The 2012–13 Ukrainian First League was the 22nd since its establishment. The competition commenced on 13 July 2012 when Obolon Kyiv visited Sumy and played a goalless draw against FC Sumy. The competition had a winter break that started 25 November 2012 and resumed on 23 March 2013.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted teams Three teams were promoted from the 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League Group A FC Sumy – champion (debut, however in the 2006–07 Ukrainian First League season Spartak represented the city of Sumy) Group B FC Poltava – champion (debut) Avanhard Kramatorsk – promotion/relegation playoff finalist (debut)
Relegated teams Two teams were relegated from the 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League
Obolon Kyiv – 15th place (returning after three seasons) PFC Oleksandria – 16th place (returning after one season)
Withdrawn teams Prior to the season starting Nyva Vinnytsia withdrew from the PFL.
Team locations
Map The following displays the location of teams.
Stadiums
The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.
Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes 1 Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy 25,800 FC Sumy 2Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv 16,873 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 3 Central Stadium, Mykolaiv 16,700 MFK Mykolaiv 4 Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad 13,667 Zirka Kirovohrad 5 Labor Reserve, Bila Tserkva 13,500 Arsenal Bila Tserkva 6 Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi 12,000 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 7 Stal Stadium, Alchevsk 9,200 Stal Alchevsk 8 CSC Nika Stadium, Oleksandria 7,000 PFC Oleksandria 9 SK Sevastopol, Sevastopol, Crimea 5,563 FC Sevastopol 10 Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka 5,256 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 11 Obolon Arena, Kyiv 5,100 Obolon Kyiv 12 Sonyachny Stadium, Kharkiv 4,924 Helios Kharkiv Used from Round 4 as home ground 13 Spartak Stadium, Odesa 4,610 FC Odesa 14 Avanhard Stadium, Kramatorsk 4,000 Avanhard Kramatorsk 15 Khimik Stadium, Armyansk, Crimea 3,450 Tytan Armyansk 16 ST Sport Arena, Ahrarne, Crimea 3,250 Krymteplitsia Molodizhne 17 Lokomotiv Stadium, Poltava 2,500 FC Poltava 18 Helios Arena, Kharkiv 2,057 Helios Kharkiv 19 Mashynobudivnyk Stadium, Karlivka 1,300 FC Poltava Completion of Round 33 suspended match 20 Dynamo Club Stadium, Chapayevka 1,250 Dynamo-2 KyivUsed from Round 6 onwards as home ground 21 Training Base Knyazha, Schaslyve, Kyiv Oblast 1,000 Arsenal Bila TserkvaUsed in Round 24 & 26 as home ground 22 Sports Complex Olimpik, Donetsk 680 Olimpik Donetsk
Managers ClubCoachReplaced coachArsenal Bila Tserkva Yevhen Feschenko (caretaker) Oleh Lutkov Oleh Sokyrko (caretaker) Ihor ArtymovychAvanhard Kramatorsk Serhiy Shevchenko Bukovyna Chernivtsi Vadym ZayatsDynamo-2 Kyiv Andriy Husin Helios Kharkiv Serhiy Yesin (caretaker) Anatoliy Chantsev Serhiy Yesin (caretaker) Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (caretaker)Krymteplytsia Molodizhne Serhiy Shevtsov PFC Oleksandria Vitaliy Pervak (caretaker) Andriy Kuptsov (caretaker)MFC Mykolaiv Ruslan ZabranskyiCoaching staff of MFC Mykolaiv . MFC Mykolaiv website Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Yevhen Yarovenko Obolon Kyiv Serhiy Konyushenko FC Odesa Andriy ParkhomenkoOlimpik Donetsk Roman Sanzhar (caretaker) Roman Pylypchuk Ihor PetrovFC Poltava Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi FC Sevastopol Aleh Konanaw Stal Alchevsk Anatoliy VolobuyevFC Sumy Andriy Kononenko (caretaker) Serhiy Strashnenko (caretaker) Ihor ZakharyakTytan Armyansk Oleh Leshchynskyi Oleksandr HaydashZirka Kirovohrad Samir Hasanov Ilya Blyznyuk
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointment Zirka Kirovohrad Vadym Yevtushenko Leaves for Vorskla Poltava Pre-season Ilya Blyznyuk PFC Sevastopol Serhiy Puchkov Replaced Aleh Konanaw Krymteplytsia Molodizhne Mykola Fedorko (caretaker) Replaced Serhiy Shevtsov Tytan Armyansk Oleksandr Haydash Resigned 18th Oleh Leshchynskyi Olimpik Donetsk Ihor Petrov Resigned 8th Roman Pylypchuk Arsenal Bila Tserkva Ihor Artymovych Resigned 16th Oleh Sokyrko (caretaker) Helios Kharkiv Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (interim) Resigned 11th Serhiy Yesin (interim) Krymteplytsia Molodizhne Serhiy Shevtsov Replaced 14th Mykhailo Sachko Helios Kharkiv Serhiy Yesin (interim) End of interim 9th Anatoliy Chantsev Arsenal Bila Tserkva Oleh Sokyrko (caretaker) End of interim 16th Oleh Lutkov Sumy Ihor Zakharyak Sacked 14th Serhiy Strashnenko (caretaker) Serhiy Strashnenko (caretaker) End as interim 11th Andriy Kononenko (caretaker) Olimpik Donetsk Serhiy Pylypchuk Sacked 12th Roman Sanzhar (caretaker) Arsenal Bila Tserkva Oleh Lutkov Sacked 17th Yevhen Feschenko (caretaker) Helios Kharkiv Anatoliy Chantsev Resigned 12th Serhiy Yesin (caretaker) Oleksandria Andriy Kuptsov (caretaker) Resigned 4th Vitaliy Pervak (caretaker) Zirka Kirovohrad Ilya Blyznyuk Sacked 5th Samir Hasanov
Final standings
Results
Top goalscorers
The following were the top ten goalscorers.
#ScorerGoals(Pen.)Team1 Serhiy Kuznetsov18 (3)FC Sevastopol2 Ruslan Platon16 (4)Bukovyna Chernivtsi3 Vyacheslav Shevchenko15PFC Oleksandria4 Vitaliy Prokopchenko13 (5)Tytan Armyansk5 Yaroslav Halenko12Zirka Kirovohrad Ruslan Ivashko12 (2)FC Poltava7 Ruslan Stepanyuk11Stal Alchevsk8 Dmytro Leonov10 (1)Arsenal Bila Tserkva/Stal Alchevsk Roman Loktionov10 (1)Stal Alchevsk10 Oleksandr Akymenko9Stal Alchevsk Burnel Okana-Stazi9 (2)Stal Alchevsk
Promotion/relegation play-off
A promotion/relegation home and away play-off were played by the 2nd team in Group 1 and 2 of 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League against the 15th and 16th placed teams of the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League competition. The draw for the play-off matches was held on 7 June.
Nyva Ternopil qualified from Ukrainian Second League.
Match #1
First leg
Second leg
6–1 on aggregate. FC Odesa after being relegated to Second League withdrew.
Match #2
First leg
Second leg
2–1 on aggregate. Dynamo-2 Kyiv remain in First League.
See also 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League 2012–13 Ukrainian Cup
References
External links РЕГЛАМЕНТ Всеукраїнських змагань з футболу серед команд клубів Професіональної футбольної ліги сезону 2012 – 2013 років (Regulation of the All-Ukrainian competitions in football among teams of the Professional Football League clubs in the season 2012-13). Professional Football League of Ukraine website.