2012–13 Russian Premier League

Russian Premier League

Season	2012–13
Champions	CSKA Moscow
Relegated	Mordovia Saransk Alania Vladikavkaz
Champions League	CSKA Moscow Zenit St. Petersburg
Europa League	Anzhi Makhachkala Spartak Moscow Kuban Krasnodar Rubin Kazan
Matches played	240
Goals scored	627 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yura Movsisyan Wánderson (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Alania 5–0 Terek Zenit 5–0 Spartak Krasnodar 6–1 Mordovia
Biggest away win	Krylia Sovetov 0–5 Spartak
Highest scoring	Kuban 6–2 Volga
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Russian Premier League was the 21st season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 11th under the current Russian Premier League name. It began on 21 July 2012 and ended on 26 May 2013,^[1] with a winter break between the weekends around 13 December 2012 and 10 March 2013.

16 teams from 12 cities compete in the season, with Zenit St. Petersburg as defending champions. For the first time since 2005, no Siberian clubs take part.

This was the first season in Russian football history to be played on the basis of the autumn/spring calendar, rather than the spring/autumn schedule traditionally used in Russia due to climate conditions.^[2]

A total of sixteen teams participate in the league, the best fourteen sides of the 2011–12 season and two promoted clubs from the 2011–12 National Football League.

Teams

The following teams are mathematically confirmed to compete in the 2012–13 season:

Tom Tomsk and Spartak Nalchik were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season after finishing the season in the bottom two places. Both teams returned to the First Division after respectively seven and six seasons in top level.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2011–12 First Division champions Mordovia Saransk and runners-up Alania Vladikavkaz. Former Russian champions Alania made their immediate return to the Premier League, while Mordovia are playing their first season at the highest football level of Russia.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Location	Head Coach	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Alania !Alania	Vladikavkaz	Valeri Gazzaev	Taras Tsarikayev	Umbro	RusHydro
Amkar !Amkar	Perm	Rustem Khuzin	Dmitri Belorukov	Puma	Perm Krai1
Anzhi !Anzhi	Makhachkala	Guus Hiddink	Samuel Eto'o	adidas	Podari Zhizn
CSKA !CSKA	Moscow	Leonid Slutsky	Igor Akinfeev	adidas	Aeroflot
Dynamo !Dynamo	Moscow	Dan Petrescu	Leandro Fernández	adidas	VTB
Krasnodar !Krasnodar	Krasnodar	Slavoljub Muslin	Alyaksandr Martynovich	Kappa	Home Credit Bank
Krylia Sovetov !Krylia Sovetov	Samara	Gadzhi Gadzhiyev	Ivan Taranov	Umbro	Samara Oblast1
Kuban !Kuban	Krasnodar	Leonid Kuchuk	Vladislav Kulik	Nike	RGMK
Lokomotiv !Lokomotiv	Moscow	Slaven Bilić	Guilherme	Puma	RZD
Mordovia !Mordovia	Saransk	Dorinel Munteanu	Evgeni Aldonin	adidas	MAGMA
Rostov !Rostov	Rostov-on-Don	Miodrag Božović	Stipe Pletikosa	Joma	Rostov Oblast
Rubin !Rubin	Kazan	Kurban Berdyev	Gökdeniz Karadeniz	Umbro	TAIF
Spartak !Spartak	Moscow	Valeri Karpin	Sergei Parshivlyuk	Nike	Lukoil
Terek !Terek	Grozny	Yuri Krasnozhan	Rizvan Utsiyev	adidas	AK
Volga !Volga	Nizhny Novgorod	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	Ruslan Adzhindzhal	Puma	MRSK Center and Volga Region
Zenit !Zenit	St. Petersburg	Luciano Spalletti	Roman Shirokov	Nike	Gazprom

1. ^ On the back of number.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Table	Incoming	Date	Table
Lokomotiv	José Couceiro	Contract expired	14 May 2012[3]	Pre-season	Slaven Bilić	14 May 2012	Pre-season
Volga	Dmitri Cheryshev	Sacked	7 June 2012	Pre-season	Gadzhi Gadzhiyev	7 June 2012[4]	Pre-season
Spartak	Valery Karpin	Resigned	10 June 2012	Pre-season	Unai Emery	10 June 2012[5]	Pre-season
Amkar	Miodrag Božović	Resigned	11 June 2012[6]	Pre-season	Rustem Khuzin	11 June 2012[7]	Pre-season
Rostov	Anatoly Baidachny	Sacked	11 June 2012	Pre-season	Miodrag Božović	11 June 2012[8]	Pre-season
Dynamo	Sergei Silkin	Resigned	6 August 2012	16th	Dmitri Khokhlov (caretaker)	6 August 2012[9]	16th
Kuban	Dan Petrescu	Resigned	14 August 2012[10]	8th	Yuri Krasnozhan	16 August 2012[11]	8th
Dynamo	Dmitri Khokhlov (caretaker)	Caretaker spell over	17 August 2012	16th	Dan Petrescu	17 August 2012[12]	16th
Alania	Vladimir Gazzayev	Resigned	14 November 2012	15th	Valery Gazzaev	14 November 2012[13]	15th
Krylia Sovetov	Andrey Kobelev	Resigned	15 November 2012	12th	Aleksandr Tsygankov (caretaker)	15 November 2012[14]	12th
Mordovia	Fyodor Shcherbachenko	Mutual agreement	19 November 2012	16th	Vladimir Bibikov (caretaker)	19 November 2012[15]	16th
Spartak	Unai Emery	Sacked	25 November 2012[16]	7th	Valery Karpin (caretaker; from 13 Dec 2012 - permanent)	26 November 2012[17]	7th
Mordovia	Vladimir Bibikov (caretaker)	Caretaker spell over	28 December 2012	16th	Dorinel Munteanu	28 December 2012[18]	16th
Kuban	Yuri Krasnozhan	Sacked	8 January 2013[19]	4th	Leonid Kuchuk	9 January 2013[20]	4th
Volga	Gadzhi Gadzhiev	Resigned	19 January 2013	13th	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	19 January 2013[21]	13th
Krylia Sovetov	Aleksandr Tsygankov (caretaker)	Caretaker spell over	27 January 2013	14th	Gadzhi Gadzhiyev	27 January 2013[22]	14th
Terek	Stanislav Cherchesov	Contract expired	26 May 2013	8th	Yuri Krasnozhan	26 May 2013[23]	8th

Last updated: 26 May 2013

Tournament format and regulations

Basics

The 16 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches will be played, with 30 matches played by each team.

Promotion and relegation

The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the FNL, while the top two FNL teams will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2013/14 season.

The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd FNL teams respectively in two playoff games with the winner securing a Premier League spot for 2013/14 (see paragraph 4.5.1 in the league regulations).^[24]

Junior teams

According to long-standing practice, a tournament of junior teams will be held in parallel with the championship. The age limit for junior teams' players for this season is yet to be decided. Each club will be allowed to field no more than 3 field players and 1 goalkeeper older than the age limit.

Foreign players

As of 4 July, a team will be allowed to have 7 foreign (non-Russian nationals) players on the pitch at the same time, unlike the previous season when the limit was 6 foreigners per team. The new rule will run until 2017.

Season events

Dynamo - Zenit game

On 17 November 2012, the game in which Dynamo Moscow was hosting Zenit St. Petersburg at Arena Khimki was abandoned at the 37th minute with Dynamo leading 1-0 through a free kick goal by Vladimir Granat when a firecracker thrown from the stands hit Dynamo goalkeeper Anton Shunin.^[25] Shunin was taken to the hospital where he was diagnosed with the chemical burns of his corneas and eyelids, conjuctivitis, and otitis of his right ear with partial loss of hearing.^[26] Dynamo insisted that the game should be awarded to them.^[27] Zenit's general director Mikhail Mitrofanov suggested that Zenit might drop out of the Russian league altogether if the game is awarded to Dynamo.^[28] According to the police, the main suspect is a female fan who was arrested after the game.^[29] The criminal investigation was opened on the charge of hooliganism.^[30] On 22 November, Russian Football Union's Control-Disciplinary Committee awarded the game to Dynamo with a score of 3-0 and fined both clubs. Dynamo had to play their next home game (against Rubin Kazan) behind closed doors and Zenit had to play their next 2 home games (against CSKA Moscow and Anzhi Makhachkala) behind closed doors as well. Yellow cards received by Bruno Alves and Roman Shirokov before the game was abandoned still count for disciplinary purposes.^[31] Shunin did not play in the remaining 3 games of 2012. Zenit only gained 2 points in their behind closed doors games, Dynamo won their behind closed doors game. Zenit filed an appeal for that decision with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which heard their case on 9 May 2013.^[32] The appeal was denied on 14 May 2013.^[33]

League table

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

Results

Home ╲ Away

Alania Vladikavkaz !ALA

Amkar Perm !AMK

Anzhi Makhachkala !ANZ

CSKA Moscow !CSK

Dynamo Moscow !DYN

Krasnodar !KRA

Krylia Sovetov Samara !KRY

Kuban Krasnodar !KUB

Lokomotiv Moscow !LOK

Mordovia Saransk !MOR

Rostov !ROS

Rubin Kazan !RUB

Spartak Moscow !SPA

Terek Grozny !TER

Volga Nizhny Novgorod !VNN

Zenit St. Petersburg !ZEN

Alania Vladikavkaz !Alania Vladikavkaz

1–1

0–1

0–4

1–0

2–3

2–2

2–1

0–1

3–1

0–0

0–2

1–2

5–0

0–2

2–3

Amkar Perm !Amkar Perm

5–1

1–2

3–1

1–1

2–2

0–2

0–3

2–4

0–0

3–2

1–1

1–3

0–1

3–2

0–0

Anzhi Makhachkala !Anzhi Makhachkala

0–0

1–0

2–0

3–3

5–2

1–1

2–1

2–1

4–2

0–0

2–1

2–1

3–1

2–1

1–1

CSKA Moscow !CSKA Moscow

2–0

3–0

1–0

0–2

1–0

3–0

0–0

2–1

2–1

1–0

2–0

2–2

1–0

2–0

1–3

Dynamo Moscow !Dynamo Moscow

2–0

3–2

0–2

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

1–0

3–1

1–0

3–0

0–4

1–2

0–0

3–0

Krasnodar !Krasnodar

2–0

2–1

4–0

0–1

2–0

0–3

2–1

3–1

6–1

0–0

2–1

0–1

3–0

2–0

0–2

Krylia Sovetov Samara !Krylia Sovetov Samara

2–1

0–2

1–2

0–2

1–2

2–2

2–1

0–1

0–2

0–2

3–1

0–5

1–1

0–1

2–2

Kuban Krasnodar !Kuban Krasnodar

0–0

4–0

1–0

1–3

1–1

2–1

4–1

0–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

2–2

2–1

6–2

2–2

Lokomotiv Moscow !Lokomotiv Moscow

2–2

1–2

1–1

1–4

2–3

3–2

2–0

0–1

2–1

3–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

0–1

0–1

Mordovia Saransk !Mordovia Saransk

1–1

1–1

2–0

0–3

1–2

0–0

2–3

0–3

2–3

3–0

1–3

2–1

1–1

1–3

0–3

Rostov !Rostov

3–1

3–0

2–2

3–0

1–0

2–3

1–2

0–2

0–0

2–0

0–4

1–0

0–3

1–2

1–1

Rubin Kazan !Rubin Kazan

3–1

0–1

2–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

2–0

1–0

2–0

2–1

1–1

0–1

1–2

0–0

1–0

Spartak Moscow !Spartak Moscow

2–0

2–0

2–0

0–2

1–5

2–0

1–1

2–2

0–0

2–0

3–1

2–1

3–1

2–1

2–4

Terek Grozny !Terek Grozny

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–2

1–2

1–0

4–1

2–2

0–3

2–1

2–1

0–0

2–1

2–0

0–3

Volga Nizhny Novgorod !Volga Nizhny Novgorod

1–0

1–1

0–3

2–3

1–0

1–1

1–1

0–2

0–2

0–2

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–2

Zenit St. Petersburg !Zenit St. Petersburg

4–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

2–1

1–2

5–0

0–2

3–1

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

Statistics

Top goalscorers

#	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Yura Movsisyan	13	Krasnodar/Spartak
	Wánderson	13	Krasnodar
2	Lacina Traoré	12	Anzhi
3	Ahmed Musa	11	CSKA
	Ruslan Mukhametshin	11	Mordovia
4	Samuel Eto'o	10	Anzhi
	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	10	Zenit
	Aleksandr Kokorin	10	Dynamo
	Kevin Kurányi	10	Dynamo
	Dame N'Doye	10	Lokomotiv

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jan Holenda	Rostov	Alania	3–1[34]	000000002012-08-25-000025 August 2012
Yura Movsisyan	Spartak	Terek	3–1[35]	000000002013-03-10-000010 March 2013
Wánderson	Krasnodar	Anzhi	4–0[36]	000000002013-03-31-000031 March 2013
Royston Drenthe	Alania	Mordovia	3–1[37]	000000002013-04-15-000015 April 2013
Hulk	Zenit	Alania	4–0[38]	000000002013-05-04-00004 May 2013

Relegation play-offs

First leg

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Second leg

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Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Premier League Manager of the Month		Premier League Player of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August			Yura Movsisyan	Krasnodar	[43]
September			Samuel Eto'o	Anzhi	[44]
October			Aleksandr Kokorin	Dynamo	[45]
November			Kevin Kurányi	Dynamo	[46]
March	Kurban Berdyev	Rubin	Vágner Love	CSKA	[47][48]
April	Kurban Berdyev	Rubin	Dmitri Kombarov	Spartak	[49][50]
May	Leonid Slutsky	CSKA	Vágner Love	CSKA	[51]

Top 33

On 11 June 2013 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:^[52]

Goalkeepers Igor Akinfeev (CSKA) Vladimir Gabulov (Anzhi) Aleksandr Belenov (Kuban)

Right backs Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit) Mário Fernandes (CSKA) Renat Yanbayev (Lokomotiv)

Right-centre backs Vasili Berezutski (CSKA) Christopher Samba (Anzhi) Leandro Fernández (Dynamo)

Left-centre backs Dmitri Kombarov (Spartak) Salvatore Bocchetti (Spartak) Nicolas Lombaerts (Zenit)

Left backs Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA) Cristian Ansaldi (Rubin) Andrey Yeshchenko (Anzhi)

Defensive midfielders Igor Denisov (Zenit) Lassana Diarra (Anzhi) Rasmus Elm (CSKA)

Right wingers Hulk (Zenit) Zoran Tošić (CSKA) Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Rubin)

Central midfielders Roman Shirokov (Zenit) Roman Eremenko (Kuban) Denis Glushakov (Lokomotiv)

Left wingers Alan Dzagoev (CSKA) Yuri Zhirkov (Anzhi) Aleksei Ionov (Kuban)

Right forwards Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi) Ahmed Musa (CSKA) Yura Movsisyan (Spartak)

Left forwards Aleksandr Kokorin (Dynamo) Vágner Love (CSKA) Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit)

Annual awards

Russian Manager of the Season

CSKA Moscow manager Leonid Slutsky, received the Russian Manager of the Season. ^[53]

Russian Player of the Season

The Russian Player of the Season was awarded to Igor Akinfeev.^[54]

Russian Referee of the Season

The Russian Referee of the Season was awarded to Aleksandr Egorov.^[55]

Attendances

Last updated: 26 May 2013

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (29), Sergei Chepchugov (1) Defenders: Vasili Berezutski (29), Mário Fernandes (28), Sergei Ignashevich (28), Kirill Nababkin (19), Georgi Shchennikov (18), Aleksei Berezutski (5), Pyotr Ten (1). Midfielders: Rasmus Elm (26 / 5), Pontus Wernbloom (26 / 4), Zoran Tošić (25 / 3), Aleksandrs Cauņa (25 / 3), Alan Dzagoev (24 / 7), Keisuke Honda (23 / 7), Pavel Mamayev (19 / 1), Mark González (11), Sekou Oliseh (11), Ravil Netfullin (8). Forwards: Ahmed Musa (28 / 11), Vágner Love (9 / 5), Seydou Doumbia (7 / 3), Dmitri Yefremov (3), Tomáš Necid (1). Manager: Leonid Slutsky. Transferred out during the season: Sekou Oliseh (on loan to  PAOK).

2. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (26), Yegor Baburin (4), Yuri Zhevnov (2). Defenders: Tomáš Hubočan (24), Aleksandr Anyukov (22 / 1), Nicolas Lombaerts (22), Bruno Alves (21 / 1), Domenico Criscito (12 / 2), Renat Yanbayev (11 / 1), Luís Neto (9 / 1), Aleksandar Luković (9), Milan Rodić (4), Michael Lumb (1), Igor Cheminava (1). Midfielders: Konstantin Zyryanov (27 / 6), Roman Shirokov (25 / 5), Viktor Fayzulin (24 / 6), Vladimir Bystrov (24 / 3), Igor Denisov (23), Axel Witsel (19 / 4), Sergei Semak (16 / 2), Danny (12 / 2), Pavel Mogilevets (2), Alexey Yevseyev (1), Vyacheslav Zinkov (1), Danila Yashchuk (1). Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (23 / 10), Hulk (18 / 7), Aleksandr Bukharov (9 / 1), Maksim Kanunnikov (9 / 1), Luka Đorđević (7), Aleksei Gasilin (1). Manager: Luciano Spalletti. Transferred out during the season: Renat Yanbayev (end of loan from Lokomotiv Moscow), Maksim Kanunnikov (to Amkar Perm), Michael Lumb (to Bochum).

3. FC Anzhi Makhachkala

Goalkeepers: Vladimir Gabulov (27), Yevgeny Pomazan (5). Defenders: João Carlos (25 / 2), Rasim Tagirbekov (22 / 2), Arseniy Logashov (19), Christopher Samba (17 / 2), Kamil Agalarov (14), Ali Gadzhibekov (8), Emir Spahić (7 / 1), Ewerton (7), Andrey Yeshchenko (2). Midfielders: Jucilei (27), Mbark Boussoufa (26 / 4), Oleg Shatov (24 / 3), Yuri Zhirkov (23 / 2), Mehdi Carcela-González (20 / 1), Odil Ahmedov (17 / 1), Lassana Diarra (14), Willian (7 / 1), Georgy Gabulov (7 / 1), Sharif Mukhammad (3), Aleksei Ivanov (1). Forwards: Samuel Eto'o (25 / 10), Lacina Traoré (24 / 12), Fyodor Smolov (15), Shamil Lakhiyalov (8), Serder Serderov (4), Nikita Burmistrov (4). Manager: Guus Hiddink. Transferred out during the season: Christopher Samba (to Queens Park Rangers), Shamil Lakhiyalov (to Krylia Sovetov Samara), Georgy Gabulov (to Alania Vladikavkaz), Nikita Burmistrov (on loan to Amkar Perm), Aleksei Ivanov (to Mordovia Saransk).

References

2012-13 Russian Premier League Table (Indonesia language)

External links

• Official website
• 2012–13 Russian Premier League at Soccerway