2023–24 Ukrainian Women's League

The 2023–24 season of the Ukrainian Football Championship is the 33rd season of Ukraine's top women's football league. Consisting of two tiers it is scheduled to start on 5 August 2023.[1]

Ukrainian Women's League
Season2023–24
2024–25 →

Due to the 2022 wide scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, several teams are not able to resume competitions.

Format

The format of competitions for the season changed again. The Higher (Vyshcha) League returned to format consisting of two stages. At the first stage all 12 teams play single round robin with top 6 teams qualify for the Championship group and bottom 6 teams to Relegation group. Each group conducts double round robin tournament. The bottom team is to be relegated while 4th and 5th teams of Relegation table will contest their berth in the Higher League with better teams of the First League (2nd tier).

The First (Persha) League consists of two groups of 8. Each group conducts double round robin tournament with the top 2 teams from each group qualify for the championship play-off consisting of semi-finals, final and the match for the third place. The Champion of the First League gets direct promotion, while 2nd and 3rd will contest their berth in the Higher League with worser teams of the Higher League (1st tier).

Vyshcha Liha teams
2023–24 Ukrainian Women's League is located in Ukraine
Dnipro-1
Dnipro-1
Vorskla
Vorskla
Ladomyr
Ladomyr
EMS Podillia
EMS Podillia
Mariupol
Mariupol
Pantery
Pantery
Shakhtar
Shakhtar
Veres
Veres
Kryvbas
Kryvbas
Dynamo
Dynamo
Kolos
Kolos
Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes
PromotedRelegated
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (returns)Ateks Kyiv

Vyshcha Liha teams notes

The women football department of the Ukrainian Association of Football decided to preserve place in the Vyshcha Liha for the next season (2023–24) for the main squads of Zhytlobud-1 and Voskhod "due to the difficult situation in their regions related to the Russian aggression against Ukraine".[2]

Vyshcha Liha stadiums

Due to ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, many teams played their games in Kyiv or its suburbs. Critical role in providing a playing turf for the league's participant played Arsenal Arena and Livyi Bereh in the Kyiv's eastern suburbs Shchaslyve and Hnidyn.

Team Home city Home ground Capacity
DynamoKyivDynamo Training Center (Koncha-Zaspa)1,200
MariupolMariupolTemp (Kyiv)2,400
Dnipro-1DniproDnipro Training CaseN/A
ShakhtarDonetskArsenal Arena (Shchaslyve)1,000
Zhytlobud-1Kharkiv
KryvbasKryvyi RihHirnyk2,500
KolosKovalivka
Kalynivka		Kolos
Tsentralnyi Stadion		5,000
N/A
PanteryUmanTsentralny Stadion7,552
EMS PodilliaVinnytsiaTsentralnyi Stadion
Stadion Palatsu ditey i yunatstva		24,000
1,500
VeresKostopil
Mlyniv		Kolos
Kolos		2,500
850
LadomyrVolodymyrOlimp2,000
VorsklaPoltavaVorskla24,795

Vyshcha Liha managers
Club Head coach Replaced coach
Ladomyr VolodymyrUkraine Oleh Bortnik
Kryvbas Kryvyi RihUkraine Kostiantyn Frolov
Vorskla PoltavaUkraine Natalia Zinchenko
Dynamo KyivUkraine Volodymyr Yefimako
Veres RivneUkraine Olena Ruda
EMS-Podillia VinnytsiaUkraine Oleksandr Dudnik
MariupolUkraine Karina Kulakovska
Pantery UmanUkraine Yuriy Derenyuk
Kolos KovalivkaUkraine Lyudmyla Pokotylo
Shakhtar DonetskUkraine Roman Zayev
Dnipro-1Ukraine Olena Kudziyeva
Zhytlobud-1 KharkivUkraine Volodymyr Pyatenko
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table

Vyshcha Liha league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 8 7 1 0 23 6 +17 22 Qualification for the Championship Group
2 Vorskla Poltava 7 6 1 0 43 1 +42 19
3 Kolos Kovalivka 8 6 0 2 21 5 +16 18
4 Shakhtar Donetsk 8 5 0 3 31 10 +21 15
5 Ladomyr Volodymyr 8 4 2 2 17 18 −1 14
6 Dynamo Kyiv 9 3 3 3 11 17 −6 12
7 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 8 3 2 3 9 14 −5 11 Qualification for the Relegation Group
8 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 9 3 1 5 13 25 −12 10
9 Dnipro-1 8 3 0 5 13 19 −6 9
10 Veres Rivne 8 1 0 7 14 29 −15 3
11 Pantery Uman 7 1 1 5 11 26 −15 4
12 Mariupol 8 0 1 7 4 40 −36 1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 2023. Source: womensfootball.com.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.[3]

Results
Home \ Away DNI LAD MAR KOL PAN POD SHA DYN VOR ZTL KRY VER
Dnipro-1 7–2 3–2 0–1 1–2
Ladomyr Volodymyr 2–1 1–4 3–1 2–2 1–1
Mariupol 2–3 0–6 0–6
Kolos Kovalivka 8–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Pantery Uman 2–4 1–4
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 3–3 1–4 0–1 0–5 5–3
Shakhtar Donetsk 8–0 7–0 2–3 7–2
Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0
Vorskla Poltava 8–0 2–0 10–0
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–8
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2–0 6–2 1–0 0–0[lower-alpha 1] 4–1
Veres Rivne 1–2 1–3 0–9 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 2023. Source: womensfootball.com.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Round 1 match scheduled to play on August 5 was postponed to August 23

Results by week
Team ╲ Round1234567891011
Dnipro-1WWWLLLLL
Dynamo KyivWLWDDLLWD
Kolos KovalivkaWLWWWLWW
Kryvbas Kryvyi RihWWDWWWWW
Ladomyr VolodymyrDWLLWWWD
MariupolLLLLDLLL
Pantery UmanLLLWLLD
EMS Podillia VinnytsiaLLLLLWWWD
Shakhtar DonetskWLLWWWLW
Veres RivneLWLLLLLL
Vorskla PoltavaWWDWWWW
Zhytlobud-1 KharkivDWWDWLLL
Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 2023. Source: womensfootball.com.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Clean sheets

As of 8 October 2023

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets		 MP
1 Ukraine Iryna Slavych Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 4 360
Ukraine Marina Dudnik Kolos Kovalivka 4 287
3 Ukraine Darya Kelyushyk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3 270
Ukraine Daryna Bondarchuk Vorskla Poltava 3 253
Ukraine Lyudmyla Ustinova Shakhtar Donetsk 3 142
6 3 players 2 <=180
9 11 players 1 <=90

Persha Liha

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ladomyr-2 Volodymyr 5 4 1 0 24 4 +20 13 Qualification to playoffs
2 Prykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Iv.Frankivsk 5 4 1 0 10 1 +9 13
3 FC Mynai 5 4 0 1 12 2 +10 12
4 Polissia Zhytomyr 5 3 1 1 10 6 +4 10
5 Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk 5 0 3 2 2 5 −3 3
6 Nadbuzhia Busk 5 0 2 3 6 13 −7 2
7 Rukh Lviv 5 0 1 4 4 14 −10 1
8 DIuSSh-1 Khmelnytskyi 5 0 1 4 1 24 −23 1
Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2023. Source: womensfootball.com.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference in all matches; 4) Goals scored in all matches; 6) Fair play.[3]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sisters Odesa 6 6 0 0 63 1 +62 18 Qualification to play-offs
2 Obolon Kyiv 6 5 0 1 25 8 +17 15
3 Lider Kobeliaky 6 3 1 2 20 17 +3 10
4 Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih 5 2 1 2 10 20 −10 7[lower-alpha 1]
5 Yunist Chernihiv 6 2 1 3 24 8 +16 7[lower-alpha 1]
6 Ateks Kyiv 5 0 3 2 3 22 −19 3
7 Zhaivir Shpola 5 1 0 4 2 34 −32 3
8 Metalurh Zaporizhia 5 0 0 5 2 39 −37 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2023. Source: womensfootball.com.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.[3]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Kryvbas-2 3, Yunist 0

Play-offs


See also

References
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  2. ВИЩА ЛІГА 22/23. ПРОЕКТ НОВОГО СЕЗОНУ: 12 КОМАНД, 22 ТУРИ, 132 МАТЧІ. womensfootball.com.ua. 16 July 2022
  3. "ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМАГАНЬ З ФУТБОЛУ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ СЕЗОНУ 2021-2022 РОКІВ" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. "ВИЩА ЛІГА 2022/2023. ТУРНІРНА ТАБЛИЦЯ + БОМБАРДИРИ ЛІГИ". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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