FC Desna-2 Chernihiv

FC Desna-2 Chernihiv (ФК "Десна-2" Чернігів) is the under-21 reserve squad of Ukrainian football club Desna Chernihiv, from the city of Chernihiv.

FC Desna-2 entered the professional leagues for the first time in 2008. With the recent successes and improvement the senior team has had, the club entered the Ukrainian Second League to give their players more exposure to higher quality competition. Desna-2 had been competing in the Chernihivska Oblast competition. <!--==History ==

Ukrainian Second League
The team started in the Ukrainian Second League. The results of the matches were annulled (at that moment the teams had 2 wins, 1 night and 12 defeats).

Recent time
In 2016, Desna-2 was revived. Serhiy Bakun has been appointed head coach. The 2016 wedding team took part in its Chernihiv Premier League. In the quarterfinals with a score of 3: 0 was usually "Slavutych", and in the semifinals "Desna-2" won the team USB-2 (1: 1, on penalties - 2: 3).

On April 20, 2017, the team started in the championship of the Chernihiv region. In the first match, held in Chernihiv at the Lokomotiv stadium, Desna-2 joined Agrodom from Bakhmach with a score of 0: 1. On 16.05.17, the team lost 1-2 against FC Chernihiv for the championship of the Chernihiv region. On April 20, 2017, the team started in the championship of the Chernihiv region. In the first match, held in Chernihiv at the Lokomotiv stadium, Desna-2 joined Agrodom from Bakhmach with a score of 0: 1. In 2016-17 participated in the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship. In October 2020 he signed the first greek player called Giorgios Ermides.

In 2021, the second main team of the city FC Chernihiv decided to rent some player from the club. In summer 2021 the main club Desna Chernihiv, decided to develop their own academy and use many players of Desna 2, like Illya Shevtsov, Andriy Slotyuk, Giorgios Ermides, Yevheniy Belych, Illia Karavashchenko, Renat Mochulyak and Denys Demyanenko to reinforce the club and replace main players like Yevhen Past, Andriy Hitchenko, Yukhym Konoplya and Joonas Tamm.-->

Stadium and facilities
The team plays in the Olympic Sports Training Center Chernihiv (formerly Stadion Yuri Gagarin). The stadium, located in Chernihiv, was built in 1936 for 3,000 spectators. Recently the team has been transferred to play in the new modern Chernihiv Arena, which belongs to professional club FC Chernihiv, playing in the Ukrainian Second League.

Crest
The crest of the club, which was created in early 2008, contained an image of an eagle from the coat of arms of Chernihiv and a sign of Chernihiv prince Mstyslav Volodymyrovych.

Notable players

 * 🇺🇦 Oleksandr Konopko
 * Teymuraz Mchedlishvili
 * 🇺🇦 Andriy Fedorenko
 * 🇺🇦 Illya Shevtsov
 * 🇺🇦 Yuriy Komyahin
 * 🇺🇦 Dmytro Romanenko
 * 🇺🇦 Oleksandr Roshchynskyi
 * 🇺🇦 Tymur Rustamov
 * 🇺🇦 Ihor Pokarynin
 * 🇺🇦 Yevheniy Belych
 * 🇺🇦 🇦🇲 Eduard Halstyan
 * 🇺🇦 Renat Mochulyak
 * 🇺🇦 Denys Demyanenko
 * 🇺🇦 Pavlo Shostka
 * 🇺🇦 Igor Samoylenko
 * 🇺🇦 Oleksandr Roshchynskyi
 * 🇺🇦 Oleh Davydov
 * 🇺🇦 Viktor Litvin
 * 🇺🇦 Vladimir Matsuta
 * 🇺🇦 Vladyslav Panko
 * 🇺🇦 Mykola Syrash
 * 🇺🇦 Daniil Davydenko
 * 🇺🇦 Roman Vovk

Managers

 * 1985–1994 Oleksandr Sergeevich
 * 2004 Andrey Krivenok
 * 2008 Serhiy Bakun
 * 2016–2017 Serhiy Bakun
 * 2017 Oleksandr Datsiuk
 * 2019 Oleksandr Pyshchur

League and cup history

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 * align=center|2008
 * align=center|4th
 * align=center|5
 * align=center|8
 * align=center|2
 * align=center|1
 * align=center|5
 * align=center|7
 * align=center|10
 * align=center|7
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