2012–13 Ukrainian Second League
| Season | 2012–13 |
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| Champions | Desna |
| Promoted |
Desna UkrAhroKom Nyva |
| Matches played | 323 |
| Goals scored | 831 (2.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 29 – Stanislav Kulish (Stal) |
| Biggest home win | Shakhtar-3 9–0 Enerhiya (Round 22) |
| Biggest away win | Sevastopol-2 2–7 Stal (Round 4) |
| Highest scoring | Stal 8–2 Zhemchuzhyna (Round 26) |
| Longest winning run | 7 – UkrAhroKom (Round 6–9, 11–13) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 20 – Desna (First Stage) |
| Longest losing run | 7 – Makiyivvuhillya (Round 6–12) |
| Highest attendance | 6,000 Ternopil – Yednist' (Round 3) |
| Lowest attendance | 20 SKA – Obolon-2 (Round 15) |
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2013–14 →
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| Qualified for Second stage Group 1 | |
| Qualified for Second stage Group 3 |
| Qualified for Second stage Group 2 | |
| Qualified for Second stage Group 4 |
| Promoted to 2013–14 Persha Liha | |
| Qualified for Promotion/Relegation playoff game |
| Promoted to 2013–14 Persha Liha | |
| Qualified for Promotion/Relegation playoff game |
The 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League was the 22nd season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. There are two groups of competition divided by region. The competition began on 13 July 2012 when Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk visited Sevastapol to play against FC Sevastopol-2 and lost 3–1.
The competition for the 2012–13 season has been changed from previous seasons 2 stages.
The first stage will be a round robin competition similar to the previous seasons. The first stage of the competition will be played prior to the winter break. Each team will play with other teams two games (one home, one away).
The second stage will begin the spring of 2013. Teams will be divided into 4 groups. The first stage Groups A and B will be split into two pools one of teams playing for promotion to the First League, another of teams competing to remain in the Second League. Each team in a group will play with every other team two games in a round robin competition. The first two groups The top six teams of the first stage Groups A and B will advance. All points accumulated in the first stage will carry over. The champions of the Groups 1 and 2 will be directly promoted to the Ukrainian First League. The top teams of Groups 1 and 2 will also qualify for a championship play-off for the title of the Second League Champion as in the previous season.
The second place teams of both groups will qualify for a promotion/relegation play-off against the 15th and 16th placed teams of the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League. In the case of exclusion and/or withdrawal of teams from the First League during the season the format of the promotion/relegation play-off will change.
Teams will enter Groups 3 and 4 that are placed below the sixth place in Groups A and B in the first stage. Initially, These teams will play for the rights to remain in the Ukrainian Second League but due to the withdrawal for teams the competition was reformated for the second stage.(See Favbet tournament)
The Ukrainian Second League will be consolidated to twenty teams for the 2013–14 season.
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