2024–25 Ukrainian Women's League

Ukrainian Women's League
Season	2024–25
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season of the Ukrainian Football Championship is the 34th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. Consisting of two tiers it started on 6 August 2024 with the game in Kyiv between Podillia Vinnytsia and Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.^[1]

Format

The format of competitions for the season was preserved from the last season. The Higher (Vyshcha) League kept the 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 one with 7 and the other with 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

Sisters

Pantery

Shakhtar

Polissia

Kryvbas

Obolon

Kolos

Metalist 1925

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Locations of teams in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes

Promoted	Relegated
Sisters Odesa Obolon Kyiv Polissia Zhytomyr	Mariupol Veres Rivne Dynamo Kyiv (withdrew) Dnipro-1 (withdrew)

Other changes

SC Dnipro-1 folded right before the start of the season.

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
Dnipro-1	Dnipro	Dnipro Training Base	N/A
Kolos	Kovalivka	Kolos	5,000
Kryvbas	Kryvyi Rih	Hirnyk	2,500
Ladomyr	Volodymyr	Olimp	2,000
Obolon	Kyiv	Obolon Arena	5,100
Pantery	Uman	Tsentralny Stadion	7,552
EMS Podillia	Vinnytsia	Tsentralnyi Stadion Stadion Palatsu ditey i yunatstva	24,000 1,500
Polissia	Zhytomyr	Spartak Arena	1,242
Metalist 1925	Kharkiv	Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve)	1,000
Shakhtar	Donetsk	Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve)	1,000
Sisters	Odesa	Chornomorets	34,164
Vorskla	Poltava	Vorskla	24,795

Vyshcha Liha managers

Club	Head coach	Replaced coach
Ladomyr Volodymyr	Oleh Bortnik
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Kostiantyn Frolov
Vorskla Poltava	Volodymyr Yefimako
Polissia Zhytomyr	Mykola Podrannyi
Obolon Kyiv	Iryna Vasylyuk
EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia	Oleksandr Dudnik
Sisters Odesa	Yevhen Dodurych
Pantery Uman	Yuriy Derenyuk
Kolos Kovalivka	Lyudmyla Pokotylo
Shakhtar Donetsk	Roman Zayev
Dnipro-1
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	Kolos Kovalivka (Q)	8	7	0	1	32	3	+29	21	Qualification for the Championship Group
2	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (Q)	8	6	1	1	28	3	+25	19
3	Vorskla Poltava (Q)	7	6	1	0	25	0	+25	19
4	Sisters Odesa (Q)	8	6	0	2	19	4	+15	18
5	Shakhtar Donetsk	8	4	1	3	14	11	+3	13
6	Ladomyr Volodymyr	8	3	2	3	16	13	+3	11
7	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (Q)	9	2	1	6	11	20	−9	7	Qualification for the Relegation Group
8	Pantery Uman	7	2	0	5	6	31	−25	6
9	EMS Podillia Vinnytsia	7	2	0	5	4	29	−25	6
10	Polissia Zhytomyr (Q)	8	1	1	6	9	28	−19	4
11	Obolon Kyiv (Q)	8	0	1	7	5	27	−22	1
12	Dnipro-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 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.^[2]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away	DNI	KOL	KRY	LAD	M25	OBL	PAN	POD	PZH	SHA	STR	VOR
Dnipro-1						dnp		dnp	dnp	dnp		dnp
Kolos Kovalivka	dnp		3–0					10–0	4–1	3–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	dnp			1–1	1–2	3–0			1–2
Ladomyr Volodymyr	dnp				0–3		6–1				0–1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	dnp	1–2				5–0	3–0
Obolon Kyiv				1–3				2–3	1–1			0–5
Pantery Uman	dnp	0–9				3–0			2–1		0–6
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia			0–4	1–0	0–9					0–1
Polissia Zhytomyr				3–4	0–5					1–4		0–7
Shakhtar Donetsk			1–0	2–2			6–0				0–3	0–2
Sisters Odesa	dnp	0–1	2–1			4–1		3–0
Vorskla Poltava		1–0	9–0		0–0						1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2024. Source: womensfootball.com.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by week

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Team ╲ Round
Kolos Kovalivka	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W
Ladomyr Volodymyr	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L
Obolon Kyiv	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L
Pantery Uman	W	L	W	L	L	L	L
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia	L	W	W	L	L	L	L
Polissia Zhytomyr	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L
Shakhtar Donetsk	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W
Sisters Odesa	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W
Vorskla Poltava	W	W	W	W	W	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2024. Source: womensfootball.com.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 August 2024^[update]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]

Relegation play-offs

Persha Liha

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Mynai	4	4	0	0	17	0	+17	12	Qualification to playoffs
2	Ladomyr-2 Volodymyr	5	3	0	2	9	11	−2	9	Qualification to playoffs
3	Nadbuzhia Busk	4	2	1	1	9	2	+7	7
4	Pohoryna Kostopil	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
5	DIuSSh-1 Khmelnytskyi	5	1	2	2	3	7	−4	5
6	Prykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Iv.Frankivsk	4	1	0	3	2	10	−8	3
7	Rukh Lviv	4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 2024. 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.^[2]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yunist Chernihiv	4	4	0	11	1	+10	12	Qualification to play-offs
2	Ateks Kyiv	4	3	1	11	7	+4	9^[a]	Qualification to play-offs
3	Mariupol	4	3	1	11	5	+6	9^[a]
4	Podil Kyiv	4	3	1	10	4	+6	9^[a]
5	Polissia-2 Zhytomyr	5	2	3	8	8	0	6
6	Zhaivir Shpola	4	1	3	1	7	−6	3^[b]
7	Lider Kobeliaky	4	1	3	7	9	−2	3^[b]
8	Panchokha Novyi Zavod	5	0	5	3	21	−18	0

Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 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.^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points (goal difference): Ateks 3 (+1), Mariupol 3 (0), Podil 0 (-1)
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Zhaivir 3, Lider 0

Play-offs

References

^ "Вища ліга 24/25. Статистика команд та гравців перед стартом сезону" [Higher League 24/25. The statistics of teams and players before the season's start]. womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). All-Ukrainian Association of Women Football. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "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.

External links

WFPL.ua
Women's Football.ua womensfootball.com.ua

[table_hth_MAR0.07942662438351-4] Head-to-head points (goal difference): Ateks 3 (+1), Mariupol 3 (0), Podil 0 (-1)

[table_hth_ZHV0.07942662438351-5] Head-to-head points: Zhaivir 3, Lider 0

[1] "Вища ліга 24/25. Статистика команд та гравців перед стартом сезону" [Higher League 24/25. The statistics of teams and players before the season's start]. womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). All-Ukrainian Association of Women Football. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

[reglament-2] "ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМАГАНЬ З ФУТБОЛУ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ СЕЗОНУ 2021-2022 РОКІВ" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.

[3] "ВИЩА ЛІГА 2023/2024. ТУРНІРНА ТАБЛИЦЯ + БОМБАРДИРИ ЛІГИ". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

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