2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League

Ukrainian Premier League

Season	2012–13
Champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Relegated	None relegated[1]
Champions League	Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist Kharkiv
Europa League	Dynamo Kyiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Metalurh Donetsk Chornomorets Odesa
Matches played	239
Goals scored	621 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	25 goals – Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar)
Biggest home win	Dnipro 7–0 Illichivets (Round 30)
Biggest away win	Metalurh Z. 0–5 Dynamo (Round 15) Zorya 0–5 Dynamo (Round 25)
Highest scoring	8 – Metalurh Donetsk 6–2 Kryvbas (Round 11)
Longest winning run	15 – Shakhtar (Round 1-15)
Longest unbeaten run	15 – Shakhtar (Round 1-15) Metalist (Round 16-30)
Longest winless run	24 – Metalurh Z. (Round 1-24)
Longest losing run	7 – Hoverla (Round 1-7)
Highest attendance	66,837 Dynamo–Shakhtar (Round 23)
Lowest attendance	0^(2) Karpaty–Dnipro (Round 28)
Average attendance	12,628
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 22nd since its establishment in 1991 and fifth since its reorganisation.

A total of sixteen teams participated in the league, the best fourteen sides of the 2011–12 season and two promoted clubs from the 2011–12 Ukrainian First League. The season commenced on July 13, 2012 when Karpaty Lviv visited Lutsk and played a 1–1 draw against Volyn Lutsk. The competition had a winter break that began on 2 December and resumed on 1 March 2013 when Volyn Lutsk visited Donetsk and played against Shakhtar Donetsk.^[2] The ending date of the competition was 26 May 2013.^[3]

Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Shakhtar Donetsk set a new Ukraine Premier League record for number of goals scored in one season.^[4] It is the second season in the league when no clubs were relegated.

Teams

Obolon Kyiv, the 15th placed team and PFC Oleksandria, the last-placed of the 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League were relegated to the Ukrainian First League at the end of the previous season.

The two relegated teams were replaced by the champions and the runners-up of the 2011–12 Ukrainian First League. Hoverla Uzhhorod were promoted along with the second team Metalurh Zaporizhya.

Renamed teams

Prior to the start of the season Hoverla-Zakarpattya Uzhhorod was renamed to Hoverla Uzhhorod.^[5]

Arsenal

Chornomorets

Dnipro

Dynamo

Hoverla

Illichivets

Karpaty

Kryvbas

Metalist

Metalurh D.

Metalurh Z.

Shakhtar

Tavriya

Vorskla

Volyn

Zorya

Location of teams in 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League

Stadiums

The following stadiums were used during the season:

Rank	Stadium	Club	Capacity	Highest Attendance		Notes
1	NSC Olimpiyskiy	Dynamo Kyiv	70,050	66,837	Round 23 (Shakhtar)
2	Donbass Arena	Shakhtar Donetsk	52,518	53,423	Round 8 (Dynamo)
3	OSC Metalist	Metalist Kharkiv	40,003	40,003	Round 11 (Shakhtar)
4	Arena Lviv	Karpaty Lviv	34,915
		Hoverla Uzhhorod		5,100	Round 2 (Shakhtar)	Used as home ground in Round 2 since main stadium was under repair.[6]
5	Chornomorets Stadium	Chornomorets Odesa	34,164	34,164	Round 22 (Dynamo)
6	Dnipro Arena	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	31,003	30,530	Round 25 (Shakhtar)
7	Metalurh Stadium	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	29,783	8,900	Round 22 (Metalist)
8	Ukraina Stadium	Karpaty Lviv	28,051	25,850	Round 24 (Dynamo)
9	Vorskla Stadium	Vorskla Poltava	24,750	10,500	Round 6 (Dynamo)
10	Avanhard Stadium	Zorya Luhansk	22,288	20,200	Round 25 (Dynamo)
11	RSC Lokomotiv	Tavriya Simferopol	19,978	14,100	Round 13 (Shakhtar)
		Arsenal Kyiv		2,500	Round 22 (Tavriya)	Used as home ground in Round 22[7]
12	Dynamo Stadium	Arsenal Kyiv	16,873	11,617	Round 2 (Dynamo)
13	Illichivets Stadium	Illichivets Mariupol	12,680	11,200	Round 13 (Dynamo)
14	Avanhard Stadium	Volyn Lutsk	12,080	10,000	Round 4 (Shakhtar)
15	Avanhard Stadium	Hoverla Uzhhorod	12,000	7,000	Round 18 (Dynamo)	Stadium was under repair in 2012.[6] Returned for Round 4.
16	Slavutych-Arena	Metalurh Zaporizhya	11,983	11,500	Round 2 (Dnipro)
17	Metalurh Stadium	Metalurh Donetsk	5,094	4,500	Round 15 (Shakhtar)

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Home city	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal Kyiv	Kiev	Yuriy Bakalov	Volodymyr Arzhanov	Nike
Chornomorets Odesa	Odessa	Roman Hryhorchuk	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	Nike	Imexbank
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Dnipropetrovsk	Juande Ramos	Ruslan Rotan	Nike	Biola
Dynamo Kyiv	Kiev	Oleh Blokhin	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	adidas	PrivatBank
Hoverla Uzhhorod	Uzhhorod	Oleksandr Sevidov	Oleksandr Nad'	adidas	—
Illichivets Mariupol	Mariupol	Mykola Pavlov	Adrian Pukanych	Nike	—
Karpaty Lviv	Lviv	Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi	Ihor Khudobyak	Joma	Favbet
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Kryvyi Rih	Oleh Taran	Vitaliy Lysytskyi	Nike	—
Metalist Kharkiv	Kharkiv	Myron Markevych	José Ernesto Sosa	adidas	VETEK[8]
Metalurh Donetsk	Donetsk	Yuriy Maksymov	Vyacheslav Checher	Umbro	ISD
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Zaporizhia	Serhiy Zaytsev	Serhiy Rudyka	Nike	Zaporizhstal
Shakhtar Donetsk	Donetsk	Mircea Lucescu	Darijo Srna	Nike	SCM
Tavriya Simferopol	Simferopol	Oleh Luzhny	Volodymyr Yezerskiy	Puma	Titan
Volyn Lutsk	Lutsk	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi	Serhiy Siminin	adidas	—
Vorskla Poltava	Poltava	Serhiy Svystun	Serhiy Dolhanskyi	adidas	Ferrexpo
Zorya Luhansk	Luhansk	Yuriy Vernydub	Mykyta Kamenyuka	Nike	Holsten

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Illichivets Mariupol	Ihor Leonov (interim)	Replaced	May 29	Pre-season	Mykola Pavlov[9]	May 29
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Serhiy Zaytsev (interim)[10]	End as interim	May 31		Anatoliy Buznyk (interim)	May 31
Tavriya Simferopol	Semen Altman[11]	Sacked	June 1		Oleh Luzhnyi[12]	June 6
Vorskla Poltava	Mykola Pavlov	Signed by Illichivets	May 29		Vadym Yevtushenko[13]	June 7
Karpaty Lviv	Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi (interim)	End as interim	June 7		Pavel Kucherov (interim)[14]	June 7
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Yuriy Maksymov	Replaced	June 10		Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi[15]	June 10
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi	Resigned	July 11		Oleh Taran(interim)[16]	July 12
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Anatoliy Buznyk[17]	Resigned	July 13		Ihor Luchkevych(interim)[18]	July 14
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Ihor Luchkevych (interim)	End as interim	July 24	15th	Serhiy Kovalets[19]	July 24
Karpaty Lviv	Pavel Kucherov (interim)	End as interim	July 29	12th	Nikolay Kostov[20]	July 29
Vorskla Poltava	Vadym Yevtushenko[21]	Resigned	August 15	12th	Serhiy Svystun (interim)[22]	August 18
Metalurh Donetsk	Volodymyr Pyatenko	Resigned	August 23	14th	Yuriy Maksymov[23]	August 23
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Serhiy Kovalets	Sacked	August 31	16th	Anatoliy Zayaev (interim)[24]	August 31
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Anatoliy Zayaev (interim)	End as interim	September 6	16th	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi[25]	September 6
Dynamo Kyiv	Yuri Syomin[26]	Sacked	September 24	3rd	Oleh Blokhin[27]	September 25
Dynamo Kyiv	Oleh Blokhin[28]	Illness	October 6	2nd	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (temporary)[28]	October 6
Dynamo Kyiv	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko	End as interim	November 6	3rd	Oleh Blokhin[29]	November 6
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi[30]	Contract terminated	December 31	16th	Serhiy Zaytsev	January 1
Arsenal Kyiv	Leonid Kuchuk[31]	Contract terminated	January 1	8th	Yuriy Bakalov[32]	January 1
Volyn Lutsk	Anatoliy Demyanenko	Resigned	April 23	13th	Anatoliy Piskovets (caretaker)[33]	April 23
Karpaty Lviv	Nikolay Kostov	Resigns	May 4	13th	Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi (interim)[34]	May 7
Volyn Lutsk	Anatoliy Piskovets (interim)	End as interim	May 7	14th	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (interim)[35]	May 7
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Oleh Taran[36]	Resigned	May 19	6th	Did not play (Round 30)[37]

Qualification to European competitions for 2013–14

• Since Ukraine finished in eighth place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2011–12 season,^[38] the league will have the same number of qualifiers for UEFA Europa League 2013–14. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the play-off round.

Qualified Teams

• After the 21st Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2013–14 season.^[39]
• During the 24th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.^[40]
• During the 25th Round, Metalist Kharkiv and Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 2013–14 season.^[41]
• During the 26th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk became champions and qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage after a 1–1 draw against Metalist Kharkiv. (C)^[42]
• During the 27th Round, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for European football for the 2013–14 season.^[43]
• After the Ukrainian Cup Semi Final, Chornomorets Odesa qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League as they will play in the 2012–13 Ukrainian Cup final against the champions of Ukraine, Shakhtar Donetsk, who have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League.^[43]
• During the 28th Round, after Metalist Kharkiv won their fixture against Zorya Luhansk, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.^[44]
• After the 29th Round Metalist Kharkiv qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League and will enter into the third qualifying round.
• After the 29th Round Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League and will enter into the playoff round.
• After the 29th Round Metalurh Donetsk qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.
• After Chornomorets Odesa were defeated in the Ukrainian Cup Final, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk will enter into the playoff round, Metalurh Donetsk will enter in the 3rd qualifying round, Chornomorets Odesa will enter in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk (C)	30	25	4	1	82	18	+64	79	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Metalist Kharkiv	30	20	6	4	59	25	+34	66	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	FC Dynamo Kyiv	30	20	2	8	55	23	+32	62	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	16	8	6	54	27	+27	56
5	Metalurh Donetsk	30	14	7	9	45	35	+10	49	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6	Chornomorets Odesa	30	12	7	11	32	36	−4	43	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
7	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	12	7	11	36	41	−5	43	Club expelled after season ^2
8	Arsenal Kyiv	30	10	9	11	34	41	−7	39
9	Illichivets Mariupol	30	10	8	12	30	32	−2	38
10	Zorya Luhansk	30	10	7	13	32	43	−11	37
11	Tavriya Simferopol	30	10	5	15	27	46	−19	032^1
12	Vorskla Poltava	30	8	7	15	31	36	−5	31
13	Volyn Lutsk	30	7	8	15	26	45	−19	29
14	Karpaty Lviv	30	7	6	17	37	52	−15	27
15	Hoverla Uzhhorod	30	5	7	18	29	57	−28	22	Not relegated ^3
16	Metalurh Zaporizhya	30	1	8	21	12	64	−52	11

Source: Ukrainian Premier League website (Ukrainian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th fair play; 8th draw (Regulation, p.52-53)
¹ Tavria Simferopol were deducted 3 points for non compliance with contractual agreements with player agents.^[45]
2 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih were denied a license for the 2013–14 season due to financial problems and were expelled.^[46]
3Both Hoverla Uzhhorod and Metalurh Zaporizhya were to be relegated from the Premier League. Number of clubs refused promotion leaving two vacant positions which were awarded to the relegating clubs.^[1][47][48]

Results

The following table displays match results between each team in the competition.

Home ╲ Away

ARK

CHO

DNI

DYK

HOV

ILL

KAR

KRY

MET

MDO

MZA

SHA

TAV

VOL

VOR

ZOR

Arsenal Kyiv

0–1

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–1

4–1

1–1

1–2

0–2

3–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

Chornomorets Odesa

0–0

1–2

0–2

3–2

1–1

1–1

2–0

1–1

3–0

1–1

1–5

1–0

0–2

1–0

2–1

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

3–0

1–0

2–1

4–1

7–0

2–0

1–2

2–0

2–0

3–0

1–1

3–1

2–1

1–2

1–1

FC Dynamo Kyiv

4–0

2–0

2–0

3–1

1–0

3–1

1–1

1–3

1–0

3–0

1–2

2–0

4–1

1–0

1–0

Hoverla Uzhhorod

1–3

1–1

0–1

2–4

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–3

2–1

2–0

1–3

2–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

Illichivets Mariupol

2–1

2–1

0–0

0–0

2–0

2–0

0–1

0–2

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

0–0

1–0

1–2

Karpaty Lviv

1–1

1–2

2–4^(2)

0–1

1–1

1–5

6–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–2

2–0

2–0

2–0

2–0

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

1–1

1–0

0–0

0–1

3–0

1–2

3–2

1–1

1–1

5–0

0–2

2–0

1–0

3–2

3–0

Metalist Kharkiv

0–1

3–1

2–1

2–0

1–0

2–0

2–1

3–1

3–2

1–1

0–2

5–0

1–0

4–0

2–0

Metalurh Donetsk

5–0

2–0

0–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

4–0

6–2

2–2

2–0

0–4

1–1

2–0

0–0

1–2

Metalurh Zaporizhya

0–0

0–1

0–4

0–5

1–1

0–3

1–1

2–0

1–3

1–2

3–3

0–1

0–3

0–4

0–0

Shakhtar Donetsk

6–0

3–0

2–1

3–1

5–1

2–1

3–0

1–0

1–1

4–0

2–0

5–0

4–0

4–1

3–0

Tavriya Simferopol

1–1

1–3

1–2

3–2

0–2

1–0

0–2

2–0

0–1

4–3

1–0

0–1

3–0

0–0

1–0

Volyn Lutsk

1–3

0–2

1–1

0–2

2–1

0–2

1–1

3–0^(3)

2–1

1–1

0–0

0–4

0–1

1–0

2–2

Vorskla Poltava

1–0

0–1

2–2

1–0

3–0

1–0

3–1

0–1

1–4

0–1

5–0

0–1

2–2

0–1

0–0

Zorya Luhansk

1–3

1–1

3–0^(4)

0–5

2–1

2–2

2–1

0–1

1–3

1–2

2–0

0–3

3–0

3–1

1–1

Source: Ukrainian Premier League website (Ukrainian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

• ^(2) The Round 28 match was played in an empty stadium as sanctions for display of inappropriate banners in Karpaty's previous home game against Zorya Luhansk.^[49]

• ^(3) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih did not travel to Luts'k for their Round 30 fixture against Volyn Lutsk due to their financial situation.^[37] The Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine award a 3–0 technical victory to Volyn Lutsk.^[50]

• ^(4) The FFU awards a 3–0 technical victory to Zorya Luhansk in their Round 12 match against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk after Dnipro field eight foreign players during the match. The original match ended in a 3–2 victory for Zorya.^[51]

Round by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Shakhtar Donetsk	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Metalist Kharkiv	3	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
FC Dynamo Kyiv	6	5	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Metalurh Donetsk	11	11	15	14	13	14	9	8	5	6	6	6	6	8	10	7	6	6	6	6	9	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Chornomorets Odesa	5	9	10	9	7	11	14	11	12	13	13	13	10	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	6
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	7	6	7	8	5	6	7	10	11	9	11	12	12	13	13	8	10	12	12	9	8	9	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	7
Arsenal Kyiv	16	16	12	11	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	7	8	6	8	8	10	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	8
Illichivets Mariupol	14	8	8	7	10	12	8	6	7	8	7	8	7	10	9	11	9	9	7	7	6	6	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	9
Tavriya Simferopol	13	14	11	13	11	10	10	13	9	7	8	11	13	12	12	13	13	11	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	11
Zorya Luhansk	4	3	6	4	4	5	5	7	10	11	10	7	8	11	11	12	12	10	8	8	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	10
Vorskla Poltava	12	12	9	12	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	10	11	9	6	9	11	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12
Volyn Lutsk	8	7	5	6	9	9	11	9	8	10	9	9	9	5	7	10	7	7	9	11	12	11	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13
Karpaty Lviv	9	10	13	10	12	8	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	13	11	13	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	14
Hoverla Uzhhorod	10	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Metalurh Zaporizhya	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source:

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals[52] 1 Henrikh Mkhitaryan Shakhtar Donetsk 25 (1) 2 Ideye Brown Dynamo Kyiv 17 3 Cleiton Xavier Metalist Kharkiv 15 (3) 4 Andriy Yarmolenko Dynamo Kyiv 11 Junior Moraes Metalurh Donetsk 11 (3) 6 Sergei Samodin Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10 Alex Teixeira Shakhtar Donetsk 10 Oleksiy Antonov Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10 9 Giuliano Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 9 Dramane Traoré Metalurh Donetsk 9 Jonathan Cristaldo Metalist Kharkiv 9 (1) Marko Devych Shakhtar Donetsk/Metalist Kharkiv 9 (1) Yevhen Seleznyov Shakhtar Donetsk/Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 9 (2)

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists[53] 1 Dario Srna Shakhtar Donetsk 12 2 José Sosa Metalist Kharkiv 8 Dmytro Trukhin Hoverla Uzhhorod 8 Marlos Metalist Kharkiv 8 5 Volodymyr Arzhanov Arsenal Kyiv/Volyn Lutsk 7 6 Willian Shakhtar Donetsk 6 Junior Moraes Metalurh Donetsk 6 Fernando Luiz Roza Shakhtar Donetsk 6 Taison Shakhtar Donetsk/Metalist Kharkiv 6 Cleiton Xavier Metalist Kharkiv 6 Miguel Veloso Dynamo Kyiv 6 Pavlo Ksyonz Karpaty Lviv 6

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Shakhtar Donetsk	Chornomorets Odessa	1–5	19 August 2012[54]
Dramane Traoré	Metalurh Donetsk	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	6–2	5 October 2012[55]
Lucas	Karpaty Lviv	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	6–0	4 November 2012[56]
Roman Zozulya	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Illichivets Mariupol	7–0	26 May 2013[57]

Monthly awards

Month	UA-Football Player of the Month
	Player	Nat	Club	Link
March	Andriy Yarmolenko	UKR	Dynamo Kyiv	2G 1A
April	Fernandinho	BRA	Shakhtar Donetsk	1A
May	Marko Devich	UKR	Metalist Kharkiv	3G

See also

• 2012–13 Ukrainian First League
• 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19
• 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League
• 2012–13 Ukrainian Cup
• 2012–13 UEFA Europa League
• 2012–13 UEFA Champions League

References

1. (Ukrainian)"ФФУ аттестовала запорожский "Металлург" для участия в Премьер-лиге" [FFU passed attestation for Matalurh Zaporizhya to compete in the Premier League]. uafootball.com. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
2. Другу частину Чемпіонату України відкриють "Шахтар" та "Волинь" [The second part of the Ukrainian Championship will be started by Shakhtar and Volyn]. Ukraine Premier League (in Ukrainian). pfl.ua. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
3. Календар Чемпіонат [Calendar Championship]. Ukraine Premier League (in Ukrainian). pfl.ua. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
4. "Goals of Henrikh Mkhitaryan are among Shakhtar’s best goals for April". Armenian Press Agency. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
5. "Говерла" та запорізький "Металург" стали повноправними членами Прем’єр-ліги [Hoverla and Metalurh Zaporizhya became new members of the Premier League] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
6. Говерла-Закарпатье будет играть на Арене Львов [Hoverla-Zakarpattya will play on Arena Lviv] (in Russian). football.ua. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
7. Епіцентр Чемпіонат України. 22 тур. Матч № 173 [Epicenter Ukrainian Championship Round 22 Match 173]. Ukraine Premier League (in Ukrainian). pfl.ua. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013. "Локомотив", Сімферополь (Lokomotiv, Simferopol)
8. Metalist obtained a new title sponsor. bigmir.net. March 27, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
9. Павлов принял Ильичевец [Pavlov became the head coach of Illichivets] (in Russian). football.ua. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
10. Зайцев больше не тренер Металлурга З [Zaytsev is not the manager of Metalurh anymore] (in Russian). football.ua. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
11. Альтман покинул Таврию [Altman left Tavriya] (in Russian). football.ua. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
12. Лужный — главный тренер Таврии [Luzhny — head coach of Tavriya] (in Russian). football.ua. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
13. Евтушенко подписал контракт с Ворсклой [Yevtushenko has signed a contract with Vorskla] (in Russian). football.ua. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
14. Кучеров продолжит тренировать Карпаты [Kucherov will continue training Karpaty] (in Russian). football.ua. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
15. Кварцяный принял Кривбасс [Kvartsyanyi became the head coach of Kryvbas] (in Russian). football.ua. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
16. Олег Таран - и.о. главного тренера "Кривбасса" [Oleh Taran - head trainer of Kryvbas] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
17. Анатолий Бузник покинул "Металлург" [Oleh Taran - Anatoliy Buznyk has left Metalurh] (in Russian). 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
18. Епіцентр Чемпіонат України. 1 тур. Матч № 6 [Epicenter Ukrainian Championship Round 1 Match 6]. Ukraine Premier League (in Ukrainian). pfl.ua. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012. Ihor Luchkevych named as Manager on official match report)
19. Ковалец принял Металлург З [Kovalets accepts Metalurh Z.] (in Russian). football.ua. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
20. Ніколай Костов очолив "Карпати" [Nikola Kostov headed Karpaty] (in Russian). football.ua. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
21. Официально: Евтушенко покидает Ворсклу [Official: Yevtushenko leaves Vorskla]. Football.ua (in Russian). 15 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
22. Епіцентр Чемпіонат України. 6 тур. Матч № 42 [Epicenter Ukrainian Championship Round 6 Match 42]. Ukraine Premier League (in Ukrainian). pfl.ua. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012. Serhiy Svystun named as Manager on official match report)
23. Официально. Юрий Максимов — главный тренер донецкого "Металлурга" [Official: Yuriy Maksymov - head trainer Metalurh Donetsk] (in Russian). football.ua. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
24. Офіційно: Ковалець звільнений з посади тренера запорізького "Металурга" [Coach Kovalets fired by Metalurh Z.] (in Russian). champion.com.ua. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
25. Кварцяный возглавил запорожский "Металлург" [Kvartsyanyi heads Metalurh Z.] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
26. "Dynamo Kyiv fires coach Yuri Semin". The Associated Press. Kyiv Post. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
27. Официально. Олег Блохин - главный тренер киевского "Динамо" [Official. Oleh Blokhin - head trainer Dynamo Kyiv] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Official Site. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
28. Олег Блохин может пропустить от двух недель до месяца [Oleh Blokhin might miss from two weeks to one month] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
29. "Match report Dynamo Kyiv - FC Porto". UEFA Official Site. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
30. Источник: Запорожский "Металлург" возглавит Сергей Зайцев (in Russian). ua-football.com. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
31. "20 января Арсенал может прекратить существование" [Arsenal may cease to exist after 20 January] (in Russian). isport.ua. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
32. Бакалов: "Неизвестно, кто из основных игроков останется в Арсенале" [Its unknown as to who will be left with Arsenal] (in Russian). football.ua. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
33. Писковец: У меня контракт с "Волынью" и предложение я принял [Pyskovets: I have a contract with the Volyn and the proposal I accepted] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
34. Офіційно: Костов подав у відставку, "Карпати" очолив Дячук-Ставицький (in Ukrainian). Official FC Karpaty Site. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
35. Кварцяний очолив "Волинь" (in Ukrainian). FC Volyn Official Site. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
36. "Олег Таран подає у відставку (Oleh Taran submits resignation)" (in Ukrainian). FC Kryvbas Official Site. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
37. Офіційно. "Кривбас" не поїде на матч 30-го туру УПЛ проти "Волині" [Official. Kryvbas will not travel for their UPL Round 30 match against Volyn]. Official Kryvbas Bryvyi Rih website (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
38. Kassies, Bert. "UEFA Country Ranking 2012". Retrieved 16 March 2013.
39. Kassies, Bert. "Qualification 2013/2014 UEFA European Cup Football". Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013. Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football
40. Kassies, Bert. "Qualification 2012/2013 UEFA European Cup Football". Archived from " the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013. CL1-2=Shakhtar Donetsk 94.951 (ch/GS) or (ch/Q3)
41. Kassies, Bert. "Qualification 2012/2013 UEFA European Cup Football". Archived from " the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013. Metalist Kharkiv and Dinamo Kiev qualified for European football
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43. Kassies, Bert. "Qualification 2012/2013 UEFA European Cup Football". Archived from " the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013. Metalist Kharkiv, Dinamo Kiev, and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for European football and CW=Chernomorets Odesa 9.951 (eu/Q4) or (eu/Q3) or (eu/Q2)
44. Kassies, Bert. "Qualification 2012/2013 UEFA European Cup Football". Archived from " the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013. EL2-4=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 23.951 (eu/Q3) or (eu/Q4) or (eu/Q2)
45. (Ukrainian) "З "Таврії" зняли три очки" [Three points deducted from Tavria]. Football Federation of Ukraine. ua-football.com. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
46. (Russian) "ФФУ лишила Кривбасс лицензии". sport.ua. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
47. (Ukrainian)"ПФК "Александрия" официально отказалась от Премьер-лиги" [PFC Oleksandria has officially refused to play in the Premier League]. uafootball.com. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
48. (Ukrainian)"Стороженко: "Буковина" не подавала заявку на получение лицензии в УПЛ" [Storozhenko: Bukovina did not submit an application to receive a license in the Ukrainian Premier League]. uafootball.com. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
49. Verbyts'kyj, Ivan (12 May 2013). "Карпати" - "Дніпро". Анонс матчу [Match preview: Karpaty - Dnipro] (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. Retrieved 12 May 2013. Цей поєдинок команди проведуть при порожніх трибунах. Таким ось чином КДК ФФУ покарало львівський стадіон «Україна» за «прояви фашизму і нацизму» під час матчу «Карпати» - «Зоря». Цими проявами чиновники з Федерації вважають розтяжку карпатівських фанатів на честь 70-річчя створення дивізії «Галичина». - This match will be played in empty stands. In such a manner the Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine will punish Lviv stadium "Ukraine" with "manifestations of fascism and nazism" during the game "Karpaty" - "Zorya". With these occurrences FFU officials believe this will inhibit Karpaty fans on the 70th anniversary of the Division "Galicia".
50. "Кривбасу" зараховано технічну поразку [Kryvbas earns a technical defeat]. Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
51. "Днепру" засчитано техническое поражение. Алиева дисквалифицировали на три матча [Dnipro receives a technical defeat. Aliyev disqualified for three matches.]. Official Zorya Luhansk website (in Russian). ua-football.com. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
52. "Players Who Took Part In The Matches(Premier League Championship. Season 2012/2013)(Top scorer section)". Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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