2023–24 Ukrainian Women's Top 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 Top League
Season2023–24
ChampionsVorskla Poltava
RelegatedWFC Mariupol
Veres Rivne
SC Dnipro-1 (withdrew)
Dynamo Kyiv (withdrew)
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueVorskla Poltava
Kolos Kovalivka

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

Format

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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

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Dnipro-1
 
Vorskla
 
Ladomyr
 
EMS Podillia
 
Mariupol
 
Pantery
 
Shakhtar
 
Veres
 
Kryvbas
 
Dynamo
 
Kolos
 
Metalist 1925
Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes

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Promoted Relegated
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (returns) Ateks Kyiv

Name changes

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Vyshcha Liha teams notes

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In July of 2022, 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

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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
Dynamo Kyiv Dynamo Training Center (Koncha-Zaspa) 1,200
Mariupol Mariupol Temp (Kyiv) 2,400
Dnipro-1 Dnipro Dnipro Training Case N/A
Shakhtar Donetsk Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve) 1,000
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Hirnyk 2,500
Kolos Kovalivka
Kalynivka
Kolos
Tsentralnyi Stadion
5,000
N/A
Pantery Uman Tsentralny Stadion 7,552
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia Tsentralnyi Stadion
Stadion Palatsu ditey i yunatstva
24,000
1,500
Veres Kostopil
Mlyniv
Kolos
Kolos
2,500
850
Ladomyr Volodymyr Olimp 2,000
Vorskla Poltava Vorskla 24,795

Vyshcha Liha managers

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Club Head coach Replaced coach
Ladomyr Volodymyr   Oleh Bortnik
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih   Kostiantyn Frolov
Vorskla Poltava   Natalia Zinchenko
Dynamo Kyiv   Volodymyr Yefimako
Veres Rivne   Olena Ruda
EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia   Oleksandr Dudnik
Mariupol   Karina Kulakovska
Pantery Uman   Yuriy Derenyuk
Kolos Kovalivka   Lyudmyla Pokotylo
Shakhtar Donetsk   Roman Zayev
Dnipro-1   Olena Kudziyeva
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv   Volodymyr Pyatenko
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table

Vyshcha Liha league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 11 10 1 0 36 6 +30 31 Qualification for the Championship Group
2 Vorskla Poltava 11 9 1 1 63 3 +60 28
3 Kolos Kovalivka 11 8 1 2 31 8 +23 25
4 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 11 6 2 3 21 16 +5 20
5 Shakhtar Donetsk 11 6 1 4 32 13 +19 19
6 Ladomyr Volodymyr 11 5 3 3 22 21 +1 18
7 Dnipro-1 11 4 1 6 18 24 −6 13 Qualification for the Relegation Group
8 Dynamo Kyiv 11 3 3 5 12 24 −12 12
9 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 11 3 2 6 15 38 −23 11
10 Veres Rivne 11 2 0 9 17 38 −21 6
11 Pantery Uman 11 1 1 9 13 42 −29 4
12 Mariupol 11 0 2 9 5 52 −47 2
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

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Home \ Away DNI LAD MAR KOL PAN POD SHA DYN VOR ZTL KRY VER
Dnipro-1 7–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 2–3
Ladomyr Volodymyr 2–1 1–4 3–1 2–2 0–3 1–1
Mariupol 0–5[a] 2–3 0–6 0–6 0–6
Kolos Kovalivka 8–0 6–1 5–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Pantery Uman 2–4 1–4 0–5[b] 0–3 1–2
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 1–1 3–3 1–4 0–1 0–5 5–3
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 8–0 7–0 2–3 7–2
Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–2[c] 1–0
Vorskla Poltava 8–0 2–0 12–1 0–1[d] 10–0
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–8
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2–0 6–2 1–0 4–0 0–0[e] 4–1[f]
Veres Rivne 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–9 0–6 1–2
Source: womensfootball.com.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Round 9 match scheduled to play on October 14 was postponed to November 10
  2. ^ Round 5 match scheduled to play on September 9 was postponed to November 8
  3. ^ Round 9 match scheduled to play on October 14 was played earlier on September 23
  4. ^ Round 9 match scheduled to play on October 14 was postponed to November 14
  5. ^ Round 1 match scheduled to play on August 5 was postponed to August 23
  6. ^ Round 5 match scheduled to play on September 9 was postponed to October 11

Results by week

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011
Dnipro-1WWWLLLLLDWL
Dynamo KyivWLWDDLLWDLL
Kolos KovalivkaWLWWWLWWDWW
Kryvbas Kryvyi RihWWDWWWWWWWW
Ladomyr VolodymyrDWLLWWWDLWD
MariupolLLLLDLLLDLL
Pantery UmanLLLWLLDLLLL
EMS Podillia VinnytsiaLLLLLWWWDDL
Shakhtar DonetskWLLWWWLWLWD
Veres RivneLWLLLLLLLLW
Vorskla PoltavaWWDWWWWWWLW
Zhytlobud-1 KharkivDWWDWLLLWWW
Source: womensfootball.com.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

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Clean sheets

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As of 18 November 2023

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
MP
1   Iryna Slavych Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 6 540
2   Daryna Bondarchuk Vorskla Poltava 4 343
  Darya Kelyushyk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 4 331
  Marina Dudnik Kolos Kovalivka 4 287
5 2 players 3 <=270
7 5 players 2 <=180
13 9 players 1 <=90

Championship round

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Championship round table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Vorskla Poltava (C) 21 17 3 1 94 5 +89 54 Qualification for Champions League second round
2 Kolos Kovalivka 21 13 4 4 41 18 +23 43 Qualification for Champions League first round
3 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 21 13 2 6 49 29 +20 41[a]
4 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 21 12 5 4 42 21 +21 41[a]
5 Shakhtar Donetsk 21 8 2 11 38 28 +10 26
6 Ladomyr Volodymyr 21 6 3 12 30 55 −25 21
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]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Kryvbas – Zhytlobud-1 4:1, Kryvbas – Metalist 1925 2:2, Metalist 1925 – Kryvbas 3:1

Results

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Home \ Away KOL KRY LAD SHA VOR MET
Kolos Kovalivka 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–2 4–3 2–0 1–2 2–2
Ladomyr Volodymyr 0–1 3–1 0–2 0–4 0–7
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–1
Vorskla Poltava 6–0 6–0 6–0 3–0 1–0
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 0–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 0–0
Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

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Relegation round table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Dnipro-1 21 11 3 7 44 32 +12 36 Withdrew after the season
8 Dynamo Kyiv 21 10 4 7 41 33 +8 34
9 EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia 21 9 4 8 30 52 −22 31
10 Pantery Uman (O) 21 5 2 14 34 57 −23 17 Qualification to relegation play-offs[6]
11 Veres Rivne (R) 21 2 3 16 21 61 −40 9
12 Mariupol (R) 21 1 3 17 10 83 −73 6 Relegation to Persha Liha
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]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away DNI DYN MAR PAN POD VER
Dnipro-1 1–1 2–1 6–0 1–1 5–0
Dynamo Kyiv 2–3 8–0 3–2 5–0 1–0
Mariupol 0–3 1–4 0–4 0–4 1–1
Pantery Uman 1–2 0–1 4–0 3–0 6–1
EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Veres Rivne 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–0 1–1
Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First leg – June 1, Second leg – June 6
Pantery Uman 7 – 0 FC Mynai 3–0 4–0
Veres Rivne 2 – 3 Obolon Kyiv 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Pantery Uman3–0FC Mynai
  • Myrhorodska   4'
  • Rybalkina   19'
  • Santos   52'
Report
Tsentralnyi, Uman
Referee: Nataliya Mamchur
FC Mynai0–4Pantery Uman
Report
  • Santos   21'
  • Tykhonova   31'
  • Roshka   33'
  • Bilokur   88' (pen.)
Referee: Anastasia Romaniuk

Veres Rivne1–1Obolon Kyiv
  • Lyakhovych   29'
Report
  • Vasylyuk   5'
Veres training base, Rivne
Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk
Obolon Kyiv2–1 (a.e.t.)Veres Rivne
  • Skiriak   56'
  • Kvach   102'
Report
  • Zabytivska   37'
Referee: Veronika Vasylchenko

Persha Liha

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Mynai (C) 14 13 0 1 61 3 +58 39 Qualification to playoffs
2 Polissia Zhytomyr (P) 14 10 1 3 69 10 +59 31[a]
3 Prykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Iv.Frankivsk 14 10 1 3 26 19 +7 31[a]
4 Ladomyr-2 Volodymyr 14 7 2 5 33 20 +13 23
5 Nadbuzhia Busk 14 4 3 7 28 41 −13 15
6 Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk 14 2 5 7 9 40 −31 11 Withdrew after the season
7 Rukh Lviv 14 3 1 10 22 46 −24 10
8 DIuSSh-1 Khmelnytskyi 14 0 1 13 6 75 −69 1
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]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Polissia 0–1 Prykarpattia DIuSSh-3, Prykarpattia DIuSSh-3 1–9 Polissia

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sisters Odesa (C, P) 14 13 1 0 124 3 +121 40 Qualification to play-offs
2 Obolon Kyiv (P) 14 12 1 1 52 11 +41 37
3 Yunist Chernihiv 14 8 1 5 56 26 +30 25
4 Lider Kobeliaky 14 7 1 6 35 33 +2 22
5 Ateks Kyiv 14 5 3 6 17 42 −25 18
6 Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih 14 3 1 10 15 26 −11 10 Withdrew
7 Zhaivir Shpola 14 2 1 11 5 71 −66 7
8 Metalurh Zaporizhia 14 1 1 12 5 97 −92 4 Withdrew after the season
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]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Play-offs

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Semifinals

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21 May 2024 Mynai1–2 Obolon Kyiv Bannikov Stadium
11:00
  • Yakymchuk   69'
Report
  • Vasylyuk   56'
  • Tsykalenko   73'
  • Boreiko   89'
Stadium: Kyiv
Referee: Lyudmyla Telbukh
21 May 2024 Sisters Odesa 4–1Polissia ZhytomyrBannikov Stadium
15:00
  • Boychenko   6'
  • Da Costa   12'
  • Pidhorna   82'
  • Nesina   86'
Report
  • Azizova   54'
Stadium: Kyiv
Referee: Sofiya Prychyna

Third place

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23 May 2024 Mynai 4–3 (a.e.t.)Polissia ZhytomyrBannikov Stadium
11:00
  • Lespukh   35', 115', 120'
  • Shalimova   54'
Report
  • Nyzova   6'   23'
  • Tril   58'
  • Korniychuk   61'
  • Kyryk   68'
  • Sichkarenko   105'
  • Yaremchuk   71'   111'
Stadium: Kyiv
Referee: Kristina Kozoroh

First place

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23 May 2024 Obolon Kyiv0–2 Sisters Odesa Bannikov Stadium
15:00 Report
  • Ngandi   10'
  • Boychenko   18'
Stadium: Kyiv
Referee: Lyudmyla Telbukh

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ВИЩА ЛІГА 23/24: У БУДИНКУ ФУТБОЛУ ВІДБУЛОСЯ ЖЕРЕБКУВАННЯ КАЛЕНДАРЯ" [Higher League 23/24: In the House of Football took place of the season's calendar draw]. womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). All-Ukrainian Association of Women Football. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. ^ ВИЩА ЛІГА 22/23. ПРОЕКТ НОВОГО СЕЗОНУ: 12 КОМАНД, 22 ТУРИ, 132 МАТЧІ. womensfootball.com.ua. 16 July 2022
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМАГАНЬ З ФУТБОЛУ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ СЕЗОНУ 2021-2022 РОКІВ" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. ^ "ВИЩА ЛІГА 2023/2024. ТУРНІРНА ТАБЛИЦЯ + БОМБАРДИРИ ЛІГИ". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b (Вища ліга 19/20: гарячий липень у жіночому футболі!). Womensfootball.com.ua. 5 July 2020
  6. ^ a b 29-й Чемпіонат України з футболу серед жінок. Вища ліга: матчі липня Archived 2020-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019.
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