2017–18 Vyshcha Liha (women)

The 2017–18 season of the Ukrainian Championship Higher League is the 27th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. The season has shifted from spring-fall season to fall-spring. It ran from 18 August 2017 to 27 May 2018.^[1]

Ukrainian Women's League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
Relegated	Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv (withdrew)
UEFA Women's Champions League	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
← 2017 2018–19 →

Teams

 

 

Zhytlobud-2

 

Zhytlobud-1

 

Lehenda

 

Iednist

 

Iatran

 

Ladomyr

 

Ateks

 

Zlahoda

 

Pantery

 

Rodyna

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Locations of teams in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes

Promoted from 2017 to 2018 Persha Liha	Relegated from 2017 to 2018 Vyshcha Liha
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi	none

Stadiums

Team	Home city	Home ground	Capacity
Iatran	Uman Raion	Tsentralnyi Raionyi Stadion	1,600
Iednist	Plysky	Iednist Stadion	1,500
Ladomyr	Volodymyr-Volynskyi	Olimp Stadion	2,000+^[2]
Ateks SDIuShOR-16	Vyshneve Kyiv	Munitsypalnyi Stadion Stadion of the School 231 KNUTE Stadion
Pantery	Uman	Stadion Umanfermmash
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1	Dnipro	Stadion Trudovi Rezervy Molodizhnyi Stadion
Rodyna	Mlyniv Kostopil	Stadion Kolos Stadion Kolos
Lehenda-ShVSM	Chernihiv	Stadion Tekstylschyk^[3]	3,000
Zhytlobud-1	Liubotyn	Stadion Olimpiyets
Zhytlobud-2	Kharkiv	Sonyachny Stadium	4,924

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	18	17	1	0	110	4	+106	52	Qualification to Champions League
2	Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv	18	16	1	1	104	5	+99	49
3	Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv	18	11	2	5	51	26	+25	35	Merged
4	Iatran Berestivets	18	10	4	4	31	20	+11	34
5	Iednist Plysky	18	6	3	9	21	32	−11	21
6	Pantery Uman	18	6	2	10	37	44	−7	20
7	Zlahoda-Dnipro-1	18	5	4	9	15	55	−40	19
8	Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi	18	5	3	10	28	49	−21	18
9	Rodyna Kostopil	18	1	5	12	10	55	−45	8
10	Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv	18	0	1	17	6	123	−117	−2	Merged

Source: womensfootball.com.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.^[4]

Results

Home \ Away	ATK	IAT	IED	LAD	LCH	PAN	ROD	ZH1	ZH2	ZD1
Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv	—	2–5	0–4	0–9	0–5	1–2	0–0	0–10	0–22	1–3
Iatran Berestivets	5–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1
Iednist Plysky	4–0	0–2	—	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–3	3–0
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi	4–0	1–4	1–0	—	1–2	2–5	2–0	0–3	0–5	0–2
Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv	17–0	0–0	2–0	4–2	—	5–2	2–0	0–1	1–4	2–0
Pantery Uman	9–0	1–2	1–1	5–1	1–4	—	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2
Rodyna Kostopil	4–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	—	1–10	0–7	1–1
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	15–0	6–0	5–0	7–0	4–0	9–0	11–0	—	0–0	11–0
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv	+:-	4–0	8–0	8–0	7–0	7–0	8–0	1–3	—	8–0
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–5	2–1	0–7	0–6	—

Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 27 May 2018^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[6]
1	Olha Ovdiychuk	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	28 (3)
2	Yana Kalinina	Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv	27
3	Anna Voronina	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	23
4	Maria Mykhailiuk	Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv	18
5	Oksana Bilokur	Pantery Uman	15
6	Veronika Andrukhiv	Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv	11
7	Olena Lymar	Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv	10
	Tayisia Nesterenko	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	10
	Yulia Shevchuk	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	10
	Daryna Apanashchenko	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	10 (1)

Persha Liha

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk	6	4	1	1	19	5	+14	13	Qualified to Persha Liha play-offs
2	Kolos-Mriya	6	4	1	1	18	5	+13	13
3	Polissia Zhytomyr	6	2	0	4	7	15	−8	3
4	Ateks-Obolon Kyiv	6	1	0	5	3	22	−19	3

Source: womensfootball.com.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.^[4]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Voskhod Velyka Bahachka	6	5	0	1	33	9	+24	15	Qualified to Persha Liha play-offs
2	VO DYuSSh Vinnytsia	6	4	1	1	25	8	+17	13
3	Orion-Avto Mykolaiv	6	1	2	3	10	13	−3	2
4	Bahira Kropyvnytskyi	6	0	1	5	5	43	−38	1

Source: womensfootball.com.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.^[4]

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mariupolchanka Mariupol	4	4	0	0	29	2	+27	12	Qualified to Persha Liha play-offs
2	SumDU-Barsa Sumy	4	1	0	3	9	14	−5	3
3	Luhanochka-Spartak	4	1	0	3	4	26	−22	3

Source: womensfootball.com.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.^[4]

Play-offs

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Iantarochka	2 – 1	Kolos
Voskhod	3 – 2	Mariupolchanka

Voskhod Velyka Bahachka and Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk gained promotion to the Ukrainian Women's League. Later Iantarochka yielded its place to WFC Lviv.

Third place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kolos	0 – 8	Mariupolchanka

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Iantarochka	0 – 3	Voskhod

Voskhod Velyka Bahachka was crown as the champions of the 2017–18 Persha Liha.

References

1. "Календарь. 2017/18. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая Лига" [Calendar of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Championship Higher League]. wfpl.com.ua (in Russian). Ukrainian Women's League. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
2. Volodymyr Krupchuk, Sofia Tkachuk. Provincial stadiums of Ukraine: "Olimp" in the Duchy's capital (Провінційні стадіони України: "Олімп" у столиці князівства). Depo Sector. 26 June 2016
3. Возвращение «Легенды». В Чернигове стартовал новый сезон украинского футбола. ФОТОрепортаж. Vysokyi Val. 22 April 2017
4. "Турнирная таблица 2019/20. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая лига" (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
5. Чемпіонат України. Вища Ліга. 2017/2018 - Турнірна таблиця. womensfootball.ua
6. "Чемпіонат України. Вища Ліга. 2017/2018 - Турнірна таблиця". womensfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 26 February 2020.

External links

• WFPL.ua
• Women's Football.ua