2019–20 Vyshcha Liha (women)

The 2019–20 season of the Ukrainian Championship Higher League is the 29th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. It runs from 20 July 2019 to 30 May 2020.[1]

Ukrainian Women's League
Season2019–20
ChampionsZhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
RelegatedIednist, Iatran, Rodyna (all withdrew)
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueZhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
Goals scored18 – Yulia Stets (Voskhod)
Biggest home winZhytlobud-1 11–0 Mariupolchanka
Biggest away winRodyna 0–12 Zhytlobud-2
Mariupolchanka 0–12 Zhytlobud-1

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, the spring portion of the competition was suspended. Finally in early July 2020, the UAF Executive Committee approved continuation of the Women's Top Division as per the existing season's regulations and pre-cautionary health security measures that were adopted in Ukraine in late May 2020.[2]

Teams

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Voskhod
 
Ladomyr
 
EMS Podillia
 
Mariupilchanka
 
Pantery
Locations of teams in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes

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Promoted from 2018 to 2019 Persha Liha Relegated from 2018 to 2019 Vyshcha Liha
Mariupilchanka Mariupol
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 (dissolved)[3]
WFC Lviv (dissolved)

Name changes

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  • EMS Podillia Vinnytsia last season was known as Vinnytsia Oblast DYuSSh
  • Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv last season was known as Orion-Avto Mykolaiv
  • Inviktus Kyiv that last season was known as SC Vyshneve changed its name to Kolos Kovalivka
  • Prykarpattia-DYuSSh-3 last season was known as Stanislavchanka-DYuSSh-3
  • Ateks Kyiv last season was known as Ateks-SDYuShOR-16

Stadiums

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Team Home city Home ground Capacity
Iatran Uman Raion Stadion Maximus 352[4]
Iednist Plysky Iednist Stadion 1,500
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi Olimp Stadion 2,000+[5]
Mariupilchanka Mariupol Zakhidnyi Stadion 3,206
Pantery Uman Tsentralny Stadion 7,552
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia Nyva Stadion 3,282
Rodyna Berezne Stadion Kolos 3,000
Voskhod Oleshky Stadion Start
Zhytlobud-1 Vysokyi Training field Vysokyi
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Sonyachny Stadium 4,924

Managers

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Club Head coach Replaced coach
Iednist Plysky   Maksym Rakhayev Oleksandr Babor
Mariupolchanka   Karina Kulakovska
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi   Oleh Bornik
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia   Oleksandr Dudnik
Rodyna Kostopil   Vasyl Mamchur
Pantery Uman   Yuriy Dereniuk
Iatran Berestivets   Volodymyr Peiu
Voskhod Stara Maiachka   Roman Zayev
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv   Serhiy Sapronov Maksym Rakhayev (interim)
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv   Nataliya Zinchenko

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (C) 18 17 0 1 100 5 +95 51 Qualification to Champions League
2 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 18 15 2 1 67 5 +62 47
3 Voskhod Stara Maiachka 18 11 2 5 44 28 +16 35
4 Iatran Berestivets 18 7 4 7 19 34 −15 25 Withdrew after the season
5 Iednist-ShVSM Plysky 18 8 0 10 32 17 +15 24 Withdrew, later relegated[6]
6 Pantery Uman 18 6 3 9 21 57 −36 21
7 Mariupilchanka 18 5 1 12 15 82 −67 16
8 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 18 4 2 12 19 33 −14 14 Withdrew, later returned[7]
9 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 18 2 4 12 15 30 −15 10
10 Rodyna Kostopil 18 0 2 16 4 45 −41 2 Withdrew, later relegated[6]
Source: PFL.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.[8]
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away IAT IED LAD MAR PAN POD ROD VSM ZH1 ZH2
Iatran Berestivets 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 +:- 2–0 0–2 -:+ 0–8
Iednist-ShVSM Plysky 3–1 -:- 4–0 -:+ 3–0 -:- 2–1 0–3 0–8
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi -:+ 0–3 3–1 6–2 -:- 4–1 1–5 -:+ 0–7
Mariupilchanka 1–1 0–11 +:- 1–3 2–3 +:- 2–6 0–12 0–9
Pantery Uman 0–3 1–2 +:- 3–4 4–3 1–1 0–2 0–10 0–7
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 1–1 -:- 2–2 -:+ 1–1 -:- 0–4 1–1 -:+
Rodyna Kostopil -:+ 0–3 0–0 0–2 -:+ 1–3 1–2 -:+ 0–12
Voskhod Stara Maiachka 1–1 +:- 5–1 5–0 6–1 4–1 +:- 1–1 1–8
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 4–0 +:- 6–0 11–0 5–0 +:- 7–0 2–0 2–1
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 5–0 +:- +:- 7–1 6–0 7–0 9–0 4–1 2–0
Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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As of 15 July 2020[9]
Rank Player Club Goals[10]
1   Yulia Stets Voskhod Stara Maiachka 18 (1)
2   Veronika Andrukhiv Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 14
  Yana Kalinina Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 14
4   Nadiia Kunina Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 12
5   Yana Malakhova Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 11
6   Anastasia Skorynina Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 10
7   Viktoria Hirin Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 8
8   Yulia Khrystiuk EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 7
  Tetyana Kitayeva Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 7
  Yulia Shevchuk Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 7
  Nadia Veherych Iednist Plysky 7
  Oksana Bilokur Pantery Uman 7 (1)

Persha Liha

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Karpaty Lviv 4 4 0 0 18 6 +12 12 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha[11]

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2 Bukovynska Nadia 4 1 2 1 8 9 −1 5
3 Kolos-Mriya Makhnivka 4 1 2 1 5 10 −5 5
4 Lviv-Yantarochka 4 1 0 3 4 8 −4 3
5 Prykarpattia-DYuSSh-3 4 0 2 2 5 7 −2 2
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.[8]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv[a] 4 4 0 0 11 0 +11 12 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha

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2 Kolos Kovalivka[b] 4 3 0 1 27 7 +20 9
3 KhPKSP-Zhytlobud-2 4 2 0 2 19 5 +14 6
4 Ateks Kyiv 4 1 0 3 13 13 0 3
5 Luhanochka 4 0 0 4 1 46 −45 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.[8]
Notes:
  1. ^ Upon promotion Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv changed its name to Nika. Previously it was also known as Orion-Avto Mykolaiv.
  2. ^ In 2019 Kolos Kovalivka was called Inviktus and represented Kyiv. Last season it was playing as SC Vyshneve.

References

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  1. ^ "Календарь. 2019/20. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая лига" [Calendar of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Championship Higher League]. wfpl.com.ua (in Russian). Ukrainian Women's League. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. ^ Artur Malkin. Official: the Ukrainian Football Championship among female teams will be renewed (Офіційно: чемпіонат України серед жіночих команд буде поновлений ). Footboom. 2 July 2020
  3. ^ The female team of SC Dnipro-1 has withdrawn from the Ukrainian championship (Жіноча команда СК «Дніпро-1» знімається з чемпіонату України) Archived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football. 17 July 2019
  4. ^ In a village in the Uman region a stadium was opened for three million hryvnias (У селі на Уманщині відкрили стадіон за три мільйони гривень (ФОТО)) Archived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Vikka. 23 August 2018
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ (Вища ліга 19/20: гарячий липень у жіночому футболі!). Womensfootball.com.ua. 5 July 2020
  7. ^ 29-й Чемпіонат України з футболу серед жінок. Вища ліга: матчі липня Archived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019
  8. ^ a b c "Турнирная таблица 2019/20. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая лига" (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  9. ^ Таблица бомбардиров. WFPL.ua
  10. ^ "Goalscorers". WFPL.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  11. ^ a b (Вища ліга 19/20: гарячий липень у жіночому футболі!). Womensfootball.com.ua. 5 July 2020
  12. ^ a b 29-й Чемпіонат України з футболу серед жінок. Вища ліга: матчі липня. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019
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