# 2023–24 Ukrainian Women's Top League

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 worser teams of the Higher League (1st tier).

## Vyshcha Liha teams
### Team changes

| Promoted | Relegated |
| Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (returns) | 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 of 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".

## 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 | Arsenal Arena (Shchaslyve) | 1,000 |
| 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

| Club | Head 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 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |

## Vyshcha Liha league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 2 | Vorskla Poltava | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 3 | +60 | 28 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 3 | Kolos Kovalivka | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 25 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 4 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 20 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 5 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 19 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 6 | Ladomyr Volodymyr | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 18 | Qualification for the Championship Group |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 13 | Qualification for the Relegation Group |
| 8 | Dynamo Kyiv | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 12 | Qualification for the Relegation Group |
| 9 | EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 38 | −23 | 11 | Qualification for the Relegation Group |
| 10 | Veres Rivne | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 38 | −21 | 6 | Qualification for the Relegation Group |
| 11 | Pantery Uman | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 42 | −29 | 4 | Qualification for the Relegation Group |
| 12 | Mariupol | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 52 | −47 | 2 | Qualification for the Relegation Group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DNI | LAD | MAR | KOL | PAN | POD | SHA | DYN | VOR | ZTL | KRY | VER |
| Dnipro-1 | | | 7–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | | 2–3 | | |
| Ladomyr Volodymyr | 2–1 | | | 1–4 | | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | |
| Mariupol | | 0–5 | | | 2–3 | | | | 0–6 | | 0–6 | 0–6 |
| Kolos Kovalivka | | | 8–0 | | 6–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | | | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Pantery Uman | | 2–4 | | | | | | 1–4 | 0–5 | | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | | | 1–1 | | 3–3 | | 1–4 | | | 0–1 | 0–5 | 5–3 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | | 0–0 | 8–0 | | 7–0 | | | | | | 2–3 | 7–2 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | | | |
| Vorskla Poltava | 8–0 | | | 2–0 | | 12–1 | 0–1 | 10–0 | | | | |
| Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | | | 2–0 | | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–8 | | | |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2–0 | 6–2 | | 1–0 | | | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | |
| Veres Rivne | 1–2 | 1–2 | | | | | | 1–3 | 0–9 | 0–6 | 1–2 | |
* ↑ Round 9 match scheduled to play on October 14 was postponed to November 10
* ↑ Round 5 match scheduled to play on September 9 was postponed to November 8
* ↑ Round 9 match scheduled to play on October 14 was played earlier on September 23
* ↑ Round 9 match scheduled to play on October 14 was postponed to November 14
* ↑ Round 1 match scheduled to play on August 5 was postponed to August 23
* ↑ Round 5 match scheduled to play on September 9 was postponed to October 11

### Results by week

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Dnipro-1 | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L |
| Dynamo Kyiv | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | L |
| Kolos Kovalivka | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Ladomyr Volodymyr | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | D |
| Mariupol | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Pantery Uman | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L |
| EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D |
| Veres Rivne | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Vorskla Poltava | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | W |

## Statistics
### Clean sheets

As of 18 November 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | MP |
| 1 | Iryna Slavych | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 6 | 540 |
| 2 | Daryna Bondarchuk | Vorskla Poltava | 4 | 343 |
| 2 | Darya Kelyushyk | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 4 | 331 |
| 2 | Marina Dudnik | Kolos Kovalivka | 4 | 287 |
| 5 | 2 players | 2 players | 3 | <=270 |
| 7 | 5 players | 5 players | 2 | <=180 |
| 13 | 9 players | 9 players | 1 | <=90 |

## Championship round
### Championship round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Vorskla Poltava (C) | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 5 | +89 | 54 | Qualification for Champions League second round |
| 2 | Kolos Kovalivka | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 43 | Qualification for Champions League first round |
| 3 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 41 | |
| 4 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 41 | |
| 5 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 26 | |
| 6 | Ladomyr Volodymyr | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 21 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Kryvbas – Zhytlobud-1 4:1, Kryvbas – Metalist 1925 2:2, Metalist 1925 – Kryvbas 3:1

### Results

| Home \ Away | KOL | KRY | LAD | SHA | VOR | MET |
| Kolos Kovalivka | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0–2 | | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Ladomyr Volodymyr | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–7 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 6–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |

## Relegation round
### Relegation round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 36 | Withdrew after the season |
| 8 | Dynamo Kyiv | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 34 | Withdrew after the season |
| 9 | EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 31 | |
| 10 | Pantery Uman (O) | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 17 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Veres Rivne (R) | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 61 | −40 | 9 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Mariupol (R) | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 83 | −73 | 6 | Relegation to Persha Liha |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DNI | DYN | MAR | PAN | POD | VER |
| Dnipro-1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–3 | | 8–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Mariupol | 0–3 | 1–4 | | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| Pantery Uman | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 6–1 |
| EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| Veres Rivne | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| First leg – June 1, Second leg – June 6 |||||
| Pantery Uman | 7 – 0 | FC Mynai | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Veres Rivne | 2 – 3 | Obolon Kyiv | 1–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |

## Persha Liha
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | FC Mynai (C) | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 3 | +58 | 39 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Polissia Zhytomyr (P) | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 10 | +59 | 31 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Prykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Iv.Frankivsk | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 31 | |
| 4 | Ladomyr-2 Volodymyr | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 23 | |
| 5 | Nadbuzhia Busk | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 15 | |
| 6 | Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 40 | −31 | 11 | Withdrew after the season |
| 7 | Rukh Lviv | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 10 | |
| 8 | DIuSSh-1 Khmelnytskyi | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 75 | −69 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Polissia 0–1 Prykarpattia DIuSSh-3, Prykarpattia DIuSSh-3 1–9 Polissia

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Sisters Odesa (C, P) | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 3 | +121 | 40 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 2 | Obolon Kyiv (P) | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 11 | +41 | 37 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 3 | Yunist Chernihiv | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 25 | |
| 4 | Lider Kobeliaky | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 22 | |
| 5 | Ateks Kyiv | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 18 | |
| 6 | Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 10 | Withdrew |
| 7 | Zhaivir Shpola | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 71 | −66 | 7 | |
| 8 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 97 | −92 | 4 | Withdrew after the season |