FC Chernihiv

FC Chernigiv () is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv which currently plays in Ukrainian Football Amateur League, the fourth tier of Ukrainian football. The club is the second team of the city after the main club Desna Chernihiv and considered the young brother team.
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 Yuri Sinitsa. It was a match against the team "Fortuna-Chernihivgaz" in the framework of the Chernihiv Football Championship, and it ended not in favor of our team 0: 2. But then the team's affairs only went up. YSB managed to reach the final four. In the "regiment", the black and yellows won two victories with one defeat and took the final second place in the championship. It was an undoubted success for the young team. In 2006, a key decision was made to expand and develop Chernihiv football. YSB also played for the first time in the championship of Chernihiv district, where the team managed to enter the final four. Also this year came the first futsal victories.
The beginning of 2007 was marked by reaching the final of the Chernihiv region futsal championship. And already in the summer the team took part in the first league of the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship. In 2008, the team tried its hand for the first time in the Premier League of the Chernihiv region in football and since 2008, the YSB Chernigiv team, has played in the championship of the Chernihiv region.The team performed in the new championship not in the best way, taking 10th place in the standings, but the experience gained was not in vain and already in the city cup of futsal black and yellow took revenge, winning the Chernihiv Cup.
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.
From YSB-Chernigiv to FC Chernigiv.
In 2017, the new football field Chernihiv Arena was bulted and, the club changed its name to FC Chernigiv and he got 3th in the league. The club was included in Ukrainian Football Amateur League in the season 2017–18. In the first season to win silver and in 2018 and 2019, the team won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship.
In the final round, the leader of the championship to win the title of the minimum task was not to lose to the main competitor - Koryukov's "Vanguard". However, Chernigiv exceeded the plan for the game. In a difficult confrontation, the "citizens" were able to end the match with a minimal victory 2-1. FC Chernigiv ended up with 10 victories in 10 meetings and left no chances for other teams. Chernigiv residents are the winners of gold medals. Avangard, despite 2 games in reserve, is a silver medalist. But the fate of the bronze medals has not yet been decided. The club of Chernigiv was among the teams have been promoted from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
Ukrainian Second League.
Earlier in 2020, FC Chernigiv merged with Avanhard Koriukivka as Chernigiv-Avanhard and kept its original team Chernigiv-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 Chernigiv 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
The team was also included in the First Preliminary Round of the Ukrainian Cup facing Nyva Vinnytsia in the season 2020-21 The match was supposed to be played on 29 August 2020 but the match was postponed due to a breakdown of the team's bus.
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.
Stadium and facilities.
The club play in Chernigiv-Arena located in the district of ZAZ, on vulytsia Kiltseva, 2а, 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 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 , 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 , 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 Chernigiv, has been moved to play in Kyiv stadiums at Livyi Bereh Arena and on 7 November 2020, the team played at Stadion Champion.
Crest and colours.
The crest of the club, which was created in early 2003 and it was changed in 2017.
Current squad.
As of 26 March 2021
Personnel.
As of 23 November 2020
Honours.
Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship
Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup
External links.
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