2024–25 Ukrainian Women's Top League
Season | 2024–25 |
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Champions | Vorskla Poltava |
Relegated | SC Dnipro-1 (withdrew) |
UEFA Women's Champions League | Vorskla Poltava Metalist 1925 Kharkiv |
Europa Cup | Kolos Kovalivka |
Top goalscorer | Yuliya Stets (Polissya) Yelyzaveta Molodyuk (Metalist 1925) 18 goals |
← 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
[edit]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
[edit]Team changes
[edit]Promoted | Relegated |
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Seasters Odesa Obolon Kyiv Polissia Zhytomyr |
Mariupol Veres Rivne Dynamo Kyiv (withdrew) Dnipro-1 (withdrew) |
Other changes
[edit]- SC Dnipro-1 folded right before the start of the season.
- FC Dynamo Kyiv dissolved its women's team once again and instead signed a cooperation agreement with WFC Ladomyr Volodymyr.[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 |
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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
[edit]Club | Head coach | Replaced coach |
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Ladomyr Volodymyr | ![]() |
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Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | ![]() |
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Vorskla Poltava | ![]() |
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Polissia Zhytomyr | ![]() |
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Obolon Kyiv | ![]() |
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EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia | ![]() |
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Seasters Odesa | ![]() |
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Pantery Uman | ![]() |
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Kolos Kovalivka | ![]() |
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Shakhtar Donetsk | ![]() |
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Dnipro-1 | ||
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | ![]() |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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Vorskla Poltava | ![]() |
11 January 2025[3] | 1st | ![]() |
11 January 2025[3] |
Vyshcha Liha First Stage
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
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:
Results
[edit]Results by week
[edit]W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Championship round
[edit]Championship round table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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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 |
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
[edit]Relegation round
[edit]Relegation round table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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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 | 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 |
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
[edit]Relegation play-offs
[edit]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
[edit]
Top scorers[edit]As of 6 May 2025[update]
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Clean sheets[edit]As of 6 May 2025[update]
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Persha Liha
[edit]Group A
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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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 |
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
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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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 |
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
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]15 May 2025 | Mynai | 3–2 | Mariupol | Busk, Lviv Oblast |
12:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Busk DYuSSh Referee: Nataliya Mamchur |
15 May 2025 | Yunist Chernihiv | 0–1 | Pohoryna Kostopil | Busk, Lviv Oblast |
15:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Busk DYuSSh Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk |
Third place
[edit]17 May 2025 | Mariupol | 2–0 | Yunist Chernihiv | Busk, Lviv Oblast |
11:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Busk DYuSSh Referee: Nataliya Mamchur |
First place
[edit]17 May 2025 | Mynai | 1–2 | Pohoryna Kostopil | Busk, Lviv Oblast |
14:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Busk DYuSSh Referee: Kristina Kozoroh |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Динамо" розформувало жіночу команду перед стартом сезону у Вищій лізі з футболу. suspilne.media. 5 July 2024
- ^ a b "Ія Андрущак – нова головна тренерка жіночої «Ворскли»" (in Ukrainian). sport.pl.ua. 11 January 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ^ 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 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.
- ^ Рішення КДК УАФ щодо технічної поразки ФК «Колос» (Ковалівка). womensfootball.com.ua. 3 May 2025
- ^ Перехідні матчі 2025: інформація для команд Вищої та Першої ліг. womensfootball.com.ua. 16 May 2025
- ^ "Вища ліга 2024-2025". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 6 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "Most Clean Sheets". womensfootball.com.ua. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- WFPL.ua
- Women's Football.ua womensfootball.com.ua