2012–13 Premier League
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21st season of the Premier League
Key facts
- Season
- 2012–13
- Dates
- 18 August 2012 – 19 May 2013
- Champions
- Manchester United , 13th Premier League title, 20th English title
- Relegated
- Wigan Athletic , Reading , Queens Park Rangers
- Champions league
- Manchester United, Manchester City , Chelsea , Arsenal
- Europa league
- Wigan Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur , Swansea City
- Goals
- 1,063 (2.8 per match)
- Top goalscorer
- Robin van Persie , (26 goals)
- Best goalkeeper
- Joe Hart , (18 clean sheets)
- Biggest home win
- Chelsea 8–0 Aston Villa , (23 December 2012)
- Biggest away win
- Newcastle United 0–6 Liverpool , (27 April 2013)
- Highest scoring
- Arsenal 7–3 Newcastle United , (29 December 2012), West Brom 5–5 Manchester United , (19 May 2013)
- Longest winning run
- 7 games , Manchester United
- Longest unbeaten run
- 18 games , Manchester United
- Longest winless run
- 16 games , Queens Park Rangers
- Longest losing run
- 7 games , Reading
- Highest attendance
- 75,605 , Manchester United 1–0 Reading, (16 March 2013)
- Lowest attendance
- 15,436 , Wigan Athletic 3–2 Reading, (24 November 2012)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sports season
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Location
- England
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.premierleague.com/page/Home
- Image
- Berba PK Fulham v WBA.jpg
- Organizer
- The Football Association
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- start time
- 2012-08-18
- topic's main category
- Category:2012–13 Premier League
- Commons category
- FA Premier League season 2012-2013
- sports season of league or competition
- Premier League
- winner
- Manchester United F.C.
- number of points/goals/set scored
- 1063
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 380
- end time
- 2013-05-19
- number of participants
- 20
- edition number
- 114
- league level below
- 2012–13 Football League Championship
- competition class
- men's association football
- participating team
- Queens Park Rangers F.C.
- attendance
- 13653908
- statistical leader
- Robin van Persie
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Encyclopedic overview
The 2012–13 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season of the Premier League, the English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 114th season of top-flight English football overall. The fixture schedule was released on 18 June 2012. The season began on 18 August 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013.
Manchester City were the defending champions, having won their first Premier League title the previous season. This was their first top division title league title since the 1967–68 season.
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