# 2017–18 Vyshcha Liha (women)

The 2017–18 season of the Ukrainian Championship Higher League was the 27th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. The season has shifted from spring-fall season to fall-spring. It took place from 18 August 2017 to 27 May 2018.

## Teams
### 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+ |
| Ateks SDIuShOR-16 | VyshneveKyiv | Munitsypalnyi StadionStadion of the School 231 KNUTE Stadion | |
| Pantery | Uman | Stadion Umanfermmash | |
| Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 | Dnipro | Stadion Trudovi Rezervy Molodizhnyi Stadion | |
| Rodyna | MlynivKostopil | Stadion KolosStadion Kolos | |
| Lehenda-ShVSM | Chernihiv | Stadion Tekstylschyk | 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 |

### 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 | — |

### Top scorers

    As of 27 May 2018
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 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 |
| 7 | Tayisia Nesterenko | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 10 |
| 7 | Yulia Shevchuk | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 10 |
| 7 | 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 | Qualified to Persha Liha play-offs |
| 3 | Polissia Zhytomyr | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ateks-Obolon Kyiv | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 3 | |

### 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 | |

### 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 | |

### 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.