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]
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
Format
editThe 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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Team changes
edit| Promoted | Relegated |
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| Sisters Odesa Obolon Kyiv Polissia Zhytomyr |
Mariupol Veres Rivne Dynamo Kyiv (withdrew) Dnipro-1 (withdrew) |
Other changes
edit- SC Dnipro-1 folded right before the start of the season.
Vyshcha Liha stadiums
editDue 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 |
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| 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
edit| Club | Head coach | Replaced coach |
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| Ladomyr Volodymyr |  Oleh Bortnik |
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| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Kostiantyn Frolov |
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| Vorskla Poltava | Volodymyr Yefimako |
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| Polissia Zhytomyr | Mykola Podrannyi |
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| Obolon Kyiv | Iryna Vasylyuk |
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| EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia | Oleksandr Dudnik |
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| Sisters Odesa | Yevhen Dodurych |
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| Pantery Uman | Yuriy Derenyuk |
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| Kolos Kovalivka | Lyudmyla Pokotylo |
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| Shakhtar Donetsk | Roman Zayev |
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| Dnipro-1 | ||
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Volodymyr Pyatenko |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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Vyshcha Liha league table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 3 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 2 | Vorskla Poltava | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sisters Odesa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Pantery Uman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Ladomyr Volodymyr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Relegation Group |
| 8 | Polissia Zhytomyr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Obolon Kyiv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
| 10 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |
| 11 | EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |
| 12 | Dnipro-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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]
Results
editResults by week
editW = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Statistics
editRelegation play-offs
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Persha Liha
editGroup A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | DIuSSh-1 Khmelnytskyi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Ladomyr-2 Volodymyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | FC Mynai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Nadbuzhia Busk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Pohoryna Kostopil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Prykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Iv.Frankivsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Rukh Lviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | |
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| 1 | Ateks Kyiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 2 | Lider Kobeliaky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Mariupol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Panchokha Novyi Zavod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Podil Kyiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Polissia-2 Zhytomyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Yunist Chernihiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Zhaivir Shpola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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]
Play-offs
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e "ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМАГАНЬ З ФУТБОЛУ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ СЕЗОНУ 2021-2022 РОКІВ" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "ВИЩА ЛІГА 2023/2024. ТУРНІРНА ТАБЛИЦЯ + БОМБАРДИРИ ЛІГИ". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
External links
edit- WFPL.ua
- Women's Football.ua womensfootball.com.ua