2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League
Rank Player Club Goals
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
4 Júnior Moraes Metalurh Donetsk 11 ( 3 )
6 Sergei Samodin Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10
6 Alex Teixeira Shakhtar Donetsk 10
6 Oleksiy Antonov Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10
9 Giuliano Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 9
9 Dramane Traoré Metalurh Donetsk 9
9 Jonathan Cristaldo Metalist Kharkiv 9 ( 1 )
9 Marko Dević Shakhtar Donetsk / Metalist Kharkiv 9 ( 1 )
9 Yevhen Seleznyov Shakhtar Donetsk / Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 9 ( 2 )
Season statistics -- Top scorers
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. The ending date of the competition was 26 May 2013. Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Shakhtar Donetsk set a new Ukraine Premier League record for number of goals scored in one season. It is the second season in the league when no clubs were relegated.