During the 2024–25 season, FC Chernihiv competed in the Ukrainian Second League. Due to damage to the Chernihiv Arena caused by the Russo-Ukrainian War, the club used the Yunist Stadium.
Season summary Having finished the previous season in 19th place, the club was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League. Several players who did not convince the club left, such as Daniil Davydenko and Roman Vovk. The club signed players such as Maksym Tatarenko, Andriy Porokhnya Anatoliy Romanchenko and Maksym Serdyuk on loan from Livyi Bereh Kyiv. In the first part of the league, the club started well, winning the first match 8–2 against Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv and drawing the second at home against Chaika. FC Chernihiv reached the Third preliminary round of the 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup, winning against Chaika 1–0 in Yunist Stadium. On 12 August the club lost against Viktoriya Sumy 0–1 in Yunist Stadium and was knocked out of the competition. The first three games the team was leading the championship in group B, slowly the club began to lose its initial momentum and by November it was in third place. During the winter transfers, the club's management intervened by releasing some players such as Kyrylo Kryvoborodenko who had been with the club for 11 years. On 10 March, FC Chernihiv announced the signing of Yehor Kartushov from Dinaz Vyshhorod on a contract until 22 June 2025. In April 2025, the club started with two victories in Ukrainian Second League, reaching the second place in group B. On 19 April 2025, the club returned to play at the Chernihiv Arena after it had been damaged.
Third Place Play-Offs On 30 May 2025, the club won the first leg at home against Skala Stryi at the Chernihiv Arena for 3-2. On 4 June 2025, the club won the second leg of the Play-Offs at the Sokil Stadium for 0-1.
Promotion Play-Offs Thanks to the third place, the club earned a play-off spot against Metalurh Zaporizhzhia for Promotion to Ukrainian First League. On 8 June 2025, Chernihiv won the first leg at the Chernihiv Arena for 3-0. The won also the second leg for 0-2, on the road in both ties to return to Ukrainian First League after one year.
Players Squad information
Squad no.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age)Goalkeepers1Oleksandr ShyrayGK22Oleksandr RoshchynskyiGK35Maksym TatarenkoGK99Denys HerasymenkoGKDefenders 2Eduard Halstyan DF3Maksym ShumyloDF6Andriy VeresotskyiDF15Andriy LakeyenkoDF20Dmytro FatyeyevDF23Oleksiy Zenchenko (Captain)DF38Pavlo ShushkoDFMidfielders6Yehor ShalfeyevMF7Dmytro MyronenkoMF8Andriy MakarenkoMF9Kyrylo KryvoborodenkoMF10Vyacheslav KoydanMF12Yehor KartushovMF13Dzhilindo BezghubchenkoMF14Dmytro SakhnoMF19Nikita PosmashnyiMF21Vladyslav ShkolnyiMF26Kyrylo PinchukMF30Artur BybikMF31Vitaliy Mentey MF33Andriy PorokhnyaMF44Bohdan LyanskoronskyiMF55Anatoliy RomanchenkoMF97Maksym SerdyukMFForwards9Dmytro KulykFW11Pavlo FedosovFW17Andriy NovikovFW77Daniil VolskyiFW
Management team Position Name Year appointed Last club/team Manager Valeriy Chornyi2021Avanhard Koriukivka Assistant Coach Andriy Polyanytsya2022SDYuShOR Desna Chernihiv Goalkeeping Coach Artem Padun2020SDYuShOR Desna Chernihiv
Transfers
In DatePlayerMoving fromTypeFeeSourceSummer21 June 2024GK Maksym Tatarenko24 Druzhba MyrivkaTransferFree21 June 2024MF Andriy Porokhnya27 Druzhba MyrivkaTransferFree3 July 2024MF Maksym Serdyuk22 Livyi Bereh KyivLoanFree4 July 2024MF Anatoliy Romanchenko23 Inhulets PetroveTransferFree Winter 22 January 2025FW Dmytro Kulyk23 Dinaz VyshhorodTransferFree22 January 2025MF Yehor Kartushov34 Dinaz VyshhorodTransferFree25 January 2025MF Yehor Shalfeyev26 Mynai TransferFree31 January 2025FW Andriy Novikov25 Dinaz VyshhorodTransferFree2 March 2025DF Dmytro Fatyeyev30 FSC MariupolTransferFree10 March 2025DF Pavlo Shushko25 FSC MariupolTransferFree
Out DatePlayerMoving fromTypeFeeSourceSummer20 June 2024MF Oleh Osypenko22 Inhulets PetroveLoan ReturnFree20 June 2024MF Danyil Khondak23 Veres RivneLoan ReturnFree19 July 2024FW Daniil Davydenko24UnattachedEnd ContractFree1 August 2024FW Roman Vovk27UnattachedEnd ContractFree Winter 31 November 2024MF Bogdan Lyanskoronsky21UnattachedEnd ContractFree9 December 2024MF Andriy Makarenko27UnattachedEnd ContractFree10 December 2024MF Kyrylo Kryvoborodenko28UnattachedEnd ContractFree1 January 2025DF Andriy Veresotskyi33UnattachedEnd ContractFree9 March 2025DF Andriy Lakeyenko25RetiredFree24 March 2025MF Kyrylo Pinchuk26UnattachedEnd ContractFree
Competitions Overall record
Pre-season and friendlies
Results by round
Ukrainian Second League
Results
Third place play-offs
The league's play-offs
Ukrainian Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Last updated: 12 June 2025
Disciplinary record PlayerSecond LeagueUkrainian CupPlay-offsTotal23DFOleksiy Zenchenko50010000060030MFArtur Bybik500000000500 77MFMaksym Serdyuk4000000004003DFMaksym Shumylo40000010050010MFVyacheslav Koydan40000010050031MFVitaliy Mentey3000000003007MFDmytro Myronenko20000000020033DF Pavlo Shushko21000000021055MFAnatoliy Romanchenko20110000030113MFDzhilindo Bezghubchenko20010000020120DFDmytro Fatyeyev21000010031055MFAnatoliy Romanchenko10000010020035GKMaksym Tatarenko10000010020033MFAndriy Porokhnya1100001002102DF Eduard Halstyan1000000001009MFKyrylo Kryvoborodenko1001000001007MFDmytro Myronenko10000000010026MFKyrylo Pinchuk10000000010014MFDmytro Sakhno1000000001009FWDmytro Kulyk1100000001103DF Maksym Shumylo0000001001006MFYehor Shalfeyev0000001001008MFArtur Bybik000000100100Total 43114009005511
Last updated: 12 June 2025
Goalscorers NameSecond LeagueCupPlay-offsTotal2110MFVyacheslav Koydan502725MFAnatoliy Romanchenko5016333MFAndriy Porokhnya3014417FWAndriy Novikov3014577MFMaksym Serdyuk2002638DFPavlo Shushko2002712FWPavlo Fedosov110289FWDmytro Kulyk10121010MFDzhilindo Bezghubchenko1012116MFYehor Shalfyeyev1012123DFMaksym Shumylo10121311MFYehor Kartushov10011423MFOleksiy Zenchenko1001157MFDmytro Myronenko1001Total291939 Last updated: 12 June 2025
Clean sheets NameSecond LeagueCupPlay-offsTotal135GKMaksym Tatarenko121316Total121316 Last updated: 12 June 2025
References
External links