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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-13-033984
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130605
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130610
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130610

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001084961
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SHORT-TERM BUSINESS CREDIT INSTITUTIONS [6153]
		IRS NUMBER:				481090909
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3111 CAMINO DEL RIO NORTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1300
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92108
		BUSINESS PHONE:		877-445-4581

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3111 CAMINO DEL RIO NORTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1300
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92108

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MCM CAPITAL GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990430

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MIDLAND CORP OF KANSAS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990423

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Call Gregory L.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001578827

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26489
		FILM NUMBER:		13904827

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC., STE 1300
		STREET 2:		3111 CAMINO DEL RIO NORTH
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92108
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    <periodOfReport>2013-06-05</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001084961</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ECPG</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001578827</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Call Gregory L.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>3111 CAMINO DEL RIO NORTH</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1300</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN DIEGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92108</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Sr. VP, GC &amp; Secretary</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>48000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>22.17</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2022-04-06</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>5000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares include (i) 8,332 unvested restricted stock units (each of which represents the right to receive one share of Encore common stock), which will vest by September 26, 2014, (ii) 5,333 unvested restricted stock awards (&quot;RSAs&quot;) (each of which represents the right to receive one share of Encore common stock), half of which vest on March 9, 2014 and the other half on March 9, 2015, and (iii) 20,000 unvested RSAs granted on September 10, 2012, which will vest in equal annual installments on September 10, 2013, September 10, 2014 and September 10, 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Grant to the reporting person on April 6, 2012 of a non-qualified stock option under the Encore Capital Group, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan.  One-third of the shares granted under the option became vested and exercisable on March 9, 2013.  One-third of the shares granted under the option will become vested and exercisable on March 9, 2014, and the other remaining one-third will become exercisable on March 9, 2015.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List
24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Melissa A. Resslar, Attorney-in-Fact for Gregory L. Call</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-06-10</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Melissa A. Resslar his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Encore Capital Group, Inc. (the
"Company"), any and all reports and forms required to be filed by the
undersigned in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder, including but not limited to all Forms 3, 4 and 5;

     (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such report or
form and timely file the same with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar trading market; and

     (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in the form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or
her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file reports or forms pursuant to Section
16 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 10th day of June, 2013.


                                        By: /s/ Gregory L. Call
                                            -------------------
                                        Print Name: Gregory L. Call

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