2012–13 FC Twente season

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)

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

Squad

As of 26 April 2013

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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
34	17	11	6	60	33	+27	62	10	4	3	33	17	+16	7	7	3	27	16	+11

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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Vitesse Arnhem	34	19	7	8	68	42	+26	64	Qualification for the 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 winners

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

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

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 v t e	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	Helsingborgs IF	6	1	1	4	9	12	−3	4[a]
4	Twente	6	0	4	2	5	10	−5	4[a]

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Helsingborg 4, Twente 1.

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	NED	Sander Boschker	16	0	7+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF	DEN	Andreas Bjelland	14	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	3+1	0	4+0	0
4	DF	NED	Peter Wisgerhof	21	1	7+4	0	1+0	0	7+1	1	1+0	0
5	DF	NED	Robbert Schilder	39	5	27+1	2	0+0	0	10+1	3	0+0	0
6	MF	NED	Wout Brama	39	1	25+0	1	0+0	0	12+2	0	0+0	0
7	MF	NED	Denny Landzaat	14	1	0+7	0	2+0	1	2+3	0	0+0	0
8	MF	NED	Leroy Fer	38	11	25+1	5	0+0	0	6+2	6	4+0	0
9	FW	RUS	Dmitry Bulykin	29	5	12+10	5	0+0	0	3+4	0	0+0	0
10	FW	SRB	Dušan Tadić	51	16	32+1	12	0+1	0	11+2	3	4+0	1
11	FW	NED	Jerson Cabral	14	0	1+8	0	2+0	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
13	GK	BUL	Nikolay Mihaylov	35	0	26+0	0	0+0	0	9+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	NED	Willem Janssen	46	5	24+6	3	0+0	0	10+2	2	4+0	0
15	DF	VEN	Roberto Rosales	40	0	23+4	0	0+0	0	11+0	0	2+0	0
16	DF	NED	Tim Breukers	19	0	10+0	0	1+0	0	3+2	0	2+1	0
17	DF	SWE	Rasmus Bengtsson	31	3	20+1	2	1+0	0	4+1	1	4+0	0
19	DF	NED	Douglas	43	4	31+0	3	0+1	0	11+0	1	0+0	0
20	DF	NED	Edson Braafheid	34	1	22+3	0	0+0	0	6+0	0	3+0	1
21	MF	CHI	Felipe Gutiérrez	38	5	14+9	2	2+0	0	3+6	1	4+0	2
22	FW	BEL	Nacer Chadli	38	18	20+2	10	0+2	0	9+1	6	3+1	2
25	GK	POR	Daniel Fernandes	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
26	MF	GHA	Shadrach Eghan	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW	NED	Luc Castaignos	47	14	25+9	13	1+1	1	6+1	0	4+0	0
35	GK	NED	Timo Plattel	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	GK	POL	Filip Bednarek	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW	GER	Tim Hölscher	18	0	7+5	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	1+3	0
38	FW	GER	Mirco Born	4	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
39	DF	NED	Joey Pelupessy	7	0	2+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
41	DF	NED	Coen Gortemaker	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
45	FW	NED	Edwin Gyasi	16	1	8+4	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
46	FW	NED	Felitciano Zschusschen	6	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	0
Players away from Twente on loan:
3	DF	NED	Nicky Kuiper	4	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF	NED	Tim Cornelisse	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	GER	Nils Röseler	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	NED	Quincy Promes	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	NED	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	NED	Wesley Verhoek	9	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	2+4	0	0+0	0
18	DF	BEL	Dedryck Boyata	10	0	1+4	0	2+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
26	FW	NED	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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