The 2021–22 season of the Ukrainian Football Championship was the 31st season of Ukraine's top women's football league. Consisting of two tiers it started on 31 July 2021, and was scheduled to end in May 2022.
Due to the 2022 wide scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the competition was interrupted halfway and later abandoned as hostilities continued. It was decided to turn current competition standings into final standings with no official winners.Official. The championship of the Higher and First leagues among women clubs has ended early (ОФІЦІЙНО. ЧЕМПІОНАТИ ВИЩОЇ ТА ПЕРШОЇ ЛІГ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ ДОСТРОКОВО ЗАВЕРШЕНІ). womensfootball.com.ua (All-Ukrainian Association of Women Football). 10 May 2022
WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv were the defending champions.
Format The format of competitions for the season changed again for both tiers, but not significantly. First of all the Ukrainian Association of Football found a consensus among Ukrainian male football clubs to adopt a female (women) team in each professional club. Another important event took place when Kryvbas signed an agreement with the Mykolaiv club "Nika" swapping places with it and entering the top tier instead of starting from the second. It was decided to expand the second tier doubling the tier in size by adding the newly created teams of existing male football clubs with intention to provide the goal of 12 teams in the top tier.
For the top tier (Vyshcha Liha) the twelve 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 six for relegation. The bottom two teams were to be relegated and the 10th placed team is expected to contest in two game play-off with the second-tier team to remain in the top tier.
The second tier (Persha Liha) is split in two groups of 10 teams and begin on 15 August 2021. Both groups play in simple double round robin with the top teams from both groups contest the championship title, while their runners-up will play-off for the 3rd place which then contest promotion play-off.
Participation of the top-tier teams in the Ukrainian Women's Cup is mandatory, while the other teams must compete only if voluntarily agreed to play. The UAF has warned of sanctions for the teams that registered to play in the cup competition, but decided not to show up.
Vyshcha Liha teams
Team changes Promoted Relegated Kolos KovalivkaAteks KyivKryvbas Kryvyi Rih Nika MykolaivBukovynska Nadia ОСТАННІ НОВИНИ ВИЩОЇ ТА ПЕРШОЇ ЛІГ: ВІДМОВА ДВОХ КЛУБІВ ВІД УЧАСТІ У ЧЕМПІОНАТІ. womensfootball.com.ua. 9 August 2021
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih and Nika Mykolaiv signed a partnership agreement, after which Kryvbas entered top tier, while Nika started at the second.ФК «КРИВБАС»: МИ РОЗВИВАЄМОСЯ І У НАС З’ЯВЛЯЄТЬСЯ ЖІНОЧА КОМАНДА. womensfootball.com.ua. 2 July 2021
Stadiums The top stadium is a home turf, while second if available used during this season. Team Home city Home ground Capacity Ateks Shchaslyve(Irpin) Arsenal ArenaStadion Chempion N/A2,000 Karpaty Vynnyky(Lviv) Stadion im.MarkevychaSokil Stadium 900N/A Kolos Kalynivka Stadion Tsentralnyi N/A Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Stadion Hirnyk 2,500 Ladomyr Novovolynsk Stadion Shakhtar N/A Mariupol Mariupol Stadion ZakhidnyiStadion Azovets 3,0631,660 Pantery Uman Tsentralny Stadion 7,552 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia Stadion 1,500 Voskhod Oleshky(Nova Kakhovka) Stadion StartStadion Enerhiya N/A4,000 Zhytlobud-1 Liubotyn(Zmiiv) Stadion OlimpiyetsStadion Avanhard 1,500N/A Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv(Nyzhni Mlyny) Stadion Nova BavariaVorskla-Zmina 2,057N/A
Managers ClubHead coachReplaced coach Ateks Kyiv Alla Hres Karpaty Lviv Nadiya Chaika Kolos Kovalivka Lyudmyla Pokotylo Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Alina Stetsenko Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi Oleh Bortnik Mariupol Karina Kulakovska Pantery Uman Yuriy Dereniuk EMS Podillia Vinnytsia Oleksandr Dudnik Voskhod Stara Maiachka Serhiy Sapronov Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv Valentyna Kotyk Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Natalya Zinchenko
First stage League table
Results
Statistics
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Olha OvdiychukZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 19 (1)2 Roksolana KravchukZhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 13 3 Veronika AndrukhivZhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 114 Olha BoychenkoZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 10 Khrystyna PereviznykLadomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 10 Yana MalakhovaZhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 10 7 Yuliya ShevchukZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 88 Dajana SpasojevićZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 6 Aristel Jog-EtaufMariupol 6 Inna HlushchenkoKryvbas Kryvyi Rih 6 (1) Yana KalininaZhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 6 (2)
Persha Liha teams
Team changes Promoted to Vyshcha Liha Relegated from Vyshcha Liha Kolos KovalivkaAteks Kyiv Nika Mykolaiv Entering league competitions Leaving league competitions DIuSSh-26 KyivDIuSSh-1 KhmelnytskyiIatran BerestivetsChempion TernopilLadomyr-2 Volodymyr-VolynskyiDnipro-1Bahira KropyvnytskyiShakhtar DonetskChornomorets OdesaVorskla PoltavaPersha Stolytsia Kharkiv Kharkivskyi Koledzh
Name changes KhPKSP (Kharkiv Professional College of Sports Specialization) changed its name to Kharkivskyi Koledzh. OKIP (Piddubnyi Olympic College) changed its name to Dynamo-OKIP Kyiv. Rodyna Kostopil reorganized into Veres Rivne.НК «ВЕРЕС» РІВНЕ ПРЕДСТАВИВ ГОЛОВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА ЖІНОЧОЇ КОМАНДИ. womensfootball.com.ua. 3 July 2021
Persha Liha Group A
Group B
Top scorer
Group A Rank Player Club Goals1 Tetyana PolyukhovychVeres Kostopil/Rivne 11 (1)2 Hanna MyronchukDynamo Kyiv 10 (2)3 Yuliya HnydiukDIuSSh-26 Kyiv 7 (1)
Group B Rank Player Club Goals1 Polina YanchukShakhtar Donetsk 25 (2)2 Lyudmila KuninaDnipro-1 16 (2)3 Veronica CojuhariShakhtar Donetsk 15
References
External links WFPL.ua Women's Football.ua