The 2025–26 Ukrainian Women's League season is the 35th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. It is part of the Ukrainian Women's Championship, which also includes lower 2025–26 Ukrainian Women's First League. It commenced on August 3, 2025, with 5 games in Round 1 and was expected to finish on May 22, 2026.
Format The format of this season's competitions has changed slightly from the previous season.
The Higher (Vyshcha) League kept the format consisting of two stages. The number of participants was reduced to 10. At the first stage, all 10 teams play a double-round-robin tournament in the first half of the season before the winter break.Вища ліга 25/26: у Будинку футболу відбулося жеребкування календаря. womensfootball.com.ua. 25 June 2025 The top 5 teams qualify for the Championship group, and the bottom 5 teams for the Relegation group. The newly formed groups conduct another double round-robin tournament each.Вища ліга 2025-2026. womensfootball.com.ua
The top 3 teams of the Championship group qualify for the European club competitions. Also, the top 3 of the Relegation group, along with all 5 clubs of the Championship group, will form the new Elite League for the 2026–27 season.Відбулося засідання з клубами Вищої ліги: зміна формату та планування нової ліги. womensfootball.com.ua. 17 June 2025 The 2 worst teams, along with the 6 best teams from the First (Persha) League, will form the new Higher (Vyshcha) League for the 2026–27 season.
Teams
Team changes Promoted Relegated None Obolon Kyiv
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 Kolos Kovalivka Kolos 5,000 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Sparta Ladomyr Volodymyr Olimp 2,000 Pantery Uman Tsentralny Stadion 7,552 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia Nyva training field — Zhytomyr Polissia training center — Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Arsenal Arena, Shchaslyve 1,000 Shakhtar Donetsk Seasters Odesa Chornomorets 34,164 Vorskla Poltava Vorskla (first stage)Ltava (second stage) 24,795640
Vyshcha Liha managers ClubHead coachReplaced coach Ladomyr Volodymyr Oleh Bortnik Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kostiantyn Frolov Vorskla Poltava Yevhen Kravchenko Iya Andrushchak Mykola Podrannyi EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia Oleksandr Dudnik Seasters Anatoliy Didenko Denys Kolchin Pantery Uman Yuriy Derenyuk Kolos Kovalivka Lyudmyla Pokotylo Shakhtar Donetsk Roman Zayev Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Nataliya Zinchenko
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTableVorskla Poltava Iya AndrushchakAppointment to Ukraine national team9 February 20262nd Yevhen Kravchenko19 February 2026Seasters Denys KolchinAppointment to Chornomorets-2 Odesa28 December 20253rd Anatoliy Didenko9 January 2026
Vyshcha Liha First Stage
Results
Results by week
Vyshcha Liha Championship Group Note: all participants have secured their berths for the new 2026–27 Ukrainian Women's Elite League.
Results
Results by week
Vyshcha Liha Relegation Group
Results
Results by week
Vyshcha Liha top goalscorers
RankScorerTeamGoals(Pen.)1Darya ApanashchenkoMetalist 1925 Kharkiv21 (0)2Yana KalininaVorskla → Seasters18 (2)3Viktoriya HirynMetalist 1925 Kharkiv17 (0)4Nadiya KuninaMetalist 1925 Kharkiv15 (0)Yelyzaveta MolodyukMetalist 1925 Kharkiv15 (0)6Roksolana KravchukVorskla Poltava13 (0)7Iryna KotyashKolos → Vorskla10 (0)Diana MushchenskaPolissya Zhytomyr10 (0)Viktoriya RadionovaVorskla Poltava10 (2)
See also 2025–26 Ukrainian Women's Cup 2025–26 Ukrainian Women's First League 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League
References
External links WFPL.com.ua Women's Football.ua womensfootball.com.ua