President Tommaso Ghirardi Stadium Stadio Ennio Tardini Coppa Italia Round of 16 | Manager Roberto Donadoni Serie A 10th | |
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Ishak Belfodil (7)
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Ishak Belfodil (7) | ||
The 2012–13 season is Parma's 22nd season in Serie A, and their fourth consecutive season in the top flight, having finished in eighth position in the previous season. The team is also competing in the Coppa Italia and benefit from a bye to the Round of 16 after the strong league finish.
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Kits
Parma unveiled their 2012–13 kits on 14 July 2012. The home kit again features the traditional black cross on a white shirt with white shorts and socks. The away kit is primarily black for the second consecutive season, but this time the exact inverse of the home kit: a white cross on a black shirt. The third kit gives prominence to several horizontal yellow and blue hoops, the first seen on a Parma shirt since 2004, before Tommaso Ghirardi's arrival at the club. Clothing manufacturer Navigare stayed on as a shirt sponsor, but moved from the principal partner to the secondary and replaced Banca Monte Parma in this respect. Vorwerk's Italian arm Folletto became the main sponsor. Locally-based Erreà continued to manufacture the kits.
Supplier: Erreà
Sponsor(s): Folletto and Navigare
Source: Sportsbook24.net
Pre-season
On 4 June 2012, the club announced its intention to go on a pre-retiro in Sardinia from 4 until 10 July. This was to be followed by a third consecutive season retiro in Levico Terme from 14 until 28 July, where they would again face Levico and Slavia Prague. Thirty-one players were initially selected to take part. From 31 July to 5 August would be spent in Prague, where two friendlies were organised.
Kick-off times are in CET or CEST.
Win Draw Loss
Serie A
Parma's first game of the season was a trip to Turin to face champions Juventus. Banned for his part in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal, Juventus boss Antonio Conte saw his side win 2–0 through second Stephan Lichtsteiner and Andrea Pirlo goals in the second half. Parma goalkeeper Antonio Mirante had saved a dubiously awarded penalty in the first half. There was some doubt whether or not Pirlo's effort crossed the line, but Parma coach Roberto Donadoni refused to comment.
League table
Updated to games played on 22 December 2012.
Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored. Head-to-head tiebreakers take effect immediately after both head-to-head games are played.
1The winner of 2012–13 Coppa Italia qualify to group stage of Europa League.
2Sampdoria and Torino were docked 1 point due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
3Atalanta was docked 2 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
4Siena was docked 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results summary
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Results by round
Source: legaseriea.it
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Coppa Italia
Parma will enter the 2012–13 Coppa Italia at the Round of 16 stage with the 2011–12 Serie A season's other top eight sides.
Top scorers
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Transfers
The dates given below relate to the date on which registration for the 2012–13 season was deposited to Serie A. The summer transfer window runs from 1 July 2012 until 31 August 2012. Non-EU signings, which are limited to 2 for this season in Serie A and comprise the new registration of those who are not EU or EFTA nationals signed from non-Italian clubs, are marked in yellow.On 21 June 2012, the first significant move of Parma's summer was announced: top scorer and Italian international Sebastian Giovinco re-joined Juventus, who already owned half of the player's registration, in a €11 million deal. Parma's share of Fabio Borini, previously co-owned but plying his trade with Roma, was bought out by the Rome club for €4.9 million on 23 June. On 28 June, the club announced the first of a duo forward replacements when Colombian striker Dorlan Pabón became a Parma player. Four days later, Brazilian-Italian forward Amauri rejoined the club on a two-year deal. He had been out of contract with former club Fiorentina and netted seven times in 11 appearances in a short spell on loan at Parma in 2011.
The club French defender Yohan Benalouane in late August on a year-long loan deal. This was followed by the loan signing of Venezuelan youngster Manuel Arteaga, who was at Zulia.
In January, Parma and Feyenoord agreed to a €3 millon deal to make Graziano Pellè's move to the Dutch side permanent.