Ukrainian Women's League

Ukrainian Women's League
Country	Ukraine
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1992
Divisions	1
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First League
Domestic cup(s)	Ukrainian Women's Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2015)
Most championships	WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (9 titles)
Website	Official
2015

The Ukrainian Women's League, also known as the Zhinocha Liha, is part of the Ukrainian professional football clubs competition among females. Currently it is the only nationwide club level of competition in the country. At the end of the 1990s the second level was disbanded due to lack of interest.

The champion 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 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 Zaporizhia, Luhanochka Luhansk, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and many others.

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.

Previous winners

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

Season	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Position	Winter champion
1992	Dynamo Kyiv	Arena-Hospodar Fastiv	Lehenda Chernihiv	–
1993	Arena Kyiv	Dynamo Kyiv	Tornado Kyiv	–
1994	Donetsk-Ros' Donetsk	Yunisa Kyiv	Alina Kyiv	–
1995	Donetsk-Ros' Donetsk	Alina Kyiv	Spartak Kyiv	–
1996	Donetsk-Ros' Donetsk	Alina Kyiv	Stal Makiyivka	–
1997	Alina Kyiv	Lehenda Chernihiv	Donchanka-Varna Donetsk	–
1998	WFC Donchanka	Lehenda Chernihiv	Iskra Zaporizhia	–
1999	WFC Donchanka	Lehenda Chernihiv	Hrafit Zaporizhia	–
2000	Lehenda Chernihiv	WFC Donchanka	Kyivska Rus' Kyiv	–
2001	Lehenda Chernihiv	Kyivska Rus' Kyiv	Lvivianka Lviv	–
2002	Lehenda Chernihiv	Kondytsioner Kharkiv	Metallurg-Donchanka ( Donetsk )	–
2003	Kondytsioner Kharkiv	Lehenda Chernihiv	Donchanka-TSPOR ( Donetsk )	–
2004	Metalist Kharkiv	Lehenda Chernihiv	Spartak Sumy	–
2005	Lehenda Chernihiv	Arsenal Kharkiv	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	–
2006	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	Lehenda Chernihiv	Naftokhimik Kalush	–
2007	Naftokhimik Kalush	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	Lehenda Chernihiv	–
2008	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	Lehenda Chernihiv	Naftokhimik Kalush	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
2009	Lehenda Chernihiv	Illichivka Mariupol	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	–
2010	Lehenda Chernihiv	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	Illichivka Mariupol	–
2011^[2]	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	Lehenda Chernihiv	Naftokhimik Kalush	–
2012	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	Naftokhimik Kalush	Donchanka-TsPOR	–
2013^[3]	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	Lehenda Chernihiv	Donchanka-TsPOR	Lehenda Chernihiv
2014^[4]	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv	Lehenda Chernihiv	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
2015	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	Lehenda Chernihiv	Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv

Record Champions

Titles	Team
9	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (incl. Kondytsioner & Metalist)
6	Lehenda Chernihiv
5	WFC Donchanka
2	Alina Kyiv Donchanka Donetsk
1	Dinamo Kyiv Naftokhimik Kalush

References

↑ "Ukraine - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
↑ "Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv wins fifth championship" (in Ukrainian). city.kharkov.ua. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
↑ "Zhytlobud wins seventh championship" (in Ukrainian). city.kharkov.ua. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
↑ http://gilstroy-1.ucoz.ru/news/chempionat_ukrainy_sredi_zhenshhin_sezon_2014_match_14_tura_zhilstroj_2_zhilstroj_1_otchet/2014-10-19-446

External links

Standings & results at Federation website
League at soccerway.com

Football in Ukraine

Governing bodies

Football Federation of Ukraine
- Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian Premier League
Professional Football League
National Youth Football League
Ukrainian Football Amateur Association
Regional football federations
FFU Committee of Referees
Ukrainian Football Association of Students
Football Association of Handicapped
Association of Football Veterans
Trade Union of Footballers

National teams

Men	National team U-21 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 Beach soccer team Futsal team

Women	National team

League system

Men	Premier League First League Second League Third League (defunct) Amateur League Regional championships Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)

Women	Ukrainian Women's League

Youth	UPL (U-21 & U-19) Ukrainian Youth Football League (U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14) Ukrainian Students' League (Universities) Leather Ball Club (U-13, U-12, U-11)

Domestic cups

Men	Ukrainian Cup Ukrainian Super Cup Ukrainian Amateur Cup FFU Regions Cup Ukrainian Second League Cup (defunct) Ukrainian League Cup (defunct) Cup of Ukrainian PFL (defunct) Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)

Women	Women's Cup

International	Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament Viktor Bannikov Memorial Tournament

Awards

Lists

Categories

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons

Top level women's football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct leagues	Azerbaijan Belgium & Netherlands Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union

Top sport leagues in Ukraine

Leagues

Men's	Basketball Beach Soccer Football Futsal Handball Hockey Rugby Volleyball

Women's	Basketball Football Futsal Handball Volleyball

Others

Top level women's association football leagues around the world

Africa (clubs)

Asia (clubs)

West Asia	Jordan Women's Football League (Jordan)

Central Asia	Kowsar Women Football League (Iran) Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship (Kyrgyzstan) Uzbek women's football championship (Uzbekistan)

South Asia	Indian Women's League (India) National Women Football Championship (Pakistan)

East Asia	Chinese Women's Super League (China PR) Chinese Taipei women's football championship (Chinese Taipei) Hong Kong Women League (Hong Kong) Nadeshiko League (Japan) WK League (Korea Republic)

Southeast Asia	W-League (Australia/New Zealand) Pertiwi Cup (Indonesia) PFF Women's League (Philippines) Thai Women's Premier League (Thailand) Vietnam women's football championship (Vietnam)

Europe (clubs)

North & Central America,
and the Caribbean (clubs)

North America	National Women's Soccer League (USA/Canada)

Caribbean	JFF/SDF Women’s League (Jamaica)

Oceania (clubs)

National Women's League (New Zealand)

South America (clubs)

Geography of women's association football

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