The 2012–13 Welsh Premier League, known as the Corbett Sports Welsh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season of the
Welsh Premier League, the highest
football
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league within
Wales
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since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 17 August 2012.
The New Saints
The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club, also known as The New Saints ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed y Seintiau Newydd) or TNS, are a professional football club that currently play in the Cymru Premier. They are the most successfu ...
successfully defended their title.
Teams
Following a decision by UEFA not to allow
Neath F.C.
Neath Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Castell-nedd) was a Wales, Welsh professional association football club based in Neath last playing in the Welsh Premier League.
The club was formed in 2005 following the merger between Neath (1922) F. ...
a license to compete both domestically and in continental competitions, it was ruled that they would be relegated no matter where in the league they finished. Bottom club
Newtown were spared relegation.
Gap Connah's Quay finished first in the
2011–12 Cymru Alliance to return to the Welsh Premier League after a two-year absence.
Stadia and locations
League table
Llanelli A.F.C.
On 22 April 2013,
Llanelli A.F.C.
Llanelli Town Association Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Tref Llanelli) are a semi-professional Welsh football club that plays in the Cymru South. The original club was wound up on 22 April 2013 at the High Court in London following a ...
were
liquidated
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by
HM Revenue and Customs
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at the High court in London with debts of £21,000; this did not affect the final league table as the club had already played all their league fixtures prior to the ruling.
Results
Teams will play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league is split into two groups at the end of January 2013 - the top six and the bottom six.
Clubs in these groups will play each other twice again to bring the total fixture count to 32.
Matches 1–22
Matches 23–32
Top six
Bottom six
UEFA Europa League play-offs
Teams who finished in positions third through eighth at the end of the regular season will play-off to determine the second participant for the
2013–14 UEFA Europa League
The 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was the 43rd season of Europe's secondary club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA, and the fifth season under its current title.
The 2014 UEFA Europa League Final was played between Sevil ...
.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
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Final
Top goalscorers
References
External links
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