2025–26 Ukrainian Women's Cup

2025–26 Ukrainian Women's Cup
Tournament details
CountryUkraine
Dates16 August 2025 – 2026
Teams25
Defending championsVorskla Poltava
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Valeriya Litus
4 goals

All statistics correct as of 2 September 2025.

The 2025–26 Ukrainian Women's Cup is the 32nd season of Ukrainian knockout competitions among women's teams.

Twenty-five teams of the Ukrainian Women's Football Championship are contesting the main trophy: 10 representing the Higher League (Vyshcha Liha) and 15 representing the First League (Persha Liha).[1] This is a record number of participants since the inception of the competition back in 1992.

Vorskla Poltava are the defending champions who have won the competition in the last three seasons.

Team allocation and schedule

The competition includes all professional first teams from the Higher League (10/10 teams of the league) and teams with non-professional status from the First League (15/16).

Distribution
Teams entering this round Teams advancing from the previous round
First qualification round
(14 teams) 		14 entrants of First League
Second qualification round
(8 teams) 		1 entrant of the First League (Zhaivir Shpola) 7 winners from the First qualification round
Third qualification round
(4 teams) 		no new entrants 4 winners from the Second qualification round
Fourth qualification round
(8 teams) 		6 entrants of the Higher League (lower seeded) 2 winners from the Third qualification round
Quarter-finals
(8 teams) 		4 entrants of the Higher League (higher seeded) 4 winners from the Fourth qualification round

Rounds schedule

Phase Round Number of
fixtures 		Clubs
remaining 		Draw date Game date
Qualification First round 7 14 → 7 30 July 2025 16-20 August 2025
Second round 4 8 → 4 23 August 2025
Third round 2 4 → 2 2 September 2025
Fourth round 4 8 → 4 4 September 2025[2] 14 September 2025
Main event Quarter-finals 4 8 → 4 22 October 2025[3] 19 November 2025
Semi-finals 2 4 → 2 2026
Final 1 2 → 1 2026

Teams

Enter in First qualification Enter in Second qualification Enter in Fourth qualification Enter in Quarterfinals
First League
14/16 teams 		First League
1/16 team 		Higher League
6/10 teams 		Higher League
4/10 teams
  • Ateks Kyiv
  • Mariupol
  • Pohoryna Kostopil
  • DYuSSh 1 Khmelnytskyi
  • Lider Kobelyaky
  • Yunist Chernihiv
  • Rukh Lviv
  • Prykarpattia-DYuSSh 3
  • Nadbuzhia Busk
  • Volodymyrskyi Litsei
  • Zhytomyrskyi Litsei
  • DYuSSh Podil Kyiv
  • Yantarochka Novoyavorivsk
  • Mynai
  • Zhaivir Shpola
  • Shakhtar Donetsk
  • Ladomyr Volodymyr
  • Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
  • Polissya Zhytomyr
  • Pantery Uman
  • EMS-Podillya Vinnytsia
  • Vorskla Poltava
  • Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
  • Kolos Kovalivka
  • Seasters Odesa

Notes:

  • One reserve team from the First League was not eligible to participate.

Competition schedule

First qualifying round

The draw for this round was held on 30 July 2025.

16 August 2025 Ateks Kyiv (II)1 – 1
(3–5 p)		 (II) Mariupol Kyiv
14:30
  • Oleksandra Kalitynska 27'
 Report
  • Karolina Dzhaharyan 18'
 Stadium: Rusanivets
Referee: Alyona Kvasha (Kyiv Oblast)
Penalties
  • Karina Lyulenko
  • Darya Zhukova
  • Oleksandra Kalitynska
  • Darya Shevchenko
  • Amilina Tarsukova
  • Viktoriya Kunytska
  • Karolina Dzhaharyan
  • Alina Kaydalovska
  • Polina Polukhina
16 August 2025 Pohoryna Kostopil (II) 2 – 0(II) DYuSSh 1 KhmelnytskyiKostopil, Rivne Oblast
16:00
  • Vladyslava Nezdyur 21'
  • Ivanna Bolvanets 70'
 Report Stadium: Kolos
Attendance: 70
Referee: Nataliya Mamchur (Rivne)
17 August 2025 Lider Kobelyaky (II) 3 – 0[a](II) Yunist ChernihivKobelyaky, Poltava Oblast
?:? Report Stadium: Kolos
17 August 2025 Rukh Lviv (II)1 – 1
(4–5 p)		 (II) Prykarpattia-DYuSSh-3 Vynnyky, Lviv
13:00
  • Khrystyna Klym 40'
  • Ivanna Horodechna 79'
 Report
  • Anastasiya Drozdova 36' (pen.)
 Stadium: Rukh training base
Referee: Mariya Zobenko
Penalties
  • Khrystyna Klym
  • Yana Peteletska
  • Sofiya Yuzva
  • Marharyta Shpak
  • Ivanna Horodechna
  • Khrystyna Masnyuk
  • Anastasiya Drozdova
  • Evelina Vozna
  • Iryna Vasenyova
  • Nelia Zherebukh
17 August 2025 Nadbuzhia Busk (II)1 – 2 (II) Volodymyrskyi Litsei Busk, Lviv Oblast
13:00
  • Inna Buy 70'
 Report
  • Sofiya Sheinska 83'
  • Svitlana Nechytailo 87'
 Stadium: Busk DYuSSh
Referee: Yana Dutchak (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast)
17 August 2025 Zhytomyrskyi Litsei (II)0 – 2[4] (II) DYuSSh Podil Kyiv Zhytomyr
16:00 Report
  • Iryna Mokbel 34'
  • Yelyzaveta Savina 90+1'
 Stadium: Spartak Arena
Attendance: 100
Referee: Oleksandra Leshchenko (Zaporizhia)
20 August 2025 Yantarochka Novoyavorivsk (II)0 – 3[b] (II) Mynai Novoyavorivsk, Lviv Oblast
?:? Report Stadium: imeni Rusyna

Second qualification round

22 August 2025 Zhaivir Shpola (II) 2 – 2
(4–2 p)		(II) Lider KobelyakyLebedyn, Cherkasy Oblast
15:00
  • Marharyta Ruchka 28'
  • Tamila Voloshyna 61'
 Report
  • Darya Hrebenyuk 40', 53'
 Stadium: LNZ Arena
Referee: Alyona Kvasha
Penalties
  • Anastasiya Tupchiyenko
  • Alina Hordiyenko
  • Milana Fedosenko
  • Kseniya Nemanikhina
  • Darya Hrebenyuk
  • Anhelina Kazmirchuk
  • Kateryna Babenko
  • Liliya Oleksenko
23 August 2025 Mynai (II) 7 – 0(II) Prykarpattia-DYuSSh-3Mynai, Zakarpattia Oblast
13:00
  • Valeriya Litus 39', 45+1', 51', 63'
  • Bohdana Huley 76'
  • Anastasiya Hrymak 80'
  • Oleksandra Litus 88'
 Report Stadium: Mynai
Referee: Anastasiya Suponina
23 August 2025 Pohoryna Kostopil (II) 2 – 0(II) Volodymyrskyi LitseiKostopil, Rivne Oblast
16:00
  • Viktoriya Taborovets 64'
  • Kateryna Derkach 71'
 Report Stadium: Kolos
Attendance: 45
Referee: Yana Dutchak
31 August 2025 Mariupol (II) 2 – 0(II) DYuSSh Podil KyivKyiv
12:00
  • Polina Polukhina 11' (pen.)
  • Yuliya Palamarchuk 45+1'
 Report Stadium: Podil Arena
Referee: Alyona Kvasha

Third qualifying round

2 September 2025 Pohoryna Kostopil (II)0 – 1 (II) Mynai Kostopil, Rivne Oblast
12:00
  • Yana Nadiezhdina  63'
 Report
  • Oleksandra Litus 5'
 Stadium: Kolos
Referee: Mariya Zobenko
10 September 2025 Mariupol (II) 2 – 0(II) Zhaivir ShpolaKyiv
12:00
  • Amilina Tarsukova 51' (pen.)
  • Karina Kulakovska 87' (pen.)
 Report Stadium: Rusanivets
Referee: Oleksandra Leshchenko

Fourth qualification round

6 teams of the Higher League (lower ranking) were joined with the winners of the third qualification round.

13 September 2025 Pantery Uman (I) 1 – 1
(4–2 p)		(I) Ladomyr VolodymyrUman, Cherkasy Oblast
11:00
  • Lidiya Lashko 54'
 Report
  • Viktoriya Savkina 62'
 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Referee: Kateryna Ruda
Penalties
  • Mariya Tykhonova
  • Ivanice Santos Neves
  • Oksana Bilokur
  • Lidiya Lashko
  • Iryna Rybalkina
  • Myroslava Nevar
  • Zoriana Hladun
  • Ariana Cherednychenko
  • Dana Korotchuk
14 September 2025 FC Mynai (II)0 – 2 (I) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Mynai, Zakarpattia Oblast
11:00 Report
  • Veronika Neposhyvailenko 7'
  • Darya Zaporozhets 15'
 Stadium: Mynai
Referee: Anastasiya Suponina
14 September 2025 Polissya Zhytomyr (I) 8 – 1(I) EMS-Podillya VinnytsiaZhytomyr
12:00
  • Yuliya Stets 22', 29'
  • Tetiana Tril 25', 28', 56'
  • Daryna Sichkarenko 47'
  • Valentyna Tarakanova 63'
 Report
  • Arina Paskarenko 45'
  • Veronika Derevyanko 90' (o.g.)
 Stadium: Polissya training field
Referee: Alyona Kvasha
14 September 2025 Mariupol (II)0 – 7 (I) Shakhtar Donetsk Shchaslyve, Kyiv Oblast
17:00 Report
  • Nadiya Chaika 13', 62'
  • Viktoriya Myronenko 18'
  • Nadiya Veherych 24', 69'
  • Viktoriya Holovach 33'
  • Liubov Mokhnach 88'
 Stadium: Arsenal-Arena
Referee: Oksana Pankiv

Quarter-finals

4 teams of the Higher League (upper ranking) were joined with the winners of the fourth qualification round. The draw for the round took place during the training session of the Ukraine national team in the Slovakian city of Trnava.

19 November 2025 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (I)0 – 1 (I) Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
12:00 Report
  • Lesya Olkhova 7'
 Stadium: Sparta
Referee: Lyudmyla Telbukh (Dnipro)
19 November 2025 Seasters Odesa (I)0 – 3 (I) Vorskla Poltava Odesa
12:00 Report
  • Yana Kalinina 11'
  • Anastasiya Voronina 14'
  • Anastasiya Kumeda 62'
 Stadium: Chornomorets
Referee: Mariya Zobenko (Kyiv Oblast)
19 November 2025 Kolos Kovalivka (I) 3 – 0(I) Pantery UmanKovalivka, Kyiv Oblast
12:00
  • Darina Krasnoborodko 20'
  • Dayana Semkiv 40', 50' (pen.)
 Report Stadium: Kolos
Referee: Kristina Kozoroh (Kyiv Oblast)
19 November 2025 Polissya Zhytomyr (I) 2 – 2
(4 – 3 p)		(I) Shakhtar DonetskZhytomyr
12:00
  • Daryna Sichkarenko 16'
  • Nataliya Kornatska 39'
  • Olha Danets  72'
 Report
  • Viktoriya Myronenko 31'
  • Nadiya Veherych 59'
 Stadium: Polissya training center
Referee: Sofiya Prychyna (Lviv Oblast)
Penalties
  • Daryna Sichkarenko
  • Vita Rozlutska
  • Nataliya Kornatska
  • Alina Synko
  • Sofiya Nyzova
  • Nadiya Veherych
  • Diana Kravchuk
  • Nadiya Chaika
  • Viktoriya Holovach
  • Alina Starukhina

See also

Notes

  1. ^ administrative result[4]
  2. ^ administrative result[4]

References

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