| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Vorskla Poltava |
| Relegated | SC Dnipro-1(withdrew) Obolon Kyiv(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 |
2025–26 → | |
The2024–25 season of theUkrainian Football Championship is the 34th season of Ukraine's top women'sfootball league. Consisting of two tiers it started on 6 August 2024 with the game inKyiv between Podillia Vinnytsia and Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.[1]
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 the worst teams of the Higher League (1st tier).
| Promoted | Relegated |
|---|---|
| Seasters Odesa Obolon Kyiv Polissia Zhytomyr | Mariupol Veres Rivne Dynamo Kyiv(withdrew) Dnipro-1(withdrew) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Club | Head coach | Replaced coach |
|---|---|---|
| Ladomyr Volodymyr | ||
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | ||
| Vorskla Poltava | ||
| Polissia Zhytomyr | ||
| Obolon Kyiv | ||
| EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia | ||
| Seasters Odesa | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vorskla Poltava | 11 January 2025[3] | 1st | 11 January 2025[3] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Withdrew |
| 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 | 5–0 | 10–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | ||||||
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | dnp | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Ladomyr Volodymyr | dnp | 0–2 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 0–1 | |||||||
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | dnp | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |||||||
| Obolon Kyiv | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | |||||||
| Pantery Uman | dnp | 0–9 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–6 | ||||||
| EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–9 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | ||||||
| Polissia Zhytomyr | 3–4 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–7 | |||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | ||||||
| Seasters Odesa | dnp | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | ||||||
| Vorskla Poltava | 1–0 | 9–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolos Kovalivka | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W |
| Ladomyr Volodymyr | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D |
| Obolon Kyiv | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D |
| Pantery Uman | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Polissia Zhytomyr | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D |
| Seasters Odesa | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D |
| Vorskla Poltava | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vorskla Poltava(C) | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 2 | +61 | 52 | Qualification forChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 7 | +55 | 49 | Qualification forChampions League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Kolos Kovalivka | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 55 | 13 | +42 | 43 | Qualification forEuropa 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 |
| Home \ Away | KOL | LAD | MET | SHA | STR | VOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolos Kovalivka | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Ladomyr Volodymyr | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–0[a] | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Seasters Odesa | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
| Vorskla Poltava | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Withdrew after the season |
| 11 | EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 69 | −56 | 7 |
| Home \ Away | KRY | OBL | PAN | POD | PZH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | |
| Obolon Kyiv | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Pantery Uman | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–7 | |
| Polissia Zhytomyr | 5–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 8–1 |
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]
Top scorers[edit]As of 6 May 2025[update]
| Clean sheets[edit]As of 6 May 2025[update]
|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 15 May 2025 | Mynai | 3–2 | Mariupol | Busk, Lviv Oblast |
| 12:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Busk DYuSSh Referee: Nataliya Mamchur |
| 15 May 2025 | Yunist Chernihiv | 0–1 | Pohoryna Kostopil | Busk, Lviv Oblast |
| 15:00 | Report |
| Stadium:Busk DYuSSh Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk |
| 17 May 2025 | Mariupol | 2–0 | Yunist Chernihiv | Busk, Lviv Oblast |
| 11:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Busk DYuSSh Referee: Nataliya Mamchur |
| 17 May 2025 | Mynai | 1–2 | Pohoryna Kostopil | Busk, Lviv Oblast |
| 14:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Busk DYuSSh Referee: Kristina Kozoroh |