2012–13 Levante UD season

Levante UD

2012–13 season
President	Quico Catalán
Manager	Juan Ignacio Martínez
Stadium	Ciutat de València
La Liga	10th
Copa Del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Martins (7) All: Martins (9)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Levante season is the 72nd season in club history and their first ever in European competition, where they will enter the playoff round in the UEFA Europa League after finishing 6th in the 2011–12 season.

Competitions

Overall

As of 14 March 2013

Competition	Started round	Current position/round	Final position	First match	Last match
La Liga	—	10th		19 August 2012	1 June 2013
Copa del Rey	Round of 32		Round of 16	1 November 2012	9 January 2013
UEFA Europa League	Play-off Round		Round of 16	23 August 2012	14 March 2013

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in CET.

      Win       Draw       Loss

Round	Date/Time	Opponents	Location	Score	Scorers	Referee
Friendly	19 July 2012 – 18:30	Deportiva Minera	Coliseo Minero, Cartagena	2–0	Michel  37', Koné  65'	Cristobal Boitia Moya (Murcia)
Friendly	22 July 2012 – 10:45	Almería	La Manga Stadium, La Manga	0–3
Friendly	27 July 2012 – 20:30	Burriana	San Fernando, Burriana	3–0	Roger  33', Koné  75', Juanlu  84'	Abraham Abad (Valencia)
Italian Tour	2 August 2012 – 20:55	Perugia	Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia	2–0	Koné  41', Juanlu  80'	Fabricio Pasqua di Tivoli (Italy)
Italian Tour	5 August 2012 – 20:45	Genoa	Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro	1–0	Barkero  68'	Gianpaolo Calvarese (Italy)
Italian Tour	8 August 2012 – 15:30	Pescara	Stadio Adriatico, Pescara	0–0		Damato Antonio (Italy)
XIII Trofeo de la Cerámica	11 August 2012 – 19:45	Villarreal	El Madrigal, Vila-real	1–2	Ángel  12'	Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencia)

La Liga

Main article: 2012–13 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Getafe	27	11	6	10	37	44	−7	39
10	Levante	27	10	6	11	32	40	−8	36
11	Valladolid	27	9	8	10	35	34	+1	35

Updated to games played on 14 March 2013.
Source: ESPN
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; 7th Fair-play points
(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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	10	6	11	32	40	−8	36	7	2	4	21	17	+4	3	4	7	11	23	−12

Last updated: 14 March 2013.
Source: Levante UD

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.

Round	Date/Time	Opponents	Location	Score	Scorers	Referee
1	19 August 2012 – 23:00	Atlético Madrid	Ciutat de València, Valencia	1–1	El Zhar  5'	Clos Gómez (Aragon)
2	27 August 2012 – 20:00	Real Valladolid	José Zorrilla, Valladolid	0–2		Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)
3	2 September 2012 – 18:00	Espanyol	Ciutat de València, Valencia	3–2	Juanlu  54', Lell  56', Rodríguez  90+3' (o.g.)	J. A. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
4	15 September 2012 – 16:00	Málaga	La Rosaleda, Málaga	1–3	Míchel  46'	Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)
5	23 September 2012 – 16:00	Real Sociedad	Ciutat de València, Valencia	2–1	Barkero  70' (pen.), Martins  86'	Hernández Hernández (Catalonia)
6	30 September 2012 – 18:00	Osasuna	El Sadar, Pamplona	0–4		Álvarez Izquierdo (Catalonia)
7	7 October 2012 – 12:00	Valencia	Ciutat de València, Valencia	1–0	Martins  22'	Del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)
8	21 October 2012 – 12:00	Getafe	Alfonso Pérez, Getafe	1–0	Míchel  87'	Pérez Montero (Andalusia)
9	28 October 2012 – 16:00	Granada	Ciutat de València, Valencia	3–1	Martins  12', 60', Pedro Ríos  73'	Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)
10	4 November 2012 – 21:30	Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla	0–0		Clos Gómez (Aragon)
11	11 November 2012 – 21:30	Real Madrid	Ciutat de València, Valencia	1–2	Ángel  62'	Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)
12	18 November 2012 – 12:00	Deportivo La Coruña	Riazor, A Coruña	2–0	Martins  40', Barkero  82'	Pérez Lasa (Basque Country)
13	25 November 2012 – 21:00	Barcelona	Ciutat de València, Valencia	0–4	Barkero 87'	Pérez Montero (Andalusia)
14	2 December 2012 – 19:00	Celta Vigo	Balaídos, Vigo	1–1	Roger  89'	Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)
15	9 December 2012 – 12:00	Mallorca	Ciutat de València, Valencia	4–0	Martins  43', Navarro  49', Rubén García  55', Iborra  58'	Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)
16	16 December 2012 – 12:00	Real Zaragoza	La Romareda, Zaragoza	1–0	Rubén García  19'	Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)
17	20 December 2012 – 20:00	Rayo Vallecano	Campo de Vallecas, Vallecas	0–3		J. A. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
18	6 January 2013 – 21:30	Athletic Bilbao	Ciutat de València, Valencia	3–1	Lell  26', Iborra  45', El Zhar  69'	Paradas Romero (Andalusia)
19	13 January 2013 – 12:00	Real Betis	Benito Villamarín, Sevilla	0–2		Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)
20	20 January 2013 – 19:00	Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón, Madrid	0–2		Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)
21	26 January 2013 – 18:00	Real Valladolid	Ciutat de València, Valencia	2–1	Barkero  43', Rukavina  90' (o.g.)	Álvarez Izquierdo (Catalonia)
22	2 February 2013 – 20:00	Espanyol	Cornellà-El Prat, Cornellà de Llobregat	2–3	Rubén García  47', Martins  87'	Del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)
23	9 February 2013 – 20:00	Málaga	Ciutat de València, Valencia	1–2	Barkero  27' (pen.)	Clos Gómez (Aragon)
24	17 February 2013 – 12:00	Real Sociedad	Anoeta, San Sebastián	1–1	Míchel  29' (pen.)	Hernández Hernández (Catalonia)
25	25 February 2013 – 21:00	Osasuna	Ciutat de València, Valencia	0–2		González González (Castile and León)
26	2 March 2013 – 22:00	Valencia	Mestalla, Valencia	2–2	Iborra  16', Barkero  89'	Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)
27	10 March 2013 – 17:00	Getafe	Ciutat de València, Valencia	0–0		Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)
28	17 March 2013 – 21:00	Granada	Los Cármenes, Granada	1-1	Acquafresca  49'	Gil Manzano (Extremadura)
29	31 March 2013 –	Sevilla	Ciutat de València, Valencia	1–0	Rubén García  39'	Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
30	7 April 2013 –	Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	5-1	Míchel  31'	Clos Gómez (Aragon)
31	14 April 2013 –	Deportivo La Coruña	Ciutat de València, Valencia	0-4		Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)
32	21 April 2013 –	Barcelona	Camp Nou, Barcelona	1-0		Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)
33	28 April 2013 –	Celta Vigo	Ciutat de València, Valencia	0-1		Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)
34	5 May 2013 –	Mallorca	Iberostar, Palma	1-1	Acquafresca  41'	González González (Castile and León)
35	12 May 2013 –	Real Zaragoza	Ciutat de València, Valencia	0-0		Gil Manzano (Extremadura)
36	19 May 2013 –	Rayo Vallecano	Ciutat de València, Valencia	3-2	Acquafresca  52' Iborra  86'	Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)
37	29 May 2013 –	Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés, Bilbao	0-1	Juanlu  89'	J. A. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
38	1 June 2013 –	Real Betis	Ciutat de València, Valencia	1–1	Pedro Ríos 50'	J. A. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2012–13 Copa del Rey

Kickoff times are in CET.

Round	Date	Time	Opponents	Location	Score	Scorers	Referee
Round of 32 (1st leg)	1 November 2012	18:00	Melilla	A	0–1		Del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)
Round of 32 (2nd leg)	28 November 2012	19:30		H	4–1 (4–2 agg.)	Nikos  25', Roger  62', Míchel  76', Iborra  85' (pen.)	González González (Castile and León)
Round of 16 (1st leg)	13 December 2012	20:00	Real Zaragoza	H	0–1		Pérez Montero (Andalusia)
Round of 16 (2nd leg)	9 January 2013	21:30		A	0–2 (0–3 agg.)		Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying stage

Kickoff times are in CET.

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Round	Date/Time	Opponents	Location	Score	Scorers	Referee
Play-off round (1st leg)	23 August 2012 – 20:45	Motherwell	Fir Park, Motherwell	2–0	Juanlu  42', El Zhar  62'	Antti Munukka (Finland)
Play-off round (2nd leg)	30 August 2012 – 20:45		Ciutat de València, Valencia	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Gekas  72'	Clément Turpin (France)

Group stage

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hannover 96	6	3	3	0	11	8	+3	12
Levante	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
Helsingborg	6	1	1	4	9	12	−3	4
Twente	6	0	4	2	5	10	−5	4

Kickoff times are in CET.

Round	Date/Time	Opponents	Location	Score	Scorers	Referee
Matchday 1	20 September 2012 – 21:05	Helsingborg	Ciutat de València, Valencia	1–0	Juanfran  40'	Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Matchday 2	4 October 2012 – 19:00	Hannover 96	AWD-Arena, Hanover	1–2	Míchel  10' (pen.)	Liran Liany (Israel)
Matchday 3	25 October 2012 – 19:00	Twente	Ciutat de València, Valencia	3–0	Míchel  59' (pen.), Ríos  78', 88'	Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
Matchday 4	8 November 2012 – 21:00	Twente	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede	0–0		Tony Chapron (France)
Matchday 5	22 November 2012 – 19:00	Helsingborg	Olympia, Helsingborg	3–1	Ángel  8', Diop  37', Iborra  81'	Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)
Matchday 6	6 December 2012 – 21:05	Hannover 96	Ciutat de València, Valencia	2–2	Ángel  49', Iborra  90+4'	Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round	Date/Time	Opponents	Location	Score	Scorers	Referee
Round of 32 (1st leg)	14 February 2013 – 19:00	Olympiacos	Ciutat de València, Valencia	3–0	Pedro Ríos  10', Martins 30',  56', Barkero  40' (pen.)	Manuel Gräfe (Germany)
Round of 32 (2nd leg)	21 February 2013 – 21:05		Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus	1–0 (4–0 agg.)	Martins  9'	Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Round of 16 (1st leg)	7 March 2013 – 21:05	Rubin Kazan	Ciutat de València, Valencia	0–0		Antony Gautier (France)
Round of 16 (2nd leg)	14 March 2013 – 18:00		Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	0–2 a.e.t. (0–2 agg.)		Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Squad

As of 17 March 2013.

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline			Note
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Gustavo Munúa	24	0	–	–	–	–	24	0	3
13	GK	Keylor Navas	2	0	4	0	9	0	15	0
2	DF	Massimo Volta	–	–	4	0	–	–	4	0	2			on loan from Sampdoria
4	DF	David Navarro	23	1	1	0	7	0	31	1	6	1
5	DF	Héctor Rodas	3 (3)	0	4	0	7 (1)	0	12 (4)	0	2		1
6	DF	Loukas Vyntra	4	0	–	–	–	–	4	0	2
12	DF	Juanfran	21	0	0 (1)	0	5	1	26 (1)	1	7
15	DF	Nikos Karabelas	2 (1)	0	4	1	4	0	9 (1)	1	2	2
18	DF	Sergio Ballesteros (C)	22	0	1 (1)	0	9	0	32 (1)	0	14
19	DF	Pedro López	10	0	2	0	7 (1)	0	19 (1)	0	5
22	DF	Christian Lell	15 (1)	2	1	0	5	0	21 (1)	2	2	1
28	DF	Iván	–	–	1	0	–	–	1	0
7	MF	José Barkero	21 (2)	5	–	–	5 (5)	1	26 (7)	6	5
8	MF	Nabil El Zhar	17 (4)	2	1 (1)	0	2 (2)	1	21 (6)	3	6
10	MF	Vicente Iborra	24	3	1 (1)	1	11	2	34 (3)	6	9	1
11	MF	Rubén García	11 (8)	3	2 (1)	0	6 (3)	0	19 (12)	3	3
14	MF	Dariusz Dudka	0 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (4)	0
16	MF	Pedro Ríos	5 (8)	1	3	0	7 (1)	3	15 (9)	4	3
17	MF	Valdo	1 (4)	0	–	–	0 (2)	0	1 (6)	0	1			on loan from Atlante
20	MF	Juanlu	13 (6)	1	2 (1)	0	4 (3)	1	19 (10)	2	7
23	MF	Pape Diop	22	0	2	0	8	1	32	1	12
9	FW	Robert Acquafresca	1	0	–	–	0 (2)	0	1 (2)	0				on loan from Bologna
21	FW	Míchel	12 (12)	3	3	1	9 (2)	2	19 (14)	5	9	1	1
27	FW	Roger	1 (5)	1	2 (1)	1	–	–	3 (6)	2	2
–	MF	Óscar Serrano	–	–	2	0	0 (1)	0	2 (1)	0
–	MF	Miguel Pallardó	0 (5)	0	4	0	0 (5)	0	4 (10)	0	1			on loan to Almería
–	FW	Ángel	2 (7)	1	3 (1)	0	3 (3)	2	8 (11)	3	1			on loan to Elche
–	FW	Obafemi Martins	18 (2)	7	1 (2)	0	3	2	22 (4)	9	7
–	FW	Theofanis Gekas	2 (2)	0	–	–	5	1	7 (2)	1	1

*Italics denotes no longer with club.