The league was won by ASA Tel Aviv University, its fourth consecutive title and fifth overall.
By winning, ASA Tel Aviv qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League.
The second-bottom club in the first division, Bnot Sakhnin met Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik for a spot in Ligat Nashim Rishona, Bnot Sakhnin winning 11–0 to remain in the first division.
A promotion/relegation play-off was introduced, setting the second-bottom club in the first division's relegation group against the second-top club in the second division's promotion group.
As 8 teams registered to the second division, the participating clubs first played a conventional double round-robin schedule for a total of 14 rounds, after which the 4 top clubs played a promotion play-off, while the bottom 4 clubs played a separate play-off, with clubs in each group playing a round-robin schedule of another 3 matches between them.