The 2025–26 Ukrainian Women's First League season is a season of Ukraine's second-tier women's football league.
The competition is conducted parallel to competitions in the 2025–26 Ukrainian Women's Top League as part of the Ukrainian Women's Championship.
Format The second-tier competition (First League) is conducted in two groups, split based on geographical location. In both groups, competitions were conducted in the round-robin format. The top two teams from each group will advance to the playoffs. The top three teams from each group will be moved (promoted) to the reformed Higher League next season.Перша ліга 25/26. Проект сезону: 2 етапи, 2 групи, 16 команд. womensfootball.com.ua. 26 June 2025
Teams It was expected that 16 teams would compete this season, but Metalist 1925 Kharkiv changed their mind to have another of their squads in the competitions. 14 out of the 15 participants from last season entered the competition. They were joined by Iantarochka, which returned after a season.
Returning Iantarochka Novoyavorisk
Withdrew Panchokha Novyi Zavod Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv
Group stage Group A
Group B
Playoffs The top two teams from each group will play off to determine the winners of the Persha Liha competitions. Unlike the previous season, this season the winners of both groups play each other in a two-leg format, and the runners-up of the same two groups play one another for third place in the same format. (see the Season's Regulations Article 8, paragraph 1.2, page 64Season's Regulations. womensfootball.com.ua) First place final
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – May 2, Second leg – May 8
Third place finals
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – May 2, Second leg – May 9
Number of teams by region Number Region Team(s)3Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk, Nadbuzhia Busk, Rukh Lviv2Ateks, Podil1Zhaivir ShpolaIunist ChernihivMariupolPrykarpattia-DIuSSh-3 Ivano-FrankivskDIuSSh-1 KhmelnytskyiLider KobeliakyPohoryna KostopilLadomyr-2 VolodymyrUzhhorodPolissya-2 Zhytomyr
See also 2025–26 Ukrainian Women's Higher League 2025–26 Ukrainian Women's Cup
References
External links WFPL.com.ua Women's Football.ua womensfootball.com.ua