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 which has a professional status and the First League 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 new Ukrainian league included several teams that participated in the former Soviet championship such as Lehenda Chernihiv, Arena Kyiv, Olimp Kyiv, 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 and the First League. The first Ukrainian championship presented a new Donetsk team that started from the First League and eventually would become one of the most successful clubs in the league.
Top league laureates
The following is a list of all previous champions.| Season | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Position | Winter champion | # of teams |
| 1992 | Dynamo Kyiv | Arena-Hospodar Fastiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | - | 10 |
| 1993 | Arena Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | Tornado Kyiv | - | 13 |
| 1994 | Donetsk-Ros' Donetsk | Yunisa Kyiv | Alina Kyiv | - | 13 |
| 1995 | Donetsk-Ros' Donetsk | Alina Kyiv | Spartak Kyiv | - | 9 |
| 1996 | Donetsk-Ros' Donetsk | Alina Kyiv | Stal Makiyivka | - | 6 |
| 1997 | Alina Kyiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | Donchanka-Varna Donetsk | - | 5 |
| 1998 | WFC Donchanka | Lehenda Chernihiv | Iskra Zaporizhia | - | 4 |
| 1999 | WFC Donchanka | Lehenda Chernihiv | Hrafit Zaporizhia | - | 4 |
| 2000 | Lehenda Chernihiv | WFC Donchanka | Kyivska Rus' Kyiv | - | 8 |
| 2001 | Lehenda Chernihiv | Kyivska Rus' Kyiv | Lvivianka Lviv | - | 8 |
| 2002 | Lehenda Chernihiv | WFC Kharkiv | Metallurg-Donchanka Donetsk | - | 8 |
| 2003 | Kharkiv-Kondytsioner | Lehenda Chernihiv | Donchanka-TSPOR Donetsk | - | 7 |
| 2004 | Metalist Kharkiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | Spartak Sumy | - | 9 |
| 2005 | Lehenda Chernihiv | Metalist Kharkiv | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | - | 9 |
| 2006 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | Naftokhimik Kalush | - | 9 |
| 2007 | Naftokhimik Kalush | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | - | 8 |
| 2008 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | Naftokhimik Kalush | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 10 |
| 2009 | Lehenda Chernihiv | Illichivka Mariupol | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | - | 7 |
| 2010 | Lehenda Chernihiv | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Illichivka Mariupol | - | 9 |
| 2011 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | Naftokhimik Kalush | - | 8 |
| 2012 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Naftokhimik Kalush | Donchanka-TsPOR | - | 8 |
| 2013 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | Donchanka-TsPOR | Lehenda Chernihiv | 8 |
| 2014 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 8 |
| 2015 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 8 |
| 2016 | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | 7 |
| 2017 | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 9 |
| 2017–18 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | Lehenda Chernihiv | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | 10 |
| 2018–19 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | Voskhod Stara Mayachka | Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | 10 |
Record Champions
All-time table
Notes:- Berestovets is a village of Kostopil Raion.
- Stara Mayachka is a village of Oleshky Raion.
Participants with annulled record