2018–19 Vyshcha Liha (women)

The 2018–19 season of the Ukrainian Championship Higher League is the 28th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. It runs from 3 August 2018 to 1 June 2019.[1]

Ukrainian Women's League
Season2018-19
ChampionsZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
RelegatedWFC Lviv (withdrew)
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 (withdrew)
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv

Teams

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Voskhod
 
Ladomyr
 
Lviv
 
Zlahoda
 
Pantery
Locations of teams in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes

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Promoted Relegated
Voskhod Stara Maiachka
WFC Lviv[a]
Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv (merged)
Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv

Name changes

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  • Iednist-ShVSM Plysky was known last season as Iednist Plysky (merged with Lehenda-ShVSM)

Stadiums

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Team Home city Home ground Capacity
Iatran Uman Raion Tsentralnyi Raionyi Stadion 1,600
Iednist Plysky Iednist Stadion 1,500
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi Olimp Stadion 2,000+[4]
Lviv Novoiavorivsk Stadion imeni Rusyna
Pantery Uman Stadion Umanfermmash
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 Dnipro Molodizhnyi Stadion
Rodyna Berezne Stadion Kolos 3,000
Voskhod Beryslav Stadion Mashynobudivnyk
Zhytlobud-1 Liubotyn Stadion Olimpiyets
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Sonyachny Stadium 4,924

Vyshcha Liha

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (C, Q) 18 18 0 0 110 1 +109 54 Qualification to Champions League
2 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 18 16 0 2 115 6 +109 48
3 Voskhod Stara Maiachka 18 10 2 6 31 31 0 32
4 WFC Lviv 18 9 2 7 39 38 +1 29 Withdrew after the season
5 Iednist Plysky 18 9 2 7 39 35 +4 29
6 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 18 7 1 10 24 45 −21 22
7 Iatran Berestivets 18 4 5 9 16 25 −9 17
8 Rodyna Kostopil 18 4 2 12 14 59 −45 14
9 Pantery Uman 18 3 1 14 14 83 −69 10
10 Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 (O) 18 2 1 15 18 97 −79 7 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: WFPL.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; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
  1. ^ Lviv was admitted to the league without fielding a team in previous season (replaced Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk[2][3]).

Results

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Home \ Away IAT IED LAD LVI PAN ZD1 ROD VSM ZH1 ZH2
Iatran Berestivets 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–5
Iednist Plysky 0–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–7
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–6
WFC Lviv 1–0 4–2 2–0 7–1 1–2 2–0 5–1 0–6 2–5
Pantery Uman 0–5 0–3 1–0 0–6 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–12 0–7
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 0–4 0–8 4–1 2–3 3–6 0–6 -:+ 0–15 -:+
Rodyna Kostopil 0–2 0–5 0–3 0–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–7 0–9
Voskhod Stara Maiachka 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 8–0 2–0 0–4 0–4
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 3–0 7–0 11–0 7–0 8–0 8–0 11–0 3–0 1–0
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 5–0 5–0 4–1 7–0 13–0 19–0 7–0 9–0 0–1
Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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As of 1 June 2019[6]
Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1   Olha Ovdiychuk Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 30 (3)
2   Yana Kalinina Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 22
3   Tetiana Poliukhovych Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 20 (7)
4   Yana Malakhova Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 19
5   Veronika Andrukhiv Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 18
6   Daryna Apanashchenko Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 17 (1)
7   Yulia Shevchuk Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 13
8   Hanna Mozolska Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 11
9   Alina Skydan Iednist Plysky 10 (2)
  Yulia Stets Voskhod Stara Maiachka 10 (2)

Relegation play-offs

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The drawing for relegation playoff took place on 13 June 2019.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SC Vyshneve w/o[9] Zlahoda-Dnipro-1

Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 won on walkover and has preserved its berth in the Ukrainian Women's League. SC Vyshneve withdrew from league competitions. Later SC Dnipro-1 informed the Ukrainian Association of Football that it will not field its female team next season.[10]

Persha Liha

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 VO DYuSSH Vinnytsia 10 8 0 2 33 8 +25 24 Qualified to Persha Liha play-offs
2 Karpaty Lviv 10 7 0 3 40 17 +23 21
3 Stanislavchanka-DYuSSh-3 10 6 1 3 21 16 +5 19
4 Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk 10 3 2 5 10 30 −20 11
5 Bukovynska Nadia 10 3 0 7 21 36 −15 9
6 Kolos-Mriya 10 1 1 8 9 27 −18 4
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]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mariupolchanka 8 6 2 0 34 2 +32 20 Qualified to Persha Liha play-offs
2 SC Vyshneve 8 6 1 1 29 5 +24 19
3 Ateks-SDYuShOR-16 8 4 0 4 18 15 +3 9
4 Polissia Zhytomyr[a] 8 1 1 6 7 18 −11 1 Expelled
5 Luhanochka-Spartak 8 1 0 7 4 52 −48 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.[5]
Notes:
  1. ^ Polissia Zhytomyr was expelled from the league for failing to appear for games repeatedly.

Play-offs

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Semifinals

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
VO DYuSSh 4 – 1 Vyshneve
Karpaty 1 – 4 Mariupolchanka

VO DYuSSh Vinnytsia and Mariupolchanka Mariupol gained promotion to the Ukrainian Women's League.

Third place

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Vyshneve 3 – 1 Karpaty

SC Vyshneve qualified for promotion/relegation play-offs.

Final

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
VO DYuSSh 0 – 4 Mariupolchanka

Mariupolchanka Mariupol was crown as the champions of the 2018–19 Persha Liha.

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Календарь. 2018/19. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая Лига" [Calendar of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Championship Higher League]. wfpl.com.ua (in Russian). Ukrainian Women's League. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. ^ ПФК «Львів-Янтарочка» - новий професійний клуб зі Львова Archived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.ua. 19 July 2018
  3. ^ Чемпіонат України. Вища ліга. В сезоні 2018/2019 зіграють 10 команд. womensfootball.ua. 10 July 2018
  4. ^ Volodymyr Krupchuk, Sofia Tkachuk. Provincial stadiums of Ukraine: "Olimp" in the Duchy's capital (Провінційні стадіони України: "Олімп" у столиці князівства). Depo Sector. 26 June 2016
  5. ^ a b c "Турнирная таблица 2019/20. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая лига" (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. ^ Чемпіонат України. Вища Ліга. 2018/2019 - Турнірна таблиця, бомбардири. womensfootball.ua
  7. ^ "Чемпіонат України. Вища Ліга. 2018/2019 - Турнірна таблиця, бомбардири". womensfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  8. ^ Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 and SC Vyshneve will play off transitional games of the championship («Злагода-Дніпро-1» та СК «Вишневе» зіграють перехідні матчі чемпіонату). womensfootball.ua. 13 June 2019
  9. ^ «Злагода-Дніпро-1» зберігає право на участь у Вищій лізі. womensfootball.ua. 15 June 2019
  10. ^ Жіноча команда СК «Дніпро-1» знімається з чемпіонату України Archived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019
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