FC Chernihiv

Football Club Chernihiv (ФК Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv that currently plays in the Ukrainian First League. <!--==History==

Origin
The date of birth of the new Chernihiv football team of the YSB can be considered June 18, 2003, when 11 people in black and yellow uniforms came out on the field of the stadium of the Chernihiv Military Lyceum (former Soviet Chernihiv Military Aviation Higher School of Pilots). It was on this day that the first official game in the history of YSB took place formed by the Ukrainian businessman Yuriy Synytsya. In 2011, the team managed to sign the experienced Georgian defender, Teymuraz Mchedlishvili and the club got the silver medal and in 2012 in the Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup and the year later, the club won the competition. In 2012 the team won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup. In 2014, the team got second in the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship In 2016 he got to the final of Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup. In 2017 the club changed its name to FC Chernihiv and he got 3th in the league. The club was included in Ukrainian Football Amateur League in the season 2017–18.

Ukrainian Second League
Earlier in 2020, FC Chernihiv merged with Avanhard Koriukivka as Chernihiv-Avanhard and kept its original team Chernihiv-YSB during the 2019–20 Ukrainian Football Amateur League. During the season Avanhard Koriukivka had more points and even played in post season play-offs. In August 2020 only FC Chernihiv was admitted to the Second League instead of the merged club. In fact the club got a certificate for participation in another way of the Ukrainian Second League for the season 2020–21. For the first time in the entire history, city of Chernihiv will be represented in professional football by two clubs, other one is Desna Chernihiv On 6 September 2020, the team won the first match against in Rubikon Kyiv in a 0-2 (83' Anatoly Kokhanovskyi, 92' Oleksandr Konopko) away on their first match of Ukrainian Second League for the season 2020–21. On the Round 4 Maksym Chaus has been elected the best fair defender and Maksym Serdyuk was elected the best young player on the round. On 23 October 2020 the club signed the experience goalkeeper Anatoliy Tymofeyev In November 2020, the central defender of FC Chernihiv Teymuraz Mchedlishvili was included in the eleven players of the round of the Ukrainian Second League. On 21 April 2021 the coach Vadym Postovoy was fired and replaced by Valeriy Chornyi as interim. In April 2021 In April the defender Oleksiy Zenchenko, has been included in the whole team of the 19th round of the Ukrainian Second League. In My 2021, Vitaliy Mentey has been elected Best Player of the Round 20 of Ukrainian Second League in the season 2020-21. The team managed to get the 10th position in the season 2020–21 and continue in Ukrainian Second League, achieving the best result in its history. In 2021, the club decided to rent some players of Desna 3 Chernihiv the under 19 and Desna 2 Chernihiv the under 21 of Desna Chernihiv.

Ukrainian Cup
On 18 August 2021 beat Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in Ukrainian Cup for the Second preliminary round, getting into the Third preliminary round in the season 2021–22 for the first time in the history of the club. In November 2021, Vitaliy Mentey has elected best player of the 20 round of Ukrainian Second League in the season 2021-22. On 5 February 2022 was held the first friendly derby match at the Yunist Stadium in Chernihiv, where the club beat Desna Chernihiv for 1-0 with goal of Maksym Serdyuk at the 38 minute of the first half. After the 24 February 2022, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Siege of Chernihiv the club stop being active on social media for a while the football, and secondly, the problems with the Internet and communication in the region simply did not allow it to be active. On 11 April 2022, the club announced that they will return to be actively. On August 1, FC Chernihiv held its first team training since the beginning of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation - the de facto only professional team of the Chernihiv region began preparations for the 2022/23 season. The coaching staff has yet to decide on the final squad - there are a number of football players in the state of the "tigers". A month of intensive training was ahead, but they can already note the excellent mood in the team. The whole team was eager to fight and intends to please its fans with an excellent game and bright victories.

Ukrainian First League
On August 3, 2022, Football club Chernihiv, which took 10th place in group "A" according to the results of the 2021/2022 season of the Second League football championship, was offered to start the season in the First League. This information was confirmed to the Society by the vice-president of the football club, Mykola Sinytsia. According to the vice-president, the optimal home arena for the club is the Yunist Stadium in Chernihiv. In particular, the permission to play at this stadium would improve the chances of "Chernihov" participating in the Ukrainian First League. On 12 August 2022 it become official that the team was promoted to the Ukrainian First League for the first time in its history.

Infrastructure
Since 2012, the club plays in Chernihiv-Arena located in the district of ZAZ, on vulytsia Kiltseva, 2а, located at the end of Myru Avenue the main road of the city of Chernihiv, in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine 14039. The Arena has been used also by the second squad of Desna FC Desna-2 Chernihiv, as well as the Ukrainian professional women's football clubs WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv and Spartak ShVSM Chernihiv. In February 2020 there were some talks about building a bigger stadium. Both Desna Chernihiv and FC Chernihiv, wanted to build football fields and other sports infrastructure. Both plots are located in the ZAZ neighborhood near streets Kiltseva - Voloshkova - Kalinova - Dachna. The first has an area of 1.4794 ha, its regulatory monetary value is 1,923,367.94 hryvnias. Based on the results of the bidding, the relevant agreement is expected to be concluded by December 31, 2026. The area of the second plot is 3.9469 ha, its normative monetary value is UAH 5,131,364.69. Announced in 2020, the agreement is valid until December 31, 2025. In October 2020, due to the COVID-19 emergency, the team of FC Chernihiv, has been moved to play in Kyiv stadiums at Livyi Bereh Arena and on 7 November 2020, the team played at Stadion Champion and in summer 2021 the team made the training for the next season also in Khimik Sport Complex. In summer 2022 the club was promoted in Ukrainian First League and the club opted to use the Yunist Stadium. -->

Crest and colours
The crest of the club was created in early 2003 and it was changed in 2017. The colours of the club are yellow and black.

Current squad
As of 6 July 2024

Personnel
As of 28 August 2022

Honours
Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship
 * Gold medal icon.svg Winners (1): 2019
 * Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up (2): 2011, 2014

Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup
 * Gold medal icon.svg Winners (1): 2012
 * Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up (1) 2016

Notable players

 * 🇺🇦 Anatoliy Tymofeyev
 * Teymuraz Mchedlishvili
 * 🇺🇦 Ruslan Dedukh
 * 🇺🇦 Maksym Chaus
 * 🇺🇦 Oleksandr Konopko
 * 🇺🇦 Dmytro Myronenko
 * 🇺🇦 Yaroslav Serdyuk

League and cup history

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 * align=center rowspan=3|2013
 * align=center|4th "2"
 * align=center bgcolor=silver|2/6
 * align=center|10
 * align=center|5
 * align=center|3
 * align=center|2
 * align=center|9
 * align=center|5
 * align=center|18
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 * align=center rowspan=2|4th "A"
 * align=center rowspan=2|4/4
 * align=center rowspan=2|3
 * align=center rowspan=2|1
 * align=center rowspan=2|0
 * align=center rowspan=2|2
 * align=center rowspan=2|2
 * align=center rowspan=2|4
 * align=center rowspan=2|3
 * align=center|Finals
 * -bgcolor=SteelBlue
 * align=center bgcolor=pink|Withdrew
 * align=center colspan=14|regional competitions (Chernihiv Oblast)
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 * align=center|2017–18
 * align=center|4th "2"
 * align=center|7/8
 * align=center|14
 * align=center|2
 * align=center|3
 * align=center|9
 * align=center|10
 * align=center|26
 * align=center|9
 * align=center|
 * align=center|
 * align=center|
 * align=center bgcolor=pink|Withdrew
 * align=center|2018–19
 * align=center colspan=9|regional competitions (Chernihiv Oblast)
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 * align=center|UAC
 * align=center|$1/32$ finals
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 * -bgcolor=SteelBlue
 * align=center|2019–20
 * align=center|4th "2"
 * align=center|5/12
 * align=center|22
 * align=center|9
 * align=center|7
 * align=center|6
 * align=center|30
 * align=center|23
 * align=center|34
 * align=center|
 * align=center|
 * align=center|
 * align=center bgcolor=lightgreen|Admitted to SL
 * -bgcolor=PowderBlue
 * align=center|2020–21
 * align=center|3rd "A"
 * align=center|10/14
 * align=center|24
 * align=center|5
 * align=center|6
 * align=center|13
 * align=center|19
 * align=center|33
 * align=center|21
 * align=center|$1/64$ finals
 * align=center|
 * align=center|
 * align=center|
 * -bgcolor=PowderBlue
 * align=center|2021–22
 * align=center|3rd "A"
 * align=center|10/14
 * align=center|18
 * align=center|5
 * align=center|5
 * align=center|8
 * align=center|17
 * align=center|24
 * align=center|20
 * align=center|$1/32$ finals
 * align=center|
 * align=center|
 * align=center bgcolor=lightgreen|Admitted to FL
 * -bgcolor=LightCyan
 * align=center|2022–23
 * align=center|2nd "B"
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