| Season | 2023–24 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Vorskla Poltava |
| Relegated | WFC Mariupol Veres Rivne SC Dnipro-1(withdrew) Dynamo Kyiv(withdrew) |
| UEFA Women's Champions League | Vorskla Poltava Kolos Kovalivka |
2024–25 → | |
The2023–24 season of theUkrainian Football Championship was the 33rd season of Ukraine's top women'sfootball league. Consisting of two tiers it started on 5 August 2023.[1]
Due to theRussian invasion of Ukraine, several teams are not able to resume competitions.
The format of competitions for the season changed again. The Higher (Vyshcha) League returned to 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 of 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 the worse teams of the Higher League (1st tier).
| Promoted | Relegated |
|---|---|
| Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv(returns) | Ateks Kyiv |
In July of 2022, the women football department of theUkrainian Association of Football decided to preserve place in the Vyshcha Liha for the next season (2023–24) for the main squads of Zhytlobud-1 and Voskhod "due to the difficult situation in their regions related to theRussian aggression against Ukraine".[2]
Due to ongoingRussian aggression against Ukraine, many teams played their games inKyiv 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 suburbsShchaslyve andHnidyn.
| Team | Home city | Home ground | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamo | Kyiv | Dynamo Training Center (Koncha-Zaspa) | 1,200 |
| Mariupol | Mariupol | Temp (Kyiv) | 2,400 |
| Dnipro-1 | Dnipro | Dnipro Training Case | N/A |
| Shakhtar | Donetsk | Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve) | 1,000 |
| Metalist 1925 | Kharkiv | ||
| Kryvbas | Kryvyi Rih | Hirnyk | 2,500 |
| Kolos | Kovalivka Kalynivka | Kolos Tsentralnyi Stadion | 5,000 N/A |
| Pantery | Uman | Tsentralny Stadion | 7,552 |
| EMS Podillia | Vinnytsia | Tsentralnyi Stadion Stadion Palatsu ditey i yunatstva | 24,000 1,500 |
| Veres | Kostopil Mlyniv | Kolos Kolos | 2,500 850 |
| Ladomyr | Volodymyr | Olimp | 2,000 |
| Vorskla | Poltava | Vorskla | 24,795 |
| Club | Head coach | Replaced coach |
|---|---|---|
| Ladomyr Volodymyr | ||
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | ||
| Vorskla Poltava | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| Veres Rivne | ||
| EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia | ||
| Mariupol | ||
| Pantery Uman | ||
| Kolos Kovalivka | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Dnipro-1 | ||
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 2 | Vorskla Poltava | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 3 | +60 | 28 | |
| 3 | Kolos Kovalivka | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 25 | |
| 4 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 20 | |
| 5 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 19 | |
| 6 | Ladomyr Volodymyr | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 18 | |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 13 | Qualification for the Relegation Group |
| 8 | Dynamo Kyiv | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 12 | |
| 9 | EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 38 | −23 | 11 | |
| 10 | Veres Rivne | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 38 | −21 | 6 | |
| 11 | Pantery Uman | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 42 | −29 | 4 | |
| 12 | Mariupol | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 52 | −47 | 2 |
| Home \ Away | DNI | LAD | MAR | KOL | PAN | POD | SHA | DYN | VOR | ZTL | KRY | VER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dnipro-1 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | ||||||
| Ladomyr Volodymyr | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Mariupol | 0–5[a] | 2–3 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 0–6 | |||||||
| Kolos Kovalivka | 8–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Pantery Uman | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0–5[b] | 0–3 | 1–2 | |||||||
| EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 5–3 | ||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–0 | 8–0 | 7–0 | 2–3 | 7–2 | |||||||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2[c] | 1–0 | |||||||
| Vorskla Poltava | 8–0 | 2–0 | 12–1 | 0–1[d] | 10–0 | |||||||
| Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–8 | |||||||
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0[e] | 4–1[f] | ||||||
| Veres Rivne | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–9 | 0–6 | 1–2 |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dnipro-1 | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L |
| Dynamo Kyiv | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | L |
| Kolos Kovalivka | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Ladomyr Volodymyr | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | D |
| Mariupol | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Pantery Uman | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L |
| EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D |
| Veres Rivne | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Vorskla Poltava | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | W |
Top scorers[edit]As of 10 November 2023[update] |
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As of 18 November 2023[update]
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | MP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 6 | 540 | |
| 2 | Vorskla Poltava | 4 | 343 | |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 4 | 331 | ||
| Kolos Kovalivka | 4 | 287 | ||
| 5 | 2 players | 3 | <=270 | |
| 7 | 5 players | 2 | <=180 | |
| 13 | 9 players | 1 | <=90 | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vorskla Poltava(C) | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 5 | +89 | 54 | Qualification forChampions League second round |
| 2 | Kolos Kovalivka | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 43 | Qualification forChampions League first round |
| 3 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 41[a] | |
| 4 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 41[a] | |
| 5 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 26 | |
| 6 | Ladomyr Volodymyr | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 21 |
| Home \ Away | KOL | KRY | LAD | SHA | VOR | MET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolos Kovalivka | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
| Ladomyr Volodymyr | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–7 | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Vorskla Poltava | 6–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 36 | Withdrew after the season |
| 8 | Dynamo Kyiv | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 34 | |
| 9 | EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 31 | |
| 10 | Pantery Uman(O) | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 17 | Qualification torelegation play-offs[6] |
| 11 | Veres Rivne(R) | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 61 | −40 | 9 | |
| 12 | Mariupol(R) | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 83 | −73 | 6 | Relegation to Persha Liha |
| Home \ Away | DNI | DYN | MAR | PAN | POD | VER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dnipro-1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–3 | 8–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | |
| Mariupol | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | |
| Pantery Uman | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | |
| EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Veres Rivne | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Pantery Uman | 7 – 0 | FC Mynai | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Veres Rivne | 2 – 3 | Obolon Kyiv | 1–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Pantery Uman | 3–0 | FC Mynai |
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| FC Mynai | 0–4 | Pantery Uman |
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| Veres Rivne | 1–1 | Obolon Kyiv |
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| Obolon Kyiv | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Veres Rivne |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Mynai(C) | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 3 | +58 | 39 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Polissia Zhytomyr(P) | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 10 | +59 | 31[a] | |
| 3 | Prykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Iv.Frankivsk | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 31[a] | |
| 4 | Ladomyr-2 Volodymyr | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 23 | |
| 5 | Nadbuzhia Busk | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 15 | |
| 6 | Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 40 | −31 | 11 | Withdrew after the season |
| 7 | Rukh Lviv | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 10 | |
| 8 | DIuSSh-1 Khmelnytskyi | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 75 | −69 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sisters Odesa(C, P) | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 3 | +121 | 40 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 2 | Obolon Kyiv(P) | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 11 | +41 | 37 | |
| 3 | Yunist Chernihiv | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 25 | |
| 4 | Lider Kobeliaky | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 22 | |
| 5 | Ateks Kyiv | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 18 | |
| 6 | Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 10 | Withdrew |
| 7 | Zhaivir Shpola | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 71 | −66 | 7 | |
| 8 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 97 | −92 | 4 | Withdrew after the season |
| 21 May 2024 | Mynai | 1–2 | Obolon Kyiv | Bannikov Stadium |
| 11:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Kyiv Referee: Lyudmyla Telbukh |
| 21 May 2024 | Sisters Odesa | 4–1 | Polissia Zhytomyr | Bannikov Stadium |
| 15:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Kyiv Referee: Sofiya Prychyna |
| 23 May 2024 | Mynai | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Polissia Zhytomyr | Bannikov Stadium |
| 11:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Kyiv Referee: Kristina Kozoroh |
| 23 May 2024 | Obolon Kyiv | 0–2 | Sisters Odesa | Bannikov Stadium |
| 15:00 | Report |
| Stadium:Kyiv Referee: Lyudmyla Telbukh |