2019–20 Vyshcha Liha (women)

The 2019–20 season of the Ukrainian Championship Higher League was the 29th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. It started on 20 July 2019. The season was scheduled to end on 30 May 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament ended on 31 July 2020.[1]

Ukrainian Women's League
Season2019–20
ChampionsZhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
RelegatedIednist, Iatran, Rodyna (all withdrew)
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueZhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
Goals18 – Yulia Stets (Voskhod)
Biggest home winZhytlobud-1 11–0 Mariupolchanka
Biggest away winRodyna 0–12 Zhytlobud-2
Mariupolchanka 0–12 Zhytlobud-1

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, the spring portion of the competition was suspended. Finally in early July 2020, the UAF Executive Committee approved continuation of the Women's Top Division as per the existing season's regulations and pre-cautionary health security measures that were adopted in Ukraine in late May 2020.[2]

Teams

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2019–20 Vyshcha Liha (women) is located in Ukraine
Voskhod
Voskhod
Ladomyr
Ladomyr
EMS Podillia
EMS Podillia
Mariupilchanka
Mariupilchanka
Locations of teams in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes

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Promoted from 2018 to 2019 Persha LihaRelegated from 2018 to 2019 Vyshcha Liha
Mariupilchanka Mariupol
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 (dissolved)[3]
WFC Lviv (dissolved)

Name changes

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  • EMS Podillia Vinnytsia last season was known as Vinnytsia Oblast DYuSSh
  • Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv last season was known as Orion-Avto Mykolaiv
  • Inviktus Kyiv that last season was known as SC Vyshneve changed its name to Kolos Kovalivka
  • Prykarpattia-DYuSSh-3 last season was known as Stanislavchanka-DYuSSh-3
  • Ateks Kyiv last season was known as Ateks-SDYuShOR-16

Stadiums

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Team Home city Home ground Capacity
IatranUman RaionStadion Maximus352[4]
IednistPlyskyIednist Stadion1,500
LadomyrVolodymyr-VolynskyiOlimp Stadion2,000+[5]
MariupilchankaMariupolZakhidnyi Stadion3,206
Pantery UmanUmanTsentralny Stadion7,552
EMS PodilliaVinnytsiaNyva Stadion3,282
RodynaBerezneStadion Kolos3,000
VoskhodOleshkyStadion Start
Zhytlobud-1VysokyiTraining field Vysokyi
Zhytlobud-2KharkivSonyachny Stadium4,924

Managers

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Club Head coach Replaced coach
Iednist PlyskyUkraine Maksym RakhayevOleksandr Babor
MariupolchankaUkraine Karina Kulakovska
Ladomyr Volodymyr-VolynskyiUkraine Oleh Bornik
EMS Podillia VinnytsiaUkraine Oleksandr Dudnik
Rodyna KostopilUkraine Vasyl Mamchur
Pantery UmanUkraine Yuriy Dereniuk
Iatran BerestivetsUkraine Volodymyr Peiu
Voskhod Stara MaiachkaUkraine Roman Zayev
Zhytlobud-1 KharkivUkraine Serhiy SapronovMaksym Rakhayev (interim)
Zhytlobud-2 KharkivUkraine Nataliya Zinchenko

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv[a] (C) 18 17 0 1 100 5 +95 51 Qualification to Champions League
2 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 18 15 2 1 67 5 +62 47
3 Voskhod Stara Maiachka[a] 18 11 2 5 44 28 +16 35
4 Iatran Berestivets 18 7 4 7 19 34 15 25 Withdrew after the season
5 Iednist-ShVSM Plysky 18 8 0 10 32 17 +15 24 Withdrew, later relegated[6]
6 Pantery Uman 18 6 3 9 21 57 36 21
7 Mariupilchanka 18 5 1 12 15 82 67 16
8 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 18 4 2 12 19 33 14 14 Withdrew, later returned[7]
9 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 18 2 4 12 15 30 15 10
10 Rodyna Kostopil 18 0 2 16 4 45 41 2 Withdrew, later relegated[8]
Source: PFL.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.[9]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Participant of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Women's Cup final.

Results

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Home \ Away IAT IED LAD MAR PAN POD ROD VSM ZH1 ZH2
Iatran Berestivets 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 +:- 2–0 0–2 -:+ 0–8
Iednist-ShVSM Plysky 3–1 -:- 4–0 -:+ 3–0 -:- 2–1 0–3 0–8
Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi -:+ 0–3 3–1 6–2 -:- 4–1 1–5 -:+ 0–7
Mariupilchanka 1–1 0–11 +:- 1–3 2–3 +:- 2–6 0–12 0–9
Pantery Uman 0–3 1–2 +:- 3–4 4–3 1–1 0–2 0–10 0–7
EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 1–1 -:- 2–2 -:+ 1–1 -:- 0–4 1–1 -:+
Rodyna Kostopil -:+ 0–3 0–0 0–2 -:+ 1–3 1–2 -:+ 0–12
Voskhod Stara Maiachka 1–1 +:- 5–1 5–0 6–1 4–1 +:- 1–1 1–8
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 4–0 +:- 6–0 11–0 5–0 +:- 7–0 2–0 2–1
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 5–0 +:- +:- 7–1 6–0 7–0 9–0 4–1 2–0
Source: WFPL.UA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Persha Liha

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Karpaty Lviv 4 4 0 0 18 6 +12 12 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha[12]

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2 Bukovynska Nadia 4 1 2 1 8 9 1 5
3 Kolos-Mriya Makhnivka 4 1 2 1 5 10 5 5
4 Lviv-Yantarochka 4 1 0 3 4 8 4 3
5 Prykarpattia-DYuSSh-3 4 0 2 2 5 7 2 2
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.[9]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv[a] 4 4 0 0 11 0 +11 12 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha

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2 Kolos Kovalivka[b] 4 3 0 1 27 7 +20 9
3 KhPKSP-Zhytlobud-2 4 2 0 2 19 5 +14 6
4 Ateks Kyiv 4 1 0 3 13 13 0 3
5 Luhanochka 4 0 0 4 1 46 45 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.[9]
Notes:
  1. Upon promotion Spartak-Orion Mykolaiv changed its name to Nika. Previously it was also known as Orion-Avto Mykolaiv.
  2. In 2019 Kolos Kovalivka was called Inviktus and represented Kyiv. Last season it was playing as SC Vyshneve.

References

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  1. "Календарь. 2019/20. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая лига" [Calendar of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Championship Higher League]. wfpl.com.ua (in Russian). Ukrainian Women's League. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. Artur Malkin. Official: the Ukrainian Football Championship among female teams will be renewed (Офіційно: чемпіонат України серед жіночих команд буде поновлений ). Footboom. 2 July 2020
  3. The female team of SC Dnipro-1 has withdrawn from the Ukrainian championship (Жіноча команда СК «Дніпро-1» знімається з чемпіонату України) Archived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football. 17 July 2019
  4. In a village in the Uman region a stadium was opened for three million hryvnias (У селі на Уманщині відкрили стадіон за три мільйони гривень (ФОТО)) Archived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Vikka. 23 August 2018
  5. 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
  6. (Вища ліга 19/20: гарячий липень у жіночому футболі!). Womensfootball.com.ua. 5 July 2020
  7. 29-й Чемпіонат України з футболу серед жінок. Вища ліга: матчі липня Archived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019
  8. (Вища ліга 19/20: гарячий липень у жіночому футболі!). Womensfootball.com.ua. 5 July 2020
  9. 1 2 3 "Турнирная таблица 2019/20. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая лига" (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  10. Таблица бомбардиров. WFPL.ua
  11. "Goalscorers". WFPL.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  12. 1 2 (Вища ліга 19/20: гарячий липень у жіночому футболі!). Womensfootball.com.ua. 5 July 2020
  13. 1 2 29-й Чемпіонат України з футболу серед жінок. Вища ліга: матчі липня. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019
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