2018–19 Vyshcha Liha (women)

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]

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

Teams
Voskhod
Iednist
Iatran
Ladomyr
Pantery
Rodyna
Locations of teams in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Championship Higher League

Team changes
Promoted from 2017–18 Persha LihaRelegated from 2017–18 Vyshcha Liha
Voskhod Stara Maiachka
Lviv[lower-alpha 1]		Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv (dissolved)
Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv

Stadiums
Team Home city Home ground Capacity
IatranUman RaionTsentralnyi Raionyi Stadion1,600
IednistPlyskyIednist Stadion1,500
LadomyrVolodymyr-VolynskyiOlimp Stadion2,000+[4]
LvivNovoiavorivskStadion imeni Rusyna
PanteryUmanStadion Umanfermmash
Zlahoda-Dnipro-1DniproMolodizhnyi Stadion
RodynaBerezneStadion Kolos3,000
VoskhodBeryslavStadion Mashynobudivnyk
Zhytlobud-1LiubotynStadion Olimpiyets
Zhytlobud-2KharkivSonyachny Stadium4,924

League table
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 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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

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
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 Olha Ovdiychuk Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 30 (3)
2 Yana Kalinina Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 22
3 Tetiana Poliukhovych Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 20 (7)
4 Yana Malakhova Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 19
5 Veronika Andrukhiv Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 18
6 Daria Apanashchenko Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 17 (1)
7 Yulia Shevchuk Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 13
8 Hanna Mozolska Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 11
9 Alina Skydan Iednist Plysky 10 (2)
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. 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]

Notes
  1. Lviv was admitted to the league without fielding a team in previous season (replaced Iantarochka Novoiavorivsk[2][3]). In similar way the club's male team was admitted to the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League.

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. 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. "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. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019
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