2012–13 Russian Premier League
Rank Team Total Matches Average
1 Kuban 313,997 15 20,933
2 Terek 296,518 15 19,768
3 Zenit 253,747 15 ( 13+2* ) 19,519
4 Spartak 262,384 15 17,492
5 Anzhi 258,100 15 17,207
6 CSKA 224,733 15 14,982
7 Krylia Sovetov 205,484 15 13,699
8 Alania 200,100 15 13,340
9 Lokomotiv 192,923 15 12,862
10 Krasnodar 158,964 15 10,598
11 Rostov 148,165 15 9,878
12 Amkar 144,350 15 9,623
13 Rubin 141,320 15 9,421
14 Dynamo 112,859 15 ( 14+1* ) 8,061
15 Volga 105,099 15 7,507
16 Mordovia 105,343 15 7,023
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, 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. 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.