It was Slaven Bilić's first season as manager and ended with the worst league result of the team (9th, the lower part of the table) since establishing of Russian Championship in 1992.

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

The award went to: Vedran Ćorluka (September 2012),[32] Andrey Yeshchenko (October 2012),[33] Dame N'Doye (November 2012),[34] Kamil Mullin (March 2013),[35] Dmitri Tarasov (April 2013),[36] Aleksandr Samedov (May 2013).