The 2023–24 season of the Ukrainian Football Championship was the 33rd season of Ukraine's top women's football league. Consisting of two tiers it started on 5 August 2023.
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, several teams are not able to resume competitions.
Format The format of competitions for the season changed again. The Higher (Vyshcha) League returned to 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 of 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 the worse teams of the Higher League (1st tier).
Vyshcha Liha teams
Team changes Promoted Relegated Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv Ateks Kyiv
Name changes On 20 March 2024, WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv has officially changed its name to Metalist 1925 Kharkiv of FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.
Vyshcha Liha teams notes In July 2022, 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
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 Dynamo Training Center (Koncha-Zaspa) 1,200 Mariupol Mariupol Temp (Kyiv) 2,400 Dnipro-1 Dnipro Dnipro Training Case N/A Shakhtar Donetsk Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve) 1,000 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Hirnyk 2,500 Kolos KovalivkaKalynivka KolosTsentralnyi Stadion 5,000N/A Pantery Uman Tsentralny Stadion 7,552 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia Tsentralnyi StadionStadion Palatsu ditey i yunatstva 24,0001,500 Veres KostopilMlyniv KolosKolos 2,500850 Ladomyr Volodymyr Olimp 2,000 Vorskla Poltava Vorskla 24,795
Vyshcha Liha managers ClubHead coachReplaced coach Ladomyr Volodymyr Oleh Bortnik Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kostiantyn Frolov Vorskla Poltava Natalia Zinchenko Dynamo Kyiv Volodymyr Yefimako 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 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Volodymyr Pyatenko
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTable
Vyshcha Liha league table
Results
Results by week
Statistics
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Roksolana KravchukVorskla Poltava 112 Mariya VykalyukShakhtar Donetsk 10 Viktoriya HirynLadomyr Volodymyr 10 (1)4 Nikol KozlovaVorskla Poltava 9 (1)5 Yana KalininaVorskla Poltava 8 Iryna MaiborodinaKolos Kovalivka 8 Polina YanchukKryvbas Kryvyi Rih 8 Oksana BilokurPantery Uman 8 (3)
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Iryna SlavychZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv65402 Daryna BondarchukVorskla Poltava4343 Darya KelyushykKryvbas Kryvyi Rih4331 Marina DudnikKolos Kovalivka428752 players3<=2705 Kateryna SamsonVorskla Poltava3270 Lyudmyla UstinovaShakhtar Donetsk314275 players2<=1803 Yevhenia KarbanDynamo Kyiv2180 Varvara NovikovaLadomyr Volodymyr2180 Mengdi ZhuKryvbas Kryvyi Rih2180 Anastasia KlimovaShakhtar Donetsk2136 Viktoriya PetrovetsKryvbas Kryvyi Rih2120 Alla HerasymchukVorskla Poltava2108139 players1<=905 Sofiya BarabashEMS-Podillia Vinnytsia190 Yelizaveta HolykFC Mariupol190 Oleksandra KulykDynamo Kyiv190 Olha RyabovilSC Dnipro-1190 Svitlana SnihurVeres Rivne168 Iryna SaninaKolos Kovalivka157 Marharyta LytsyukVeres Rivne122 Svitlana SakhnoKolos Kovalivka116 Svitlana MaliborskaSC Dnipro-111
Championship round Championship round table
Results
Relegation round Relegation round table
Results
Relegation play-offs |- ! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – June 1, Second leg – June 6
Persha Liha Group A
Group B
Play-offs Semifinals
Third place
First place
See also 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League 2023 Ukrainian Women's Cup
References
External links WFPL.ua Women's Football.ua womensfootball.com.ua