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2024–25 Ukrainian Women's Top League

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Ukrainian Women's Top League
Season2024–25
ChampionsVorskla Poltava
RelegatedSC Dnipro-1 (withdrew)
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueVorskla Poltava
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Europa CupKolos Kovalivka
Top goalscorerYuliya Stets (Polissya)
Yelyzaveta Molodyuk (Metalist 1925)
18 goals

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

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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

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2024–25 Ukrainian Women's Top League is located in Ukraine
Dnipro-1
Dnipro-1
Vorskla
Vorskla
Ladomyr
Ladomyr
EMS Podillia
EMS Podillia
Seasters
Seasters
Pantery
Pantery
Shakhtar
Shakhtar
Polissia
Polissia
Kryvbas
Kryvbas
Obolon
Obolon
Kolos
Kolos
Metalist 1925
Metalist 1925
Locations of teams in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes

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

Other changes

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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
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
Seasters Odesa Chornomorets 34,164
Vorskla Poltava Vorskla 24,795

Vyshcha Liha managers

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Club Head coach Replaced coach
Ladomyr Volodymyr Ukraine Oleh Bortnik
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Kostiantyn Frolov
Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Iya Andrushchak Ukraine Volodymyr Yefimako
Polissia Zhytomyr Ukraine Mykola Podrannyi
Obolon Kyiv Ukraine Tetyana Verezubova Ukraine Iryna Vasylyuk
EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia Ukraine Oleksandr Dudnik
Seasters Odesa Ukraine Yevhen Dodurych
Pantery Uman Ukraine Yuriy Derenyuk
Kolos Kovalivka Ukraine Lyudmyla Pokotylo
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine Roman Zayev
Dnipro-1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Ukraine Volodymyr Pyatenko
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Volodymyr Yefimako 11 January 2025[3] 1st Ukraine Iya Andrushchak 11 January 2025[3]

Vyshcha Liha First Stage

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vorskla Poltava 10 9 1 0 41 0 +41 28 Qualification for the Championship Group
2 Kolos Kovalivka 10 9 0 1 39 3 +36 27
3 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 10 7 2 1 34 6 +28 23
4 Seasters Odesa 10 7 1 2 24 8 +16 22
5 Shakhtar Donetsk 10 4 2 4 16 16 0 14
6 Ladomyr Volodymyr 10 3 2 5 16 19 −3 11
7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10 3 1 6 12 20 −8 10 Qualification for the Relegation Group
8 Pantery Uman 10 2 1 7 7 40 −33 7[a]
9 Polissia Zhytomyr 10 2 1 7 15 32 −17 7[a]
10 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 10 2 1 7 6 39 −33 7[a]
11 Obolon Kyiv 10 0 2 8 6 33 −27 2
12 Dnipro-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.[4]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Pantery 4, Polissia 3, EMS-Podillia 1

Results

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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 5–0 10–0 4–1 3–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih dnp 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–2
Ladomyr Volodymyr dnp 0–2 0–3 6–1 0–1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv dnp 1–2 5–0 3–0 2–2
Obolon Kyiv 1–3 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–5
Pantery Uman dnp 0–9 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–6
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 0–4 1–0 0–9 1–1 0–1 0–5
Polissia Zhytomyr 3–4 0–5 4–1 1–4 0–7
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 2–2 1–4 6–0 0–3 0–2
Seasters Odesa dnp 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–2
Vorskla Poltava 1–0 9–0 4–0 0–0 7–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: womensfootball.com.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by week

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Team ╲ Round12345678910
Kolos KovalivkaLWWWWWWWWW
Kryvbas Kryvyi RihLLLLLWLDWW
Ladomyr VolodymyrDLLWWLWDLL
Metalist 1925 KharkivWWWWWWDLWD
Obolon KyivLLLDLLLLLD
Pantery UmanWLWLLLLDLL
EMS Podillia VinnytsiaLWWLLLLDLL
Polissia ZhytomyrLWLDLLLLLW
Shakhtar DonetskDLLWLWWWLD
Seasters OdesaWWLLWWWWWD
Vorskla PoltavaWWWWWDWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: womensfootball.com.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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) 20 16 4 0 63 2 +61 52 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 20 15 4 1 62 7 +55 49 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
3 Kolos Kovalivka 20 14 1 5 55 13 +42 43 Qualification for Europa Cup first qualifying round
4 Seasters Odesa 20 10 1 9 35 26 +9 31
5 Shakhtar Donetsk 20 7 3 10 25 36 −11 24
6 Ladomyr Volodymyr 20 3 3 14 17 55 −38 12
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.[4]
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away KOL LAD MET SHA STR VOR
Kolos Kovalivka 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–1
Ladomyr Volodymyr 0–5 0–5 1–1 0–4 0–4
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 2–0 6–0 4–0 3–1 0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0[a] 2–0 0–4 1–0 1–3
Seasters Odesa 0–4 3–0 0–2 3–1 0–1
Vorskla Poltava 2–0 5–0 0–0 2–0 4–0
Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Originally ending in 0:0 tie, the match result between Shakhtar Donetsk vs Kolos Kovalivka was later changed to 3:0 win for Shakthar due to Kolos fielding ineligible player, not mentioned in the referee report.[7]

Relegation round

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Relegation round table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 18 10 1 7 39 30 +9 31
8 Polissia Zhytomyr 18 7 2 9 46 45 +1 23
9 Pantery Uman 18 7 1 10 17 57 −40 22
10 Obolon Kyiv 18 2 3 13 11 43 −32 9 Qualification to relegation play-offs[6]
Playoffs canceled
11 EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia 18 2 1 15 13 69 −56 7
12 Dnipro-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
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.[4]

Results

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Home \ Away DNI KRY OBL PAN POD PZH
Dnipro-1
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2–1 5–0 4–2 4–1
Obolon Kyiv 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
Pantery Uman 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–1
EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia 0–5 0–1 1–2 2–7
Polissia Zhytomyr 5–3 3–0 5–0 8–1
Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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The relegation–promotion play-off games were scheduled to take place between the 10th and 11th placed teams in the Relegation group of the Higher League (Vyshcha Liha), with the second and third placed teams of the First League (Persha Liha).

In the First League, the best of two teams from each of the two groups would enter a play-off mini-tournament where the first of each group plays against the second team of the other group. The winners of the two semifinal pairs play each other for the tier's title, which also grants a direct promotion to the Higher League; at the same time, the losing team as runner-up (second place) meets with the 11th-placed team of the Higher League in the promotion-relegation playoff. The two losing teams of the mentioned semifinal pairs also play each other for the tier's third place, and the winner of it enters the second playoff matchup with the 10th-placed team of the Higher League in the promotion-relegation playoff.

On 16 May 2025, the UAF Women's Football Committee announced that the playoffs between the First League teams and the Higher League teams will not take place since no teams from the First League (including Mynai, Pohoryna, Yunist, and Mariupol) passed the attestation for the Higher League, and, thus, cannot get promoted.[8]

Statistics

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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 (Q) 12 11 0 1 47 1 +46 33 Qualification to playoffs
2 Pohoryna Kostopil (Q) 12 8 3 1 16 5 +11 27
3 DIuSSh-1 Khmelnytskyi 12 6 2 4 12 12 0 20
4 Nadbuzhia Busk 12 4 3 5 16 20 −4 15
5 Ladomyr-2 Volodymyr 12 5 0 7 15 21 −6 15
6 Prykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Iv.Frankivsk 12 3 2 7 10 19 −9 11
7 Rukh Lviv 12 0 0 12 5 43 −38 0
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.[4]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Yunist Chernihiv (Q) 14 12 1 1 39 7 +32 37 Qualification to play-offs
2 Mariupol (Q) 14 11 0 3 51 16 +35 33
3 Ateks Kyiv 14 9 0 5 30 22 +8 27
4 Lider Kobeliaky 14 6 1 7 41 31 +10 19
5 Podil Kyiv 14 5 3 6 24 20 +4 18
6 Polissia-2 Zhytomyr 14 5 0 9 20 31 −11 15
7 Zhaivir Shpola 14 3 3 8 8 21 −13 12
8 Panchokha Novyi Zavod 14 1 0 13 10 75 −65 3
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.[4]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Play-offs

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Semifinals

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15 May 2025 Mynai 3–2MariupolBusk, Lviv Oblast
12:00
  • Ivasko 47', 90+2'
  • Lespukh 90'
Report
  • Palamarchuk 12', 17'
Stadium: Busk DYuSSh
Referee: Nataliya Mamchur
15 May 2025 Yunist Chernihiv0–1 Pohoryna Kostopil Busk, Lviv Oblast
15:00 Report
  • Shevchuk 18'
Stadium: Busk DYuSSh
Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk

Third place

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17 May 2025 Mariupol 2–0Yunist ChernihivBusk, Lviv Oblast
11:00
  • Tarsukova 47'
  • Palamarchuk Yellow card 26' Yellow-red card 66'
Report
Stadium: Busk DYuSSh
Referee: Nataliya Mamchur

First place

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17 May 2025 Mynai1–2 Pohoryna Kostopil Busk, Lviv Oblast
14:00
  • Lespukh 15'
Report
  • Nadyezhdina 20'
  • Taborovets 75'
Stadium: Busk DYuSSh
Referee: Kristina Kozoroh

See also

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References

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  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.
  2. ^ "Динамо" розформувало жіночу команду перед стартом сезону у Вищій лізі з футболу. suspilne.media. 5 July 2024
  3. ^ a b "Ія Андрущак – нова головна тренерка жіночої «Ворскли»" (in Ukrainian). sport.pl.ua. 11 January 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ (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.
  7. ^ Рішення КДК УАФ щодо технічної поразки ФК «Колос» (Ковалівка). womensfootball.com.ua. 3 May 2025
  8. ^ Перехідні матчі 2025: інформація для команд Вищої та Першої ліг. womensfootball.com.ua. 16 May 2025
  9. ^ "Вища ліга 2024-2025". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 6 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Most Clean Sheets". womensfootball.com.ua. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
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