2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League Explained

Competition:	Ukrainian Premier League
Season:	2012–13
Winners:	Shakhtar Donetsk 8th title
Relegated:	None relegated
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist Kharkiv
Continentalcup2:	Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Dynamo Kyiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Metalurh Donetsk Chornomorets Odesa
Matches:	239
Total Goals:	621
League Topscorer:	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 Wins:	15 – Shakhtar (Round 1–15)
Longest Unbeaten:	15 – Shakhtar (Round 1–15) Metalist (Round 16–30)
Longest Winless:	24 – Metalurh Z. (Round 1–24)
Longest Losses:	7 – Hoverla (Round 1–7)
Highest Attendance:	66,837 Dynamo–Shakhtar (Round 23)
Lowest Attendance:	0 Karpaty–Dnipro (Round 28)
Average Attendance:	12,628
Prevseason:	2011–12
Nextseason:	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 14 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.^[1] The ending date of the competition was 26 May 2013.^[2]

Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Shakhtar Donetsk set a new Ukraine Premier League record for number of goals scored in one season.^[3] It is the second season in the league when no clubs were relegated.

Teams

Promoted

• FC Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, champion of the 2011–12 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 2 seasons)
• FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, runner-up of the 2011–12 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of a season)

Renamed teams

Prior to the start of the season Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod was renamed to Hoverla Uzhhorod.^[4]

Location map

Stadiums

The following stadiums were used during the season:

width=25	Rank	width=115	Stadium	width=130	Club	width=65	Capacity	width=180 colspan=2	Highest Attendance	width=250	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.^[5]
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^[6]
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. Returned for Round 4.
16	Slavutych-Arena	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	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	Kyiv	Yuriy Bakalov	Volodymyr Arzhanov	Nike
Chornomorets Odesa	Odesa	Roman Hryhorchuk	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	Nike	Imexbank
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Dnipropetrovsk	Juande Ramos	Ruslan Rotan	Nike	Biola
Dynamo Kyiv	Kyiv	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 Sosa	adidas	VETEK^[7]
Metalurh Donetsk	Donetsk	Yuriy Maksymov	Vyacheslav Checher	Umbro	ISD
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Zaporizhzhia	Serhiy Zaytsev	Serhiy Rudyka	Nike	Zaporizhstal
Shakhtar Donetsk	Donetsk	Mircea Lucescu	Darijo Srna	Nike	SCM
Tavriya Simferopol	Simferopol	Oleh Luzhnyi	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^[8]	May 29
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Serhiy Zaytsev (interim)^[9]	End as interim	May 31		Anatoliy Buznyk (interim)	May 31
Tavriya Simferopol	Semen Altman^[10]	Sacked	June 1		Oleh Luzhnyi^[11]	June 6
Vorskla Poltava	Mykola Pavlov	Signed by Illichivets	May 29		Vadym Yevtushenko^[12]	June 7
Karpaty Lviv	Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi (interim)	End as interim	June 7		Pavel Kucherov (interim)^[13]	June 7
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Yuriy Maksymov	Replaced	June 10		Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi^[14]	June 10
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi	Resigned	July 11		Oleh Taran(interim)^[15]	July 12
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Anatoliy Buznyk^[16]	Resigned	July 13		Ihor Luchkevych(interim)^[17]	July 14
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Ihor Luchkevych (interim)	End as interim	July 24	15th	Serhiy Kovalets^[18]	July 24
Karpaty Lviv	Pavel Kucherov (interim)	End as interim	July 29	12th	Nikolay Kostov^[19]	July 29
Vorskla Poltava	Vadym Yevtushenko^[20]	Resigned	August 15	12th	Serhiy Svystun (interim)^[21]	August 18
Metalurh Donetsk	Volodymyr Pyatenko	Resigned	August 23	14th	Yuriy Maksymov^[22]	August 23
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Serhiy Kovalets	Sacked	August 31	16th	Anatoliy Zayaev (interim)^[23]	August 31
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Anatoliy Zayaev (interim)	End as interim	September 6	16th	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi^[24]	September 6
Dynamo Kyiv	Yuri Syomin^[25]	Sacked	September 24	3rd	Oleh Blokhin^[26]	September 25
Dynamo Kyiv	Oleh Blokhin^[27]	Illness	October 6	2nd	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (temporary)	October 6
Dynamo Kyiv	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko	End as interim	November 6	3rd	Oleh Blokhin^[28]	November 6
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi^[29]	Contract terminated	December 31	16th	Serhiy Zaytsev	January 1
Arsenal Kyiv	Leonid Kuchuk^[30]	Contract terminated	January 1	8th	Yuriy Bakalov^[31]	January 1
Volyn Lutsk	Anatoliy Demyanenko	Resigned	April 23	13th	Anatoliy Piskovets (caretaker)^[32]	April 23
Karpaty Lviv		Resigns	May 4	13th	Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi (interim)^[33]	May 7
Volyn Lutsk	Anatoliy Piskovets (interim)	End as interim	May 7	14th	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (interim)^[34]	May 7
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Oleh Taran^[35]	Resigned	May 19	6th	Did not play (Round 30)

Qualification to European competitions for 2013–14

• Since Ukraine finished in eighth place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2011–12 season,^[36] the league will have the same number of qualifiers for 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. 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.^[37]
• During the 24th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.^[38]
• During the 25th Round, Metalist Kharkiv and Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 2013–14 season.^[39]
• 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)^[40]
• During the 27th Round, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for European football for the 2013–14 season.^[41]
• 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.^[41]
• During the 28th Round, after Metalist Kharkiv won their fixture against Zorya Luhansk, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.^[42]
• 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.

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League table

Results

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

Round by round

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[43]
1	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Shakhtar Donetsk	25 (1)
2	Brown Ideye	Dynamo Kyiv	17
3	Cleiton Xavier	Metalist Kharkiv	15 (3)
4	Andriy Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kyiv	11
	Júnior 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 Dević	Shakhtar Donetsk/Metalist Kharkiv	9 (1)
	Yevhen Seleznyov	Shakhtar Donetsk/Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	9 (2)

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[44]
1	Darijo 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
	Júnior Moraes	Metalurh Donetsk	6
	Fernandinho	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
				19 August 2012^[45]
				5 October 2012^[46]
				4 November 2012^[47]
				26 May 2013^[48]

Awards

Monthly awards

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

Season awards

The laureates of the 2012–13 UPL season were:^[49]

• Best player: Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk)
• Best coach: Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk)
• Best goalkeeper: Maksym Koval (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Best arbiter: Yuriy Mozharovsky (Lviv)
• Best young player: Eduard Sobol (Shakhtar Donetsk)
• Best goalscorer: Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk)

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

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/5110fd53.html. uk:Другу частину Чемпіонату України відкриють "Шахтар" та "Волинь". The second part of the Ukrainian Championship will be started by Shakhtar and Volyn. pfl.ua. Ukraine Premier League. 5 February 2013. 5 February 2013. uk.
2. Web site: http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/fans/liga_list/. uk:Календар Чемпіонат. Calendar Championship. pfl.ua. Ukraine Premier League. 17 July 2012. 17 July 2012. uk. 22 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101122145429/http://fpl.ua/ukr/fans/liga_list/. dead.
3. Web site: Goals of Henrikh Mkhitaryan are among Shakhtar’s best goals for April. Armenian Press Agency. 11 May 2013. 11 May 2013.
4. Web site: http://zakarpattja.uz.ua/archive/1175.html. uk:"Говерла" та запорізький "Металург" стали повноправними членами Прем’єр-ліги . Hoverla and Metalurh Zaporizhzhia became new members of the Premier League. Ukrainian Premier League. 1 June 2012. 1 June 2012. uk.
5. Web site: http://football.ua/news/166018.html. ru:Говерла-Закарпатье будет играть на Арене Львов. Hoverla-Zakarpattia will play on Arena Lviv. football.ua. 25 May 2012. 1 June 2012. ru.
6. Web site: http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2012_2013/pl/70/5/. uk:Епіцентр Чемпіонат України. 22 тур. Матч № 173. Epicenter Ukrainian Championship Round 22 Match 173. pfl.ua. Ukraine Premier League. 7 April 2013. 30 March 2013. "Локомотив", Сімферополь (Lokomotiv, Simferopol). uk. 4 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130404012302/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2012_2013/pl/70/5. dead.
7. http://news.bigmir.net/sport/689370-Y-Metalista-zyavivsya-novii-titylnii-sponsor Metalist obtained a new title sponsor
8. Web site: http://football.ua/news/166289.html. ru:Павлов принял Ильичевец. Pavlov became the head coach of Illichivets. football.ua. 29 May 2012. 1 June 2012. ru.
9. Web site: http://football.ua/news/166437.html. ru:Зайцев больше не тренер Металлурга З. Zaytsev is not the manager of Metalurh anymore. football.ua. 31 May 2012. 1 June 2012. ru.
10. Web site: http://football.ua/news/166463.html. ru:Альтман покинул Таврию. Altman left Tavriya. football.ua. 1 June 2012. 1 June 2012. ru.
11. Web site: http://football.ua/news/166835.html. ru:Лужный — главный тренер Таврии. Luzhny — head coach of Tavriya. football.ua. 6 June 2012. 6 June 2012. ru.
12. Web site: http://football.ua/news/166888.html. ru:Евтушенко подписал контракт с Ворсклой. Yevtushenko has signed a contract with Vorskla. football.ua. 7 June 2012. 7 June 2012. ru.
13. Web site: http://football.ua/news/166916.html. ru:Кучеров продолжит тренировать Карпаты. Kucherov will continue training Karpaty. football.ua. 8 June 2012. 8 June 2012. ru.
14. Web site: http://football.ua/news/166997.html. ru:Кварцяный принял Кривбасс. Kvartsyanyi became the head coach of Kryvbas. football.ua. 10 June 2012. 10 June 2012. ru.
15. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4ffec7ab.html. ru:Олег Таран – и.о. главного тренера "Кривбасса". Oleh Taran – head trainer of Kryvbas. ua-football.com. 12 July 2012. 12 July 2012. ru.
16. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/50010c8a.html. ru:Анатолий Бузник покинул "Металлург". Oleh Taran – Anatoliy Buznyk has left Metalurh. 13 July 2012. 13 July 2012. ru.
17. Web site: http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2012_2013/pl/15/3/. uk:Епіцентр Чемпіонат України. 1 тур. Матч № 6. Epicenter Ukrainian Championship Round 1 Match 6. pfl.ua. Ukraine Premier League. 14 July 2012. 14 July 2012. Ihor Luchkevych named as Manager on official match report). uk. 18 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120718053657/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2012_2013/pl/15/3. dead.
18. Web site: http://football.ua/ukraine/news/170848.html. ru:Ковалец принял Металлург З. Kovalets accepts Metalurh Z.. football.ua. 24 July 2012. 24 July 2012. ru.
19. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/50152fea.html. ru:Ніколай Костов очолив "Карпати". Nikola Kostov headed Karpaty. football.ua. 29 July 2012. 29 July 2012. ru.
20. Web site: http://football.ua/news/173203.html. ru:Официально: Евтушенко покидает Ворсклу. Official: Yevtushenko leaves Vorskla. Football.ua. 15 August 2012. 24 August 2012. ru.
21. Web site: http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2012_2013/pl/38/13/. uk:Епіцентр Чемпіонат України. 6 тур. Матч № 42. Epicenter Ukrainian Championship Round 6 Match 42. pfl.ua. Ukraine Premier League. 18 August 2012. 24 August 2012. Serhiy Svystun named as Manager on official match report). uk. 21 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821202723/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2012_2013/pl/38/13. dead.
22. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/50364b2b.html. ru:Официально. Юрий Максимов — главный тренер донецкого "Металлурга". Official: Yuriy Maksymov – head trainer Metalurh Donetsk. football.ua. 23 August 2012. 23 August 2012. ru.
23. Web site: http://pda.champion.com.ua/news/id_505930/. ru:Офіційно: Ковалець звільнений з посади тренера запорізького "Металурга". Coach Kovalets fired by Metalurh Z.. champion.com.ua. 31 August 2012. 31 August 2012. ru.
24. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/5048b8f3.html. ru:Кварцяный возглавил запорожский "Металлург". Kvartsyanyi heads Metalurh Z.. ua-football.com. 6 September 2012. 6 September 2012. ru.
25. Web site: Dynamo Kyiv fires coach Yuri Semin . Kyiv Post. The Associated Press. 24 September 2012. 24 September 2012.
26. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/5061b595.html. ru:Официально. Олег Блохин – главный тренер киевского "Динамо". Official. Oleh Blokhin – head trainer Dynamo Kyiv. FC Dynamo Official Site. 25 September 2012. 25 September 2012. ru.
27. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/news/507095e7.html. ru:Олег Блохин может пропустить от двух недель до месяца. Oleh Blokhin might miss from two weeks to one month. ua-football.com. 7 October 2012. 7 October 2012. ru.
28. Web site: Match report Dynamo Kyiv – FC Porto. UEFA Official Site. 6 November 2012. 12 November 2012.
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