# 2020–21 Vyshcha Liha (women)

The 2020–21 season of the Ukrainian Football Championship was the 30th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. Consisting of two tiers it ran from 28 August 2020 to 29 May 2021.
The format of competitions for the season changed for both tiers. The ten teams play a single round robin and then split into two groups with the first six competing in a double round robin for championship and the other four for relegation. The bottom two teams were to be relegated. The second tier that also consisted of ten teams had all teams playing each other in a straight double round robin. The top two teams were to be promoted.

## Vyshcha Liha teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2019 to 2020 Persha Liha | Relegated from 2019 to 2020 Vyshcha Liha |
| Karpaty Lviv Bukovynska Nadia Velykyi Kuchuriv Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv | Iatran Berestivets (dissolved) Rodyna Kostopil Iednist-ShVSM Plysky (reorganized) |

### Name changes

* During winter break Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv changed to Nika Mykolaiv.
* Mariupolchanka Mariupol changed to Mariupol.

### Stadiums

| Team | Home city | Home ground | Capacity |
| B.Nadia | Storozhynets Raion | Bukovyna Stadium | 12,000 |
| Karpaty | Lviv | Ukraina Stadium | 28,051 |
| Ladomyr | Volodymyr-Volynskyi | Olimp Stadion | 2,000+ |
| Mariupolchanka | Mariupol | Zakhidnyi Stadion | 3,206 |
| Pantery | Uman | Tsentralny Stadion | 7,552 |
| EMS Podillia | Vinnytsia | Stadion Khimik | 3,282 |
| Rodyna | Berezne | Stadion Kolos | 3,000 |
| Voskhod | Oleshky | Stadion Osvita | |
| Zhytlobud-1 | Vysokyi | Training field Vysokyi | 1,000 |
| Zhytlobud-2 | Kharkiv | Sonyachny Stadium | 4,924 |

### Managers

| Club | Head coach |
| Karpaty Lviv | Nadiya Chaika |
| Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi | Oleh Bortnik |
| Mariupolchanka | Karina Kulakovska |
| Bukovynska Nadia | Valeriy Sarafinchan |
| Nika Mykolaiv | Volodymyr Yefimako |
| Pantery Uman | Yuriy Dereniuk |
| EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | Oleksandr Dudnik |
| Voskhod Stara Maiachka | Roman Zayev |
| Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Valentyna Kotyk |
| Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | Natalya Zinchenko |

## First stage
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 3 | +51 | 25 | Qualification to Championship round |
| 2 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 4 | +42 | 25 | Qualification to Championship round |
| 3 | Voskhod Stara Maiachka | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 21 | Qualification to Championship round |
| 4 | Mariupilchanka | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 15 | Qualification to Championship round |
| 5 | Karpaty Lviv | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 15 | Qualification to Championship round |
| 6 | Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 10 | Qualification to Championship round |
| 7 | Pantery Uman | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 9 | Qualification to Relegation round |
| 8 | Nika Mykolaiv | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 32 | −18 | 6 | Qualification to Relegation round |
| 9 | EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 26 | −21 | 4 | Qualification to Relegation round |
| 10 | Bukovynska Nadia | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 33 | −26 | 3 | Qualification to Relegation round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Mariupol 3, Karpaty 0

### Results

| Home \ Away | NAD | NIK | LAD | MAR | PAN | POD | KAR | VSM | ZH1 | ZH2 |
| Bukovynska Nadia | | 3–0 | | | | 0–1 | | | 1–4 | 1–6 |
| Nika Mykolaiv | | | 3–6 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | |
| Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi | 2–1 | | | | 3–1 | | | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| Mariupilchanka | 8–1 | | 3–1 | | 3–1 | | | 0–2 | 1–8 | |
| Pantery Uman | 3–0 | | | | | 2–1 | | | 0–6 | 0–10 |
| EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | | 1–2 | | 0–5 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 3–0 | | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | | 1–5 | | |
| Voskhod Stara Maiachka | 6–0 | | | | 2–1 | 2–0 | | | 0–5 | |
| Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | | 7–0 | | | | | 8–1 | | | 1–1 |
| Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | | 7–1 | 5–0 | 8–0 | | 9–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | | |

## Championship round
### Championship round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (C) | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 7 | +92 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 2 | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 97 | 11 | +86 | 49 | |
| 3 | Voskhod Stara Maiachka | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 34 | |
| 4 | Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 25 | |
| 5 | Mariupol | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 59 | −32 | 19 | |
| 6 | Karpaty Lviv | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 69 | −47 | 17 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | KAR | LAD | MAR | VSM | ZH1 | ZH2 |
| Karpaty Lviv | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 1–5 |
| Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi | 5–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 1–6 |
| Mariupol | 1–1 | 2–5 | | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–4 |
| Voskhod Stara Maiachka | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | 1–5 |
| Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 6–0 | 8–0 | 8–0 | 4–0 | | 4–1 |
| Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | 12–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |

## Relegation round
### Relegation round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 7 | Nika Mykolaiv | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 22 | Relegation to Persha Liha |
| 8 | Pantery Uman | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 18 | |
| 9 | EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 14 | |
| 10 | Bukovynska Nadia | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 103 | −92 | 3 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | NAD | NIK | PAN | POD |
| Bukovynska Nadia | | 0–20 | 2–12 | 0–9 |
| Nika Mykolaiv | 12–0 | | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Pantery Uman | 10–2 | 2–3 | | 1–0 |
| EMS Podillia Vinnytsia | 7–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Yana Kalinina | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | 22 |
| 2 | Hanna Voronina | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 20 |
| 3 | Roksolana Kravchuk | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | 18 |

## Persha Liha teams
### Team changes

| Promoted to Vyshcha Liha | Relegated from Vyshcha Liha |
| Karpaty Lviv Bukovynska Nadia Velykyi Kuchuriv Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv | Rodyna Kostopil Iednist-ShVSM Plysky (reorganized) |
| Entering league competitions | Leaving league competitions |
| SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv DIuSSh-Iunist Chernihiv Kobra-DIuSSh Bilokurakyne | Kolos-Mriya Makhnivka (withdrew) |

### Name changes

* During winter break SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv was replaced with OKIP Kyiv.
* Lviv-Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk changed its name to Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk.
* DIuSSh Iunist Chernihiv changed its name to Iunist-ShVSM Chernihiv following disbandment of Iednist-ShVSM Plysky.
* Kobra-DIuSSh Bilokurakyne changed its name to Kobra Bilokurakyne.

## Persha Liha

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Kolos Kovalivka | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 4 | +91 | 42 | Promotion to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | Ateks Kyiv | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 10 | +48 | 42 | Promotion to Vyshcha Liha |
| 3 | KhPKSP-Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 35 | |
| 4 | Rodyna-Litsei Kostopil | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 33 | |
| 5 | Prykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Iv.Frankivsk | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 19 | |
| 6 | OKIP Kyiv | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 45 | −34 | 12 | |
| 7 | Iunist-ShVSM Chernihiv | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 11 | |
| 8 | Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 55 | −37 | 8 | |
| 9 | Kobra Bilokurakyne | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 124 | −122 | 3 | |
| - | Luhanochka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | — | −3 | Withdrew |
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Kolos +1, Ateks -1
* ↑ SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv was replaced during the 2020–21 winter break with OKIP Kyiv which inherited results of the predecessor.
* 1 2 Iunist-ShVSM and Iantarochka both were deducted 3 points for no-show.
* ↑ Luhanochka was removed from competitions and its record was annulled.

### Top scorer

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Anna Kaverzina | Kolos Kovalivka | 17 |