2012–13 FC Twente season

The 2012–13 FC Twente season was spent in the Eredivisie.

Twente

2012–13 season
Chairman	Joop Munsterman
Manager	Steve McClaren Until 26 February 2013[1] Alfred Schreuder (caretaker) 26 February 2013 - April 2013 Michel Jansen (caretaker) From April 2013
Eredivisie	6th
KNVB Cup	Third round vs Den Bosch
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Luc Castaignos (13) All: Nacer Chadli (16)

Squad

As of 26 April 2013

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NED Sander Boschker 2 DF  DEN Andreas Bjelland 4 DF  NED Peter Wisgerhof (captain) 5 DF  NED Robbert Schilder 6 MF  NED Wout Brama (vice captain) 7 MF  NED Denny Landzaat 8 MF  NED Leroy Fer 9 FW  RUS Dmitry Bulykin 10 FW  SRB Dušan Tadić 11 FW  NED Jerson Cabral 13 GK  BUL Nikolay Mihailov 14 MF  NED Willem Janssen 15 DF  VEN Roberto Rosales

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  NED Tim Breukers 17 DF  SWE Rasmus Bengtsson 19 DF  NED Douglas 20 DF  NED Edson Braafheid (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) 21 MF  CHI Felipe Gutiérrez 22 FW  BEL Nacer Chadli 25 GK  POR Daniel Fernandes 30 FW  NED Luc Castaignos 37 FW  GER Tim Hölscher 39 MF  NED Joey Pelupessy 45 FW  NED Edwin Gyasi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NED Nick Marsman (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2013) — DF  NED Thijs Bouma (at VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2013) — DF  NED Nicky Kuiper (at Panathinaikos until 30 June 2013) — DF  GER Nils Röseler (at VVV-Venlo until 30 June 2013) — MF  SWE Emir Bajrami (at Monaco until 30 June 2013) — MF  NED Jurjan Mannes (at Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2013)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Thilo Leugers (at NAC Breda until 30 June 2013) — MF  NED Quincy Promes (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2013) — FW  NED Joshua John (at Nordsjælland until 30 June 2013) — FW  NED Cas Peters (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2013) — FW  NED Glynor Plet (at Genk until 30 June 2013)

UEFA List B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 GK  POL Filip Bednarek 38 FW  GER Mirco Born 39 DF  NED Joey Pelupessy 40 GK  NED Wouter Dronkers

No. Pos. Nation Player 41 DF  NED Coen Gortemaker 42 MF  NED Abdul Nury 43 DF  NED Mark Engberink 44 MF  GER Kris Fillinger

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Dutch football transfers summer 2012

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  DEN Andreas Bjelland (from Nordsjælland) [2] 5 DF  NED Robbert Schilder (from NAC Breda) [3] 9 FW  RUS Dmitri Bulykin (from Ajax) [4] 10 FW  SRB Dušan Tadić (from Groningen) [5] 11 FW  NED Jerson Cabral (from Feyenoord) [6] 16 DF  NED Tim Breukers (from Heracles) [7] 18 DF  BEL Dedryck Boyata (loan from Manchester City) [8] 20 DF  NED Edson Braafheid (loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) 21 MF  CHI Felipe Gutiérrez (from Universidad Catolica) [9] 30 FW  NED Luc Castaignos (from Internazionale) [10] 45 FW  NED Edwin Gyasi (from De Graafschap) [11]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  NED Luuk de Jong (to Borussia Mönchengladbach) [12] 10 FW  NED Glynor Plet (loan to Genk) [13] 11 MF  SWE Emir Bajrami (loan to Monaco) [14] 12 FW  NED Wesley Verhoek (to Feyenoord) [15] 16 GK  NED Nick Marsman (loan to Go Ahead Eagles) [16] 18 MF  GER Thilo Leugers (loan to NAC Breda) [17] 23 DF  BEL Bart Buysse (to Club Brugge) [18] 24 FW  NED Ola John (to Benfica) [19] 26 FW  NED Joshua John (loan to Nordsjælland) [20] 31 DF  GER Nils Röseler (loan to VVV-Venlo) [21] — DF  FIN Tuomas Rannankari (to Greuther Fürth) — MF  NED Steven Berghuis (to AZ) [22] — MF  NED Alexander Bannink (loan to Emmen) [23]

Winter

Main article: List of Dutch football transfers winter 2012–13

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  NED Nicky Kuiper (loan to Panathinaikos) [24] 12 DF  NED Tim Cornelisse (loan to Willem II) [25] 18 DF  BEL Dedryck Boyata (loan return to Manchester City) [26]

Competitions

Eredivisie

Main article: 2012–13 Eredivisie

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	1	2	3	4	3	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2013. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Twente v FC Groningen

12 August 2012 1	Twente	4–1	FC Groningen	Enschede
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Chadli  30', 54' Tadić  33', 71'	Summary	Magnasco  35' Bacuna  83' Van Dijk  90+1'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,400 Referee: Jan Wegereef

NAC Breda v Twente

18 August 2012 2	NAC Breda	0–1	Twente	Breda
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lurling  10' Looms  14' Eric Fernando Botteghin  30' Luyckx  67'	Summary	Douglas  31' Fer  51' Brama  83'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Kevin Blom

N.E.C. v Twente

26 August 2012 3	N.E.C.	1–3	Twente	Nijmegen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Babos  42' Sno  77'	Summary	Castaignos  14' Bulykin  22' Fer  42' (pen.) Tadić  45' Gutiérrez  62' Janssen  81'	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Twente v VVV-Venlo

2 September 2012 4	Twente	1–0	VVV-Venlo	Enschede
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fer  90+2' (pen.)	Summary	Vorstermans  22' Türk  34' Ammi  83'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Ed Janssen

Willem II v Twente

15 September 2012 5	Willem II	2–6	Twente	Tilburg
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mulder  35' Joachim  55' Höcher  70' Lumu  84'	Summary	Rosales  26' Gutiérrez  39' Castaignos  42' Schilder  53', 78' Janssen  80' Haastrup  87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Twente v SC Heerenveen

23 September 2012 6	Twente	1–0	SC Heerenveen	Enschede
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tadić  59' (pen.) Rosales  76'	Summary	Zomer  30' Gouweleeuw  68'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,200 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Ajax v Twente

29 September 2012 7	Ajax	1–0	Twente	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Eriksen  68'	Summary	Tadić  45+1' Brama  86'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,772 Referee: Pieter Vink

Twente v AZ

7 October 2012 8	Twente	3–0	AZ	Enschede
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Chadli  20' Rosales  36' Tadić  60' (pen.) Castaignos  62'	Summary	Gorter  11' Maher  51' Altidore  52'  52'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Roda JC v Twente

20 October 2012 9	Roda JC	1–1	Twente	Kerkrade
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Hupperts  73' Kurto  86'	Summary	Castaignos  68'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 13,212 Referee: Ruud Bossen

RKC Waalwijk v Twente

28 October 2012 10	RKC Waalwijk	0–1	Twente	Waalwijk
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stans  35'	Summary	Janssen  12' Rosales  21' Tadić  40' Chadli  51'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 6,129 Referee: Tom van Sichem

Twente v Feyenoord

4 November 2012 11	Twente	3–0	Feyenoord	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Chadli  9' Castaignos  17',  73' Tadić  78'	Summary	Mathijsen  45'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

Vitesse v Twente

11 November 2012 12	Vitesse	0–0	Twente	Arnhem
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Reis  77' Bony  81'	Summary	Janssen  17' Brama  23'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 18,184 Referee: Kevin Blom

FC Utrecht v Twente

18 November 2012 13	FC Utrecht	1–1	Twente	Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Van der Maarel  4' Mulenga  17',  87'	Summary	Janssen  2' Wisgerhof  19' Braafheid  26' Rosales  36'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 20,119 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Twente v PEC Zwolle

25 November 2012 14	Twente	2–2	PEC Zwolle	Enschede
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tadić  48' (pen.) Braafheid  85' Castaignos  90+2'	Summary	Boer  43' Avdić  55' Broerse  76' Van den Berg  88' Van Polen  90+1'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Richard Liesveld

Twente v ADO Den Haag

1 December 2012 15	Twente	2–0	ADO Den Haag	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Janssen  38' Tadić  55' Rosales  57' Bulykin  83'	[uk.soccerway.com/matches/2012/12/01/netherlands/eredivisie/stichting-fc-twente-65/hfc-ado-den-haag/1290552/ Summary]	Chery  49' Poepon  61'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,300 Referee: Jan Wegereef

PSV v Twente

9 December 2012 16	PSV	3–0	Twente	Eindhoven
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Manolev  23' Wijnaldum  38' Matavž  80' Narsingh  82'	Summary	Douglas  9' Tadić  69'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,400 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Twente v Heracles

14 December 2012 17	Twente	3–2	Heracles	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fer  12' Chadli  26' Brama  40' Gyasi  62' Castaignos  70'	[uk.soccerway.com/matches/2012/12/14/netherlands/eredivisie/stichting-fc-twente-65/stichting-heracles-almelo/1290564/ Summary]	Quansah  6' Duarte  15' Vejinović  20' Koenders  43' Rienstra  59' Bruns  64'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

AZ v Twente

21 December 2012 18	AZ	0–3	Twente	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Reijnen  48'	Summary	Chadli  47', 82' Castaignos  75' Tadić  86'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,556 Referee: Richard Liesveld

Twente v RKC Waalwijk

19 January 2013 19	Twente	0–0	RKC Waalwijk	Enschede
19:45 CET (UTC+1)		Summary	Van Peppen  54' Martina  62'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,300 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Feyenoord v Twente

27 January 2013 20	Feyenoord	0–0	Twente	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Clasie  18' Immers  48' Vilhena  73'	Summary	Rosales  31' Douglas  44' Fer  75' Schilder  90'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Pieter Vink

Twente v FC Utrecht

3 February 2013 21	Twente	2–4	FC Utrecht	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bengtsson  44' Tadić  56', 73' (pen.) Brama  68'	Summary	Toornstra  32',  70' Mulenga  45+1' (pen.) Duplan  64' Bulthuis  66' Van der Maarel  72' Van der Hoorn  74'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Kevin Blom

PEC Zwolle v Twente

10 February 2013 22	PEC Zwolle	1–1	Twente	Zwolle
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Avdić  81' (pen.)	Summary	Tadić  11' Janssen  80' Mihaylov  81'	Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion Attendance: 11,041 Referee: Tom van Sichem

Twente v Willem II

16 February 2013 23	Twente	1–1	Willem II	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Douglas  43'	Summary	Ippel  90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Heerenveen v Twente

23 February 2013 24	Heerenveen	2–1	Twente	Heerenveen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Van La Parra  15' Finnbogason  79'	Summary	Bulykin  54' Braafheid  30'  87'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 24,885 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Twente v Ajax

2 March 2013 25	Twente	0–2	Ajax	Enschede
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Summary	Moisander  4' Alderweireld  35'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Richard Liesveld

Twente v Vitesse

10 March 2013 26	Twente	0–1	Vitesse	Enschede
16:30 CET (UTC+1)		Summary	Bony  63'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,700 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Groningen v Twente

17 March 2013 27	Groningen	0–3	Twente	Groningen
CET (UTC+1)	Bizot  78'	Summary	Fer  45+1' Tadić  80' (pen.) Castaignos  87'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 21,330 Referee: Kevin Blom

Twente v NAC Breda

30 March 2013 28	Twente	1–1	NAC Breda	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Brama  83'	Summary	Van der Weg  50'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,250 Referee: Ed Janssen

Twente v Roda JC

6 April 2013 29	Twente	2–0	Roda JC	Enschede
CEST (UTC+2)	Castaignos  44' Chadli  56'	Summary		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,200 Referee: Dennis Higler

ADO Den Haag v Twente

13 April 2013 30	ADO Den Haag	1–3	Twente	The Hague
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Duinen  41' Holla  51'  60'	Summary	Douglas  24' Bulykin  81', 83'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 10,330 Referee: Pol van Boekel

VVV-Venlo v Twente

21 April 2013 31	VVV-Venlo	2–2	Twente	Venlo
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Röseler  18' Nwofor  23'	Summary	Bengtsson  58' Castaignos  59'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Pieter Vink

Twente v N.E.C.

28 April 2013 33	Twente	5–2	N.E.C.	Enschede
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Douglas  3' Castaignos  22' Chadli  47' Bengtsson  59' Gutiérrez  90+2'	Summary	Van der Velden  50' Falkenburg  90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,200 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Heracles v Twente

5 May 2013 33	Heracles	1–1	Twente	Almelo
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruns  7'	Summary	Fer  27'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Tom van Sichem

Twente v PSV

12 May 2013 34	Twente	3–1	PSV	Enschede
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Castaignos  3' Chadli  27' Janssen  54'	Summary	Mertens  40' (pen.) Van Bommel  56'  71'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,350 Referee: Danny Makkelie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Vitesse Arnhem	34	19	7	8	68	42	+26	64	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5	Utrecht (O)	34	19	6	9	55	41	+14	63	Qualification to European competition play-offs
6	Twente	34	17	11	6	60	33	+27	62
7	Groningen	34	12	7	15	36	53	−17	43
8	Heerenveen	34	11	9	14	50	63	−13	42

Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner.

European competition

Groningen v Twente

16 May 2013 Semi-Final 1st leg	Groningen	0–1	Twente	Groningen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Gutiérrez  22'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 11,178 Referee: Pieter Vink

Twente v Groningen

19 May 2013 Semi-Final 2nd leg	Twente	3–2 (4–2 agg.)	Groningen	Enschede
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Braafheid  12' Gutiérrez  84' Chadli  90+1'	Summary	Braafheid  23' (o.g.) Kirm  26'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Richard Liesveld

Twente v Utrecht

23 May 2013 Final 1st leg	Twente	0–2	Utrecht	Enschede
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Van der Gun  9' Duplan  59' Asare  41'  90+3'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Utrecht v Twente

26 May 2013 Final 2nd leg	Utrecht	1–2 (3–2 agg.)	Twente	Utrecht
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Duplan  46'	Summary	Tadić  34' Chadli  36'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 23,397 Referee: Danny Makkelie

KNVB Beker

Main article: 2012–13 KNVB Cup

RVVH v Twente

26 September 2012 Round 2	RVVH	0–1	Twente	Ridderkerk
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Castaignos  90+2'	Stadium: Sportpark Ridderkerk Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

Twente v FC Den Bosch

1 November 2012 Round 3	Twente	1–2	FC Den Bosch	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Landzaat  16' (pen.) Boyata  23' Wisgerhof  31' Castaignos  66'	Summary	Brock  15',  38' Van Weert  62' Van den Broek  66' Boldewijn  90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Phase

Twente v UE Santa Coloma

5 July 2012 1st qualifying round 1st leg	Twente	6–0	UE Santa Coloma	Enschede
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Schilder  28', 29' Tadić  63' John  71' Plet  77', 79'	Summary	Victor Rodríguez Soria  31' Martínez  44' Ivan Periánez  69' Salvat  81'  Rubio  86'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

UE Santa Coloma v Twente

12 July 2012 1st qualifying round 2nd leg	UE Santa Coloma	0–3 (0–9 agg.)	Twente	Andorra la Vella
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Josep Rivas Prieto  19' Josep Vall  24'	Summary	Janssen  19' (pen.) Wisgerhof  29' Plet  34' Breukers  82'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella Attendance: 710 Referee: Chris Reisch (Luxembourg)

Twente v Inter Turku

19 July 2012 2nd qualifying round 1st leg	Twente	1–1	Inter Turku	Enschede
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tadić  66'	Summary	Bouwman  38' Reponen  48' Aho  57'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 18,100 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)

Inter Turku v Twente

26 July 2012 2nd qualifying round 2nd leg	Inter Turku	0–5 (1–6 agg.)	Twente	Turku
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Fer  4', 37' Plet  7' Chadli  77', 89'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 7,610 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Twente v Mladá Boleslav

2 August 2012 3rd qualifying round 1st leg	Twente	2–0	Mladá Boleslav	Enschede
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Fer  52' Chadli  58'  89'	Summary	Kysela  74' Mareš  83' Kúdela  88'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Mladá Boleslav v Twente

9 August 2012 3rd qualifying round 2nd leg	Mladá Boleslav	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Twente	Mladá Boleslav
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mareš  2' Johana  45' Sivrić  82' Ondřejka  85'	Summary	Chadli  9' Fer  31' Schilder  59'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 3,077 Referee: Maxim Layushkin (Russia)

Bursaspor v Twente

23 August 2012 Playoff 1st leg	Bursaspor	3–1	Twente	Bursa
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Batalla  40', 82',  49' Öztürk  47' Šesták  53' Erdoğan  67'	Summary	Chadli  31' Fer  44'	Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 24,216 Referee: David Fernández (Spain)

Twente v Bursaspor

30 August 2012 Playoff 2nd leg	Twente	4–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 agg.)	Bursaspor	Enschede
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brama  20' Fer  26' (pen.),  54' Schilder  61' Gutiérrez  62' Castaignos  88'	Summary	Erdoğan  25' Pinto  45+4' Chrétien  50'  89' Öztürk  54' Carson  102' Çağıran  116'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Group stage

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hannover 96	6	3	3	0	11	8	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Levante	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
3	Helsingborg	6	1	1	4	9	12	−3	4[lower-alpha 1]
4	Twente	6	0	4	2	5	10	−5	4[lower-alpha 1]

Source:
Notes:

1. Tiebreakers: Helsingborg are ranked ahead of Twente on head-to-head points.

Twente v Hannover 96

20 September 2012 1	Twente	2–2	Hannover 96	Enschede
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Janssen  7' Chadli  54' Landzaat  84'	Summary	Huszti  38' Rausch  58' Sobiech  67' Wisgerhof  73' (o.g.) Eggimann  90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 22,500[27] Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Helsingborg v Twente

4 October 2012 2	Helsingborg	2–2	Twente	Helsingborg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Đurđić  7', 43' Lindström  52'	Summary	Rosales  62' Bengtsson  74' Douglas  88'	Stadium: Olympia Attendance: 5,578[28] Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Levante v Twente

25 October 2012 3	Levante	3–0	Twente	Valencia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karabelas  41' Juanlu  58' Míchel  59' (pen.) Ángel  75' Ríos  78', 88' Ballesteros  90+3'	Summary	Douglas  44' Schilder  68' Bengtsson  90+3'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 8,565[29] Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Twente v Levante

8 November 2012 4	Twente	0–0	Levante	Enschede
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Tadić  90+2'	Summary	Míchel  63' Ballesteros  78' Diop  82'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 19,500[30] Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Hannover 96 v Twente

22 November 2012 5	Hannover 96	0–0	Twente	Hanover
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Eggimann  72' Pinto  86'	Summary	Bengtsson  84' Fer  90'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 35,800[31] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Twente v Helsingborg

6 December 2012 6	Twente	1–3	Helsingborg	Enschede
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Boyata  13' Tadić  74',  83'	Summary	Đurđić  6' Bedoya  21' Sørum  67'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Greece)

Squad statistics

As of match played 26 May 2013

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Europa League		European competition
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sander Boschker	16	0	7+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF		Andreas Bjelland	14	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	3+1	0	4+0	0
4	DF		Peter Wisgerhof	21	1	7+4	0	1+0	0	7+1	1	1+0	0
5	DF		Robbert Schilder	39	5	27+1	2	0+0	0	10+1	3	0+0	0
6	MF		Wout Brama	39	1	25+0	1	0+0	0	12+2	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Denny Landzaat	14	1	0+7	0	2+0	1	2+3	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Leroy Fer	38	11	25+1	5	0+0	0	6+2	6	4+0	0
9	FW		Dmitry Bulykin	29	5	12+10	5	0+0	0	3+4	0	0+0	0
10	FW		Dušan Tadić	51	16	32+1	12	0+1	0	11+2	3	4+0	1
11	FW		Jerson Cabral	14	0	1+8	0	2+0	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
13	GK		Nikolay Mihaylov	35	0	26+0	0	0+0	0	9+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Willem Janssen	46	5	24+6	3	0+0	0	10+2	2	4+0	0
15	DF		Roberto Rosales	40	0	23+4	0	0+0	0	11+0	0	2+0	0
16	DF		Tim Breukers	19	0	10+0	0	1+0	0	3+2	0	2+1	0
17	DF		Rasmus Bengtsson	31	3	20+1	2	1+0	0	4+1	1	4+0	0
19	DF		Douglas	43	4	31+0	3	0+1	0	11+0	1	0+0	0
20	DF		Edson Braafheid	34	1	22+3	0	0+0	0	6+0	0	3+0	1
21	MF		Felipe Gutiérrez	38	5	14+9	2	2+0	0	3+6	1	4+0	2
22	FW		Nacer Chadli	38	18	20+2	10	0+2	0	9+1	6	3+1	2
25	GK		Daniel Fernandes	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Shadrach Eghan	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW		Luc Castaignos	47	14	25+9	13	1+1	1	6+1	0	4+0	0
35	GK		Timo Plattel	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	GK		Filip Bednarek	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW		Tim Hölscher	18	0	7+5	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	1+3	0
38	FW		Mirco Born	4	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
39	DF		Joey Pelupessy	7	0	2+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
41	DF		Coen Gortemaker	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
45	FW		Edwin Gyasi	16	1	8+4	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
46	FW		Felitciano Zschusschen	6	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	0
Players away from Twente on loan:
3	DF		Nicky Kuiper	4	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF		Tim Cornelisse	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Nils Röseler	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Quincy Promes	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Glynor Plet	5	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	5+0	4	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Twente no longer at the club:
12	FW		Wesley Verhoek	9	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	2+4	0	0+0	0
18	DF		Dedryck Boyata	10	0	1+4	0	2+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
26	FW		Joshua John	2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Europa League	European competition	Total
1	FW		22	Nacer Chadli	10	0	6	2	18
2	FW		10	Dušan Tadić	12	0	3	1	16
3	FW		30	Luc Castaignos	13	1	0	0	14
4	MF		8	Leroy Fer	5	0	6	0	11
5	DF		5	Robbert Schilder	2	0	3	0	5
	FW		9	Dmitry Bulykin	5	0	0	0	5
	MF		14	Willem Janssen	3	0	2	0	5
	MF		21	Felipe Gutiérrez	2	0	1	2	5
9	FW			Glynor Plet	0	0	4	0	4
	DF		19	Douglas	3	0	1	0	4
11	DF		17	Rasmus Bengtsson	2	0	1	0	3
12	FW		45	Edwin Gyasi	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		6	Wout Brama	1	0	0	0	1
				Own Goal	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		7	Denny Landzaat	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		4	Peter Wisgerhof	0	0	1	0	1
	FW			Joshua John	0	0	1	0	1
	DF		20	Edson Braafheid	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	60	2	29	5 95

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Europa League		European competition		Total
2		DF	Andreas Bjelland	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
4		DF	Peter Wisgerhof	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Robbert Schilder	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
6		MF	Wout Brama	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
7		MF	Denny Landzaat	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Leroy Fer	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	8	0
10		FW	Dušan Tadić	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
11		FW	Jerson Cabral	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12		FW	Wesley Verhoek	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
13		GK	Nikolay Mihaylov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Willem Janssen	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
15		DF	Roberto Rosales	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
16		DF	Tim Breukers	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
17		DF	Rasmus Bengtsson	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
18		DF	Dedryck Boyata	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
19		DF	Douglas	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
20		DF	Edson Braafheid	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	1
21		MF	Felipe Gutiérrez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		FW	Nacer Chadli	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
30		FW	Luc Castaignos	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
37		FW	Tim Hölscher	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
38		FW	Mirco Born	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	47	2	5	2	17	1	6	0	75	5

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