2012–13 Montpellier HSC season

Montpellier HSC
2012–13 season
Chairman	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	René Girard
Stadium	Stade de la Mosson,; Montpellier, France
Ligue 1	9th
Coupe de France	Round 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Semi-finals
Trophée des Champions	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Younès Belhanda (10); All: ; Younès Belhanda; Souleymane Camara; (12 each)
Home colours	Away colours

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

Review and events

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	10 August 2012	26 May 2013	Matchday 1	9th	38	15	7	16	54	51	+3	039.47
Coupe de France	6 January 2013	23 January 2013	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Coupe de la Ligue	31 October 2012	16 January 2013	Round of 16	Semi-finals	3	2	0	1	4	4	+0	066.67
UEFA Champions League	18 September 2012	4 December 2012	Group stage	Group stage	6	0	2	4	6	12	−6	000.00
Total					49	18	9	22	68	71	−3	036.73

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Bordeaux	38	13	16	9	40	34	+6	55	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
8	Lorient	38	14	11	13	57	58	−1	53
9	Montpellier	38	15	7	16	54	51	+3	52
10	Toulouse	38	13	12	13	49	47	+2	51
11	Valenciennes	38	12	12	14	49	53	−4	48

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

^ Bordeaux, winner of the 2012–13 Coupe de France, qualified for the Group stage of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	7	16	54	51	+3	52	11	5	3	33	14	+19	4	2	13	21	37	−16

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L
Position	16	17	15	15	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

10 August 2012 (2012-08-10) 1	Montpellier	1–1	Toulouse	Montpellier
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Camara 34'	Report	Ben Yedder 72'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 19,788 Referee: Antony Gautier

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 2	Lorient	2–1	Montpellier	Lorient
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Traoré 90' Aliadière 90+2'	Report	Herrera 37'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,190 Referee: Olivier Thual

26 August 2012 (2012-08-26) 3	Montpellier	0–1	Marseille	Montpellier
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gignac 77'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 26,360 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) 4	Sochaux	1–3	Montpellier	Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Privat 63'	Report	Belhanda 16' (pen.) Herrera 58' Cabella 78'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Attendance: 9,554 Referee: Benoît Bastien

14 September 2012 (2012-09-14) 5	Reims	3–1	Montpellier	Reims
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Diego 38' Glombard 71' Coutet 86'	Report	Cabella 55'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 15,835 Referee: Tony Chapron

21 September 2012 (2012-09-21) 6	Montpellier	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Montpellier
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Camara 70'	Report	Aubameyang 45+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 16,666 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

29 September 2012 (2012-09-29) 7	Nancy	0–2	Montpellier	Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Belhanda 67' Camara 90'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 13,867 Referee: Benoît Millot

6 October 2012 8	Montpellier	2–3	Evian	Montpellier
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Estrada 36', 67' Camara 42' Saihi 50' Bocaly 85' Tinhan 90+2'	Summary	Khelifa 30', 62', 89' Sorlin 45+1' Sagbo 69'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 16,701 Referee: Philippe Kalt

20 October 2012 9	Rennes	2–1	Montpellier	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Makoun 13' Erdinç 52'	Summary	Jeunechamp 22' Belhanda 69' (pen.) Saihi 70' Stambouli 79'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 16,087 Referee: Antony Gautier

27 October 2012 10	Montpellier	3–1	Nice	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Utaka 49', 64' Camara 53' Bedimo 63' Congré 80' Charbonnier 86' Civelli 87' (o.g.) Bocaly 90+1'	Summary	Cvitanich 90+1' (pen.) Traoré 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 15,549 Referee: Benoit Bastien

3 November 2012 11	Troyes	1–1	Montpellier	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Camus 41' Thiago Xavier 69'	Summary	Belhanda 19' Saihi 55' Charbonnier 61'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,446 Referee: Benoît Millot

11 November 2012 12	Montpellier	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jeunechamp 32' Belhanda 53' 65' Cabella 60' Saihi 68'	Summary	Sakho 10' Motta 32' Maxwell 37' Verratti 50' Van der Wiel 70'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 22,242 Referee: Clement Turpin

17 November 2012 13	Valenciennes	1–1	Montpellier	Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pujol 39' Gomis 54' Kadir 90'	Summary	Charbonnier 15' Mounier 42' Saihi 57' Cabella 58' Jourdren 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 14,967 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

25 November 2012 14	Montpellier	1–0	Bordeaux	Montpellier
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cabella 69'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Ruddy Buquet

1 December 2012 15	Lyon	1–0	Montpellier	Lyon
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gomis 26'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

8 December 2012 16	Montpellier	3–0	Ajaccio	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Utaka 28' Cabella 32' Belhanda 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

12 December 2012 17	Brest	1–2	Montpellier	Brest
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ben Basat 14'	Report	Martial 21' (o.g.) Utaka 57'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Referee: Amaury Delerue

15 December 2012 18	Montpellier	4–0	Bastia	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Estrada 14' Herrera 48' Belhanda 60' Mounier 76'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Olivier Thual

22 December 2012 19	Lille	4–1	Montpellier	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Congré 24' (o.g.) Payet 43' Roux 63' Mendes 75'	Report	Camara 83'	Stadium: Grand Stade Lille Métropole Referee: Mikael Lesage

12 January 2013 20	Montpellier	2–0	Lorient	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Charbonnier 79', 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Laurent Duhamel

19 January 2013 21	Marseille	3–2	Montpellier	Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	A. Ayew 14' J. Ayew 79' Gignac 90+1'	Report	Herrera 17' Utaka 56'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

26 January 2013 22	Montpellier	2–0	Sochaux	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Herrera 28' Utaka 34'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

3 February 2013 23	Montpellier	3–1	Reims	Montpellier
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Camara 49' Estrada 65' Belhanda 71'	Report	Courtet 33'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Amaury Delerue

9 February 2013 24	Saint-Étienne	4–1	Montpellier	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brandão 13' Aubameyang 29' Mollo 48' Bodmer 75'	Report	Cabella 49'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Philippe Kalt

16 February 2013 25	Montpellier	1–0	Nancy	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Herrera 34'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Olivier Thual

23 February 2013 26	Evian	0–1	Montpellier	Annecy
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Belhanda 80'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

1 March 2013 27	Montpellier	2–0	Rennes	Montpellier
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Camara 75' Hilton 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Benoît Millot

10 March 2013 28	Nice	2–0	Montpellier	Nice
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bahoken 12', 24'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Ray Referee: Tony Chapron

16 March 2013 29	Montpellier	1–1	Troyes	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Charbonnier 8'	Report	Jean 51'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

29 March 2013 30	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Montpellier	Paris
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gameiro 80'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Wilfried Bien

6 April 2013 31	Montpellier	3–1	Valenciennes	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Camara 18' Congré 60' Belhanda 86'	Report	Nguette 40'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Philippe Kalt

13 April 2013 32	Bordeaux	4–2	Montpellier	Bordeaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sané 11' Diabaté 24' Plašil 26' Saivet 54'	Report	Cabella 45+1' Stambouli 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Referee: Benoît Millot

19 April 2013 33	Montpellier	1–2	Lyon	Montpellier
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Belhanda 41'	Report	Lisandro 29' Grenier 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Sébastien Moreira

27 April 2013 34	Ajaccio	2–1	Montpellier	Ajaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delort 82' (pen.) Oliech 90+1'	Report	Mounier 56'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Mikael Lesage

4 May 2013 35	Montpellier	2–1	Brest	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Estrada 11' Camara 74' (pen.)	Report	Raspentino 20'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

11 May 2013 36	Bastia	3–1	Montpellier	Furiani
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Beauvue 16' Modeste 33', 87'	Report	Utaka 31'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Referee: Antony Gautier

18 May 2013 37	Montpellier	0–0	Lille	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Fredy Fautrel

26 May 2013 38	Toulouse	2–0	Montpellier	Toulouse
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ben Yedder 5', 11'	Report		Stadium: Stadium Municipal Referee: Mikael Lesage

Coupe de France

6 January 2013 Round of 64	Bourg-Péronnas	1–2	Montpellier	Péronnas
12:00	Di Tommaso 62' (pen.) Moisy 83'	Summary	Herrera 6' Camara 33' Dabo 76'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Péronnas Attendance: 7,242 Referee: Benoit Bastien

23 January 2013 Round of 32	Montpellier	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Sochaux	Montpellier
17:00	Charbonnier 16' Deplagne 41' 51' Bedimo 110'	Summary	Contout 43' Bakambu 79' Mikari 108'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Antony Gautier

Coupe de la Ligue

31 October 2012 Round of 16	Montpellier	1–0	Bordeaux	Montpellier
18:45	Jeunechamp 19' 82' Tinhan 61'	Summary	Ben Khalfallah 58' Chalmé 68'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 7,339 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

28 November 2012 Quarter-finals	Montpellier	3–2	Nice	Montpellier
17:00	Cabella 29' Deplagne 35' Herrera 52' Yanga-Mbiwa 76' Tinhan 83'	Summary	Bosetti 22' Palun 59' Bauthéac 66' (pen.) Abriel 71'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 6,658 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

16 January 2013 Semi-finals	Rennes	2–0	Montpellier	Rennes
21:00	Féret 7' Erdinç 51'	Summary	Mounier 23' Pitau 78'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 28,028 Referee: Stephane Lannoy

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SCH	ARS	OLY	MPL
1	Schalke 04	6	3	3	0	10	6	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–2	1–0	2–2
2	Arsenal	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–2	—	3–1	2–0
3	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	9	9	0	9	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	2–1	—	3–1
4	Montpellier	6	0	2	4	6	12	−6	2		1–1	1–2	1–2	—

Source: Soccerway

18 September 2012 (2012-09-18) 1	Montpellier	1–2	Arsenal	Montpellier, France
20:45 CEST	Belhanda 9' (pen.)	Report	Podolski 16' Gervinho 18'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 27,522 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

3 October 2012 (2012-10-03) 2	Schalke 04	2–2	Montpellier	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45 CEST	Draxler 26' Huntelaar 53' (pen.)	Report	Aït-Fana 13' Camara 90'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 50,004 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

24 October 2012 (2012-10-24) 3	Montpellier	1–2	Olympiacos	Montpellier, France
20:45 CEST	Charbonnier 49'	Report	Torosidis 73' Mitroglou 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 22,834 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

6 November 2012 (2012-11-06) 4	Olympiacos	3–1	Montpellier	Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CET	Machado 4' Greco 80' Mitroglou 82'	Report	Belhanda 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 28,217 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

21 November 2012 (2012-11-21) 5	Arsenal	2–0	Montpellier	London, England
20:45 CET	Wilshere 49' Podolski 63'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,760 Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

4 December 2012 (2012-12-04) 6	Montpellier	1–1	Schalke 04	Montpellier, France
20:45 CET	Herrera 59' Hilton 84'	Report	Höwedes 56'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 23,142 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of the end of the 2012–13 season.

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

Transfers

Sources

Match reports

Other sources

[table_note_res_ELGS0.11333752475369-1] Bordeaux, winner of the 2012–13 Coupe de France, qualified for the Group stage of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

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