The 2026–27 Ukrainian Women's Prime League season is the inaugural season of the league. Because of the 2026–27 Ukrainian women's football reform, the league was created. Announced in summer of 2025 under a temporary "working title" as the Elite League, the official league presentation and final brand announcement took place on July 16, 2026, a day before the first seasonal match. The season started on July 17, 2026, and is expected to finish in May 2027.
On 14 August 2026, the UAF department of women's football presented its new ball designed for the Prime League. It was announced that it is the first ever personalized ball for the Prime League.
Format The newly formed league consisted of 8 of the best clubs of the 2025–26 Ukrainian Women's Higher League. It was determined that there would be four round-robins, with every club playing 28 matches in the season. The top clubs qualify for the European competitions. The last-placed club (8th place) will qualify for relegation to the Higher League if the Higher League club passes certification; at the same time, the 2nd-to-last club (9th place) will qualify for the promotion/relegation playoffs with the 2nd-placed team of the Higher League. After winning the promotion/relegation playoffs, the Higher League's runner-up may get promoted if it passes certification. If no clubs pass certification for the Elite League, there will be no promotions.
Teams Location Due to the 2026–27 Ukrainian women's football reform, a new top league was created, to which qualified 8 clubs of the 2025–26 Ukrainian Women's Higher League.
Name changes During the summer break, FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv changed their name to FC Kharkiv; however, the UAF department of women's and girls' football continues to use the previous name for the women's team.
Stadiums Due to ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, many teams played their games in Kyiv or its exurbs. A critical role in providing playing turf for the league's participants were stadiums in Kyiv's eastern exurbs of Shchaslyve (Arsenal Arena) and Hnidyn (Livyi Bereh). Team Home city Home ground Capacity Kolos Kovalivka imeni Melnyka, ObukhivKolos 2,0605,000 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih SpartaKolos, Boryspil 5005,600 Ladomyr Volodymyr Olimp 2,000 Pantery Uman Tsentralny Stadion 7,552 Polissya Zhytomyr Polissia training center, Hlybochytsia 266 Kharkiv Kharkiv Arsenal Arena, Shchaslyve 1,000 Shakhtar Donetsk Seasters Odesa ChornomoretsLyustdorf 34,164500
Prime League managers ClubHead coachReplaced coach Ladomyr Volodymyr Oleh Bortnik Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kostiantyn Frolov Polissya Zhytomyr Mykola Podrannyi Seasters Anatoliy Didenko Pantery Uman Yuriy Derenyuk Kolos Kovalivka Lyudmyla Pokotylo Shakhtar Donetsk Roman Zayev Kharkiv Nataliya Zinchenko
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTable
Prime League
Prime League results
Additional notes:
Teams' form
Prime League fair play record
+ Fair play record Rank Club name Yellow cards Red cards Points 1 Ladomyr Volodymyr 6 0 62 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 10 0 10 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10 0 104 Pantery Uman 14 0 14 Seasters Odesa 11 1 14 6 Kolos Kovalivka 12 1 15 7 Shakhtar Donetsk 13 1 16 8 Polissya Zhytomyr 12 2 18
According to regulations, a point is awarded for each yellow card and three points for each red card. The club with the smallest number of points receives an award.
Prime League statistics Top goalscorers
RankScorerTeamGoals(Pen.)1Nataliya KornatskaPolissya Zhytomyr10 (1)2Valentyna TarakanovaPolissya Zhytomyr6 (0)Violeta TyanKolos Kovalivka6 (1)4Darya ApanashchenkoMetalist 1925 Kharkiv5 (0)Viktoriya SeremchukPolissya Zhytomyr5 (0)Yana KalininaSeasters Odesa5 (1)7Anhelina FedorenkoKolos Kovalivka4 (0)Viktoriya OstapivKolos Kovalivka4 (0) Jesusmar ColmenárezSeasters Odesa4 (1)
Notes: Own goals: Dayana Semkiv (Kolos Kovalvika for Metalist 1925), Anastasiya Vakulenko (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih for Kolos), Ariana Cherednychenko (Ladomyr Volodymyr for Metalist 1925), Iryna Rybalkina (Pantery for Seasters)
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubCleansheets1Daryna BondarchukMetalist 1925 Kharkiv62Mariya DenyshchychPolissya Zhytomyr5Kateryna SamsonSeasters Odesa4Darya KelyushykKolos Kovalivka45Marina DudnikKolos Kovalivka3
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateDarya ApanashchenkoMetalist 1925 KharkivKryvbas Kryvyi Rih4–1 (A)24 July 2026
Promotion/relegation play-offs The 2nd-to-last club (9th place) will qualify for the promotion/relegation playoffs with the 2nd-placed team of the Higher League.
See also 2026–27 Ukrainian Women's Cup 2026–27 Ukrainian Women's Higher League 2026–27 Ukrainian Women's First League 2026–27 Ukrainian Premier League
References
External links WFPL.com.ua Women's Football.ua womensfootball.com.ua