Ukrainian Women's League

Football league
Ukrainian Women's League
Founded1992
Country Ukraine
ConfederationUEFA
Divisions1
Level on pyramid1-2
Relegation toFirst League
Domestic cup(s)Ukrainian Women's Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
Current championsWFC Vorskla Poltava (4th title)
(2022–23)
Most championshipsWFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (10 titles)
Top goalscorerOlha Ovdiychuk
(199 goals)
WebsiteOfficial
Current: 2023–24 Ukrainian Women's League

The Ukrainian Women's Professional Football League, WFPL, is part of the Ukrainian football clubs competitions among females that consists of two divisions, the Top League (Vyshcha Liha) which has a professional status and the First League (Persha Liha) which was revived in 2013 after 20-year break and is a competition among amateur clubs. Participation of a club in league competitions has to be approved by regional football federations and the All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football. The All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football is Ukrainian public organization that governs and organizes all football competitions among females in Ukraine, including the league competitions.

The champion of the Top League qualifies for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

History

The league was created in 1992 with dissolution of the Soviet Union and discontinuation of the Soviet women's football championship that existed only for two seasons 1990 and 1991 (the 1989 season was organized by the Soviet Trade Union Sport Federation). The new Ukrainian league included several teams that participated in the former Soviet championship such as Lehenda Chernihiv, Arena Kyiv, Olimp Kyiv (former Soviet champion Nyva Baryshivka), Dynamo Kyiv, ZHU Zaporizhzhia, Luhanochka Luhansk, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and many others. Kharkiv city teams en masse boycotted the domestic league until introduction of the UEFA Women's Cup.

The first Ukrainian championship consisted of 18 teams that were split into two divisions, the Higher League (10 teams) and the First League (8 teams). The first Ukrainian championship presented a new Donetsk team (as Tekstylnyk Donetsk) that started from the First League and eventually would become one of the most successful clubs in the league. While dominated at first by various teams from Kyiv, starting from 1994 Donchanka (Donechanka) Donetsk became the flagman (flag-woman) of the league dominating until the end of 1990s.

Some six teams that previously competed in Soviet competitions (in 1990 and 1991) chose not to enter the new Ukrainian league in 1992. More teams withdrew from competitions after 1993 causing the second tier (First League) to be disbanded for the next 20 years. The interest in women football never improved in Ukraine and by end of 1990s the league consisted of merely 4 teams playing 4 or 6 leg round-robin tournament between each other.

With turn of millennium, the leadership in the league was overtaken by WFC Lehenda Chernihiv and stayed the leading team for the next decade. Around that time (2001), there was introduced new international tournament UEFA Women's Cup that gave a boost in expansion of the Ukrainian league. For the first time in the league appeared a team from Kharkiv. Later the team at first existing as a department of the main Metalist club, in 2006 was taken over by a local construction company. While the main Donetsk team declined, Chernihiv footballers received a notable competitiveness boost from Kharkiv, Prykarpattia and Azov regions. There also appeared new smaller teams such as Rodyna out of Kostopil in Volhynia and eastern Podollia teams around Uman. In 2008 there was introduced winter break competition which became regular later since 2013.

Following 2010, Lehenda was not able to regain the first position in the league and the league became dominated by Zhilstroi-1 (Zhytlobud-1) Kharkiv. Note that Zhilstroi-1 is a Soviet name for construction company out of Kharkiv which in its name actually carries a number. Also Russian language continues to be dominant in Ukrainian sport and particularly in women football where a lot of teams named in Russian manner i.e. Donchanka, Zhilstroi, Voskhod, Iuzhanka and others. In this situation the women team "Rodyna" has undetermined situation as in Russian and Ukrainian languages carries completely different meanings. Following the 2014 Russian aggression against Ukraine, the league lost its Donetsk team which was disbanded due to the Russian occupation of eastern Ukraine in addition to Crimea. At the same time the Bubka school of Olympic reserve which provided athletes for the team was evacuated to Bakhmut.

Clubs

The following eleven clubs competed in the 2021–22 season.

Team Location Ground Capacity 2020–21 season
Ateks Shchaslyve Arsenal Arena ? 1L, 2nd
EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia PCY Stadium 1,500 9th
Karpaty Vynnyky Stadion im.Markevycha 900 6th
Kolos Kalynivka Tsentralnyi Stadium ? 1L, 1st
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Hirnyk Stadium 2,500 non-existent
Ladomyr Novovolynsk Shakhtar Stadium ? 4th
Mariupol Mariupol Zakhidnyi Stadium 3,063 5th
Pantery Uman Tsentralnyi Stadium 7,552 8th
Voskhod Oleshky Start Stadium ? 3rd
Zhytlobud-1 Lyubotyn Olimpiyets Stadium 1,500 1st
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Nova Bavaria Stadium 2,057 2nd

Top league laureates

The following is a list of all previous champions.[1][2]

  • ‡ – winners of the National Cup among women teams
  • in bold winners of the Double (championship and cup)
Season Champion Runner-Up 3rd Position Winter champion[3] # of teams
1992 Dynamo Kyiv (1)[4] Arena-Hospodar Fastiv Lehenda Chernihiv 10
1993 Arena Kyiv (1) Dynamo Kyiv Tornado Kyiv 13
1994 Donetsk-Ros' Donetsk (1) Yunisa Kyiv Alina Kyiv 13
1995 Donetsk-Ros' Donetsk (2) Alina Kyiv ‡ Spartak Kyiv 9
1996 Donetsk-Ros' Donetsk (3) Alina Kyiv Stal Makiyivka 6
1997 Alina Kyiv (1) Lehenda Chernihiv Donchanka-Varna Donetsk 5
1998 WFC Donchanka (4) Lehenda Chernihiv Iskra Zaporizhzhia 4
1999 WFC Donchanka (5) Lehenda Chernihiv Hrafit Zaporizhzhia 4
2000 Lehenda Chernihiv (1) WFC Donchanka Kyivska Rus' Kyiv 8
2001 Lehenda Chernihiv (2) Kyivska Rus' Kyiv Lvivianka Lviv 8
2002 Lehenda Chernihiv (3) WFC Kharkiv Metallurg-Donchanka Donetsk 8
2003 Kharkiv-Kondytsioner (1) Lehenda Chernihiv Donchanka-TSPOR Donetsk 7
2004 Metalist Kharkiv (2) Lehenda Chernihiv Spartak Sumy 9
2005 Lehenda Chernihiv (4) Arsenal Kharkiv Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 9
2006 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (1) Lehenda Chernihiv Naftokhimik Kalush 9
2007 Naftokhimik Kalush (1) Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv ‡ Lehenda Chernihiv 8
2008 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2) Lehenda Chernihiv Naftokhimik Kalush Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (1) 10
2009 Lehenda Chernihiv (5) Illichivka Mariupol Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 7
2010 Lehenda Chernihiv (6) Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv ‡ Illichivka Mariupol 9
2011[5] Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (3) Lehenda Chernihiv Naftokhimik Kalush 8
2012 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (4) Naftokhimik Kalush ‡ Donchanka-TsPOR 8
2013[6] Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (5) Lehenda Chernihiv Donchanka-TsPOR Lehenda Chernihiv (1) 8
2014[7] Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (6) Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Lehenda Chernihiv Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2) 8
2015 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (7) Lehenda Chernihiv Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (3) 8
2016[8] Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (1) Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv ‡ Lehenda Chernihiv Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (1) 7
2017 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (2) Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv Lehenda Chernihiv Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (4) 9
2017–18[9] Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (8) Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Lehenda Chernihiv Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (2) 10
2018–19 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (9) Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Voskhod Stara Mayachka Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (3) 10
2019–20 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (3) Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv Voskhod Stara Mayachka Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (5) 10
2020–21 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (10) Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv ‡ Voskhod Stara Mayachka Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (4) 10
2021–22* Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih cancelled[10] 11
2022–23 Vorskla Poltava (4) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kolos Kovalivka (U-16 tournament) 12
  • The 2021–22 season was abandoned midway due to Russian aggression, and no end-season awards were given out. However, Zhytloud-2 Kharkiv did win the National Cup which was resumed later and won by the Zhytlobud-2 successor Vorskla.

Record champions

Club Winners Winning years[2] Runners-up 2nd place years[2]
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 10 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21 5 2007, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2019–20
Lehenda Chernihiv 6 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010 10 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015
Donchanka Donetsk 5 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 1 2000
Vorskla Poltava (Zhytlobud-2) 4 2016, 2017, 2019–20, 2022-23 4 2014, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
Metalist Kharkiv 2 2003, 2004 2 2002, 2005
Alina Kyiv 1 1997 2 1995, 1996
Dynamo Kyiv 1 1992 1 1993
Arena Kyiv 1 1993 1 1992
Naftokhimik Kalush 1 2007 1 2012
Unisa Luhansk 1 1994
Kyyivska Rus Kyiv 1 2001
Illichivka Mariupol 1 2009
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1 2022-23
Total 31 31

Ukrainian Women's League players

All-time Premier League appearance leaders
Rank Player Games
1 Ukraine Tetyana Hromovska 240
2 Ukraine Yuliya Vashchenko 208
3 Ukraine Nataliya Zhdanova 188
4 Ukraine Tetyana Oznobikhina 184
5 Ukraine Anzhela Chernobay 182
6 Ukraine Natalia Sukhorukova 180
7 Ukraine Nataliya Ihnatovych 178
8 Ukraine Halyna Mykhaylenko 177
9 Ukraine Inesa Titova 159
10 Ukraine Oksana Revzin 157
Players in bold are still playing in Premier League
Data as of 23 April 2012[11]
All-time Premier League scorers
Rank Player Goals
1 Ukraine Halyna Mykhaylenko 137
2 Ukraine Yuliya Korniyevets 121
3 Ukraine Svitlana Frishko 115
4 Ukraine Olena Khodyryeva 87
5 Ukraine Hanna Mozolska 77
6 Ukraine Lyudmyla Pekur 75
7 Ukraine Khrystyna Botyuk 64
8 Ukraine Vira Dyatel 59
9 Ukraine Olha Boychenko 50
10 Belarus Hanna Tatarynava 48
Players in bold are still playing in Premier League
Data as of 23 April 2012[11]

All-time table

at winter break of the 2023–24 season

Rank Team Seasons P W D L GF GA Pts Achievement Other names used
1 Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv 27 370 241 46 83 1188 304 769 champions (6) Lehenda-Cheksil
2 Zhtytlobud-1 Kharkiv 18 260 215 26 19 1210 122 671 champions (10)
3 Donchanka Donetsk[12] 23 292 164 41 87 746 328 533 champions (5) Donchanka-TsPOR, Metalurh-Donchanka, Donchanka-Varna, Varna, FC Donetsk, Donetsk-Ros, Tekstylnyk
4 Vorskla Poltava 13 187 149 13 25 917 165 460 champions (4) Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
5 Naftokhimik Kalush 8 120 69 15 36 282 151 222 champions (1) Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
6 Dynamo Kyiv 5 90 55 12 23 210 88 177 champions (1) OKIP Kyiv, SDYuShOR-16 Kyiv
7 Veres Rivne 18 245 47 32 166 250 773 173 4th (1) Rodyna-Litsei, Rodyna-KOLISP
8 Iatran Berestivets 11 147 49 25 73 187 318 172 4th (5)
9 Ladomyr Volodymyr 7 116 45 12 59 232 271 147 4th (1)
10 Alina Kyiv 5 81 45 9 27 176 106 144 champions (1)
11 Metalist Kharkiv 6 61 42 5 14 304 70 131 champions (2) Arsenal, Kharkiv-Kondytsioner, Kharkivianka
12 Illichivka Mariupil 9 111 39 14 58 154 275 131 3rd (2) Azovchanka
13 Luhanochka-Spartak Luhansk[13] 7 90 35 15 40 123 207 120 4th (2) Luhanochka, Zorya-Spartak
14 Pantery Uman 9 132 34 13 85 173 443 115 5th (2)
15 Voskhod Stara Mayachka 4 65 36 6 23 118 106 114 3rd (3)
16 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3 43 36 2 5 182 23 110 2nd (1)
17 Iskra Zaporizhzhia 7 100 23 23 54 105 214 92 3rd (2) Hrafit
18 Spartak Kyiv 3 55 26 13 16 110 52 91 runners-up (1) Unisa Luhansk
19 Kolos Kovalivka 3 43 29 2 12 97 34 89 3rd (1)
20 Arena Kyiv 2 39 26 10 3 73 19 88 champions (1)
21 Iednist Plysky 4 62 25 5 32 102 104 80 5th (3)
22 Stal Makiivka 4 57 22 12 23 73 61 78 3rd (1) Stal-Nika-MMK
23 Dnipro-1 5 75 23 9 43 109 242 78 6th (2) Zlahoda-Dnipro-1, Zlahoda
24 Mariupol 5 80 22 6 52 85 292 72 5th (1) Mariupolchanka
25 Chornomorochka Odesa 8 117 17 19 81 88 357 70 4th (1)
26 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 33 22 1 10 106 40 67 4th (1)
27 Tornado Kyiv 2 40 19 10 11 65 34 67 3rd (1) Olimp Kyiv, Nyva Baryshivka
28 Spartak Sumy 3 41 21 4 16 65 96 67 3rd (1)
29 EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia 5 76 18 12 46 84 185 66 9th (2)
30 Ateks Kyiv 17 224 14 23 187 145 1205 65 5th (1) Ateks-Obolon Kyiv, Ateks-SDYuShOR-16 Kyiv
31 Iunist Poltava 6 47 15 5 27 70 147 50 4th (1) Kolos
32 Iuzhanka Kherson 5 51 13 4 34 85 222 43 5th (1)
33 Borysfen Zaporizhzhia 2 40 8 14 18 28 56 38 7th (1)
34 Krym-Iuni Simferopil 2 40 7 10 23 27 72 31 9th (2)
35 Lada Mykolaiv 2 33 9 3 21 26 54 30 7th (1)
36 FC Lviv 1 18 9 2 7 39 38 29 4th (1)
37 Bukovynka Chernivtsi 1 18 5 9 4 19 15 24 5th (1)
38 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 28 6 6 16 29 50 24 8th (1)
39 Karpaty Lviv 2 29 7 2 20 35 106 23 6th (1)
40 Nika Mykolaiv 1 15 7 1 7 57 35 22 7th (1)
41 Kyivska Rus Kyiv 3 23 4 1 18 30 116 13 3rd (1)
42 Ukrayinka Ternopil 1 14 4 0 10 13 41 12 7th (1)
43 Sotstekh Kyiv 1 8 3 0 5 12 25 9 7th (1)
44 Volyn Lutsk 2 12 2 3 7 16 44 9 3rd (1)
45 Lvivianka Lviv 4 23 2 2 19 22 140 8 4th (1)
46 Krayanka Kirovohrad 2 22 2 1 19 13 116 7 6th (1) Mriya Kirovohrad
47 TsPOR Donchanka Donetsk 1 6 1 2 3 1 19 5 6th (1)
48 Esmira Luhansk 1 10 1 2 7 12 38 5 11th (1)
49 Dynamo Irpin 1 3 1 0 2 3 2 3 5th (1)
50 Oleksandriya Kyiv 1 4 1 0 3 6 18 3 8th (1)
51 Bukovynska Nadiya 1 15 1 0 14 11 103 3 10th (1)
52 Slaviya Kyiv 2 11 0 0 11 3 58 0 9th (2)
53 Harmoniya Lviv 1 11 0 0 11 2 72 0 9th (1)

Notes:

Participants with annulled record

Rank Team Seasons P W D L GF GA Pts Achievement Other names used
1 Kolos Kherson 1 7 2 1 4 9 19 7
2 Inhulianka Kryvyi Rih 1 9 0 1 8 3 39 1

All-time participants

The table lists the Higher League teams's place in each of the seasons. The table also tracks the Higher League teams that competed in the lower First League (<1>) when they were relegated or withdrew from the Higher League.

Higher League participants (1992–2012)

Season 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Teams 10 13 13 9 6 5 4 4 8 8 8 10 9 9 9 8 9 7 9 8 8
Dynamo Kyiv 1 2 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Arena Kyiv 2 1 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Lehenda Chernihiv 3 4 6 4 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 4
Olimp Kyiv / Tornado Kyiv 4 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Bukovynka Chernivtsi 5 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Luhanochka Luhansk/Zorya 6 5 · · · · · · · 4 4 5 · · 7 5 · · · · ·
Borysfen Zaporizhzhia 7 10 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 8 13 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Krym-Iuni Simferopil 9 9 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Chornomorochka Odesa 10 12 8 6 4 · · · · · · · · · 9 · 9 · 8 · ·
Iskra Zaporizhzhia <1> 6 7 8 6 5 3 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Donechanka Donetsk <1> 7 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 3
Iunisa Luhansk <1> 8 2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Alina Kyiv / Radosyn <1> 11 3 2 2 1 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Stal Makiivka · · 5 5 3 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Lada Mykolaiv · <1> 9 7 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Mriya Kirovohrad / Krayanka <1> <1> 10 · · · · · 6 · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Esmira Luhansk / Kontek · <1> 11 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Inhulianka Kryvyi Rih · · 12 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Iuzhanka Kherson/Kolos <1> <1> 13 · · · · · · · · · · 8 5 7 7 · 9 · ·
Season 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Teams 10 13 13 9 6 5 4 4 8 8 8 10 9 9 9 8 9 7 9 8 8
Spartak Kyiv · · · 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Harmoniya Lviv · · · 9 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Lvivianka/SKIF Lviv <1> <1> · · · · 4 · 8 7 7 · · · · · · · · · ·
Kyivska Rus Kyiv · · · · · · · 4 3 5 · · · · · · · · · · ·
Iunist Poltava · · · · · · · · 4 6 5 6 5 9 · · · · · · ·
Dynamo Irpin · · · · · · · · 5 · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Volyn Lutsk · · · · · · · · · 3 8 · · · · · · · · · ·
Metalist/Arsenal/Kharkivianka · · · · · · · · 7 8 2 1 1 2 · · · · · · ·
TsPOR Donechanka · · · · · · · · · · 6 · · · · · · · · · ·
Spartak Sumy · · · · · · · · · · · 4 3 4 · · · · · · ·
Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv · · · · · · · · · · · 7 8 6 8 6 · 7 5 8 8
Oleksandriya Kyiv · · · · · · · · · · · 8 · · · · · · · · ·
Slaviya Kyiv · · · · · · · · · · · 9 9 · · · · · · · ·
Naftokhimik Kalush · · · · · · · · · · · · 6 3 3 1 3 · · 3 2
Sotstekh Kyiv · · · · · · · · · · · · 7 · · · · · · · ·
Rodyna Kostopil · · · · · · · · · · · · · 7 6 8 6 5 7 4 5
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1 2 1 2 2 1 1
Illichivka Mariupil · · · · · · · · · · · 10 · · · · 4 3 3 7 7
Iatran Berestovets · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 8 6 6 6 ·
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 6
Season 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Teams 10 13 13 9 6 5 4 4 8 8 8 10 9 9 9 8 9 7 9 8 8

Higher League participants (2013–current)

Season 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24
Teams 8 8 8 7 9 10 10 10 10 11 12 12
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 · checkY
Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv 2 3 2 3 3 3 · · · · · ·
Donechanka Donetsk 3 8 · · · · · · · · · ·
Naftokhimik Kalush 4 · · · · · · · · · · ·
Vorskla Poltava/Zhytlobud-2 5 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 checkY
Illichivka Mariupol 6 5 4 · · · · · · · · ·
Rodyna/Veres 7 6 5 6 8 9 8 10 <1> <1> 8 checkY
Ateks Kyiv 8 7 8 7 9 10 <1> <1> <1> 11 12 <1>
Iatran Berestovets <1> 4 6 4 4 4 7 4 · <1> · ·
Ukrayinka Ternopil · <1> 7 · · · · · · · · ·
Pantery Uman · · <1> 5 5 6 9 6 8 9 11 checkY
Dnipro-1 · · · <1> 6 7 10 · · <1> 6 checkY
Yunist ShVSM <1> <1> <1> <1> 7 5 5 5 <1> <1> <1> <1>
Ladomyr Volodymyr · · · · <1> 8 6 8 4 6 5 checkY
Voskhod Stara Mayachka · · · · <1> <1> 3 3 3 8 · ·
FC Lviv · · · · · · 4 · · · · ·
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia · · · · <1> <1> <1> 9 9 7 10 checkY
Mariupolchanka/Mariupol · · · <1> <1> <1> <1> 7 5 4 9 checkY
Karpaty Lviv · · · · · · <1> <1> 6 10 · ·
Spartak-Orion/Nika · <1> <1> <1> <1> <1> <1> <1> 7 <1> · ·
Season 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24
Teams 8 8 8 7 9 10 10 10 10 11 12 12
Bukovynska Nadia · · · · · · <1> <1> 10 · · ·
Kolos Kovalivka · · · · · · · <1> <1> 5 3 checkY
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih · · · · · · · · · 3 2 checkY
Shakhtar Donetsk · · · · · · · · · <1> 4 checkY
Dynamo Kyiv/OKIP · · · · · · · · <1> <1> 7 checkY
Season 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24
Teams 8 8 8 7 9 10 10 10 10 11 12 12

League participants by region

In bold are shown active professional clubs

Region CoA Nos. Participants
Kyiv 10* Dynamo (OKIP), Arena, Tornado (Olimp), Alina (Radosyn), Spartak (Iunisa), Kyivska Rus, Ateks, Oleksandriya, Slavia, Sotstekh
Donetsk Oblast 6 Donechanka Donetsk (Tekstylnyk), Stal Makiivka, TsPOR Donechanka, Illichivka Mariupol, Mariupol (Mariupolchanka), Shakhtar Donetsk
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 4 Dnipro, Inhulianka Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro-1 (Zlahoda), Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Lviv Oblast 4 Harmonia Lviv, Lvivianka Lviv (SKIF), Lviv, Karpaty Lviv
Luhansk Oblast 2* Luhanochka Luhansk (Zorya), Esmira Luhansk (Kontek)
Kharkiv Oblast 2* Arsenal Kharkiv (Metalist), Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
Chernihiv Oblast 2 Lehenda Chernihiv, Iunist Chernihiv (Iednist)
Chernivtsi Oblast 2 Bukovynka Chernivtsi, Bukovynska Nadia
Zaporizhzhia Oblast 2 Borysfen Zaporizhzhia, Iskra Zaporizhzhia
Kherson Oblast 2 Iuzhanka Kherson (Kolos), Voskhod Stara Mayachka
Volyn Oblast 2 Volyn Lutsk, Ladomyr Volodymyr
Cherkasy Oblast 2 Iatran Berestivets, Pantery Uman
Poltava Oblast 2* Iunist Poltava, Vorskla Poltava (Zhytlobud-2)
Mykolaiv Oblast 2 Lada Mykolaiv, Nika Mykolaiv (Spartak)
Kyiv Oblast 2 Dynamo Irpin, Kolos Kovalivka (SC Vyshneve)
Autonomous Republic of Crimea 1 Krym-Iuni Simferopol,
Odesa Oblast 1 Chornomorochka Odesa,
Kirovohrad Oblast 1 Mriya Kirovohrad (Krayanka),
Sumy Oblast 1 Spartak Sumy,
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 1 Naftokhimik Kalush,
Rivne Oblast 1 Veres Rivne (Rodyna)
Ternopil Oblast 1 Ukrayinka Ternopil (Ternopilchanka)
Vinnytsia Oblast 1 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia

First League laureates

Season Champion Runner-Up 3rd Position Groups Teams
1992 Iskra Zaporizhzhia (1) Tekstylnyk Donetsk Iunisa Luhansk 1 8
1993 Stymul-ZDU Zaporizhzhia (1) Lvivianka Lviv Lada Mykolaiv 1 6
1994–2012 the tier's competitions did not exist
2013 Medyk Morshyn (1) Iatran-Umanfermmash Zhytlobud-2-KhOVUFK Kharkiv 2 10
2014 Nika Poltava (1) Ternopolianka Ternopil Osvita-DYuSSh 3 Ivano-Frankivsk 2 8
2015 Pantery Uman (1) Osvita-DYuSSh 3 Ivano-Frankivsk Torpedochka-Avtomobilist Mykolaiv 2 9
2016 Spartak Chernihiv (1) Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 Lvivianka Lviv 3 14
2017 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi (1) Mariupolchanka Mariupol Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk 3 11
2017–18 Voskhod Stara Maiachka (1) Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk Mariupolchanka Mariupol 3 11
2018–19 Mariupolchanka Mariupol (1) EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia SC Vyshneve 2 11
2019–20 abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic (group winners: Karpaty and Spartak-Orion) 2 10
2020–21 Kolos Kovalivka (1) Ateks Kyiv KhPKSP-Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 1 10
2021–22 abandoned due to the Russo-Ukrainian War (group winners: Dynamo and Shakhtar) 2 18
2022–23 Lider Kobeliaky (1) Iunist Chernihiv Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk 1 5

All-time participants

The table lists the First League teams's place in each of the seasons. The table also tracks the First League teams that competed in the upper Higher League (<^>) when they were promoted or withdrew from the First League.

Season 1992 1993 1994 1995 ... 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Teams 8 6 0 0 0 10 8 9 14 11 11 11 10 10 18 5 16
Iskra Zaporizhzhia 1 <^> <^> <^> · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Tekstylnyk Donetsk 2 <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> · · · · · · · · · ·
Iunisa Luhansk 3 <^> <^> · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Radosyn Kyiv 4 <^> <^> <^> · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Mriya Kirovohrad 5 4 <^> · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Lvivianka Lviv 6 2 · · · · · · A1A2 · · · · · · · ·
Tavria Kherson 7 5 <^> · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Olimp-2 Kyiv 8 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Stymul-ZDU Zaporizhzhia · 1 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Lada Mykolaiv · 3 <^> <^> · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Kontek Luhansk · 6 <^> · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Ateks-Obolon Kyiv (Ateks-2) · · · · · A4 · · · · A4 · · · · · ·
Bahira Chervonyi Lyman · · · · · B4 · · · · · · · · · · ·
Viktoria Liubar · · · · · A5 · · · · · · · · · · ·
DYuSSh Voznesensk · · · · · B3 · · · · · · · · · · ·
Luhanochka Luhansk (Zorya-Spartak) · · · · · B5 · · C1A3 C3 C3 B5 B5 10 · · ·
Vorskla Poltava (Zhytlobud-2 KhOFUVK) · · · · · B1 · B3 · C2 · · B3 3 B4 · ·
Medyk Morshyn · · · · · A2 A4 · · · · · · · · · ·
Iunist Chernihiv (Spartak) · · · · · B2 · A2 B2A1 <^> <^> <^> <^> 7 B3 2 checkY
Chornomorochka Odesa · · · · · A3 B3 B4 B4 · · · · · · · ·
Season 1992 1993 1994 1995 ... 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Teams 8 6 0 0 0 10 8 9 14 11 11 11 10 10 18 5 16
Iatran Berestivets · · · · · A2 <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> · A6 · ·
Derazhnianochka Derazhnia · · · · · · A3 · · · · · · · · · ·
Nika Poltava · · · · · · B1 · · · · · · · · · ·
DYuSSh-3 Ivano-Frankivsk · · · · · · A2 A1 A2B2 A3 · A3 A5 5 A4 5 checkY
Ternopolianka Ternopil · · · · · · A1 <^> · · · · · · · · ·
Nika Mykolaiv (Torpedochka) · · · · · · B2 B2 B1B3 B3 B3 · B1 <^> B9 · ·
Pantery Uman (DYuSSh 1) · · · · · · B4 B1 <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^>
Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk · · · · · · · A3 A4 A2 A1 A4 A4 8 A5 3 checkY
Kolos(-Mriya) Makhnivka · · · · · · · A4 A3 B2 A2 A6 A3 · · · ·
DYuSSh 1 Khmelnytskyi · · · · · · · A5 · · · · · · A8 · checkY
Dnipro-1 (Zlahoda) · · · · · · · · C2B1 <^> <^> <^> · · B2 <^> <^>
Polissia Zhytomyr · · · · · · · · A5 B4 A3 B4 · · · · checkY
SumDU-Barsa Sumy · · · · · · · · B3 · C2 · · · · · ·
Mariupolchanka Mariupol (Lehion) · · · · · · · · C3 C1 C1 B1 <^> <^> <^> <^> <^>
KDYuSSh 8 Kharkiv · · · · · · · · C4 · · · · · · · ·
Nika Pervomaisky Raion · · · · · · · · C5 · · · · · · · ·
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi · · · · · · · · · A1 <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^>
VO DYuSSh · · · · · · · · · B1 B2 A1 <^> <^> <^> <^> <^>
Voskhod Stara Mayachka · · · · · · · · · C4 B1 <^> <^> <^> <^> · ·
Bahira Kropyvnytskyi · · · · · · · · · · B4 · · · B8 · ·
Season 1992 1993 1994 1995 ... 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Teams 8 6 0 0 0 10 8 9 14 11 11 11 10 10 18 5 16
Karpaty Lviv · · · · · · · · · · · A2 A1 <^> <^> · ·
Bukovynska Nadia · · · · · · · · · · · A5 A2 <^> · · ·
Kolos Kovalivka (Vyshneve) · · · · · · · · · · · B2 B2 1 <^> <^> <^>
Veres Rivne (Rodyna) · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4 A3 <^> <^>
Dynamo Kyiv (OKIP-SDYuShOR 16) · · · · · · · · · · · · · 6 A1 <^> <^>
Kobra Bilokurakyne · · · · · · · · · · · · · 9 B7 · ·
DYuSSh 26 Kyiv · · · · · · · · · · · · · · A2 · ·
Ladomyr-2 Volodymyr · · · · · · · · · · · · · · A7 · checkY
Rukh Lviv (Chempion) · · · · · · · · · · · · · · A9 4 checkY
Ateks(-SDYuShOR 16) Kyiv · · · · · · · · · · · B3 B4 2 <^> <^> checkY
Shakhtar Donetsk · · · · · · · · · · · · · · B1 <^> <^>
Persha Stolytsia Kharkiv · · · · · · · · · · · · · · B5 · ·
Chornomorets Odesa · · · · · · · · · · · · · · B6 · ·
Lider Kobeliaky · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1 checkY
FC Mynai · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · checkY
Nadbuzhia Busk · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · checkY
Zhaivir Shpola · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · checkY
Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · checkY
Metalurh Zaporizhia · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · checkY
Obolon Kyiv · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · checkY
Sisters Odesa · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · checkY

League participants by region

In bold are shown active teams

Region CoA Nos. Participants
Kyiv 7 Radosyn, Olimp-2, Ateks-2, Dynamo (OKIP), DYuSSh-26, Ateks[-SDYuShOR-16], Obolon
Lviv Oblast 6* Lvivianka Lviv, Medyk Morshyn, Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk, Karpaty Lviv, Rukh Lviv, Nadbuzhia Busk
Luhansk Oblast 4 Iunisa Luhansk, Kontek Luhansk, Luhanochka Luhansk (Zorya), Kobra Bilokurakyne
Donetsk Oblast 4 Tekstylnyk Donetsk, Bahira Krasnyi Lyman, Mariupolchanka Mariupol (Lehion), Shakhtar Donetsk
Mykolaiv Oblast 3 Lada Mykolaiv, DYuSSh Voznesensk, Nika Mykolaiv (Torpedo)
Kharkiv Oblast 3* KDYuSSh 8 Kharkiv, Nika Pervomaisky Raion, Persha Stolytsia Kharkiv
Poltava Oblast 3* Nika Poltava, Vorskla Poltava (Zhytlobud-2), Lider Kobeliaky
Zaporizhzhia Oblast 3 Iskra Zaporizhzhia, Stymul-ZDU Zaporizhzhia, Metalurh Zaporizhia
Cherkasy Oblast 3 Iatran Berestivets, Pantery Uman (DYuSSh-1), Zhaivir Shpola
Odesa Oblast 3 Chornomorochka Odesa, Chornomorets Odesa, Sisters Odesa
Khmelnytskyi Oblast 2 Derazhnianochka Derazhnia, DYuSSh-1 Khmelnytskyi
Zhytomyr Oblast 2 Viktoriya Lyubar, Polissya Zhytomyr
Vinnytsia Oblast 2 Kolos-Mriya Makhnivka, VO DYuSSh
Kherson Oblast 2 Tavriya Kherson, Voskhod Stara Mayachka
Kirovohrad Oblast 2 Mriya Kirovohrad, Bahira Kropyvnytskyi
Volyn Oblast 2 Ladomyr Volodymyr, Ladomyr-2 Volodymyr
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 2 Dnipro-1 (Zlahoda), Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih
Chernihiv Oblast 1 Iunist Chernihiv (Spartak)
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 1 Prykarpattia-DYuSSh-3 Ivano-Frankivsk
Ternopil Oblast 1* Ternopilchanka Ternopil
Sumy Oblast 1 SumDU-Barsa Sumy
Chernivtsi Oblast 1 Bukovynska Nadia
Kyiv Oblast 1 Kolos Kovalivka (SC Vyshneve)
Rivne Oblast 1 Veres Rivne (Rodyna)
Zakarpattia Oblast 1 FC Mynai

References

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External links

  • Standings & results at Federation website
  • League at soccerway.com
  • Official website – All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football
  • Official website of the Women's Football Premier League (WFPL)
  • Adriana Kovalyshyn, Anton Lytvynets. Origins women's football in the territory Ukraine. Lviv State University of Physical Culture.
  • Channel of Daria Rakitska (About women football and sport). YouTube. (Information on womensfootball.com.ua)
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