The following is a summary of the 2012–13 season of competitive football in Russia.
Promotion and relegation League Promoted Teams Relegated Teams Premier League Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Tom Tomsk Mordovia Saransk Alania Vladikavkaz National Football League Khimik Dzerzhinsk (West) Arsenal Tula (Center) Angusht Nazran (South) Gazovik Orenburg (Ural-Povolzhye) Luch-Energiya Vladivostok (East) Khimki Volgar Astrakhan
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
2012–13 Russian Cup
2012 Russian Super Cup
Europe 2012-13
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Managerial Changes TeamOutgoingMannerDateTableIncomingDateTableLokomotiv José CouceiroContract expired14 May 2012Pre-season Slaven Bilić14 May 2012Pre-seasonVolga Dmitri CheryshevSacked7 June 2012Pre-season Gadzhi Gadzhiev7 June 2012Pre-seasonSpartak Valery KarpinResigned10 June 2012Pre-season Unai Emery10 June 2012Pre-seasonAmkar Miodrag BožovićResigned11 June 2012Pre-season Rustem Khuzin11 June 2012Pre-seasonRostov Anatoly BaidachnySacked11 June 2012Pre-season Miodrag Božović11 June 2012Pre-seasonDynamo Sergei SilkinResigned6 August 201216th Dmitri Khokhlov (caretaker)6 August 201216thKuban Dan PetrescuResigned14 August 20128th Yuri Krasnozhan16 August 20128thDynamo Dmitri Khokhlov (caretaker)Caretaker spell over17 August 201216th Dan Petrescu17 August 201216thAlania Vladimir GazzayevResigned14 November 201215th Valery Gazzaev14 November 201215thKrylia Sovetov Andrey KobelevResigned15 November 201212th Aleksandr Tsygankov (caretaker)15 November 201212thMordovia Fyodor ShcherbachenkoMutual agreement19 November 201216th Vladimir Bibikov (caretaker)19 November 201216thSpartak Unai EmerySacked25 November 20127th Valery Karpin (caretaker; from 13 Dec 2012 - permanent)26 November 20127thMordovia Vladimir Bibikov (caretaker)Caretaker spell over28 December 201216th Dorinel Munteanu28 December 201216thKuban Yuri KrasnozhanSacked8 January 20134th Leonid Kuchuk9 January 20134thVolga Gadzhi GadzhievResigned19 January 201313th Yuriy Kalitvintsev19 January 201313thKrylia Sovetov Aleksandr Tsygankov (caretaker)Caretaker spell over27 January 201314th Gadzhi Gadzhiev27 January 201314thFC Terek Grozny Stanislav CherchesovContract expired26 May 20138th Yuri Krasnozhan26 May 20138th
Last updated: 26 May 2013
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