 14 points for the Zags. After this, Gonzaga would go back home to play conference rival Saint Mary's, whom they would beat 83–78. Saint Mary's would have one field goal in the final minutes of the first half to help the Bulldogs to a 46–28 halftime advantage. However, Stephen Holt would hit three shots and two free throws in a 90-second span to cut the lead to 55–44. With 26 seconds left, Kevin Pangos missed and fouled Matthew Dellavedova, who made it 79–78. Gonzaga held on for the win and was led by 31 points from Olynyk.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
On January 17, the Bulldogs went on the road to play Portland, whom they beat 71–49. Despite two early fouls on Olynyk in the first half, Gonzaga shot 46.6% from the field. Olynyk would come back with a strong second half to finish with 21 points, eight rebounds, one steal, and two blocks. The game extended Gonzaga's best start in school history with an eight-game winning streak.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
Two days later, they would travel to Hinkle Fieldhouse to play a non-conference game at #13 Butler as a part of the debut game of ESPN's College GameDay for the 2013 college basketball season. Gonzaga was ahead 33–32 at halftime, but Butler scored the first five points of the second half to take the lead. Ahead 63–62 with 3.5 seconds left, Stockton threw the ball inbounds and watched as it was stolen by Butler sophomore Roosevelt Jones, who took the buzzer beater shot to give Butler the 64–63 win.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
The team would recover and return home from their second loss of the season on January 24 by beating BYU 83–63. Olynyk scored 26 points on 9-for-9 shooting and was also 8-for-8 on free throws. The Zags won the rebound battle 37–29 and outscored BYU 42–28 in the paint while shooting 56.9% from the field.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
Two days later, the team would go on to beat San Francisco at home 66–52. Despite shooting 58 percent in the first half and building a lead of 24 at one point, the Bulldogs shot just 8 of 27 in the second half. They were led by Olynyk, who had 13 points, eight rebounds, three assists, three steals, and one assist. The team then travelled to Loyola Marymount on January 31, where they would rout the Lions 88–43. The team shot 13-for-21 from behind the three-point line and shot 54.4% from the field.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
Gary Bell, Jr. led the team with 15 points, which were entirely three-pointers. The team would face a tougher task when they went to San Diego two days later. The Zags left 36–27 at halftime, but San Diego would go on a run to drop the Gonzaga lead to 51–50. They trailed 57–53 with 7-and-a-half minutes left before outscoring the Toreros 12–6. Stockton would hit a runner in the lane with 55.9 seconds left, but Olynyk would miss the front end of a one-and-one to give San Diego a chance to win the game with eight seconds left. However, Harris would go on to block the last-second shot to secure the 65–63 victory. Harris scored 18 points and eight rebounds, while Olynyk and Bell added 15 and 13, respectively.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
The team would return home on February 7 to rout Pepperdine 82–56. They managed to hold Pepperdine to 36.2% from the field and also forced 21 turnovers. Gonzaga was led by Kevin Pangos, who scored 14 points, collected four assists, and had four steals. Kelly Olynyk was key in the Zag's 74–55 home victory over Loyola Marymount two days later. He scored 20 points, grabbed six rebounds, collected four assists, and had two blocks. Pangos also added 20 points, while Harris recorded a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
Gonzaga's next battle would take them down to Moraga, California, where they would play the second conference game against rival Saint Mary's. Gaels point guard Matthew Dellavedova would score 19 of his 22 points in the first half, as the Gaels led the Zags 33–32 at the break. However, Gary Bell, Jr. would go on to score 20 points and fuel a 7–0 run for the opening 1:06 of the second half to take the lead for good. The team managed to shoot 50% from the field, while converting 9 of 17 three-pointers. Pangos contributed 18 points and led the team with three assists, while Olynyk added 17 points to help the Zags take control of first place in the conference with an 11–0 record.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
The Zags then travelled to play San Francisco at War Memorial Gymnasium, which is a place where they had not won for three consecutive years. Gonzaga's defense forced San Francisco to stay on the perimeter for a majority of their shots, as the Bulldogs limited the Dons to 36.8% from the field. Olynyk led the team with 26 points and nine rebounds, while Harris added 17 points and 13 rebounds to lead the team to a 71–61 victory. A rebounding advantage of 45–22 and defensive field goal percentage of 30.2% helped Gonzaga rout Santa Clara 85–42 on February 20.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
The Zags shot 56.2% from the field and converted on 7 of 17 three-pointers. Harris led the team with 17 points and nine rebounds, while Olynyk scored 15. Three days later, the team beat San Diego at home 81–50. The team's defense held the Toreros to 35.7% shooting and 2-for-14 beyond the arc. Gonzaga came into the second half making its first six of seven shots to push the lead to 54–30 with 14 minutes left. After San Diego scored, transfer Drew Barham's three-pointer started a 13–0 Zags run that pushed the lead to 67–32. Pangos led the team with 18 points, while Olynyk contributed 14 points, nine rebounds, and three blocks.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
With two conference games left, the Bulldogs travelled to play at the Marriott Center against BYU on February 28. The Zags led by 11 with 10:51 left in the game, but BYU would begin to cut the Gonzaga lead. Three three-pointers by Brock Zylstra and Craig Cusick, as well as two free throws by Brandon Davies tied the game at 60 with 4:18 remaining. Olynyk hit a key jumper with 43 seconds remaining and Pangos hit two free throws to give the Bulldogs some breathing room.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Conference season
However, Gonzaga fouled Cusick on a three-point attempt, causing him to make three free throws to give BYU one final chance with 6.6 seconds remaining. The Zags fouled BYU before Cusick could attempt a three, and Harris' free throws at the other end sealed Gonzaga's 70–65 victory. The final conference game of the season for the Zags would be at home against Portland two days later, whom they would beat 81–52. Harris scored 20 points, while Olynyk grabbed a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds. The win made the team finish undefeated in conference play at 16–0 for the first time in team history and conference history. It also broke the team's previous record for the best regular season start with 29 wins.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Postseason
On March 4, 2013, the team drew a number one ranking in both the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll for the first time in program history. In the 2013 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, the Bulldogs received a one seed by virtue of a 16–0 conference record, causing them to have a bye into the semifinals. Due to Loyola Marymount beating Santa Clara in the quarterfinals, Gonzaga was matched up against Loyola Marymount.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Postseason
The team would go on to win the game 66–48, as they were led by Elias Harris, who had 21 points, eight rebounds, one assist, two steals, and two blocks. In the championship game of the tournament, the Zags would go against rival Saint Mary's for the third time. The defense of the Bulldogs forced Saint Mary's guard Matthew Dellavedova to score two points on 1 of 8 shooting and have the Gaels shoot 35.7% from the field as a whole. The team shot 52.1% from the field and dominated the Gaels in the paint 42–18. The Zags were led by Kelly Olynyk, who contributed 21 points and 12 rebounds. Harris also added 19 points for the Bulldogs, and would later be named the MVP of the tournament. With the victory, the Bulldogs secured an automatic bid into the 2013 NCAA Tournament.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Postseason
On Selection Sunday, Gonzaga received a one seed in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament for the first time in school history and was set to play Southern on March 21 at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Jaguars previously played against the Bulldogs in an opening game for the 2010–11 season, where Gonzaga routed Southern 117–72. Despite being routed a couple of seasons before, the Jaguars were only behind 34–31 at halftime. Olynyk scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half to help Gonzaga pull ahead.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Postseason
Despite this, Southern managed to tie the game at 56 with 3:45 left, but Gary Bell, Jr. would hit a three-pointer to make it 59–56. On the ensuing possession, Southern guard Derick Beltran hit two free throws to cut the deficit to one. However, Kevin Pangos would respond with a three-pointer to put the Zags ahead by four. YonDarius Johnson and Malcolm Miller had open looks on the next possession, but neither was able to convert. Pangos finished with 16 points and hit two free throws with 14.3 seconds left to seal the victory for Gonzaga. The team managed to avoid the upset and hold on for the 64–58 victory to advance to the Round of 32.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Postseason
Gonzaga's season came to an end on March 21 with a 76–70 loss to ninth-seeded Wichita State. The Shockers had a 36–31 lead at halftime, and were ahead by as much as 13 at one point in the game. However, the Bulldogs would respond with a 12–0 run in the second half to give themselves a 49–41 lead with 11:53 left. Nevertheless, Wichita State started a string of five straight three-pointers when Tekele Cotton hit one with 6:05 remaining, cutting the deficit to four.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Season, Postseason
With 1:28 seconds left, Fred VanVleet threw up and converted on a three-pointer with one second left on the shot clock to give the Shockers a 70–65 lead. The rest of the game was a free throw shooting contest, as Wichita State shot 50% from the field and 50% from beyond the arc, converting on 14 of 28 attempts from long range. Olynyk contributed 26 points and 9 rebounds, while Pangos scored 19. The loss made the Zags the first number one seed to be eliminated as they finished with a record of 32–3.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
The 2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team is representing Gonzaga University in the 2012–13 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference, are led by head coach Kelly Graves, in his 13th season at the school. The Zags are playing most of their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington.


2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team, Before the Season
The Zags were picked to finish second in the WCC Pre-Season poll behind BYU.


2012–13 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team represented Grambling State University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by first year head coach Joseph Price, played their home games at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center and were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 0–28, 0–18 in SWAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SWAC Tournament to Alabama A&M to become the eighth Division I team in NCAA history to finish a season winless.


2012–13 Granada CF season
The 2012–13 Granada CF season was the 79th season in club history and their 19th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The 2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was an international figure skating competition in the 2012–13 season, held together with the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. The combined event was the culmination of two international series — the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating for senior-level skaters and the 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix for juniors.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The event was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia from 6–9 December 2012. It was a test event in anticipation of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Qualifiers, Senior-level qualifiers
Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2012 were eligible to compete at two senior 2012–13 Grand Prix events, including the 2012 Skate America, 2012 Skate Canada International, 2012 Cup of China, 2012 Cup of Russia, 2012 Trophée Eric Bompard, and 2012 NHK Trophy. They earned points at these events and the six highest ranking skaters in each discipline qualified for the senior Grand Prix Final. Yulia Lipnitskaya withdrew due to a concussion and was replaced by first alternate Christina Gao.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Qualifiers, Junior-level qualifiers
Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2012 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete at two 2012–13 Junior Grand Prix events. They earned points at these events and the six highest-ranking skaters in each discipline qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Overview
T = Toe loop, S = Salchow, A = Axel


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Overview, Senior event
Japan's Daisuke Takahashi was first in the men's short program, followed by the reigning World and GPF champion Patrick Chan of Canada, and Yuzuru Hanyu, also of Japan. Spain's Javier Fernández, fourth overall, won the free skate with a program that included a 4T, 4S+3T, 4S, and 3A. Takahashi won the GPF title in his seventh appearance at the event, Hanyu won silver, and Chan took the bronze.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Overview, Senior event
Japan's Mao Asada took the lead in the ladies' short program, with the United States' Ashley Wagner and Japan's Akiko Suzuki in second and third respectively. Asada also placed first in the free skate and won her third GPF title, Wagner injured herself in falls during the free skate but completed the program and took the silver, and Suzuki took the bronze. Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was second in the free skate but remained in 5th overall.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Overview, Senior event
Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov won the pairs' short program ahead of teammates Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov and China's Pang Qing / Tong Jian. Bazarova / Larionov won the free skate but Volosozhar / Trankov finished first overall and took their first GPF title, while silver medalists Bazarova / Larionov won their first medal at the event and Pang / Tong took the bronze.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Overview, Senior event
The defending GPF champions, Meryl Davis / Charlie White of the United States, finished first in the short dance ahead of the reigning World champions, Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir of Canada, and Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat of France. Davis / White also placed first in the free dance and won their fourth consecutive GPF title, Virtue / Moir won their third silver at the event, and Pechalat / Bourzat won the bronze.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Overview, Junior event
Russia swept all four gold medals at the Junior Grand Prix Final and the entire pairs' podium.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Overview, Junior event
The United States' Joshua Farris won the men's short program ahead of Russia's Maxim Kovtun and the 2011 JGP Final champion Jason Brown. Kovtun won the free skate with a program that included a 4T-3T, 3A+3T, and 3A. He won the title by 11 points over the silver medalist, Farris, while Japan's Ryuju Hino moved ahead of Brown to take the bronze.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Overview, Junior event
Russia's Elena Radionova was first in the ladies' short program, with the United States' Hannah Miller in second and Russia's Anna Pogorilaya in third. Radionova also placed first in the free skate and won the junior ladies' title by 11 points ahead of silver medalist Miller, who placed fourth in the segment, and bronze medalist Pogorilaya. Angela Wang of the United States was second in the free skate but remained in fourth overall.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Overview, Junior event
Russia's Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin took the lead in the pair's short program, followed by Canada's Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro and Russia's Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat. Fedorova / Miroshkin were also first in the free skate and won gold with a total score slightly over five points ahead of the silver medalists, Davankova / Deputat, while Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev rose to take the bronze, producing a Russian sweep of the podium. Davankova / Deputat were the only junior pairs' medalists to attempt (and complete) side-by-side triple jumps. Vigalova (born 29 June 1999) was the youngest skater at the JGP Final.


2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Overview, Junior event
Russia's Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin won the short dance ahead of France's Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron and 2011 JGP Final silver medalists Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov. Stepanova / Bukin also placed first in the free dance and won gold by ten points ahead of Papadakis / Cizeron, while the United States' Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton moved past Yanovskaia / Mozgov to take the bronze.


2012–13 Grasshopper Club Zürich season, Review and events
The 2012–13 Swiss Super League began with a 0-2 loss against FC Sion. After this defeat the Grasshoppers remained unbeaten for twelve consecutive matches and goalkeeper Roman Bürki was able to set a new all-time record in keeping a clean sheet in Swiss football. He remained unbeaten for 659 minutes.


2012–13 Grasshopper Club Zürich season, Review and events
On May 20, 2013 the Grasshoppers won the 2012–13 Swiss Cup by a 5-4-victory on penalties against FC Basel. It was Grasshoppers 19th title in this competition and their first since 1994.


2012–13 Great American Conference championships
The Great American Conference sponsors championship events for 12 of its 13 sports. The football champion is the team with the best conference record.


2012–13 Great American Conference championships
Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southern Nazarene were provisional members and not eligible for regular season championships or postseason championship tournaments. Individuals were eligible for postseason honors and may compete in cross country and golf postseason championships but not eligible for titles.


2012–13 Great American Conference championships, Men's Cross Country
East Central University placed three runners in the top four and all seven competitors finished inside the top 15 as the Tigers repeated as Great American Conference Men's Cross Country Champions.


2012–13 Great American Conference championships, Men's Cross Country
Southern Arkansas' Mickey Hammer emerged as the individual champion, fending off ECU's Cale Eidson.


2012–13 Great American Conference championships, Women's Cross Country
East Central won its first Great American Conference Women's Cross Country championship title as the Lady Tigers edged out 2011 champion Harding.


2012–13 Great American Conference championships, Women's Cross Country
Harding sophomore Ewa Zaborowska dominated the race, winning by more than a minute to claim the individual title.


2012–13 Great American Conference championships, Women's Soccer
Down a goal late in the Great American Conference Women’s Soccer Championship, top seeded Southwestern Oklahoma State pulled off a dramatic comeback with two goals in a three-minute span to stun Ouachita Baptist 2-1 to claim the tournament title.


2012–13 Great American Conference championships, Volleyball
One year after losing to Arkansas Tech in the Great American Conference Volleyball Championship final, Harding reversed its fate with a resounding four-set victory Saturday at the Rhodes Field House. After splitting the first two sets, the Lady Bisons won going away, 25-12 in the third set and 25-16 in the final set.


2012–13 Great American Conference championships, Volleyball
Like in their final regular season meeting, Arkansas Tech started strong and took the first set.


2012–13 Greek Basket League
The 2012–13 Greek Basket League was the 73rd season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece.


2012–13 Greek Basket League, Regular season, Standings
Pts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference


2012–13 Greek Basket League, Playoffs
Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.


2012–13 Greek Basket League, 2012–13 Greek Basket League Finals
The defending Greek Basket League champions, Olympiacos, finished first in the regular season, and faced their arch-rivals Panathinaikos, in the finals of the playoffs, having home-court advantage. Despite the home court advantage, Panathinaikos won the series 3–0, by performing a "clean sweep", after defeating Olympiacos twice at their home-court. The 3rd game was disrupted by Olympiacos fans throwing flash-grenades at Panathinaikos' bench, when the score was 72–76 with 01:27 left to go in the game.


2012–13 Greek Basket League, 2012–13 Greek Basket League Finals
The match officials decided to stop the game, and have the stadium cleared of all fans. 75 minutes went by, and 100+ Olympiacos fans had still not vacated the stadium, so the game and the series was officially called off. A technicality win of 0-20 was granted to Panathinaikos, despite there still being 01:27 left on the game clock.


2012–13 Greek Basket League, 2012–13 Greek Basket League Finals
The events of the 3rd game of the series, happened after the owner of Panathinaikos, Dimitrios Giannakopoulos, and three other men, entered into the referee locker room at the home arena of Panathinaikos, OAKA, during halftime of the 2nd game of the series. Giannakopoulos reportedly told the refs that they would not leave the arena, if they did not change how they were calling the game, with Panathinaikos behind in the score at halftime. Giannkopoulos was later sanctioned by the Greek sports prosecutor for these actions.


2012–13 Greek Basket League, 2012–13 Greek Basket League Finals
Giannakopoulos was then banned from entering into any arenas in Greece by the Greek Committee of Sportsmanship, for a period of 6 months, however, he was placed on 3 years of probation and given a suspended sentence. He was however, suspended from entering into the arenas at his own team's games, for a period of 3 months time.


2012–13 Greek Basket League, Stats leaders
Greek Basket League stats leaders are counted by totals, rather than averages, and include both regular season and playoff games.


2012–13 Greek Football Cup
The 2012–13 Greek Football Cup was the 71st season of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 62 clubs, five more than the previous edition, were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 24 October 2012 with the First Round and concluded on 11 May 2013 with the Final, held at Olympic Stadium. The final was contested by Asteras Tripolis and Olympiacos, with Olympiacos winning by 3–1 after extra time.


2012–13 Greek Football Cup, First round
The draw for this round took place on 13 October 2012.


2012–13 Greek Football Cup, Second round
The draw for this round took place on 13 October 2012.


2012–13 Greek Football Cup, Second round
Ethnikos Gazoros, Larissa, Proodeftiki, Apollon Smyrnis, Anagennisi Karditsa, Panachaiki, Aiginiakos, Pierikos and Kallithea qualify without matches to second round.


2012–13 Greek Football Cup, Third round
The draw for this round took place on 13 October 2012.


2012–13 Greek Football Cup, Fourth round
The draw for this round took place on 13 October 2012.


2012–13 Greek Football Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for this round took place on 4 February 2013.


2012–13 Greek Football Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for this round took place on 4 February 2013.


2012–13 Greek Ice Hockey Championship season
The 2012-13 Greek Ice Hockey Championship was contested by 11 teams, divided into Northern and Southern groups. The top two teams in each group were supposed to advance to the playoffs, which ended up being cancelled. PAOK Thessaloniki HC finished first in the Northern Group and Iptameni Pagodromoi Athens won the Southern Group, and were later named overall Greek champions.


2012–13 Greek Ice Hockey Championship season, Playoffs
The two Northern Group teams who had qualified for the playoffs declined to participate. As a result, the playoffs were cancelled, and the Greek Federation declared Iptameni Pagodromoi Athens, winner of the Southern Group, Greek champion for 2013.


2012–13 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Brian Wardle who is his 3rd year. The Phoenix played their home games at the Resch Center and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 18–16, 10–6 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Horizon League Tournament where they lost to Valparaiso. They were invited to the 2013 CIT where they lost in the first round to Bradley.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season
Season 2012–13 sees Greenock Morton compete in their sixth consecutive season in the First Division, having finished 8th in the 2011–12 season. Morton will also compete in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, May
Paul Di Giacomo, Colin Stewart, Stuart McCaffrey, Darren McGeouch, Ross Forsyth, Grant Evans, Marc Smyth, Andy Jackson, Matthew McGinley and Iain Flannigan left the club after their contracts expired. Mark McLaughlin was the first to be brought in to begin the rebuilding process.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, May
Joel Kasubandi and Creag Little were released while Fouad Bachirou stated he would not re-sign, Lewis Hawke and Martin Maguire were offered unpaid reserve contracts, and Andy Graham, Thomas O'Ware, Derek Young, Peter MacDonald, Archie Campbell and Peter Weatherson were asked to re-sign. Winger David O'Brien signed on for another season.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, May
Willie Dyer signed on a free transfer from Raith Rovers, and Archie Campbell re-signed to the club.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, May
Thomas O'Ware signed his new one-year contract, as did Peter Weatherson. Weatherson also agreed to take over as a coach of one of the club's youth sides.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, May
Morton signed Scotland youth international Jason Naismith on loan from St Mirren. Former Scotland U19 international Stephen Stirling signed a pre-contract to join when his Stranraer contract expired in June.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, May
London-based Danshell became the new sponsor of the Morton youth academy, in a £10,000 one-year deal.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, June
David Hopkin was brought in to work as co-manager of the reserve side alongside Jonatan Johansson.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, June
Morton made their fifth signing of the season, bringing in young Motherwell fullback Jordan Halsman on a free transfer.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, June
Andy Graham rejected the club's contract offer and signed for Dumbarton, along with Ross Forsyth who has been released in May.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, June
As they did last season, Morton brought in Graeme Jones as a sports scientist on a consultancy basis during the off-season period.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, June
Morton were given a home tie in the First Round of the Scottish League Challenge Cup against Albion Rovers.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, June
Moore revealed that it was unlikely that captain Derek Young would re-sign with the club as "his kids and his wife are still up in Aberdeen".


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, June
The fixtures were released on 18 June, with Morton starting off at home to Livingston on 11 August.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, June
Peter MacDonald signed a new one-year deal at the club, and goalkeeper Derek Gaston was signed as back-up to Alan Combe from Albion Rovers.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, June
Morton agreed to send a side to Campbeltown to play the local amateur side, Campbeltown Pupils on 11 July.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, June
A home friendly against Kilmarnock, and a closed doors game against Rapid București was organised.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, June
Simon Mensing and Kyle Wilkie were taken on trial after being released by Hamilton Accies. Tony Wallace was also on trial, and Moore expected to sign him within the next week.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, July
Tony Wallace completed his transfer to Cappielow for an undisclosed nominal fee.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, July
Morton also have Craig Reid and Martin Hardie on trial, with the latter scoring in a 1-0 friendly win over Albion Rovers. Reid signed on 14 July.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, July
Reid, Hardie and ex-Hibs fullback Scott Taggart signed for the club.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, July
Morton were drawn away to East Stirlingshire in the first round of the Scottish Communities League Cup.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, July
Kevin Rutkiewicz accepted a contract offer after playing in two trial matches for the club, and signed on 27 July.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, August
After dispatching of East Stirlingshire in the first round, Morton were given a home tie against Aberdeen in the second round.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, August
Morton re-signed Fouad Bachirou on 17 August in time for him to make his second début against Hamilton Accies.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, August
After only a couple of months, Johansson left the club to become U20 coach at Motherwell.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, August
David Hutton signed a short-term deal at the club as understudy to Derek Gaston.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, September
Alan Combe left to become a coach at Tynecastle with Hearts.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, September
After not being able to play all season up to this point, Peter MacDonald was ruled out for a further six weeks due to having surgery on his plantar fascia.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, September
Morton brought in ex-Celtic youth Liam Gormley on trial, and he scored in his first match against Largs Thistle.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, September
With a 3–2 defeat of Airdrie United, Morton won four straight league games for the first time since the 1995–96 season.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, October
Morton entered the Scottish Cup in the third round draw, and received an away tie at Albion Rovers who they defeated in the Challenge Cup earlier in the season.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, October
Archie Campbell was awarded the SFL Young Player of the Month award and the Irn-Bru Ginger Boot as top scorer in the SFL for September.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, November
Allan Moore received the October SFL Manager of the Month award, as Archie Campbell this time picked up the SFL Player of the Month award to add to his double of awards for September.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, November
Morton defeated Albion Rovers in a replay to set up a fourth round tie against Highland Football League side Turriff United.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, November
After eight consecutive wins, Morton's reserves ("the Bomb Squad") drew their first game of the season against Airdrie United.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, December
Morton avoided the embarrassment of losing to Turriff when Peter Weatherson earned them a replay at Cappielow in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup. The replay was postponed at the first attempt due to a frozen pitch.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, December
Morton won the replay 6–0 to set up a fifth round tie against Premier League Dundee.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, December
Three youth players went out on loan to junior sides; Iain Beattie to Neilston Juniors, Martin Maguire to Port Glasgow and Euan Blair to Hurlford United.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, January
Morton started the year badly, going down to a 3–0 defeat at home to strugglers Dumbarton.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, January
David Hutton signed an extension to stay with the club to the end of the season.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, January
Aidan Fulton went on a week-long trial at Motherwell's U20 side who are managed by former Morton coach Jonatan Johansson.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, January
Allan Moore again won the dreaded SFL Manager of the Month award for December.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, January
Morton signed Colin McMenamin with the help of local company McGill's Bus Services.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, January
Youngster Declan McDaid received the first Morton call-up for many years when he was selected to represent Scotland Schools U18's at the 2013 Centenary Cup.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, February
To allow him to get some first-team experience before heading to the United States for a scholarship, Lewis Hawke was released to allow him to sign on amateur terms at Annan Athletic.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, February
Morton were hammered by Dundee in the Scottish Cup Fifth Round.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, February
David Verlaque, whose father used to play for the club in the Scottish Premier Division, signed an amateur contract until the end of the season to play in the reserves.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, February
Two Morton youth players received call-ups to try out for the Scotland U14 squad at the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie; they were Lewis Strapp and Scott Miller.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, February
Morton launched their social inclusion project, the Greenock Morton Community Trust, to get people in the local area involved in football at a young age.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, March
As Morton suffered their first away league defeat since April 2012, Willie Dyer had to be taken from the field with a dislocated shoulder.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, March
David Verlaque went on week long trial to Nottingham Forest.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, March
Peter MacDonald won the player of the month for February.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, April
Lewis Strapp rejected an approach from Celtic to stay at Morton's youth academy.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, April
After Partick Thistle's victory on 20 April, they were confirmed as First Division champions; and Morton confirmed as league runners-up.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, April
Michael Tidser was nominated for the PFA Scotland First Division Player of the Year award.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, April
David Graham was released by Morton with two games still to go in the season.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, April
Kevin Rutkiewicz and Jordan Halsman were released from their contracts to join Carolina RailHawks and Fram respectively.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Story of the season, May
Following a 4–1 defeat away at Falkirk, Morton finished the season in second place with 67 points. Peter MacDonald was the club's top scorer with 15 goals in all competitions.


2012–13 Greenock Morton F.C. season, Squad (that played for first team)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Guam Men's Soccer League
2012–13 Guam Men's Soccer League, officially named Budweiser Guam Men's Soccer League due to sponsorship reason, is the association football league of Guam.


2012–13 Guatemalan Liga Nacional
The 2012–13 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 14th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 15 July 2012 and ended in May 2013. Comunicaciones won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.


2012–13 Guatemalan Liga Nacional, Format
The format for both championships are identical. Each championship will have two stages: a first stage and a playoff stage. The first stage of each championship is a double round-robin format. The teams that finishes 1 and 2 in the standings will advance to the playoffs semifinals, while the teams that finish 3–6 will enter in the quarterfinals. The winner of each quarterfinals will advance to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion.


2012–13 Guatemalan Liga Nacional, Teams
Penarol La Mesilla changed their names to Halcones FC for this season.


2012–13 Guatemalan Liga Nacional, Torneo Apertura
The 2012 Torneo Apertura began on 15 July 2012 and ends in December 2012.


2012–13 Guildford Flames season
During the 2012–13 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It was the 21st year of Ice Hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the sixth season under Paul Dixon as head coach.


2012–13 Guildford Flames season
The Flames, for the first time in their history, secured a back to back trophy by winning the league championship for the second time in as many seasons, thanks to a loss for the Basingstoke Bison, along with a single point during a 2–1 overtime loss at the Sheffield Steeldogs on Saturday 16 March 2013. Just four days later a capacity Spectrum witnessed a 'double, double' when the Flames repeated last year's entire trophy haul with a 5–3 Cup win, 9–5 on aggregate, over the visiting Slough Jets.


2012–13 Guildford Flames season
The Flames ended the regular league season with 79 points from 54 games. They won the league by a five-point margin with the Basingstoke Bison finishing as runners-up with 74 points from 54 games.


2012–13 Guildford Flames season
The Manchester Phoenix captured the playoff title, and brought a halt to the Flames treble bid, with a 5–2 victory.


2012–13 Guildford Flames season, Schedule and results, Regular season
The league consists of 54 games. The first home and away league games against each opponent (a total of 18 games) counts for both League and Cup table points. Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2012–13 Győri ETO FC season
The 2012–13 season will be Győri ETO FC's 69th competitive season, 53rd consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 108th year in existence as a football club.


2012–13 Győri ETO FC season, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Győri ETO FC season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Győri ETO FC season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Győri ETO FC season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Győri ETO FC season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Győri ETO FC season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2012–13 Győri ETO FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2012–13 HB Køge season
The 2012-13 season is HB Køge's 4th season in existent, since formed from Herfølge Boldklub and Køge Boldklub in 2009.


2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava season
The 2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava season was the first season for Bratislava based club in Kontinental Hockey League.


2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava season
Slovan opened the 2012–13 season with a home game against Ukrainian HC Donbass on 6 September 2012, losing 2–4 in front of a capacity crowd. The first win was achieved 4 days later by defeating Spartak Moscow 2–1 after shootout. During the NHL lockout between September 2012 and January 2013, two defenders Ľubomír Višňovský and Andrej Sekera enhanced the team. Slovan ended the season with 78 points as 6th of the Western conference and thus clinched the play-off in their first KHL season. In the first play-off round Slovan played against Dynamo Moscow and lost all four matches.


2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava season
During the regular season, Slovan had sold out 25 out of its 26 home games with an average attendance of 9,977 spectators which was the 7th highest average attendance in Europe.


2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava season, Schedule and results, Pre-season
Pre -season took part in July, August and September with 2 friendly matches and participating European Trophy.


2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava season, Schedule and results, Pre-season
Win (3 points)  Overtime/shootout win (2 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)  Loss (0 points)


2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Win (3 points)  Overtime/shootout win (2 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)  Loss (0 points)


2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava season, Standings, Western Conference
y – Won division; c – Won Continental Cup (best record in KHL);BOB – Bobrov Division, TAR – Tarasov Division


2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava season, Draft picks
Slovan's picks at the 2012 KHL Junior Draft in Chelyabinsk.


2012–13 HNK Cibalia season
This article shows statistics of individual players for the Cibalia football club. It also lists all matches that Cibalia played in the 2012–13 season.


2012–13 HNK Cibalia season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 HNK Cibalia season, Player seasonal records
Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 8 December 2012.


2012–13 HNK Hajduk Split season
The 2012–13 season was the 102nd season in Hajduk Split's history and their twenty-second in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd-place finish in the 2011–12 season means it was their 22nd successive season playing in the Prva HNL.


2012–13 HNK Hajduk Split season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 HNK Hajduk Split season, Player seasonal records
Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 26 May 2013.


2012–13 HNK Hajduk Split season, Player seasonal records, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2012–13 HNK Rijeka season
The 2012–13 season was the 67th season in HNK Rijeka’s history. It was their 22nd successive season in the Prva HNL, and 39th successive top tier season.


2012–13 HNK Rijeka season, Player seasonal records
Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 26 May 2013.


2012–13 HNK Rijeka season, Player seasonal records, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2012–13 HRV Cup
The 2012–13 HRV Cup (named after the competition's sponsor HRV) was the eighth season of the Super Smash Twenty20 cricket tournament in New Zealand. The season was held between 2 November 2012 and 20 January 2013. 12 matches were telecasted on Friday nights during November and December.


2012–13 HRV Cup, Rules and regulations
If a match ends with the scores level, the tie is broken with a Super Over.


2012–13 Hallescher FC season
The 2012–13 Hallescher FC season is the 67th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. It is the club's second season in this league, having been promoted from the Regionalliga in 2011.


2012–13 Hallescher FC season
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, but was knocked out in the first round by 2. Bundesliga side MSV Duisburg.


2012–13 Hallescher FC season
Hallescher FC also takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the Saxony-Anhalt Cup, having reached the third round after a bye in the first and a 5–0 win over 1. FC Lok Stendal in the second round, facing SV Braunsbedra next.


2012–13 Hamburger SV season
The 2012–13 Hamburger SV season was the 125th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 50th season in this league, being the only club to have played every season in the Bundesliga since its introduction in 1963.


2012–13 Hamburger SV season
The club finished seventh in the Bundesliga and also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it was knocked out in the first round by third division side Karlsruher SC.


2012–13 Hamburger SV season, Review and events
At the end of the summer transfer deadline, former HSV player Rafael van der Vaart was signed. He was given the captain wristband in the second half of the season due to a weak performance of the team.


2012–13 Hamburger SV season, Transfers, Out
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.


2012–13 Hamilton Academical F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was Hamilton Academical's second consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season. Hamilton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2012–13 Hamilton Academical F.C. season, Summary, Season
During season 2012–13 Hamilton finished fifth in the Scottish First Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the Quarter-final of the Scottish Cup.


2012–13 Hamilton Academical F.C. season, Summary, Management
Hamilton began the season under the management of Billy Reid. On 3 April 2013, Reid left the club by mutual consent after nearly eight years in charge of the team. Club captain Alex Neil and Hamilton's Academy director Frankie McAvoy took charge of the team until the end of the season on an interim basis.


2012–13 Hamilton Academical F.C. season, Player statistics, Captains
Last updated: 7 May 2013Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


2012–13 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team represented Hampton University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates, led by fourth year head coach Edward Joyner, played their home games at the Hampton Convocation Center and were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 11–5 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MEAC Tournament to Delaware State.


2012–13 Handball-Bundesliga
The 2012–13 Handball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league, and the 36th season consisting of only one league.


2012–13 Hannover 96 season
The 2012–13 Hannover 96 season is the 117th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs eleventh consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2002.


2012–13 Hannover 96 season
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the third round and faced the cup holders, Borussia Dortmund before being knocked out of the tournament on a 5–1 loss.


2012–13 Hannover 96 season
In Europe, the club qualified for the 2012–13 edition of the Europa League, where it played Anzhi Makhachkala in the Europa League Round of 32.


2012–13 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season
The 2012–13 season is Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club's 85th years in the Israeli Football.


2012–13 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season, Squad report
The team started the season with Nitzan Shirazi as coach. After finishing at the 2nd place the previous Ligat Winner season, Hapoel Tel Aviv Playning on Europe League.


2012–13 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season, Transfers
The team so far signed Daniel Borcal, Roee Zachri, Hanan Maman, John Pantsil, Eric Djemba Djemba, Bruno Martins Coutinho, Eliran Danin, Zee'v Haimovich, Tal Ben-Haim,


2012–13 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season, Transfers
Marko Suler, Mahran Lala and Bevan Fransman leaves the team from Financial reasons. Omri Kanada Release from Hapoel tel Aviv. Nosa Igiebor Leave to Real Betis C.F..


2012–13 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season, Current squad, Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season, Current squad, Foreigners 2012–13
Only up to five non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad. Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Israeli, or have played in Israel for an extended period of time, can claim a passport or permanent residency which would allow them to play with Israeli status.


2012–13 Harlequins season
The 2012–13 Harlequins season was a successful one, with Harlequins reaching the playoffs in the English Premiership and the knockout rounds of the Heineken Cup.


2012–13 Harlequins season, English Premiership
Following their 2011–2012 form, Harlequins started their 2012–2013 season on a high with four straight wins before suffering a first setback at the hands of Saracens at home in round 5 (16–18) and at Exeter Chiefs in round 6 (42–28). The club then managed to stay within the first two places of the table. On 29 December Big Game 5 proved to be a success with a 26–15 win over London Irish before a capacity crowd (82,000) at Twickenham Stadium.


2012–13 Harlequins season, English Premiership
Later in the season the second setback came in the return game against Exeter when the Chiefs managed a 16–27 defeat of the Harlequins at The Stoop. The slide continued as they suffered back to back away defeats against Saracens and Gloucester, losing 27–12 and 17–15 respectively. But they managed to secure their place in the play offs after a 26–42 win away in Worcester. They played Leicester at Welford Road in the semi final, but lost 33–16 after conceding 3 second half tries.


2012–13 Harlequins season, Heineken Cup
Having qualified for the 2012-13 Heineken Cup on the virtue of their 2012 Aviva Premiership title, Harlequins produced a strong showing in the pool stage, remaining unbeaten in pool 3 against Biarritz Olympique, Connacht Rugby and Italian newborn Pro 12 franchise Zebre to be granted #1 seed for the quarter finals. However, they lost to #8 seed Munster at home 12–18 in the quarter final, despite leading 9–6 at half-time.


2012–13 Harlequins season, LV= Cup
Played during the Autumn Internationals and the Six Nations the LV= Cup thus featured a Harlequins team stripped of its players on international duty.


2012–13 Harlequins season, LV= Cup
Choosing to rely on a team full of developing players, Director of Rugby Conor O'Shea showed the club was full of promising talents when it remained unbeaten throughout the pool stage and went on to beat Bath Rugby (31–23) in the semi-final at The Stoop and Sale Sharks (32–14) in the final at Sixways Stadium with names like Nick Easter, Nick Evans, Olly Kohn, Ugo Monye and Jordan Turner-Hall not featured on any matchsheet for the whole campaign. This was Harlequins' third title in the English/Anglo-Welsh Cup and the first since the inception of the Anglo-Welsh format. This title granted Harlequins a place in the 2013-14 Heineken Cup.


2012–13 Harlequins season, Premiership Rugby 7s Series
Prior to the start of the XVs season, Harlequins participated (like all other Premiership clubs of the 2012–2013 season) in the Premiership 7s Series. Hosting the Group A tournament at the Twickenham Stoop, Harlequins failed to progress to the Final following two wins (over London Irish and London Wasps) and a loss (to Saracens) on bonus points difference.


2012–13 Harlequins season, Aviva A League
Parallel to the first half of the Aviva Premiership, Harlequins A team (a mix of Academy and First Team players) competed in the Aviva A League. Drawing with Saracens Storm in the first game, they went on to win their next four games securing a semi-final berth in the process before losing the last Conference game to Bath United. Level on league point with Saracens Storm they still topped the Southern Conference on points difference. Harlequins went on to beat Gloucester United (40–19) in the semi-final before getting the better over Saracens Storm (37–12) in the final, both times at The Stoop, to win the club's second title in the competition.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season
The 2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season was the first season of the new Harrisburg Heat indoor soccer club. The Heat, an Eastern Division team in the Professional Arena Soccer League, played their home games in the Farm Show Arena at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The team, owned by Harrisburg Heat Sports Group, LLC, was led by general manager David Grimaldi, head coach Richard Chinapoo, and assistant coach Gino DiFlorio.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Season summary
The team struggled in the regular season, finishing 6–10, and failed to advance to the postseason. Four of Harrisburg's six wins came against the Ohio Vortex who they swept for the season. Their other wins came against the struggling Illinois Piasa and in an upset of the Eastern Division-leading Detroit Waza. The team fared better at the box office with the third-highest average attendance at home games, behind only the Dallas Sidekicks and San Diego Sockers.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Season summary
The Heat participated in the 2012–13 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer. They received a bye in the Wild Card round then defeated Real Harrisburg in the Round of 16 before losing to the Detroit Waza on the road in the Quarter-Finals.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, History
The new Heat claim the heritage of the original Harrisburg Heat professional indoor soccer team which played 12 seasons in the National Professional Soccer League, which later became the Major Indoor Soccer League, from 1991 through 2003. When the Heat played host to the Cincinnati Kings on November 17, 2012, it was the first professional indoor soccer game held at the Farm Show Arena since the original Heat franchise folded in 2003. The arena was upgraded with a new scoreboard in November 2012, just before the team's home debut.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Off-field moves
General manager David Grimaldi is a former commissioner of the National Indoor Soccer League and former deputy commissioner of the current Major Indoor Soccer League. Heat head coach Richard Chinapoo and assistant coach Gino DiFlorio both played for the original Harrisburg Heat. Chinapoo also served as that team's head coach from 1998 through 2002. DiFlorio's playing career included the Cleveland Force, Dallas Sidekicks, Dayton Dynamo, Canton Invaders, Cleveland Crunch, Toronto Rockets, Buffalo Blizzard, Cincinnati Silverbacks, Baltimore Blast, and the original Harrisburg Heat.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Off-field moves
Broadcasts of Heat games for the 2012–13 season are carried on radio station WMSS (91.1 FM, "Super 91") as well as webcast on wmssfm.com and pennlive.com. Original Heat radio voice John Wilsbach handles play-by-play for the broadcasts.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Off-field moves
Chuck Mummert, the "Singing Mayor" of nearby Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a December 2012 home game for the Heat.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Off-field moves
The team wore pink soccer jerseys for their January 25, 2013, game against the San Diego Sockers. After the game, the sweaters were auctioned to raise money for a breast cancer awareness charity. On January 26, 2013, the team wore camouflage jerseys which were then auctioned to benefit Operation Comfort Warriors, an initiative by the American Legion. Operation Comfort Warriors provides wounded military personnel with comfort items such as DVDs, puzzles, books, ping pong tables, entertainment centers, and computers.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Roster moves
The Heat's opening night roster included 10 players with experience playing for Harrisburg's professional outdoor soccer team, the Harrisburg City Islanders, a team in the National Division of the USL Pro soccer league. Along with his professional experience playing for the Islanders, goalkeeper Sam Bishop had been a standout college soccer player as a member of the Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's team, having recorded the best goals against average in the team's history.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Roster moves
Of all the players on the opening night roster, only goalkeeper Dave Kern and defender Jason Hotchkin had experience playing professional indoor soccer.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Roster moves
Rookie forward Tyler Witmer missed the team's open tryout but persuaded head coach Richard Chinapoo to allow him to work out with the team and earned an invitation to training camp. He went on to become one of the team's leading scorers.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Roster moves
In late January 2013, player Kent Ramirez left the team for a career in law enforcement.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Roster moves
On February 10, 2013, top player Chris Williams left the Heat to sign with the Baltimore Blast of the Major Indoor Soccer League.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Roster moves
Head coach Richard Chinapoo, age 56, donned a number 22 jersey and put himself in as a defender for the final three minutes of the team's season finale against the Ohio Vortex on February 16, 2013.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Awards and honors
The Heat honored head coach Richard Chinapoo during a halftime ceremony during the team's inaugural home game on November 17, 2012. Chinapoo retired as a player in 2000 and was inducted into the Harrisburg Heat Hall of Fame in 2001. The team honored original Harrisburg Heat player and former team captain Bill Becher during a halftime ceremony during the November 24, 2012, game.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Awards and honors
The team retired the #9 jersey of Danny Kelly, a top player and first-ever draft pick for the original Harrisburg Heat franchise in the 1990s, in a halftime ceremony during the December 8, 2012, game. After retiring as a player, Kelly became the head coach of the Baltimore Blast in May 2006.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Awards and honors
The Heat retired the #30 jersey of Gino DiFlorio, now the team's assistant coach, in a halftime ceremony during the December 15, 2012, game. DiFlorio is one of professional indoor soccer's all-time leading scorers and was a member of the original Harrisburg Heat from 1998 to 2002.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Awards and honors
The team retired the #40 jersey of David Bascome, the all-time leading scorer for the original Harrisburg Heat franchise, in a halftime ceremony during the December 29, 2012, game. Bascome played with the original Harrisburg Heat in 1991 and from 1993 through 2000.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Awards and honors
On January 19, 2013, the team had original Harrisburg Heat owner Rex Herbert kick out the ceremonial first ball. Also, the team recognized Jim Pollihan, the coach of the original Heat from their launch in 1991 through 1999, in a halftime ceremony.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Awards and honors
The team retired the #5 jersey of Bob Lilley, a standout player for six seasons with the original Heat franchise in the mid-1990s, in a halftime ceremony during the January 25, 2013, game against the San Diego Sockers.


2012–13 Harrisburg Heat season, Schedule, Regular season
† Game also counts for US Open Cup, as listed in chart below.


2012–13 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team  represented the University of Hartford during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by third year head coach John Gallagher, played their home games at the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 17–14, 10–6 in America East play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to UMBC. They were invited to the 2013 CIT, their first ever Division I postseason appearance, where they lost in the first round to Rider.


2012–13 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team
The 2012–13 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team represented the University of Hartford during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Hartford was led by head coach Jennifer Rizzotti who was in her fourteenth season as head coach.


2012–13 Hartlepool United F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was Hartlepool United's 104th year in existence and their sixth consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.


2012–13 Hartlepool United F.C. season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by sixth year head coach Tommy Amaker, played their home games at Lavietes Pavilion and are members of the Ivy League.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team
Harvard entered the season as the two-time defending Ivy League Champion, but its roster was greatly changed due to graduation and the 2012 Harvard cheating scandal that led to the withdrawal of two star players. With reduced expectations, the team entered the season expected to finish second in conference. During the season, the team swept the three opponents that are also from Boston. The win against Boston College, gave Amaker his sixth victory against no defeats over Atlantic Coast Conference foes.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team
Despite the team's turmoil, it prevailed to win the 2012–13 Ivy League men's basketball season regular season championship, earning the team an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, where it won the school's first ever NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament game. The tournament victory over #3 seed New Mexico was also the school's first victory over a top 10 ranked team.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team
The team was led by Wesley Saunders who was unanimous First Team All-Ivy and Ivy League Rookie of the Year Siyani Chambers who was also a first team honoree. Both Steve Moundou-Missi and Laurent Rivard earned honorable mention All-Ivy recognition. Harvard tied an Ivy League single-season team record with 13 combined Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week Awards.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team, Preseason
Prior to the season, Harvard won all four games on its international training trip to Italy. The team announced that senior Christian Webster and junior Laurent Rivard would serve as captain. The Crimson only returned one starter from the prior year. Harvard's two captains from the prior season, Keith Wright and Oliver McNally were seniors. Wright had been the Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2011. Wright, the Crimson all-time leader in blocked shots, signed with Uppsala Basket of the Swedish Basketball League, and McNally, signed with the Moncton Miracles of the National Basketball League of Canada. The team welcomed five freshmen and ten returning players.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team, Preseason
The Ivy League media selected Harvard as the preseason runner-up to Princeton, giving the team the only first place vote that did not go to Princeton. Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports also selected Princeton first and Harvard second with his preseason predictions, noting that Harvard had been his preseason favorite until the September cheating scandal that involved about 125 athletes and students ensnared Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, leading to their withdrawal. Casey and Curry had been first-team and second-team All-Ivy selections respectively for the 2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, respectively. Both players withdrew from school in hopes of preserving their final year of athletic eligibility following the investigation.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team, Preseason
Harvard appeared on 14 televised games in the regular season. Of these 14, six came on the NBC Sports Network. In addition, the team had four games broadcast on four different ESPN networks. Its February 23 game against Yale was televised by CBS Sports.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team, Schedule
Harvard's November 14 contest against Massachusetts was televised on ESPN as part of the network's Tip-Off Marathon. Harvard lost the contest 67–64. On December 4, the team defeated Boston College for its fifth consecutive victory against Boston College Eagles men's basketball, making Amaker a perfect 6–0 against the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team also defeated cross-town rivals MIT and Boston University as well as in-state rival Holy Cross. Harvard's contest against Columbia that was originally scheduled for February 9 at 7:00 PM at Levien Gymnasium in Manhattan was postponed until February 10 at 2:00 PM due to the February 2013 nor'easter (also known as Winter Storm Nemo).


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team, Schedule
Harvard had cruised to a 9–1 record in conference play and then fell to 7–2 Princeton on March 1. The following night, Princeton defeated Dartmouth and Harvard lost to Penn to give Princeton the lead in the conference race. Harvard earned the Ivy League Championship with wins on March 8 and 9 over Columbia and Cornell to finish at 11–3 in conference as Princeton was swept on the same nights to Yale and Brown to fall to 9–4 in conference.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team, Schedule
On March 21 in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, Harvard earned the school's first NCAA Tournament victory and its first victory over a top 10 opponent when it defeated number three seeded New Mexico (#10 AP Poll/#10 Coaches' Poll). The victory was the first by an Ivy League team in the tournament since the 2009–10 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. Two days later, the team lost to Arizona, ending its season.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team, Schedule, In season
Each week the Ivy League selects a player of the week and a rookie of the week. Led by Wesley Saunders' 5 Ivy League Player of the Week Awards and Siyani Chambers' 6 Rookie of the Week Awards, Harvard tied the Ivy League record with 13 single-season weekly recognitions.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team, Schedule, All-Ivy
Siyani Chambers was named the unanimous choice for Ivy League Rookie of the Year and the first freshman to be first team All-Ivy. Chambers and Saunders were the first Harvard teammates selected together as first team All-Ivy. The following players earned Ivy League postseason recognition:


2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team, Schedule, All-Ivy
On March 12, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association named Saunders to its 2012–13 Men's All-District I (ME, VT, NH, RI, MA, CT) Team, based upon voting from its national membership. The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All‐District teams on March 26, recognizing the nation’s best men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selections on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches’ Division I All-America teams. Saunders and Chambers were among the District 13 first team selections.


2012–13 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season
The Harvard Crimson represented Harvard University in ECAC women's ice hockey. The Crimison will attempt to win the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history.


2012–13 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team
The 2012–13 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.


2012–13 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team
The Rainbow Warriors, led by third year head coach Gib Arnold, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center and were first year members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 10–8 in Big West play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament to UC Irvine. They were invited to the 2013 CIT where they lost in the first round to Air Force.


2012–13 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team
The 2012–13 Rainbow Warrior roster was composed of players from eight countries (Angola, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Latvia, New Zealand, and the United States).


2012–13 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team
In 2015, Hawaii announced it would vacate wins from this and the 2013–14 season due to the participation of Davis Rozitis and Isaac Fotu, who were ruled ineligible due to improper benefits. The 2016–17 Hawaii media guide indicates that all but the November 12 win over Houston Baptist were vacated. Rozitis did not play in that game.


2012–13 Hazfi Cup
The 2012–13 Hazfi Cup was the 26th season of the Iranian football knockout competition. Esteghlal was the defending champion, but was eliminated by Sepahan in semi-final. The competition started on 13 December 2012 and was ended on 5 May 2013. Sepahan won the title after defeating Persepolis in final.


2012–13 Hazfi Cup, Participating teams
The following 32 teams compete in the Hazfi Cup 2012–13.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was the 116th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 30th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Summary, Season
Hearts finished tenth in the Scottish Premier League. They reached the Play-off Round of the Europa League, the Fourth round of the Scottish Cup and reached the Final of the League Cup losing 3–2 to St Mirren at Hampden.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Summary, Financial problems
The club continued to experience financial problems with some of the senior team not getting paid on time in September. Some players and the management team did not receive there wages in October on time either, which led to the Scottish Premier League (SPL) hitting the club with a transfer embargo. The embargo meant Hearts were unable to sign any players until at least 23 December 2012. In December, the embargo was extended indefinitely as Hearts were deemed to have broken SPL rules by failing to pay a number of bonuses and appearance payments in a timely manner. On 17 January 2013, the embargo was lifted and replaced with signing restrictions until the end of the season, meaning Hearts could only sign players under the age of 21, on less wages and on a one in one out basis.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Summary, Financial problems
In early November, the club were subject to a tax tribunal against HMRC over a £1.75m bill. The case centred around the transfer of players on loan from FBK Kaunas and whether tax on the players full earnings should have been paid in the UK rather than in Lithuania where there is a lower rate of taxation. Kaunas paid the large part of the players wages and in doing so paid tax in Lithuania.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Summary, Financial problems
Shortly after the club was issued with a winding up order over a £449,692.04 unpaid tax bill forcing the club to issue a plea for emergency backing from its fans amid fears Hearts did not have enough funds to continue past their scheduled game against St Mirren on 17 November. Fans were urged to buy match tickets to sell out games and take part in the club's share issue.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Summary, Financial problems
n order to fill the shortfall in funds at the club


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Summary, Financial problems
On 4 May, Hearts released their financial figures for year ending June 2012. Showing that they had made a loss of £1.65 million and debt had been increased slightly to £24.7m. Hearts said that this was due to the HMRC tax liability being reported during this period. They also further reduced operating costs and employment costs. Turnover at the club increased by £1.76m to £8.68m, this was mainly due to player sales and competing in European competition.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Scottish Premier League
The fixture list for the first 33 Scottish Premier League matches in the 2012–13 season was announced on 18 June. Hearts were given a home game to start the season against St Johnstone.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Europa League
Hearts entered the Europa League during the Play-off round having won the 2011–12 Scottish Cup. The draw took place on 10 August 2012, Hearts were unseeded and were drawn against English Premier League side Liverpool. The tie is the club's second all British affair in two seasons having been drawn against Tottenham Hotspur in the same round the previous season.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, League Cup
Having qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Hearts entered the League Cup at the third round stage. The draw was held on 3 September and the club were drawn against First Division side Livingston, Hearts won the tie 3–1 and progressed to the quarter-final. Hearts went ahead through a deflected goal from Danny Grainger, before Marc McNulty equalised following a defensive mistake. Marius Žaliūkas then scored twice in quick succession to cancel out his earlier error.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, League Cup
Hearts were drawn away to Dundee United for the quarter-final. Callum Paterson opened the scoring before Johnny Russell equalised for the home side, before Hearts had Darren Barr sent off but managed to force the match to extra time. Hearts went on to win the match 5–4 on penalties in a dramatic shoot out, with 14 penalties being taken in total.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, League Cup
The draw for the semi-final took place on 8 November, and Hearts were drawn against fellow Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Andrew Shinnie put the Highlanders ahead shortly after half time, but debutant Michael Ngoo struck the equaliser before Scott Robinson was sent off for a two footed tackle on Inverness player Owain Tudor Jones. The teams could not be separated and the match went to penalties with Hearts going through for the second round in a row, with Philip Roberts missing the last penalty.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, League Cup
The result meant Hearts would return to Hampden nine months after lifting the Scottish Cup, and would face either St Mirren or Celtic in the final. The following day St Mirren beat Celtic 3–2 setting up a non Old Firm final. Following completion of the round Inverness asked the Scottish Football Association (SFA) for clarity over whether Hearts player Danny Wilson should have been suspended for the tie, due to speculation over whether he had served a ban from his time at Rangers. The SFA later confirmed that he was eligible and had served the ban when he joined Liverpool in 2010.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, League Cup
Hearts were led into the final by Gary Locke in his first game as the club's official manager, with Andy Webster captaining the side. Hearts went ahead early on through Ryan Stevenson, although their early dominance faltered with Esmaël Gonçalves equalising just before half time. Hearts were struck hard in the second half with Steven Thompson and Conor Newton scoring consecutively to make it 3–1, before Stevenson struck again to make it 3–2. The result meant the cup returned to Paisley for the first time.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Scottish Cup
Hearts entered the Scottish Cup at the fourth round stage. The draw was conducted on 5 November and drew the cup holders against Edinburgh Derby rival Hibernian, a repeat of the 2012 Scottish Cup Final. The team crashed out the cup, courtesy of an 84th-minute goal from David Wotherspoon. The shot was heavily deflected off Hearts captain Marius Žaliūkas into the net.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Player statistics, Captains
Last updated: 18 May 2013Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Player statistics, Squad information
This section includes all players who have been part of the first team during the season. They may not have made an appearance.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Player statistics, Squad information
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup, League Cup and the UEFA Europa League. 1Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year. Squad only includes players currently registered with the club and those with professional contracts only.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Player statistics, Clean sheets
Last updated: 18 May 2013Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Management
At the end of the previous season manager Paulo Sérgio's contract expired and he returned to Portugal awaiting an offer from the club. The club offered him reduced terms and with concerns offer the size of his player's budget for the new season, on 7 June 2012, Hearts announced he had rejected the clubs offer and would not return to the club.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Management
On 26 June 2012, John McGlynn was appointed as manager on a one-year contract. McGlynn had previously been caretaker manager on two occasions in 2005. Former Hearts player Edgaras Jankauskas was appointed as Assistant Manager with Gary Locke remaining as first-team coach.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Management
On 28 February 2013, with the club sitting second bottom of the league McGlynn left the club by mutual consent. Coach Gary Locke and player development manager Darren Murray took over as the club's interim management team. On 16 March, Locke was appointed as manager until the end of the 2013–14 season.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Playing kit
Hearts signed a long-term deal with Adidas as their kit manufacture for the 2012–13 season, replacing Umbro. Wonga.com remained as the shirts sponsor for the second consecutive season.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Club and player awards
The Heart of Midlothian young player of the year awards took place on 6 April 2013, with Angus Beith, Callum Tapping and Jamie Walker the recipients of the nights awards. The Heart of Midlothian player of the year awards took place on 19 May, with Jason Holt winning goal of the year, Jamie MacDonald save of the year, Marius Žaliūkas fans player of the year and Jamie MacDonald also taking player's player of the year.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Club and player awards
A special award the Doc Melvin Memorial Award was also given to ex Hearts physiotherapist Alan Rae, and the favourite moment of the year was declared as taking the lead at Anfield against Liverpool in the Europa League. Other awards over the course of the season included Jamie Walker winning the Weatherseal's Window of Opportunity Award, given to a player who has made the most of their first team opportunities and the club's match day programme winning best in the SPL and best in Scotland.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Transfers
Hearts first activity for the new season came with the announcement on 27 April 2012, that David Obua, Aaron Murdoch, Chris Tobin, Ryan Stewart, Colin Hamilton and Matthew Park had not been offered new contracts for the new season. Further announcements followed with the news that Ian Black, Adrian Mrowiec, Stephen Elliott, Gary Glen and Jordan Morton had also not been offered new contracts. On 6 July 2012, it was announced that both Suso Santana and Craig Beattie had turned down new contract offers and would also leave the club. Further departures included Jason Thomson, Chris Kane, Jonny Stewart, Gary Graham and the previous season's top scorer Rudi Skacel.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Transfers
During pre-season the club brought in Rory Boulding and Anton Peterlin on trial. Neither signed for the club.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Transfers
John McGlynn's first signing as manager was Finnish international Peter Enckelman, who was brought in as cover following an injury to Mark Ridgers. On transfer deadline day, Ryan Stevenson returned to the club signing a three-year contract, Liam Gordon signed from Raith Rovers and David Smith went the other way on loan. Hearts also accepted an undisclosed bid from Rangers for David Templeton and Ryan McGowan, with the latter opting to stay at Hearts after contract talks with Rangers.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Transfers
On 3 September, the club signed Alan Combe as a coach but was also registered as a player. He was able to sign out with the transfer window as had been released from his contract with Greenock Morton on the last day of the transfer window. In October free agent Rudi Skacel returned to the club to train, however a deal to re-sign him was stopped by Hearts transfer ban. The club sent three more under-20 players out on loan during the first half of the season, Brad McKay, Callum Tapping and Jack Hamilton.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Transfers
In December Arturas Rimkevicius was brought in on trial, with a view to signing in January. The deal fell through due to the club's enforced restriction on signing over 21's. On 4 January 2013, with his short-term contract expired Peter Enckelman was released by the club. A Further departure was confirmed on 7 January, with Ryan McGowan completing his move to Chinese club Shandong Luneng Taishan. The club had accepted a £400.000 bid the previous week.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Transfers
On 18 January, Danny Wilson signed on loan until the end of the season, from English Premier League side Liverpool, this was closely followed by his Liverpool teammate Michael Ngoo who also arrived on loan. Further departures included non-first team players Callum Wyllie, Michael Thomson, Danny Thomson and Ewan Saunderson, meaning six players departed during the January transfer window. In February, Andrew Driver was allowed to leave the club to join Houston Dynamo on loan until his contract expired in the summer.


2012–13 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Contract extensions
The following players extended their contracts with the club over the course of the season.


2012–13 Heineken Cup
The 2012–13 Heineken Cup was the 18th season of the Heineken Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby. The tournament began with two pool matches on 12 October 2012 and ended with the final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on 18 May 2013.


2012–13 Heineken Cup
Leinster, who became one of only two clubs ever to win two consecutive Heineken Cups in 2012, attempted to become the first club ever to win the competition three straight years. However they were eliminated at the pool stages, the first defending champions to do so since London Wasps in 2007–08. Toulon won an all-French final 16–15 against Clermont.


2012–13 Heineken Cup, Teams
The remaining two places are filled by the winners of the previous year's Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup. If the cup winners are already qualified through their domestic league, an additional team from their country will claim a Heineken Cup place (assuming another team is available). Accordingly, Biarritz claimed the Challenge Cup winner's berth, and since Heineken Cup winners Leinster were already qualified through Pro12, the extra Irish berth went to Connacht.


2012–13 Heineken Cup, Teams
Teams are listed in the order they are presented to Heineken Cup organiser European Rugby Cup by their respective leagues. In the cases of England and France, this does not necessarily match the teams' placement in their national leagues in the preceding season.


2012–13 Heineken Cup, Seeding
The seeding system was the same as in the 2011–12 tournament. The 24 competing teams are ranked based on past Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup performance, with each pool receiving one team from each quartile, or Tier. The requirement to have only one team per country in each pool, however, still applies (with the exception of the inclusion of the seventh French team).


2012–13 Heineken Cup, Seeding
The brackets show each team's European Rugby Club Ranking at the end of the 2011–12 season.


2012–13 Heineken Cup, Pool stage
The draw for the pool stage took place on 12 June 2012 at the Aviva Stadium.


2012–13 Heineken Cup, Pool stage
Under the rules of the competition organiser, European Rugby Cup, tie–breakers within each pool are as follows.


2012–13 Heineken Cup, Pool stage
ERC has four additional tie–breakers, used if tied teams are in different pools, or if the above steps cannot break a tie between teams in the same pool:


2012–13 Heineken Cup pool stage
The 2012–13 Heineken Cup pool stage was the first stage of the 18th season of the Heineken Cup, Europe's top competition for rugby union clubs. It involved 24 teams competing for eight quarter-final berths, awarded to the winners of each of six pools plus the two top-ranked second-place teams. The next three best runners-up were parachuted into the Amlin Challenge Cup.


2012–13 Heineken Cup pool stage
The pool stage began with two matches on 12 October 2012 and ended on 20 January 2013. The first four rounds of fixtures were released on 26 July 2012. The quarter-finalists then participated in a knockout tournament that ultimately ended with the final on Saturday 18 May 2013 at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.


2012–13 Heineken Cup pool stage, Seeding
The seeding system was the same as in the 2011–12 tournament. The 24 competing teams were ranked based on past Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup performance, with each pool receiving one team from each quartile, or Tier. The requirement to have only one team per country in each pool, however, still applied (with the exception of the inclusion of the seventh French team).


2012–13 Heineken Cup pool stage, Seeding
The brackets show each team's European Rugby Club Ranking at the end of the 2011–12 season.


2012–13 Heineken Cup pool stage, Pool stage
The draw for the pool stage took place on 12 June 2012 at Aviva Stadium.


2012–13 Heineken Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Under rules of the competition organiser, European Rugby Cup, tiebreakers within each pool are as follows.


2012–13 Heineken Cup pool stage, Pool stage
ERC has four additional tiebreakers, used if tied teams are in different pools, or if the above steps cannot break a tie between teams in the same pool:


2012–13 Hellenic Football League
The 2012–13 Hellenic Football League season was the 60th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.


2012–13 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division
Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:


2012–13 Hellenic Football League, Division One East
Division One East featured ten clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:


2012–13 Hellenic Football League, Division One West
Division One West featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:


2012–13 Hellenic Football League, Division Two East
Division Two East featured seven clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs:


2012–13 Hellenic Football League, Division Two West
Division Two West featured eleven clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:


2012–13 Hershey Bears season
The 2012–13 Hershey Bears season was the franchise's 75th season in the American Hockey League, starting on October 13, 2012, and ending on May 8, 2013, when they were eliminated during the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs.


2012–13 Hershey Bears season
Due to the 2012–13 National Hockey League lockout, Washington Capitals coach Adam Oates served as co-coach of the Bears alongside head coach Mark French until November. Several Washington players also played with the Bears for a time, including defenseman Dmitry Orlov and goaltender Braden Holtby, who recorded four season shutouts.


2012–13 Hershey Bears season
The Bears experienced major offensive problems at the start of the season, resulting in the team's worst 17-game start in eight years. But the team saw more success as the season progressed, including a seven-game road winning streak from November 28 to January 11, and a seven-game point streak from January 26 to February 15. The Bears participated in the 2013 AHL Outdoor Classic, but lost to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.


2012–13 Hershey Bears season
Hershey was eliminated from the playoffs by the Providence Bruins despite winning the first two games in a best-of-five series, marking only the tenth time this had occurred in league history. Afterward, it was announced that French would not be retained for a fifth season as head coach. The 2012–13 season drew a club-record home attendance average of 10,046, only the fifth time a club's average had surpassed 10,000 in recorded league history.


2012–13 Hershey Bears season, Off-season
After several years of roster stability, the Hershey Bears lost several players during the off-season, including Keith Aucoin, Chris Bourque, Andrew Carroll, Sean Collins, Cody Eakin, Kyle Greentree, Christian Hanson, D. J. King, Jacob Micflikier, Graham Mink, Zach Miskovic and Joel Rechlicz. The team obtained several new players through free agency, including Alex Berry, Matt Beaudoin, Matt Clackson, Jon DiSalvatore, Jon Kalinski, Steven Oleksy, Garrett Stafford, Ryan Stoa and Jeff Taffe.


2012–13 Hershey Bears season, Off-season
Rookies Stan Galiev and Cameron Schilling joined the team, Mattias Sjögren returned from the Swedish Elite League, and Hershey also obtained Zach Hamill in a trade that sent Bourque to the Boston Bruins organization. Bears coach Mark French said the new roster made the season feel like "a change in era".