2020–21 Vyshcha Liha (women)

The 2020–21 season of the Ukrainian Football Championship is the 30th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. Consisting of two tiers it ran from 28 August 2020 to 29 May 2021.[1]

Ukrainian Women's League
Season2020–21
ChampionsWFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
RelegatedNika Mykolaiv
Bukovynska Nadia
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueWFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv

The format of competitions for the season changed for both tiers. The ten teams play a single round robin and then split into two groups with the first six competing in a double round robin for championship and the other four for relegation. The bottom two teams were to be relegated. The second tier that also consisted of ten teams had all teams playing each other in a straight double round robin. The top two teams were to be promoted.

Vyshcha Liha teams edit

 
 
Voskhod
 
Ladomyr
 
EMS Podillia
 
Mariupol
 
Pantery
 
Bukovynska Nadia
 
Karpaty
 
Nika
Locations of teams in the 2020–21 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes edit

Promoted from 2019–20 Persha Liha Relegated from 2019–20 Vyshcha Liha
Karpaty Lviv
Bukovynska Nadia Velykyi Kuchuriv
Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv
Iatran Berestivets (dissolved)
Rodyna Kostopil
Iednist-ShVSM Plysky (reorganized)

Name changes edit

  • During winter break Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv changed to Nika Mykolaiv.
  • Mariupolchanka Mariupol changed to Mariupol.

Stadiums edit

Team Home city Home ground Capacity
B.Nadia Storozhynets Raion Bukovyna Stadium 12,000
Karpaty Lviv Ukraina Stadium 28,051
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi Olimp Stadion 2,000+[2]
Mariupolchanka Mariupol Zakhidnyi Stadion 3,206
Pantery Uman Tsentralny Stadion 7,552
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia Stadion Khimik 3,282
Rodyna Berezne Stadion Kolos 3,000
Voskhod Oleshky Stadion Osvita
Zhytlobud-1 Vysokyi Training field Vysokyi 1,000
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Sonyachny Stadium 4,924

Managers edit

Club Head coach Replaced coach
Karpaty Lviv   Nadiya Chaika
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi   Oleh Bortnik
Mariupolchanka   Karina Kulakovska
Bukovynska Nadia   Valeriy Sarafinchan
Nika Mykolaiv   Volodymyr Yefimako
Pantery Uman   Yuriy Dereniuk
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia   Oleksandr Dudnik
Voskhod Stara Maiachka   Roman Zayev
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv   Valentyna Kotyk
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv   Natalya Zinchenko

First stage edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 9 8 1 0 54 3 +51 25 Qualification to Championship round
2 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 9 8 1 0 46 4 +42 25
3 Voskhod Stara Maiachka 9 7 0 2 22 9 +13 21
4 Mariupilchanka 9 5 0 4 22 27 −5 15[a]
5 Karpaty Lviv 9 5 0 4 15 27 −12 15[a]
6 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 9 3 1 5 15 22 −7 10
7 Pantery Uman 9 3 0 6 10 27 −17 9 Qualification to Relegation round
8 Nika Mykolaiv 9 2 0 7 14 32 −18 6
9 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 9 1 1 7 5 26 −21 4
10 Bukovynska Nadia 9 1 0 8 7 33 −26 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.[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Mariupol 3, Karpaty 0

Results edit

Home \ Away NAD NIK LAD MAR PAN POD KAR VSM ZH1 ZH2
Bukovynska Nadia 3–0 0–1 1–4 1–6
Nika Mykolaiv 3–6 4–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–3
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 2–1 3–1 0–2 0–2
Mariupilchanka 8–1 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–8
Pantery Uman 3–0 2–1 0–6 0–10
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–5
Karpaty Lviv 3–0 4–2 1–3 1–0 1–5
Voskhod Stara Maiachka 6–0 2–1 2–0 0–5
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 7–0 8–1 1–1
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 7–1 5–0 8–0 9–0 7–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2020. Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round edit

Championship round table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (C) 19 18 1 0 99 7 +92 55 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 19 16 1 2 97 11 +86 49
3 Voskhod Stara Maiachka 19 11 1 7 32 29 +3 34
4 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 19 8 1 10 34 54 −20 25
5 Mariupol 19 6 1 12 27 59 −32 19
6 Karpaty Lviv 19 5 2 12 22 69 −47 17
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.[3]
(C) Champions

Results edit

Home \ Away KAR LAD MAR VSM ZH1 ZH2
Karpaty Lviv 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–7 1–5
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 5–2 1–0 0–1 2–6 1–6
Mariupol 1–1 2–5 0–3 0–5 0–4
Voskhod Stara Maiachka 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–5
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 6–0 8–0 8–0 4–0 4–1
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 12–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 0–1
Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round edit

Relegation round table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Nika Mykolaiv 15 7 1 7 57 35 +22 22 Relegation to Persha Liha
8 Pantery Uman 15 6 0 9 35 39 −4 18
9 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 15 4 2 9 23 31 −8 14
10 Bukovynska Nadia 15 1 0 14 11 103 −92 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.[3]

Results edit

Home \ Away NAD NIK PAN POD
Bukovynska Nadia 0–20 2–12 0–9
Nika Mykolaiv 12–0 4–0 3–0
Pantery Uman 10–2 2–3 1–0
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 7–0 1–1 1–0
Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[6][7][8]
1   Yana Kalinina Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 22
2   Hanna Voronina Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 20
3   Roksolana Kravchuk Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 18

Persha Liha teams edit

 
 
OKIP
 
Kolos
 
Iantarochka
 
Kobra
 
KhPKSP
 
Prykarpattia
 
Luhanochka
Locations of teams in the 2020–21 Ukrainian Championship First League

Team changes edit

Promoted to Vyshcha Liha Relegated from Vyshcha Liha
Karpaty Lviv
Bukovynska Nadia Velykyi Kuchuriv
Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv
Rodyna Kostopil
Iednist-ShVSM Plysky (reorganized)
Entering league competitions Leaving league competitions
SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv
DIuSSh-Iunist Chernihiv
Kobra-DIuSSh Bilokurakyne
Kolos-Mriya Makhnivka (withdrew)

Name changes edit

  • During winter break SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv was replaced with OKIP Kyiv.
  • Lviv-Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk changed its name to Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk.
  • DIuSSh Iunist Chernihiv changed its name to Iunist-ShVSM Chernihiv following disbandment of Iednist-ShVSM Plysky.
  • Kobra-DIuSSh Bilokurakyne changed its name to Kobra Bilokurakyne.

Persha Liha edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kolos Kovalivka 16 14 0 2 95 4 +91 42[a] Promotion to Vyshcha Liha
2 Ateks Kyiv 16 14 0 2 58 10 +48 42[a]
3 KhPKSP-Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 16 11 2 3 64 21 +43 35
4 Rodyna-Litsei Kostopil 16 10 3 3 44 20 +24 33
5 Prykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Iv.Frankivsk 16 6 1 9 30 40 −10 19
6 OKIP Kyiv[b] 16 4 0 12 11 45 −34 12
7 Iunist-ShVSM Chernihiv 16 4 2 10 30 33 −3 11[c]
8 Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk 16 3 2 11 18 55 −37 8[c]
9 Kobra Bilokurakyne 16 1 0 15 2 124 −122 3
- Luhanochka[d] 0 0 0 3 0 24 −3 Withdrew
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.[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: Kolos +1, Ateks -1
  2. ^ SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv was replaced during the 2020–21 winter break with OKIP Kyiv which inherited results of the predecessor.
  3. ^ a b Iunist-ShVSM and Iantarochka both were deducted 3 points for no-show.
  4. ^ Luhanochka was removed from competitions and its record was annulled.

Top scorer edit

Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1   Anna Kaverzina Kolos Kovalivka 17

References edit

  1. ^ "Вища ліга. 2020/21" [Calendar of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Championship Higher League]. womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football. Retrieved 11 October 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. ^ a b c d "Турнирная таблица 2019/20. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая лига" (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b (Вища ліга 19/20: гарячий липень у жіночому футболі!). Womensfootball.com.ua. 5 July 2020
  5. ^ a b c 29-й Чемпіонат України з футболу серед жінок. Вища ліга: матчі липня Archived 2020-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Вища ліга 2020-2021. Турнірна таблиця + бомбардири ліги". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ^ Таблица бомбардиров. WFPL.ua
  8. ^ Вища ліга 2020-2021. Турнірна таблиця + бомбардири ліги. womensfootball.com.ua
  9. ^ "Перша ліга 2020-2021. Турнірна таблиця + бомбардири ліги". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 21 October 2020.

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