2018–19 Vyshcha Liha (women)

Ukrainian Women's League
Season2018-19
ChampionsZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
RelegatedWFC Lviv (withdrew)
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 (withdrew)
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv

The 2018–19 season of the Ukrainian Championship Higher League is the 28th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. It runs from 3 August 2018 to 1 June 2019.[1]

Teams

2018–19 Vyshcha Liha (women) is located in Ukraine
Zhytlobud-2
Zhytlobud-1
Voskhod
Voskhod
Iednist
Iatran
Ladomyr
Ladomyr
Lviv
Lviv
Zlahoda
Zlahoda
Pantery
Pantery
Rodyna
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Locations of teams in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes

Promoted Relegated
Voskhod Stara Maiachka
WFC Lviv[a]		 Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv (merged)
Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv

Name changes

  • Iednist-ShVSM Plysky was known last season as Iednist Plysky (merged with Lehenda-ShVSM)

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+[4]
Lviv Novoiavorivsk Stadion imeni Rusyna
Pantery Uman Stadion Umanfermmash
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 Dnipro Molodizhnyi Stadion
Rodyna Berezne Stadion Kolos 3,000
Voskhod Beryslav Stadion Mashynobudivnyk
Zhytlobud-1 Liubotyn Stadion Olimpiyets
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Sonyachny Stadium 4,924

Vyshcha Liha

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (C, Q) 18 18 0 0 110 1 +109 54 Qualification to Champions League
2 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 18 16 0 2 115 6 +109 48
3 Voskhod Stara Maiachka 18 10 2 6 31 31 0 32
4 WFC Lviv 18 9 2 7 39 38 +1 29 Withdrew after the season
5 Iednist Plysky 18 9 2 7 39 35 +4 29
6 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 18 7 1 10 24 45 −21 22
7 Iatran Berestivets 18 4 5 9 16 25 −9 17
8 Rodyna Kostopil 18 4 2 12 14 59 −45 14
9 Pantery Uman 18 3 1 14 14 83 −69 10
10 Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 (O) 18 2 1 15 18 97 −79 7 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: WFPL.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; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
  1. ^ Lviv was admitted to the league without fielding a team in previous season (replaced Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk[2][3]).

Results

Home \ Away IAT IED LAD LVI PAN ZD1 ROD VSM ZH1 ZH2
Iatran Berestivets — 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–5
Iednist Plysky 0–0 — 4–1 1–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–7
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 1–0 3–2 — 2–1 3–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–6
WFC Lviv 1–0 4–2 2–0 — 7–1 1–2 2–0 5–1 0–6 2–5
Pantery Uman 0–5 0–3 1–0 0–6 — 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–12 0–7
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 0–4 0–8 4–1 2–3 3–6 — 0–6 -:+ 0–15 -:+
Rodyna Kostopil 0–2 0–5 0–3 0–3 3–1 2–1 — 1–1 0–7 0–9
Voskhod Stara Maiachka 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 8–0 2–0 — 0–4 0–4
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 3–0 7–0 11–0 7–0 8–0 8–0 11–0 3–0 — 1–0
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 5–0 5–0 4–1 7–0 13–0 19–0 7–0 9–0 0–1 —
Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 1 June 2019[6]
Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Ukraine Olha Ovdiychuk Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 30 (3)
2 Ukraine Yana Kalinina Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 22
3 Ukraine Tetiana Poliukhovych Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 20 (7)
4 Ukraine Yana Malakhova Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 19
5 Ukraine Veronika Andrukhiv Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 18
6 Ukraine Daryna Apanashchenko Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 17 (1)
7 Ukraine Yulia Shevchuk Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 13
8 Ukraine Hanna Mozolska Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 11
9 Ukraine Alina Skydan Iednist Plysky 10 (2)
Ukraine Yulia Stets Voskhod Stara Maiachka 10 (2)

Relegation play-offs

The drawing for relegation playoff took place on 13 June 2019.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SC Vyshneve w/o[9] Zlahoda-Dnipro-1

Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 won on walkover and has preserved its berth in the Ukrainian Women's League. SC Vyshneve withdrew from league competitions. Later SC Dnipro-1 informed the Ukrainian Association of Football that it will not field its female team next season.[10]

Persha Liha

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 VO DYuSSH Vinnytsia 10 8 0 2 33 8 +25 24 Qualified to Persha Liha play-offs
2 Karpaty Lviv 10 7 0 3 40 17 +23 21
3 Stanislavchanka-DYuSSh-3 10 6 1 3 21 16 +5 19
4 Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk 10 3 2 5 10 30 −20 11
5 Bukovynska Nadia 10 3 0 7 21 36 −15 9
6 Kolos-Mriya 10 1 1 8 9 27 −18 4
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]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mariupolchanka 8 6 2 0 34 2 +32 20 Qualified to Persha Liha play-offs
2 SC Vyshneve 8 6 1 1 29 5 +24 19
3 Ateks-SDYuShOR-16 8 4 0 4 18 15 +3 9
4 Polissia Zhytomyr[a] 8 1 1 6 7 18 −11 1 Expelled
5 Luhanochka-Spartak 8 1 0 7 4 52 −48 0
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]
Notes:
  1. ^ Polissia Zhytomyr was expelled from the league for failing to appear for games repeatedly.

Play-offs

Semifinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
VO DYuSSh 4 – 1 Vyshneve
Karpaty 1 – 4 Mariupolchanka

VO DYuSSh Vinnytsia and Mariupolchanka Mariupol gained promotion to the Ukrainian Women's League.

Third place

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Vyshneve 3 – 1 Karpaty

SC Vyshneve qualified for promotion/relegation play-offs.

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
VO DYuSSh 0 – 4 Mariupolchanka

Mariupolchanka Mariupol was crown as the champions of the 2018–19 Persha Liha.

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Календарь. 2018/19. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая Лига" [Calendar of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Championship Higher League]. wfpl.com.ua (in Russian). Ukrainian Women's League. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. ^ ПФК «Львів-Янтарочка» - новий професійний клуб зі Львова Archived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.ua. 19 July 2018
  3. ^ Чемпіонат України. Вища ліга. В сезоні 2018/2019 зіграють 10 команд. womensfootball.ua. 10 July 2018
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ a b c "Турнирная таблица 2019/20. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая лига" (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. ^ Чемпіонат України. Вища Ліга. 2018/2019 - Турнірна таблиця, бомбардири. womensfootball.ua
  7. ^ "Чемпіонат України. Вища Ліга. 2018/2019 - Турнірна таблиця, бомбардири". womensfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  8. ^ Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 and SC Vyshneve will play off transitional games of the championship («Злагода-Дніпро-1» та СК «Вишневе» зіграють перехідні матчі чемпіонату). womensfootball.ua. 13 June 2019
  9. ^ «Злагода-Дніпро-1» зберігає право на участь у Вищій лізі. womensfootball.ua. 15 June 2019
  10. ^ Жіноча команда СК «Дніпро-1» знімається з чемпіонату України Archived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019