| Competition: | Russian National Football League |
| Season: | 2012–13 |
| Winners: | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| Promoted: | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Tom Tomsk |
| Relegated: | Khimki Volgar |
| Matches: | 272 |
| Total Goals: | 567 |
| League Topscorer: | Spartak Gogniyev (17 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2011–12 |
| Nextseason: | 2013–14 |
The 2012–13 Russian National Football League was the 21st season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 9 July 2012 and ended on 26 May 2013.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spartak Gogniyev | Ural | 17 |
| 2 | Igor Portnyagin | Neftekhimik | 16 |
| 3 | Andrei Myazin | Petrotrest | 14 |
| 4 | Aleksei Medvedev | Sibir / Spartak | 12 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Dimidko | Tom | 10 |
| 6 |  Mikhail Markosov | Ufa | 9 |
| Valeri Sorokin | Tom | ||
| Aleksandr Stavpets | Rotor | ||
| Dmitri Sysuyev | Baltika |