2012–13 in Russian football

Football in Russia

Season	2012–13
Premier League	CSKA Moscow
First Division	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
Second Division	Khimik Dzerzhinsk (West) Arsenal Tula (Center) Angusht Nazran (South) Gazovik Orenburg (Ural-Povolzhye) Luch-Energiya (East)
Russian Cup	CSKA Moscow
Super Cup	Rubin Kazan
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	CSKA Moscow (C)	30	20	4	6	49	25	+24	64	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	18	8	4	53	25	+28	62	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Anzhi Makhachkala	30	15	8	7	45	34	+11	53	2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage
4	Spartak Moscow	30	15	6	9	51	39	+12	51	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
5	Kuban Krasnodar	30	14	9	7	48	28	+20	51	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6	Rubin Kazan	30	15	5	10	39	27	+12	50	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
7	Dynamo Moscow	30	14	6	10	41	34	+7	48		DYN 1–2 TER TER 1–2 DYN
8	Terek Grozny	30	14	6	10	38	40	−2	48
9	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	12	7	11	39	36	+3	43
10	Krasnodar	30	12	6	12	45	39	+6	42
11	Amkar Perm	30	7	8	15	34	51	−17	29		AMK: 7 pts VNN: 5 pts ROS: 4 pts
12	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	30	7	8	15	28	46	−18	29
13	Rostov (O)	30	7	8	15	30	41	−11	29	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
14	Krylia Sovetov Samara (O)	30	7	7	16	31	52	−21	28
15	Mordovia Saransk (R)	30	5	5	20	30	57	−27	20	Relegation to 2013–14 FNL
16	Alania Vladikavkaz (R)	30	4	7	19	26	53	−27	19

Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) number of head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) number of head-to-head goals scored; 7) number of head-to-head away goals scored; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored; 11) position in the 2011–12 season (only used until all the regularly scheduled games have been played); 11) extra play-off game or tournament between the teams in question
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	32	19	11	2	61	18	+43	68	Promotion to 2013–14 Premier League
2	Tom Tomsk	32	19	8	5	57	34	+23	65
3	Spartak Nalchik	32	15	8	9	32	27	+5	53	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	SKA-Khabarovsk	32	13	13	6	36	26	+10	52
5	Baltika Kaliningrad	32	14	8	10	40	33	+7	50
6	Ufa	32	13	9	10	31	30	+1	48
7	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	32	13	8	11	44	40	+4	47
8	Sibir Novosibirsk	32	12	9	11	34	38	−4	45
9	Rotor Volgograd	32	11	8	13	27	26	+1	41
10	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	32	9	12	11	30	31	−1	39		YEN 2–1 SHI SHI 0–0 YEN
11	Shinnik Yaroslavl	32	9	12	11	28	33	−5	39
12	Petrotrest St. Petersburg	32	10	5	17	28	43	−15	35
13	Salyut Belgorod	32	8	11	13	25	31	−6	35
14	Torpedo Moscow	32	6	15	11	29	38	−9	33
15	Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk	32	8	6	18	19	40	−21	30
16	Khimki	32	6	10	16	23	40	−17	28	Relegation to 2013–14 Second Division
17	Volgar Astrakhan	32	5	11	16	23	39	−16	26

Updated to games played on 25 May 2013.
Source: FNL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second Division

2012–13 Russian Cup

CSKA Moscow v Anzhi Makhachkala

1 June 2013 13:30 UTC+4

CSKA Moscow	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Anzhi Makhachkala
Musa  11'	Report	Diarra  74'
	Penalties
Mamayev V. Berezutski Musa Vágner Love Doumbia	4–3	Boussoufa Zhirkov Willian Jucilei Eto'o

Terek Stadium, Grozny Attendance: 28,000[1] Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

2012 Russian Super Cup

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

14 July 2012 16:00

Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 2	Rubin Kazan
	Report	Bocchetti  28' Dyadyun  38'

Metallurg, Samara, Russia Attendance: 16,284 Referee: Sergei Karasyov (Moscow)

Europe 2012-13

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League

Managerial Changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Table	Incoming	Date	Table
Lokomotiv	José Couceiro	Contract expired	14 May 2012[2]	Pre-season	Slaven Bilić	14 May 2012	Pre-season
Volga	Dmitri Cheryshev	Sacked	7 June 2012	Pre-season	Gadzhi Gadzhiev	7 June 2012[3]	Pre-season
Spartak	Valery Karpin	Resigned	10 June 2012	Pre-season	Unai Emery	10 June 2012[4]	Pre-season
Amkar	Miodrag Božović	Resigned	11 June 2012[5]	Pre-season	Rustem Khuzin	11 June 2012[6]	Pre-season
Rostov	Anatoly Baidachny	Sacked	11 June 2012	Pre-season	Miodrag Božović	11 June 2012[7]	Pre-season
Dynamo	Sergei Silkin	Resigned	6 August 2012	16th	Dmitri Khokhlov (caretaker)	6 August 2012[8]	16th
Kuban	Dan Petrescu	Resigned	14 August 2012[9]	8th	Yuri Krasnozhan	16 August 2012[10]	8th
Dynamo	Dmitri Khokhlov (caretaker)	Caretaker spell over	17 August 2012	16th	Dan Petrescu	17 August 2012[11]	16th
Alania	Vladimir Gazzayev	Resigned	14 November 2012	15th	Valery Gazzaev	14 November 2012[12]	15th
Krylia Sovetov	Andrey Kobelev	Resigned	15 November 2012	12th	Aleksandr Tsygankov (caretaker)	15 November 2012[13]	12th
Mordovia	Fyodor Shcherbachenko	Mutual agreement	19 November 2012	16th	Vladimir Bibikov (caretaker)	19 November 2012[14]	16th
Spartak	Unai Emery	Sacked	25 November 2012[15]	7th	Valery Karpin (caretaker; from 13 Dec 2012 - permanent)	26 November 2012[16]	7th
Mordovia	Vladimir Bibikov (caretaker)	Caretaker spell over	28 December 2012	16th	Dorinel Munteanu	28 December 2012[17]	16th
Kuban	Yuri Krasnozhan	Sacked	8 January 2013[18]	4th	Leonid Kuchuk	9 January 2013[19]	4th
Volga	Gadzhi Gadzhiev	Resigned	19 January 2013	13th	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	19 January 2013[20]	13th
Krylia Sovetov	Aleksandr Tsygankov (caretaker)	Caretaker spell over	27 January 2013	14th	Gadzhi Gadzhiev	27 January 2013[21]	14th
FC Terek Grozny	Stanislav Cherchesov	Contract expired	26 May 2013	8th	Yuri Krasnozhan	26 May 2013[22]	8th

Last updated: 26 May 2013

Transfers

References

1. http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2013/06/01/russia/cup/cska-moskva/anzhi-makhachkala/1469951/?ICID=PL_MS_01
2. "Slaven Bilic becomes Lokomotiv's new head coach". FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 14 May 2012.
3. В руководстве клуба произошли изменения (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 7 June 2012.
4. ЭМЕРИ — ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "СПАРТАКА" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 10 June 2012.
5. Божович покинул "Амкар" (in Russian). FC Amkar Perm. 11 June 2012.
6. "Амкар": и.о. главного тренера назначен Рустем Хузин (in Russian). FC Amkar Perm. 11 June 2012.
7. Божович представлен команде (in Russian). FC Rostov. 11 June 2012.
8. СЕРГЕЙ СИЛКИН ПОДАЛ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ОБ ОТСТАВКЕ (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 6 August 2012.
9. ОБРАЩЕНИЕ ГЛАВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА ДАНА ПЕТРЕСКУ (in Russian). FC Kuban Krasnodar. 14 August 2012.
10. ЮРИЙ КРАСНОЖАН ПРИБЫЛ В КРАСНОДАР (in Russian). FC Kuban Krasnodar. 16 August 2012.
11. НОВЫМ ПРЕЗИДЕНТОМ СТАЛ ГЕННАДИЙ СОЛОВЬЕВ, ТРЕНЕРОМ – ДАН ПЕТРЕСКУ (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 17 August 2012.
12. Валерий Газзаев будет совмещать должности президента и главного тренера в ФК "Алания" (in Russian). Alania. 14 November 2012.
13. Андрей Кобелев подал в отставку (in Russian). FC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 15 November 2012.
14. Сегодня было достигнуто соглашение о расторжении контракта с главным тренером Федором Анатольевичем ЩЕРБАЧЕНКО (in Russian). FC Mordovia Saransk. 19 November 2012.
15. ПОСЛЕДНИЙ МАТЧ УНАИ ЭМЕРИ (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 25 November 2012.
16. "Спартак": Карпин - главный тренер (in Russian). 26 November 2012.
17. ДОРИНЕЛ МУНТЯНУ - ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР ФК "МОРДОВИЯ" (in Russian). FC Mordovia Saransk. 28 December 2012.
18. ОБРАЩЕНИЕ ГЛАВНОГО ИНВЕСТОРА К БОЛЕЛЬЩИКАМ (in Russian). FC Kuban Krasnodar. 8 January 2013.
19. ЛЕОНИД КУЧУК ПРЕДСТАВЛЕН КОМАНДЕ (in Russian). FC Kuban Krasnodar. 9 January 2013.
20. Юрий Калитвинцев - главный тренер "Волги" (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 19 January 2013.
21. Гаджи Гаджиев официально стал тренером "Крыльев" (in Russian). FC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 27 January 2013.
22. Юрий Красножан возглавил "Терек" (in Russian). FC Terek Grozny. 26 May 2013.