The 2022–23 season of the Ukrainian Football Championship was the 32nd season of Ukraine's top women's football league. Consisting of two tiers it started on 10 September 2022.
Due to the 2022 wide scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, several teams are not able to resume competitions including the reigning champions WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv.
Format The format of competitions for the season changed again for both tiers, but not significantly. The league finally expanded to 12 teams as it planned earlier and adopted classical format with straight double round-robin tournament home and away for the top tier (Vyshcha Liha) with the last team is set to be relegated to the lower tier for the next season. The top two teams qualify for the European competitions.
Vyshcha Liha teams
Team changes Promoted Relegated Dynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskDnipro-1Veres Rivne Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv Voskhod Stara Mayachka Karpaty Lviv
Name changes On 10 September 2022, WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv has officially transformed into a women team of FC Vorskla Poltava.
Vyshcha Liha teams notes The women football department of the Ukrainian Association of Football decided to preserve place in the Vyshcha Liha for the next season (2023–24) for the main squads of Zhytlobud-1 and Voskhod "due to the difficult situation in their regions related to the Russian aggression against Ukraine".ВИЩА ЛІГА 22/23. ПРОЕКТ НОВОГО СЕЗОНУ: 12 КОМАНД, 22 ТУРИ, 132 МАТЧІ. womensfootball.com.ua. 16 July 2022 In January 2024, it became known that the President of WFC Voskhod, since late 2022, had re-registered his company in the Russian Federation.Президент ЖФК "Восход" отримав російське громадянство. wfpl.com.ua. 16 January 2024
Vyshcha Liha stadiums Due 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 Dynamo Kyiv (Koncha-Zaspa) Dynamo Training Center 1,200 Mariupol Mariupol Bannikov Training Complex (Kyiv)Livyi Bereh (Kyiv, 1 game) 1,6781,500 Dnipro-1 Dnipro Dnipro Training CaseBannikov Training Complex (Kyiv, 1 game) N/A1,678 Ateks Kyiv Livyi Bereh 1,500 Shakhtar Donetsk Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve)Arsenal Training Center (Shchaslyve) 1,000N/A Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih SpartaHirnykArsenal Arena (Shchaslyve, 4 games) N/A2,5001,000 Kolos Kovalivka KolosKolos Training Center (Sofiyivska Borshchahivka)Avanhard (Hrebinky, 1 game) 5,000N/AN/A Pantery Uman Uman Tsentralny Stadion 7,552 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia Stadion Palatsu ditey i yunatstva 1,500 Veres Kostopil KolosVeres Training Center (Rivne)Kolos (Mlyniv, 2 games)Avanhard (Rivne, 1 game) 2,500N/A8504,650 Ladomyr Volodymyr Olimp 2,000 Vorskla Poltava VorsklaMolodizhnyiArsenal Arena (Shchaslyve, 3 games)Arsenal Training Center (Shchaslyve, 2 games)Avanhard (Uzhhorod, 1 game)Bannikov Training Complex (Kyiv, 1 game) 24,795N/A1,000N/A12,0001,678
Vyshcha Liha managers ClubHead coachReplaced coach Ladomyr Volodymyr Oleh Bortnik Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Volodymyr Yefimako Vorskla Poltava Natalia Zinchenko Dynamo Kyiv Volodymyr Pyatenko Veres Rivne Olena Ruda EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia Oleksandr Dudnik Mariupol Karina Kulakovska Pantery Uman Yuriy Derenyuk Kolos Kovalivka Lyudmyla Pokotylo Shakhtar Donetsk Roman Zayev Dnipro-1 Olena Kudziyeva Ateks Kyiv Alla Hres
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTable Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Alina Stetsenko 1 August 2022Pre-season Volodymyr Yefimako 22 August 2022ВОЛОДИМИР ЄФІМАКО – ГОЛОВНИЙ ТРЕНЕР ЖФК КРИВБАС. womensfootball.com.ua. 22 August 2022Pre-season Veres Rivne Mykola Sidorchuk Joined Armed Forces Olena Ruda 8 September 2022НК ВЕРЕС: ПРЕДСТАВЛЕННЯ НОВОГО ТРЕНЕРА ТА АНОНС СТАРТУ ВІД КАПІТАНА. womensfootball.com.ua. 8 September 2022
Vyshcha Liha league table
Vyshcha Liha results
Statistics
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Yana KalininaVorskla Poltava 392 Polina YanchukKryvbas Kryvyi Rih 37 (4)3 Viktoria HirynLadomyr Volodymyr 36 (2)4 Roksolana KravchukVorskla Poltava 245 Veronika AndrukhivVorskla Poltava 23 (1)
Persha Liha
Zhytlobud-1 U-21 Kharkiv The last season participant Persha Stolytsia Kharkiv went abroad and relocated to Zürich. Based out of Zürich, the team first participated in an international exhibition tournament as Zhytlobud-1 U-21 KharkivМОЛОДІЖНА КОМАНДА «ЖИТЛОБУДУ-1» ЗІГРАЄ НА ТУРНІРІ В ІТАЛІЇ. womensfootball.com.ua. 8 May 2022 and then played few friendlies with Swiss teams winning one of them 8–0МОЛОДІЖНА КОМАНДА «ЖИТЛОБУДУ-1»: ЗУСТРІЧ З ФІФА ТА МАТЧ ЗІ ЗБІРНОЮ ЛІХТЕНШТЕЙНУ. womensfootball.com.ua. 2 July 2022 although on the official website of their opponents it was claimed as 0–7 loss.Abschied Von Urs Und A+-Juniorinnen Gegen Ukraine. www.scwipkingen.ch. Eventually for the 2022–23 the Kharkiv's junior team joined the Swiss 4th division of women football as a junior team of SC Wipkingen, SC Wipkingen ZH 2.18.06.2023 12:00 - Game number: 194011. matchcenter.fvrz.ch
For the next 2023–24 many players joined FC Kloten which plays in the Swiss second tier, while couple of others joined other second tier clubs.ПІДСУМКИ ВИСТУПІВ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ФУТБОЛІСТОК У ЧЕМПІОНАТІ ШВЕЙЦАРІЇ. womensfootball.com.ua. 20 June 2023
See also 2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League
References
External links WFPL.ua Women's Football.ua womensfootball.com.ua АНДРІЙ ПАВЕЛКО: «ЦЬОГО РОКУ ВІДНОВИМО ЖІНОЧИЙ ЧЕМПІОНАТ УКРАЇНИ З ФУТБОЛУ». womensfootball.com.ua. 9 July 2022