2022–23 Ukrainian Women's League

The 2022–23 season of the Ukrainian Football Championship is the 32nd season of Ukraine's top women's football league. Consisting of two tiers it is scheduled to start on 10 September 2022.^[1]

Ukrainian Women's League

Season	2022–23
Champions	Vorskla Poltava
Relegated	Ateks Kyiv
UEFA Women's Champions League	Vorskla Poltava, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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 will qualify for the European competitions.

Vyshcha Liha teams

 

 

Dnipro-1

 

Vorskla

 

Ladomyr

 

EMS Podillia

 

Mariupol

 

Pantery

 

Shakhtar

 

Veres

 

Kryvbas

 

Ateks
Dynamo

 

Kolos

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Locations of teams in the 2022–23 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes

Promoted	Relegated
Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro-1 Veres Rivne	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (withdrew) Voskhod Stara Mayachka (withdrew) Karpaty Lviv (withdrew)

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".^[2]

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)	1,678 1,500
Dnipro-1	Dnipro	Dnipro Training Case Bannikov Training Complex (Kyiv, 1 game)	N/A 1,678
Ateks	Kyiv	Livyi Bereh	1,500
Shakhtar	Donetsk	Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve) Arsenal Training Center (Shchaslyve)	1,000 N/A
Kryvbas	Kryvyi Rih	Sparta Hirnyk Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve, 4 games)	N/A 2,500 1,000
Kolos	Kovalivka	Kolos Kolos Training Center (Sofiyivska Borshchahivka) Avanhard (Hrebinky, 1 game)	5,000 N/A N/A
Pantery	Uman	Tsentralny Stadion	7,552
EMS Podillia	Vinnytsia	Stadion Palatsu ditey i yunatstva	1,500
Veres	Kostopil	Kolos Veres Training Center (Rivne) Kolos (Mlyniv, 2 games) Avanhard (Rivne, 1 game)	2,500 N/A 850 4,650
Ladomyr	Volodymyr	Olimp	2,000
Vorskla	Poltava	Vorskla Molodizhnyi Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve, 3 games) Arsenal Training Center (Shchaslyve, 2 games) Avanhard (Uzhhorod, 1 game) Bannikov Training Complex (Kyiv, 1 game)	24,795 N/A 1,000 N/A 12,000 1,678

Vyshcha Liha managers

Club	Head coach	Replaced 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

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Alina Stetsenko		1 August 2022	Pre-season	Volodymyr Yefimako	22 August 2022^[3]	Pre-season
Veres Rivne	Mykola Sidorchuk	Joined Armed Forces			Olena Ruda	8 September 2022^[4]

Vyshcha Liha league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vorskla Poltava (C)	22	22	0	0	147	4	+143	66	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying second round
2	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	22	19	0	3	120	10	+110	57	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying first round
3	Kolos Kovalivka	22	16	1	5	54	12	+42	49
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	16	0	6	74	27	+47	48
5	Ladomyr Volodymyr	22	12	0	10	83	49	+34	36
6	Dnipro-1	22	9	2	11	47	49	−2	29
7	Dynamo Kyiv	22	9	2	11	35	41	−6	29
8	Veres Rivne	22	6	2	14	33	71	−38	20
9	Mariupol	22	6	1	15	23	78	−55	19
10	EMS Podillia Vinnytsia	22	5	3	14	22	61	−39	18
11	Pantery Uman	22	5	2	15	20	75	−55	17
12	Ateks Kyiv (R)	22	0	1	21	8	189	−181	1	Relegation to the Persha Liha

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.^[5]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Vyshcha Liha results

Home \ Away	DNI	LAD	MAR	KOL	PAN	POD	SHA	DYN	VOR	ATX	KRY	VER
Dnipro-1		2–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	14–2	0–7	2–1
Ladomyr Volodymyr	8–1		7–1	1–3	3–2	6–1	2–3	2–0	1–5	17–1	0–4	8–0
Mariupol	0–8	0–3		0–1	5–2	0–1	0–6	0–3	0–10	3–0	2–8	1–2
Kolos Kovalivka	2–0	4–0	5–1		0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	14–0	0–1	3–0
Pantery Uman	0–2	0–6	0–1	0–1		0–3	0–7	2–1	0–8	5–1	1–5	0–4
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–3	0–2		0–2	0–3	0–4	6–1	0–13	2–2
Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	6–1	3–0	0–2	8–1	2–0		2–1	0–5	7–0	0–5	3–1
Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–5		0–5	3–0	0–5	4–0
Vorskla Poltava	4–0	11–0	8–0	4–0	6–0	7–0	2–0	5–1		14–0	3–0	9–0
Ateks Kyiv	0–6	0–8	0–0	0–5	1–2	0–2	0–11	1–9	0–23		0–16	0–6
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	4–0	2–1	6–0	0–1	8–0	5–0	5–0	6–0	1–2	8–0		7–0
Veres Rivne	1–1	1–5	0–3	0–5	3–0	0–2	0–5	2–1	0–5	10–1	0–4

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

Statistics

Top scorers As of 26 June 2023^[update] Rank Player Club Goals^[6] 1   Yana Kalinina Vorskla Poltava 39 2   Polina Yanchuk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 37 (4) 3   Viktoria Hiryn Ladomyr Volodymyr 36 (2) 4   Roksolana Kravchuk Vorskla Poltava 24 5   Veronika Andrukhiv Vorskla Poltava 23 (1)

Persha Liha

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lider Kobeliaky (C)	8	6	1	1	21	5	+16	19^[a]
2	Yunist Chernihiv	8	6	1	1	19	5	+14	19^[a]
3	Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk	8	3	1	4	11	16	−5	10
4	Rukh Lviv^[b]	8	2	1	5	11	21	−10	7
5	Prykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Iv.Frankivsk^[c]	8	0	2	6	8	23	−15	−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.^[5]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Lider 4, Yunist 1
2. Last season Rukh Lviv played as Chempion Ternopil.
3. Prykarpattia had 3 points stripped for no show at the away match against Yunist Chernihiv on 28 May 2023, last round of the competition.

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 Kharkiv^[7] and then played few friendlies with Swiss teams winning one of them 8–0^[8] although on the official website of their opponents it was claimed as 0–7 loss.^[9] 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.^[10]

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.^[11]

See also

• 2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League

References

1. "Став відомий календар чемпіонату України серед жіночих команд сезону-2022/2023" [There became known a calendar of the 2022–23 Ukrainian championship among women teams]. www.footboom.com (in Ukrainian). Footboom. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
2. ВИЩА ЛІГА 22/23. ПРОЕКТ НОВОГО СЕЗОНУ: 12 КОМАНД, 22 ТУРИ, 132 МАТЧІ. womensfootball.com.ua. 16 July 2022
3. ВОЛОДИМИР ЄФІМАКО – ГОЛОВНИЙ ТРЕНЕР ЖФК КРИВБАС. womensfootball.com.ua. 22 August 2022
4. НК ВЕРЕС: ПРЕДСТАВЛЕННЯ НОВОГО ТРЕНЕРА ТА АНОНС СТАРТУ ВІД КАПІТАНА. womensfootball.com.ua. 8 September 2022
5. "ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМАГАНЬ З ФУТБОЛУ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ СЕЗОНУ 2021-2022 РОКІВ" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
6. "ВИЩА ЛІГА 2022/2023. ТУРНІРНА ТАБЛИЦЯ + БОМБАРДИРИ ЛІГИ". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
7. МОЛОДІЖНА КОМАНДА «ЖИТЛОБУДУ-1» ЗІГРАЄ НА ТУРНІРІ В ІТАЛІЇ. womensfootball.com.ua. 8 May 2022
8. . womensfootball.com.ua. 2 July 2022
9. . www.scwipkingen.ch.
10. . matchcenter.fvrz.ch
11. ПІДСУМКИ ВИСТУПІВ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ФУТБОЛІСТОК У ЧЕМПІОНАТІ ШВЕЙЦАРІЇ. womensfootball.com.ua. 20 June 2023

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