2024–25 Ukrainian Women's Top League

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]

Ukrainian Women's Top League
Season2024–25

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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Dnipro-1
 
Vorskla
 
Ladomyr
 
EMS Podillia
 
Sisters
 
Pantery
 
Shakhtar
 
Polissia
 
Kryvbas
 
Obolon
 
Kolos
 
Metalist 1925
Locations of teams in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes

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

Other changes

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

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

Vyshcha Liha managers

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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

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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

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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 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

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Team ╲ Round12345678910
Kolos KovalivkaLWWWWWWW
Kryvbas Kryvyi RihLLLLLWLDW
Ladomyr VolodymyrDLLWWLWD
Metalist 1925 KharkivWWWWWWDL
Obolon KyivLLLDLLLL
Pantery UmanWLWLLLL
EMS Podillia VinnytsiaLWWLLLL
Polissia ZhytomyrLWLDLLLL
Shakhtar DonetskDLLWLWWW
Sisters OdesaWWLLWWWW
Vorskla PoltavaWWWWWDW
Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2024. Source: womensfootball.com.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

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Relegation play-offs

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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 4 4 0 0 17 0 +17 12 Qualification to playoffs
2 Ladomyr-2 Volodymyr 5 3 0 2 9 11 −2 9
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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Yunist Chernihiv 4 4 0 0 11 1 +10 12 Qualification to play-offs
2 Ateks Kyiv 4 3 0 1 11 7 +4 9[a]
3 Mariupol 4 3 0 1 11 5 +6 9[a]
4 Podil Kyiv 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9[a]
5 Polissia-2 Zhytomyr 5 2 0 3 8 8 0 6
6 Zhaivir Shpola 4 1 0 3 1 7 −6 3[b]
7 Lider Kobeliaky 4 1 0 3 7 9 −2 3[b]
8 Panchokha Novyi Zavod 5 0 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:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points (goal difference): Ateks 3 (+1), Mariupol 3 (0), Podil 0 (-1)
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Zhaivir 3, Lider 0

Play-offs

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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. ^ a b c d e "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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