2017–18 Vyshcha Liha (women)

The 2017–18 season of the Ukrainian Championship Higher League is the 27th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. The season has shifted from spring-fall season to fall-spring. It ran from 18 August 2017 to 27 May 2018.[1]

Ukrainian Women's League
Season2017–18
ChampionsZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
RelegatedAteks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv
Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv (withdrew)
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
2017

Teams edit

 
 
Ladomyr
 
Zlahoda
 
Pantery
Locations of teams in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes edit

Promoted from 2017 to 2018 Persha Liha Relegated from 2017 to 2018 Vyshcha Liha
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi none

Stadiums edit

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+[2]
Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Vyshneve
Kyiv
Munitsypalnyi Stadion
Stadion of the School 231
KNUTE Stadion
Pantery Uman Stadion Umanfermmash
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 Dnipro Stadion Trudovi Rezervy
Molodizhnyi Stadion
Rodyna Mlyniv
Kostopil
Stadion Kolos
Stadion Kolos
Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv Stadion Tekstylschyk[3] 3,000
Zhytlobud-1 Liubotyn Stadion Olimpiyets
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Sonyachny Stadium 4,924

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 18 17 1 0 110 4 +106 52 Qualification to Champions League
2 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 18 16 1 1 104 5 +99 49
3 Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv 18 11 2 5 51 26 +25 35 Merged
4 Iatran Berestivets 18 10 4 4 31 20 +11 34
5 Iednist Plysky 18 6 3 9 21 32 −11 21
6 Pantery Uman 18 6 2 10 37 44 −7 20
7 Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 18 5 4 9 15 55 −40 19
8 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 18 5 3 10 28 49 −21 18
9 Rodyna Kostopil 18 1 5 12 10 55 −45 8
10 Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv 18 0 1 17 6 123 −117 −2 Merged
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.[4]

Results edit

Home \ Away ATK IAT IED LAD LCH PAN ROD ZH1 ZH2 ZD1
Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv 2–5 0–4 0–9 0–5 1–2 0–0 0–10 0–22 1–3
Iatran Berestivets 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1
Iednist Plysky 4–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–3 3–0
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 4–0 1–4 1–0 1–2 2–5 2–0 0–3 0–5 0–2
Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv 17–0 0–0 2–0 4–2 5–2 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–0
Pantery Uman 9–0 1–2 1–1 5–1 1–4 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–2
Rodyna Kostopil 4–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–10 0–7 1–1
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 15–0 6–0 5–0 7–0 4–0 9–0 11–0 0–0 11–0
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv +:- 4–0 8–0 8–0 7–0 7–0 8–0 1–3 8–0
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–5 2–1 0–7 0–6
Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers edit

As of 27 May 2018[5]
Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1   Olha Ovdiychuk Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 28 (3)
2   Yana Kalinina Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 27
3   Anna Voronina Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 23
4   Maria Mykhailiuk Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv 18
5   Oksana Bilokur Pantery Uman 15
6   Veronika Andrukhiv Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 11
7   Olena Lymar Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv 10
  Tayisia Nesterenko Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 10
  Yulia Shevchuk Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 10
  Daryna Apanashchenko Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 10 (1)

Persha Liha edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk 6 4 1 1 19 5 +14 13 Qualified to Persha Liha play-offs
2 Kolos-Mriya 6 4 1 1 18 5 +13 13
3 Polissia Zhytomyr 6 2 0 4 7 15 −8 3
4 Ateks-Obolon Kyiv 6 1 0 5 3 22 −19 3
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.[4]

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Voskhod Velyka Bahachka 6 5 0 1 33 9 +24 15 Qualified to Persha Liha play-offs
2 VO DYuSSh Vinnytsia 6 4 1 1 25 8 +17 13
3 Orion-Avto Mykolaiv 6 1 2 3 10 13 −3 2
4 Bahira Kropyvnytskyi 6 0 1 5 5 43 −38 1
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.[4]

Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mariupolchanka Mariupol 4 4 0 0 29 2 +27 12 Qualified to Persha Liha play-offs
2 SumDU-Barsa Sumy 4 1 0 3 9 14 −5 3
3 Luhanochka-Spartak 4 1 0 3 4 26 −22 3
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.[4]

Play-offs edit

Semifinals edit

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Iantarochka 2 – 1 Kolos
Voskhod 3 – 2 Mariupolchanka

Voskhod Velyka Bahachka and Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk gained promotion to the Ukrainian Women's League. Later Iantarochka yielded its place to WFC Lviv.

Third place edit

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kolos 0 – 8 Mariupolchanka

Final edit

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Iantarochka 0 – 3 Voskhod

Voskhod Velyka Bahachka was crown as the champions of the 2017–18 Persha Liha.

References edit

  1. ^ "Календарь. 2017/18. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая Лига" [Calendar of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Championship Higher League]. wfpl.com.ua (in Russian). Ukrainian Women's League. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Возвращение «Легенды». В Чернигове стартовал новый сезон украинского футбола. ФОТОрепортаж. Vysokyi Val. 22 April 2017
  4. ^ a b c d "Турнирная таблица 2019/20. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая лига" (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  5. ^ Чемпіонат України. Вища Ліга. 2017/2018 - Турнірна таблиця. womensfootball.ua
  6. ^ "Чемпіонат України. Вища Ліга. 2017/2018 - Турнірна таблиця". womensfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 26 February 2020.

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