The 2012–13 season was Parma Football Club'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.
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.
Competitions
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
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan=10 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers
! colspan=10 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders
! colspan=10 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders
! colspan=10 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards
! colspan=10 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=15| !width=15| !width=15| !width=15| !width=150|Name !width=80|Serie A !width=80|Coppa Italia !width=80|Total |- |1 |11 |FW | |Amauri |10 |0 |10 |- |2 |9 |FW | |Ishak Belfodil |8 |0 |8 |- |3 |21 |FW | |Nicola Sansone |6 |0 |6 |- |4 |10 |MF | |Jaime Valdés |4 |0 |4 |- |5 |16 |MF | |Marco Parolo |3 |0 |3
|87 |DF | |Aleandro Rosi |3 |0 |3 |- |7 |7 |FW | |Jonathan Biabiany |2 |0 |2 |- |8 |5 |DF | |Cristian Zaccardo |1 |0 |1
|6 |DF | |Alessandro Lucarelli |1 |0 |1
|8 |MF | |Daniele Galloppa |1 |0 |1
|17 |FW | |Raffaele Palladino |1 |0 |1
|18 |DF | |Massimo Gobbi |1 |0 |1
|28 |DF | |Yohan Benalouane |1 |0 |1
|29 |DF | |Gabriel Paletta |1 |0 |1
|32 |MF | |Marco Marchionni |1 |0 |1
|88 |FW | |Dorlan Pabón |0 |1 |1
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 million deal to make Graziano Pellè's move to the Dutch side permanent.
In DatePos.NameFromType of TransferFee22 March 2012 GK Pavol Bajza Dubrica Full ownership Free22 March 2012 MF Sotiris Ninis Panathinaikos Full ownership Free5 June 2012 GK Matteo Pisseri Renate Half to full ownership Undisclosed20 June 2012 DF Andrea Rossi Siena Co-ownership Undisclosed22 June 2012 DF Angelo Bencivenga Pro Vercelli Half to full ownership Undisclosed22 June 2012 FW Gabriele Paonessa Bologna Half to full ownership Undisclosed22 June 2012 DF Paolo Dellafiore Novara Half to full ownership Undisclosed22 June 2012 DF Fabio Lebran AlbinoLeffe Half to full ownership €200,00022 June 2012 DF Makris Petrozzi Pergocrema Half to full ownership Free22 June 2012 DF Luca Tedeschi Crotone Half to full ownership Undisclosed25 June 2012 DF Jonas Portin Padova Co-ownership Undisclosed26 June 2012 FW Alessandro Iacobucci Siena Co-ownership Undisclosed26 June 2012 DF Giuseppe Pacini Siena Co-ownership Undisclosed28 June 2012 MF Nicola Del Pivo Cesena Co-ownership Undisclosed28 June 2012 DF Riccardo Casini Bologna Co-ownership Undisclosed28 June 2012 GK Andrea Rossini Cesena Co-ownership Undisclosed29 June 2012 FW Mauro Cioffi Crotone Co-ownership Undisclosed29 June 2012 DF Lorenzo Pasqualini Ascoli Co-ownership Undisclosed29 June 2012 DF Nicolò Belotti Brescia Co-ownership Undisclosed30 June 2012 DF Matteo Gaudiano Fondi Full ownership Undisclosed2 July 2012 FW Mattia Sprocati Pavia Full ownership Undisclosed2 July 2012 FW Ishak Belfodil Lyon Full ownership €2,500,0004 July 2012 DF Michele Bentoglio Sarnico Full ownership Undisclosed4 July 2012 MF Floriano Vanzo Tubize Full ownership Undisclosed4 July 2012 MF Emiliano Storani Sambenedettese Full ownership Undisclosed4 July 2012 FW Dorlan Pabón Atlético Nacional Full ownership €4,000,0005 July 2012 DF Fabiano Santacroce Napoli Co-ownership Undisclosed5 July 2012 GK Marco D'Arsiè Ancona Full ownership Undisclosed9 July 2012 MF Jonathan Biabiany Sampdoria Co-ownership €3,500,00013 July 2012 DF Gonçalo Brandão Cesena Co-ownership Undisclosed13 July 2012 GK Mirko Pigliacelli Roma Full ownership Free13 July 2012 FW Nicolò Dallaglio Fidenza Full ownership Undisclosed13 July 2012 MF Jaime Valdés Sporting CP Full ownership €1,800,00017 July 2012 MF Gianluca Musacci Empoli Co-ownership €500,00017 July 2012 FW Amauri Fiorentina Full ownership Free20 July 2012 MF Mattia Musi Atletico Piacenza Full ownership Undisclosed26 July 2012 MF Davide Mazzocco Montebelluna Full ownership Undisclosed28 July 2012 MF Salvatore Sandomenico Arzanese Full ownership Undisclosed31 July 2012 FW Gian Piero Tozzi Monterotondo Full ownership UndisclosedJuly 2012 DF Emilio MacEachen Peñarol Full ownership €300,0002 August 2012 MF Vittorio Fabris Vicenza Full ownership Undisclosed2 August 2012 DF Simone Ciboldi Como Full ownership Undisclosed8 August 2012 DF Aleandro Rosi Roma Full ownership Free10 August 2012 FW Daniele Bazzoffia Gubbio Full ownership Undisclosed10 August 2012 FW Simone Smacchia Gubbio Full ownership Undisclosed10 August 2012 FW Brice Bonelli Marseille Full ownership Undisclosed17 August 2012 MF Raman Chibsah Juventus Co-ownership €750,00020 August 2012 FW Stefano Okaka Roma Full ownership Free23 August 2012 FW Diego De Giorgi Casarano Full ownership Undisclosed23 August 2012 MF Samuel Ferau Avicola Full ownership Free23 August 2012 MF Giuseppe Perrino Ebolitana Full ownership Free28 August 2012 MF Andrea Sabatelli Venezia Full ownership Free31 August 2012 GK Francesco Sollo Neapolis Mugnano Full ownership Undisclosed31 August 2012 DF Francesco Pambianchi SPAL Half to Full ownership Free31 August 2012 DF Solomon Enow Spezia Full ownership Free31 August 2012 MF Sebestyén Ihrig-Farkas Honvéd Full ownership Undisclosed 31 August 2012 MF Federico Meacci Free agent Full ownership Free14 September 2012 MF Marco Marchionni Free agent Full ownership Free4 January 2013 MF Vincenzo Giannusa Free agent Full ownership Free11 January 2013 GK Matteo Cincilla Internazionale Full ownership Undisclosed17 January 2013 MF Gianluca Musacci Empoli Half to full ownership €600,000 31 January 2013 MF Luca Fiordiani Foligno Co-ownership €75,000
Out DatePos.NameFromType of TransferFee15 June 2012 FW Gianluca Lapadula Cesena Co-ownership Undisclosed21 June 2012 FW Sebastian Giovinco Juventus Half to full ownership €11,000,00022 June 2012 DF Ronny Valerio Renate Half to full ownership Undisclosed22 June 2012 DF Andrea Gasparri Fondi Half to full ownership Undisclosed22 June 2012 FW Daniele Paponi Bologna Half to full ownership Undisclosed22 June 2012 DF Andrea Talignani Virtus Entella Half to full ownership Undisclosed23 June 2012 FW Fabio Borini Roma Half to full ownership €4,900,00023 June 2012 DF Mohamed Traoré Foggia Half to full ownership Undisclosed28 June 2012 FW Grégoire Defrel Cesena Co-ownership Undisclosed29 June 2012 MF Davide Colomba Ascoli Co-ownership Undisclosed3 July 2012 FW Francesco Finocchio Bologna Co-ownership Undisclosed3 July 2012 DF Abdou Doumbia Siena Co-ownership Undisclosed3 July 2012 DF Alberto Galuppo Siena Co-ownership Undisclosed6 July 2012 DF Paolo Hernan Dellafiore Siena Co-ownership Undisclosed9 July 2012 DF Paolo Castellini Sampdoria Full ownership Undisclosed9 July 2012 MF Abderrazzak Jadid Grosseto Full ownership Undisclosed9 July 2012 DF Matteo Mantovani Crotone Co-ownership Undisclosed9 July 2012 GK Stefano Russo Brescia Co-ownership Undisclosed14 July 2012 MF Francesco Valiani Siena Full ownership €500,00020 July 2012 FW Riccardo Capogna Chieti Co-ownership Undisclosed27 July 2012 DF Mohamed Traoré Crotone Co-ownership Undisclosed28 July 2012 DF Andrea Pappaianni Alessandria Full ownership Undisclosed9 August 2012 DF Nicola Russo Nocerina Co-ownership Undisclosed17 August 2012 GK Francesco Anacoura Juventus Co-ownership Undisclosed5 January 2013 FW Graziano Pellè Feyenoord Full ownership €3,000,000
Loan in Date fromDate toPos.NameFromFee16 July 2012 30 June 2013 MF Afriyie Acquah Palermo €100,000Parma FC SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. 18 July 2012 30 June 2013 DF Ignacio Fideleff Napoli €200,00023 July 2012 30 June 2013 MF Marco Parolo Cesena €1,000,00017 August 2012 30 June 2013 GK Francesco Anacoura Juventus Free20 August 2012 30 June 2013 DF Yohan Benalouane Cesena Free31 August 2012 30 June 2013 FW Manuel Arteaga Zulia Free16 January 2013 30 June 2013 FW Leandro Campagna Frosinone Free
Loan out