# 2012–13 Slovenian First League (men's handball)

The 2012–13 Slovenian First League was the 22nd season of the 1. A liga, Slovenia's premier handball league.

## Teams information

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Celje | Celje | Zlatorog Arena | 5,191 |
| Gorenje | Velenje | Red Hall | 2,500 |
| Izola | Izola | Kraška Sports Hall | 700 |
| Jeruzalem Ormož | Ormož | Hardek Hall | 700 |
| Koper | Koper | Bonifika Hall | 3,000 |
| Krka | Novo Mesto | Marof Hall | 1,200 |
| Krško | Krško | Krško Sports Hall | 800 |
| Maribor Branik | Maribor | Tabor Hall | 3,261 |
| Ribnica | Ribnica | Ribnica Sports Centre | 600 |
| Sevnica | Sevnica | Sevnica Sports Hall | 600 |
| SVIŠ | Ivančna Gorica | OŠ Stična Hall | 500 |
| Trimo Trebnje | Trebnje | OŠ Trebnje Hall | 800 |

## Regular season
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | Gorenje | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 762 | 550 | +212 | 42 |
| 2 | Celje | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 661 | 491 | +170 | 39 |
| 3 | Koper | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 729 | 605 | +124 | 33 |
| 4 | Maribor Branik | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 715 | 604 | +111 | 32 |
| 5 | Trimo Trebnje | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 693 | 654 | +39 | 23 |
| 6 | Krka | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 638 | 637 | +1 | 22 |
| 7 | SVIŠ | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 585 | 660 | –75 | 18 |
| 8 | Ribnica | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 635 | 685 | –50 | 16 |
| 9 | Jeruzalem Ormož | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 616 | 712 | –96 | 14 |
| 10 | Izola | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 511 | 597 | –86 | 14 |
| 11 | Sevnica | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 514 | 694 | –80 | 8 |
| 12 | Krško | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 542 | 716 | –174 | 3 |
* Champion Playoff
* Relegation Round

## Championship play-offs
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Gorenje | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 362 | 281 | +81 | 60 | 2013–14 EHF Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Celje | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 300 | 262 | +38 | 53 | 2013–14 EHF Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Koper | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 308 | 309 | –1 | 43 | |
| 4 | Maribor Branik | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 285 | 288 | –3 | 43 | 2013–14 EHF Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Trimo Trebnje | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 286 | 320 | –34 | 28 | |
| 6 | Krka | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 245 | 326 | –81 | 24 | |
Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.

### Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| | CEL | VEL | KOP | KRK | MAR | TRE |
| Celje | | 26–29 | 26–26 | 37–20 | 26–24 | 38–24 |
| Gorenje | 35–30 | | 38–34 | 36–23 | 40–28 | 38–31 |
| Koper | 31–36 | 33–27 | | 33–28 | 32–29 | 33–31 |
| Krka | 23–28 | 20–41 | 32–25 | | 25–31 | 24–26 |
| Maribor Branik | 22–22 | 23–40 | 29–28 | 37–26 | | 32–20 |
| Trimo Trebnje | 28–30 | 33–38 | 33–33 | 31–24 | 29–30 | |

## Relegation round

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | Ribnica | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 281 | 259 | +22 | 28 |
| 2 | SVIŠ | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 270 | 294 | –24 | 28 |
| 3 | Izola | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 297 | 273 | +24 | 27 |
| 4 | Jeruzalem Ormož | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 306 | 307 | –1 | 23 |
| 5 | Sevnica | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 292 | 304 | –12 | 16 |
| 6 | Krško | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 294 | 303 | –9 | 11 |
Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.