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2022–23 Ukrainian Women's League

The 2022–23 season of the Ukrainian Football Championship is the 32nd season of Ukraine's top women's football league. Consisting of two tiers it is scheduled to start on 10 September 2022.[1]

Ukrainian Women's League
Season2022–23
ChampionsVorskla Poltava
RelegatedAteks Kyiv
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueVorskla Poltava, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

Due to the 2022 wide scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, several teams are not able to resume competitions including the reigning champions WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv.

Format edit

The format of competitions for the season changed again for both tiers, but not significantly. The league finally expanded to 12 teams as it planned earlier and adopted classical format with straight double round-robin tournament home and away for the top tier (Vyshcha Liha) with the last team is set to be relegated to the lower tier for the next season. The top two teams will qualify for the European competitions.


Vyshcha Liha teams edit

 
 
Dnipro-1
 
Vorskla
 
Ladomyr
 
EMS Podillia
 
Mariupol
 
Pantery
 
Shakhtar
 
Veres
 
Kryvbas
 
Ateks
Dynamo
 
Kolos
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Locations of teams in the 2022–23 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes edit

Promoted Relegated
Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dnipro-1
Veres Rivne		 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (withdrew)
Voskhod Stara Mayachka (withdrew)
Karpaty Lviv (withdrew)

Name changes edit

Vyshcha Liha teams notes edit

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 edit

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 (Koncha-Zaspa) Dynamo Training Center 1,200
Mariupol Mariupol Bannikov Training Complex (Kyiv)
Livyi Bereh (Kyiv, 1 game)		 1,678
1,500
Dnipro-1 Dnipro Dnipro Training Case
Bannikov Training Complex (Kyiv, 1 game)		 N/A
1,678
Ateks Kyiv Livyi Bereh 1,500
Shakhtar Donetsk Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve)
Arsenal Training Center (Shchaslyve)		 1,000
N/A
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Sparta
Hirnyk
Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve, 4 games)		 N/A
2,500
1,000
Kolos Kovalivka Kolos
Kolos Training Center (Sofiyivska Borshchahivka)
Avanhard (Hrebinky, 1 game)		 5,000
N/A
N/A
Pantery Uman Tsentralny Stadion 7,552
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia Stadion Palatsu ditey i yunatstva 1,500
Veres Kostopil Kolos
Veres Training Center (Rivne)
Kolos (Mlyniv, 2 games)
Avanhard (Rivne, 1 game)		 2,500
N/A
850
4,650
Ladomyr Volodymyr Olimp 2,000
Vorskla Poltava Vorskla
Molodizhnyi
Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve, 3 games)
Arsenal Training Center (Shchaslyve, 2 games)
Avanhard (Uzhhorod, 1 game)
Bannikov Training Complex (Kyiv, 1 game)		 24,795
N/A
1,000
N/A
12,000
1,678

Vyshcha Liha managers edit

Club Head coach Replaced coach
Ladomyr Volodymyr   Oleh Bortnik
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih   Volodymyr Yefimako
Vorskla Poltava   Natalia Zinchenko
Dynamo Kyiv   Volodymyr Pyatenko
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
Ateks Kyiv   Alla Hres
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih   Alina Stetsenko 1 August 2022 Pre-season   Volodymyr Yefimako 22 August 2022[3] Pre-season
Veres Rivne   Mykola Sidorchuk Joined Armed Forces   Olena Ruda 8 September 2022[4]

Vyshcha Liha league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vorskla Poltava (C) 22 22 0 0 147 4 +143 66 Qualification for the Champions League qualifying second round
2 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 22 19 0 3 120 10 +110 57 Qualification for the Champions League qualifying first round
3 Kolos Kovalivka 22 16 1 5 54 12 +42 49
4 Shakhtar Donetsk 22 16 0 6 74 27 +47 48
5 Ladomyr Volodymyr 22 12 0 10 83 49 +34 36
6 Dnipro-1 22 9 2 11 47 49 −2 29
7 Dynamo Kyiv 22 9 2 11 35 41 −6 29
8 Veres Rivne 22 6 2 14 33 71 −38 20
9 Mariupol 22 6 1 15 23 78 −55 19
10 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 22 5 3 14 22 61 −39 18
11 Pantery Uman 22 5 2 15 20 75 −55 17
12 Ateks Kyiv (R) 22 0 1 21 8 189 −181 1 Relegation to the 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.[5]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Vyshcha Liha results edit

Home \ Away DNI LAD MAR KOL PAN POD SHA DYN VOR ATX KRY VER
Dnipro-1 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 14–2 0–7 2–1
Ladomyr Volodymyr 8–1 7–1 1–3 3–2 6–1 2–3 2–0 1–5 17–1 0–4 8–0
Mariupol 0–8 0–3 0–1 5–2 0–1 0–6 0–3 0–10 3–0 2–8 1–2
Kolos Kovalivka 2–0 4–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 14–0 0–1 3–0
Pantery Uman 0–2 0–6 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–7 2–1 0–8 5–1 1–5 0–4
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–4 6–1 0–13 2–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 6–1 3–0 0–2 8–1 2–0 2–1 0–5 7–0 0–5 3–1
Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–5 0–5 3–0 0–5 4–0
Vorskla Poltava 4–0 11–0 8–0 4–0 6–0 7–0 2–0 5–1 14–0 3–0 9–0
Ateks Kyiv 0–6 0–8 0–0 0–5 1–2 0–2 0–11 1–9 0–23 0–16 0–6
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 4–0 2–1 6–0 0–1 8–0 5–0 5–0 6–0 1–2 8–0 7–0
Veres Rivne 1–1 1–5 0–3 0–5 3–0 0–2 0–5 2–1 0–5 10–1 0–4
Source: [ WFPL.UA]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics edit

Persha Liha edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lider Kobeliaky (C) 8 6 1 1 21 5 +16 19[a]
2 Yunist Chernihiv 8 6 1 1 19 5 +14 19[a]
3 Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk 8 3 1 4 11 16 −5 10
4 Rukh Lviv[b] 8 2 1 5 11 21 −10 7
5 Prykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Iv.Frankivsk[c] 8 0 2 6 8 23 −15 −1
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.[5]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Lider 4, Yunist 1
  2. ^ Last season Rukh Lviv played as Chempion Ternopil.
  3. ^ Prykarpattia had 3 points stripped for no show at the away match against Yunist Chernihiv on 28 May 2023, last round of the competition.

Zhytlobud-1 U-21 Kharkiv edit

The last season participant Persha Stolytsia Kharkiv went abroad and relocated to Zürich. Based out of Zürich, the team first participated in an international exhibition tournament as Zhytlobud-1 U-21 Kharkiv[7] and then played few friendlies with Swiss teams winning one of them 8–0[8] although on the official website of their opponents it was claimed as 0–7 loss.[9] Eventually for the 2022–23 the Kharkiv's junior team joined the Swiss 4th division of women football as a junior team of SC Wipkingen, SC Wipkingen ZH 2.[10]

For the next 2023–24 many players joined FC Kloten which plays in the Swiss second tier, while couple of others joined other second tier clubs.[11]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Став відомий календар чемпіонату України серед жіночих команд сезону-2022/2023" [There became known a calendar of the 2022–23 Ukrainian championship among women teams]. www.footboom.com (in Ukrainian). Footboom. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ ВИЩА ЛІГА 22/23. ПРОЕКТ НОВОГО СЕЗОНУ: 12 КОМАНД, 22 ТУРИ, 132 МАТЧІ. womensfootball.com.ua. 16 July 2022
  3. ^ ВОЛОДИМИР ЄФІМАКО – ГОЛОВНИЙ ТРЕНЕР ЖФК КРИВБАС. womensfootball.com.ua. 22 August 2022
  4. ^ НК ВЕРЕС: ПРЕДСТАВЛЕННЯ НОВОГО ТРЕНЕРА ТА АНОНС СТАРТУ ВІД КАПІТАНА. womensfootball.com.ua. 8 September 2022
  5. ^ a b c "ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМАГАНЬ З ФУТБОЛУ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ СЕЗОНУ 2021-2022 РОКІВ" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  6. ^ "ВИЩА ЛІГА 2022/2023. ТУРНІРНА ТАБЛИЦЯ + БОМБАРДИРИ ЛІГИ". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  7. ^ МОЛОДІЖНА КОМАНДА «ЖИТЛОБУДУ-1» ЗІГРАЄ НА ТУРНІРІ В ІТАЛІЇ. womensfootball.com.ua. 8 May 2022
  8. ^ МОЛОДІЖНА КОМАНДА «ЖИТЛОБУДУ-1»: ЗУСТРІЧ З ФІФА ТА МАТЧ ЗІ ЗБІРНОЮ ЛІХТЕНШТЕЙНУ. womensfootball.com.ua. 2 July 2022
  9. ^ Abschied Von Urs Und A+-Juniorinnen Gegen Ukraine. www.scwipkingen.ch.
  10. ^ 18.06.2023 12:00 - Game number: 194011. matchcenter.fvrz.ch
  11. ^ ПІДСУМКИ ВИСТУПІВ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ФУТБОЛІСТОК У ЧЕМПІОНАТІ ШВЕЙЦАРІЇ. womensfootball.com.ua. 20 June 2023

External links edit

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