2023–24 Ukrainian Women's League

Football league season

Ukrainian Women's League
Season	2023–24
Champions	Vorskla Poltava
UEFA Women's Champions League	Vorskla Poltava
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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]

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

Dnipro-1

Vorskla

Ladomyr

EMS Podillia

Mariupol

Pantery

Shakhtar

Veres

Kryvbas

Dynamo

Kolos

Metalist 1925

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Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes

Promoted	Relegated
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (returns)	Ateks Kyiv

Name changes

On 20 March 2024, WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv has officially changed its name to Metalist 1925 Kharkiv of FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.

Vyshcha Liha teams notes

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

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	Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve)	1,000
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

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

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

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

^ Round 9 match scheduled to play on October 14 was postponed to November 10
^ Round 5 match scheduled to play on September 9 was postponed to November 8
^ Round 9 match scheduled to play on October 14 was played earlier on September 23
^ Round 9 match scheduled to play on October 14 was postponed to November 14
^ Round 1 match scheduled to play on August 5 was postponed to August 23
^ Round 5 match scheduled to play on September 9 was postponed to October 11

Results by week

Source: womensfootball.com.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 10 November 2023^[update]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[4]
1	Roksolana Kravchuk	Vorskla Poltava	11
2	Mariya Vykalyuk	Shakhtar Donetsk	10
2	Viktoriya Hiryn	Ladomyr Volodymyr	10 (1)
4	Nikol Kozlova	Vorskla Poltava	9 (1)
5	Yana Kalinina	Vorskla Poltava	8
	Iryna Maiborodina	Kolos Kovalivka	8
	Polina Yanchuk	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	8
	Oksana Bilokur	Pantery Uman	8 (3)

Clean sheets

As of 18 November 2023^[update]

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

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vorskla Poltava (C, Q)	20	16	3	1	93	5	+88	51	Qualification for Champions League second round
2	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	20	12	5	3	42	20	+22	41	Qualification for Champions League first round
3	Kolos Kovalivka	20	12	4	4	40	18	+22	40
4	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	20	12	2	6	47	29	+18	38
5	Shakhtar Donetsk	20	8	2	10	38	26	+12	26
6	Ladomyr Volodymyr	20	6	3	11	30	54	−24	21

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. 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; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

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		1–2	2–2
Ladomyr Volodymyr		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
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	0–0	3–1	4–1	3–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Dnipro-1	20	10	3	7	38	32	+6	33
8	Dynamo Kyiv	20	9	4	7	40	33	+7	31
9	EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia	20	8	4	8	26	52	−26	28
10	Pantery Uman (Q)	20	5	2	13	34	51	−17	17	Qualification to relegation play-offs^[6]
11	Veres Rivne (Q)	20	2	3	15	21	60	−39	9	Qualification to relegation play-offs^[6]
12	Mariupol (R)	20	1	3	16	10	79	−69	6	Relegation to Persha Liha

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. 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]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	DNI	DYN	MAR	PAN	POD	VER
Dnipro-1		1–1	2–1		1–1	5–0
Dynamo Kyiv	2–3		8–0	3–2	5–0
Mariupol	0–3	1–4		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

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2
First leg – June 1, Second leg – June 6
Persha Liha (3)	x – x	Pantery Uman
Persha Liha (2)	x – x	Veres Rivne

Persha Liha (3) v Pantery Uman

1 June 2024	Persha Liha (3)	v	Pantery Uman
:		[ Report]

Persha Liha (2) v Veres Rivne

1 June 2024	Persha Liha (2)	v	Veres Rivne
:		[ Report]

Persha Liha

Group A

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	14	10	1	3	69	10	+59	31^[a]	Qualification to playoffs
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
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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Polissia 0–1 Prykarpattia DIuSSh-3, Prykarpattia DIuSSh-3 1–9 Polissia

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sisters Odesa (C)	14	13	1	0	124	3	+121	40	Qualification to play-offs
2	Obolon Kyiv	14	12	1	1	52	11	+41	37	Qualification to play-offs
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

Play-offs

Semifinals

Mynai v Obolon Kyiv

21 May 2024	Mynai	1–2	Obolon Kyiv	Bannikov Stadium
11:00	Yakymchuk 69'	Report	Vasylyuk 56' Tsykalenko 73' Boreiko 89'	Stadium: Kyiv

Sisters Odesa v Polissia Zhytomyr

21 May 2024	Sisters Odesa	4–1	Polissia Zhytomyr	Bannikov Stadium
15:00	Boychenko 6' Da Costa 12' Pidhorna 82' Nesina 86'	Report	Azizova 54'	Stadium: Kyiv Referee: Sofiya Prychyna

Third place

Mynai v Polissia Zhytomyr

23 May 2024	Mynai	v	Polissia Zhytomyr	Bannikov Stadium
11:00		[ Report]		Stadium: Kyiv

First place

Obolon Kyiv v Sisters Odesa

23 May 2024	Obolon Kyiv	v	Sisters Odesa	Bannikov Stadium
15:00		[ Report]		Stadium: Kyiv

References

^ "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.
^ ВИЩА ЛІГА 22/23. ПРОЕКТ НОВОГО СЕЗОНУ: 12 КОМАНД, 22 ТУРИ, 132 МАТЧІ. womensfootball.com.ua. 16 July 2022
^ ^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.
^ "ВИЩА ЛІГА 2023/2024. ТУРНІРНА ТАБЛИЦЯ + БОМБАРДИРИ ЛІГИ". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b (Вища ліга 19/20: гарячий липень у жіночому футболі!). Womensfootball.com.ua. 5 July 2020
^ ^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.

External links

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2023–24 clubs

Dnipro-1
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Mariupol
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v t e 2023–24 in Ukrainian football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Under-19 First League Second League Amateur League Women League
Domestic cups	Ukrainian Cup Final Women's Cup Amateur Cup
Regional championships	Cherkasy Oblast '23 '24 Chernihiv Oblast '23 '24 Chernivtsi Oblast '23 '24 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast '23 '24 Donetsk Oblast '23 '24 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Kharkiv Oblast '23 '24 Kherson Oblast '23 '24 Khmelnytskyi Oblast '23 '24 Kyiv Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast '23 '24 Luhansk Oblast '23 '24 Lviv Oblast '23 '24 Mykolaiv Oblast '23 '24 Odessa Oblast '23 '24 Poltava Oblast '23 '24 Rivne Oblast '23 '24 Sumy Oblast '23 '24 Ternopil Oblast '23 '24 Vinnytsia Oblast Volyn Oblast 2023 '24 Zakarpattia Oblast '23 '24 Zaporizhia Oblast '23 '24 Zhytomyr Oblast '23 '24
Club seasons
Premier League	Chornomorets Odesa Dnipro-1 Dynamo Kyiv Kolos Kovalivka Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih LNZ Cherkasy Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Mynai Obolon Kyiv Oleksandriya Polissya Rukh Lviv Shakhtar Donetsk Veres Rivne Vorskla Poltava Zorya Luhansk
Ukrainian First League	Ahrobiznes Volochysk Bukovyna Chernivtsi Chernihiv Dinaz Vyshhorod Epitsentr Dunaivtsi Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Inhulets Petrove Karpaty Lviv Khust Kremin Kremenchuk Livyi Bereh Kyiv Mariupol Metalist Kharkiv Metalurh Zaporizhya Nyva Buzova Nyva Ternopil Podillia Khmelnytskyi Poltava Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Viktoriya Sumy
Ukrainian Second League	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Druzhba Myrivka Karpaty-2 Kremin-2 Kudrivka Lokomotyv Kyiv Metalurh-2 Mykolaiv 1920 Nyva Vinnytsia Real Pharma Rukh-2 Skala 1911 Stryi Trostianets UCSA Tarasivka Zvyahel
Summer 2023 transfers Winter 2023–24 transfers

v t e 2023–24 in European women's football (UEFA)
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Domestic cups	Croatia England France Germany Greece Iceland '23 '24 Italy Gibraltar Moldova Norway '23 '24 Portugal Scotland Spain Sweden Ukraine '23 Wales
League cups	England Portugal Scotland
Supercups	France Spain
UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knockout phase Final
International competitions	UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualification 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League League A League B League C Promotion/relegation Finals Final 2024 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2024 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification