2012–13 Ukrainian First League

The 2012–13 Ukrainian First League was the 22nd since its establishment. The competition commenced on 13 July 2012 when Obolon Kyiv visited Sumy and played a goalless draw against FC Sumy.
The competition had a winter break that started 25 November 2012 and resumed on 23 March 2013.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted teams

Three teams were promoted from the 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League
;Group A

FC Sumy – champion '

;Group B

FC Poltava – champion '
Avanhard Kramatorsk – promotion/relegation playoff finalist ''''

Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League

Obolon Kyiv – 15th place
PFC Oleksandria – 16th place ''''

Withdrawn teams

Prior to the season starting Nyva Vinnytsia withdrew from the PFL.

Team locations

Map

The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Club	Notes
1	Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy	25,800	FC Sumy
2	Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv	16,873	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
3	Central Stadium, Mykolaiv	16,700	MFK Mykolaiv
4	Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad	13,667	Zirka Kirovohrad
5	Labor Reserve, Bila Tserkva	13,500	Arsenal Bila Tserkva
6	Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi	12,000	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
7	Stal Stadium, Alchevsk	9,200	Stal Alchevsk
8	CSC Nika Stadium, Oleksandria	7,000	PFC Oleksandria
9	SK Sevastopol, Sevastopol, Crimea	5,563	FC Sevastopol
10	Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka	5,256	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
11	Obolon Arena, Kyiv	5,100	Obolon Kyiv
12	Sonyachny Stadium, Kharkiv	4,924	Helios Kharkiv	Used from Round 4 as home ground
13	Spartak Stadium, Odesa	4,610	FC Odesa
14	Avanhard Stadium, Kramatorsk	4,000	Avanhard Kramatorsk
15	Khimik Stadium, Armyansk, Crimea	3,450	Tytan Armyansk
16	ST Sport Arena, Ahrarne, Crimea	3,250	Krymteplitsia Molodizhne
17	Lokomotiv Stadium, Poltava	2,500	FC Poltava
18	Helios Arena, Kharkiv	2,057	Helios Kharkiv
19	Mashynobudivnyk Stadium, Karlivka	1,300	FC Poltava	Completion of Round 33 suspended match
20	Dynamo Club Stadium, Chapayevka	1,250	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Used from Round 6 onwards as home ground
21	Training Base Knyazha, Schaslyve, Kyiv Oblast	1,000	Arsenal Bila Tserkva	Used in Round 24 & 26 as home ground
22	Sports Complex Olimpik, Donetsk	680	Olimpik Donetsk

Final standings

Top goalscorers

The following were the top ten goalscorers.

Scorer

Goals

Team

Promotion/relegation play-off

A promotion/relegation home and away play-off were played by the 2nd team in Group 1 and 2 of 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League against the 15th and 16th placed teams of the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League competition. The draw for the play-off matches was held on 7 June.
Nyva Ternopil qualified from Ukrainian Second League.

Match #1

Second leg

''6–1 on aggregate. FC Odesa after being relegated to Second League withdrew.''

Match #2

Second leg

''2–1 on aggregate. Dynamo-2 Kyiv remain in First League.''