2012–13 U.S. Città di Palermo season
| 2012–13 season | |||
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| Chairman | Maurizio Zamparini | ||
| Head coach |
Giuseppe Sannino (until 16 September 2012) Gian Piero Gasperini (from 16 September 2012 until 4 February 2013) Alberto Malesani (from 5 February 2013 until 24 February 2013) Gian Piero Gasperini (from 24 February 2013 until 11 March 2013) Giuseppe Sannino (from 12 March 2013) |
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| Stadium | Stadio Renzo Barbera | ||
| Serie A | 18th | ||
| Coppa Italia | Fourth round | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League: Josip Iličić (10) All: Josip Iličić (11) |
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| Highest home attendance | 26,597 (vs Internazionale) | ||
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U.S. Città di Palermo played the 2012–13 season in Serie A, the ninth consecutive season for the Sicilian club in the Italian top flight since their return to the league in 2004.
After a disappointing end to its 2011–12 campaign (16th place, the worst in the club history since its 2004 Serie A return) Palermo parted ways with end-of-season boss Bortolo Mutti. In an attempt to provide a better structure for the club, Siena director of football Giorgio Perinetti was appointed as vice-president in charge of transfer matters, with Luca Cattani moved back to his previous role as scouting chief and Argentine manager Patricio Teubal (formerly a Mediaset employee) as marketing chief. Following Perinetti's appointment, many media sources strongly linked Siena head coach Giuseppe Sannino to the Palermo managerial vacancy. Sannino was officially announced as new head coach of Palermo on 6 June 2012. In addition, PUMA will replace Legea as main technical sponsor.
Regarding the club's summer market moves, the first signing already came in January as promising midfielder Nicolas Viola had immediately agreed a contract with the Rosanero but stayed on loan at Reggina for the remainder of the season. Later in April, chairman/owner Maurizio Zamparini announced to have acquired promising Argentine youngster Paulo Dybala, labelling him the "new Agüero." The move was however denied by Dybala's football agent, who declared that Palermo had not found a contract agreement with the player yet, despite having bought the player's transfer rights as confirmed by the Instituto board. Later in May, Zamparini announced also the signing of 18-year-old Uruguayan forward Sebastián Sosa from Cerro Largo FC. On 21 May 2012, FC Koper announced to have permanently sold midfielder Aljaž Struna to Palermo, thus becoming the fifth Slovene to move to Sicily in the last two years. On 6 June 2012, together with the announcement of new head coach Sannino, Palermo confirmed to have signed 33-year-old attacking midfielder/deep-lying forward Franco Brienza, formerly a Rosanero from 2000 to 2007, from Siena.
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