2020–21 Vyshcha Liha (women)

The 2020–21 season of the Ukrainian Football Championship is 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.[1]

Ukrainian Women's League
Season2020–21
ChampionsWFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
RelegatedNika Mykolaiv
Bukovynska Nadia
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueWFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv

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
2020–21 Vyshcha Liha (women) is located in Ukraine
Zhytlobud-2
Zhytlobud-1
Voskhod
Voskhod
Ladomyr
Ladomyr
EMS Podillia
EMS Podillia
Mariupol
Mariupol
Pantery
Pantery
Bukovynska Nadia
Bukovynska Nadia
Karpaty
Karpaty
Nika
Nika
Locations of teams in the 2020–21 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes
Promoted from 2019–20 Persha LihaRelegated from 2019–20 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.NadiaStorozhynets RaionBukovyna Stadium12,000
KarpatyLvivUkraina Stadium28,051
LadomyrVolodymyr-VolynskyiOlimp Stadion2,000+[2]
MariupolchankaMariupolZakhidnyi Stadion3,206
PanteryUmanTsentralny Stadion7,552
EMS PodilliaVinnytsiaStadion Khimik3,282
RodynaBerezneStadion Kolos3,000
VoskhodOleshkyStadion Osvita
Zhytlobud-1VysokyiTraining field Vysokyi1,000
Zhytlobud-2KharkivSonyachny Stadium4,924

Managers
Club Head coach Replaced coach
Karpaty LvivUkraine Nadiya Chaika
Ladomyr Volodymyr-VolynskyiUkraine Oleh Bortnik
MariupolchankaUkraine Karina Kulakovska
Bukovynska NadiaUkraine Valeriy Sarafinchan
Nika MykolaivUkraine Volodymyr Yefimako
Pantery UmanUkraine Yuriy Dereniuk
EMS Podillia VinnytsiaUkraine Oleksandr Dudnik
Voskhod Stara MaiachkaUkraine Roman Zayev
Zhytlobud-1 KharkivUkraine Valentyna Kotyk
Zhytlobud-2 KharkivUkraine 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
3 Voskhod Stara Maiachka 9 7 0 2 22 9 +13 21
4 Mariupilchanka 9 5 0 4 22 27 −5 15[lower-alpha 1]
5 Karpaty Lviv 9 5 0 4 15 27 −12 15[lower-alpha 1]
6 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 9 3 1 5 15 22 −7 10
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
9 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 9 1 1 7 5 26 −21 4
10 Bukovynska Nadia 9 1 0 8 7 33 −26 3
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.[3]
Notes:
  1. 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
Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2020. Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
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.[3]
(C) Champions

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

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

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[4][5][6]
1 Ukraine Yana Kalinina Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 22
2 Ukraine Hanna Voronina Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 20
3 Ukraine Roksolana Kravchuk Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 18

Persha Liha teams
2020–21 Vyshcha Liha (women) is located in Ukraine
Ateks
OKIP
OKIP
Kolos
Kolos
Iantarochka
Iantarochka
Rodyna
Kobra
Kobra
Iunist
KhPKSP
KhPKSP
Prykarpattia
Prykarpattia
Luhanochka
Luhanochka
Locations of teams in the 2020–21 Ukrainian Championship First League

Team changes
Promoted to Vyshcha LihaRelegated from Vyshcha Liha
Karpaty Lviv
Bukovynska Nadia Velykyi Kuchuriv
Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv		Rodyna Kostopil
Iednist-ShVSM Plysky (reorganized)
Entering league competitionsLeaving 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[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to Vyshcha Liha
2 Ateks Kyiv 16 14 0 2 58 10 +48 42[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2] 16 4 0 12 11 45 −34 12
7 Iunist-ShVSM Chernihiv 16 4 2 10 30 33 −3 11[lower-alpha 3]
8 Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk 16 3 2 11 18 55 −37 8[lower-alpha 3]
9 Kobra Bilokurakyne 16 1 0 15 2 124 −122 3
- Luhanochka[lower-alpha 4] 0 0 0 3 0 24 — −3 Withdrew
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.[3]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head goal difference: Kolos +1, Ateks -1
  2. SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv was replaced during the 2020–21 winter break with OKIP Kyiv which inherited results of the predecessor.
  3. Iunist-ShVSM and Iantarochka both were deducted 3 points for no-show.
  4. Luhanochka was removed from competitions and its record was annulled.

Top scorer
Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Ukraine Anna Kaverzina Kolos Kovalivka 17

References
  1. "Вища ліга. 2020/21" [Calendar of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Championship Higher League]. womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. 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
  3. "Турнирная таблица 2019/20. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая лига" (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. "Вища ліга 2020-2021. Турнірна таблиця + бомбардири ліги". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. Таблица бомбардиров. WFPL.ua
  6. Вища ліга 2020-2021. Турнірна таблиця + бомбардири ліги. womensfootball.com.ua
  7. "Перша ліга 2020-2021. Турнірна таблиця + бомбардири ліги". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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