The 2025–26 season was the 88th season in the history of FC Chornomorets Odesa, and the 35th season of the club in the domestic league/cup of Ukraine. It was the team's 6th season in the Ukrainian First League after four consecutive seasons in the top flight of Football in Ukraine. The Sailors were competing in the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League and 2025–26 Ukrainian Cup. During the season the club celebrated its 90th anniversary since its foundation. On 1 June 2026, the Sailors were promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League following a 1–0 win against Metalist Kharkiv. This was the 5th time the team reached the Ukrainian Premier League, having finished 2nd in the Ukrainian First League.
Transfers, loans and other signings June – October 2025
Out DatePlayer Moved toParticularities 30 June 2025 Polissya-2 ZhytomyrEnd of loan BahiaEnd of loan1 July 2025End of contractEnd of contractEnd of contract Shakhtar DonetskEnd of loan Shakhtar DonetskEnd of loan Shakhtar DonetskEnd of loan Shakhtar DonetskEnd of loan Metalist 1925 KharkivEnd of loan Polissya ZhytomyrEnd of loan Brusque Futebol ClubeFreeReleasedReleased 3 July 2025 Epitsentr Kamianets-PodilskyiFree 13 July 2025 LNZ CherkasyUndisclosed 29 July 2025 KudrivkaFree
In DatePlayerMoved fromParticularities1 July 2025 Livyi BerehFree Livyi BerehFree Obolon KyivFree8 July 2025 Kolos KovalivkaFree Prykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskFree13 July 2025 Metalist 1925 KharkivFree Bukovyna ChernivtsiFree Palmira OdesaFree14 July 2025 Vorskla PoltavaFree Vorskla PoltavaFree MynaiFree18 July 2025 Polissya-2 ZhytomyrFree Vorskla PoltavaFree25 August 2025Career breakFree5 September 2025 Dynamo KyivLoan Polissya ZhytomyrLoan30 October 2025 Kryvbas Kryvyi RihBefore joining FC Chornomorets Odesa, Lunyov's last team was FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, but he has been without a team since July 1, 2025.Free
December 2025 – March 2026
Out DatePlayer Moved toParticularities31 December 2025 Polissya ZhytomyrEnd of loan1 January 2026End of career UCSAFree Feniks-MariupolFree16 January 2026 Karviná€100,0006 February 2026 Bratslav VinnytsiaTBA16 February 2026Career break26 February 2026 SC PoltavaTBA4 March 2026TBA Podillya KhmelnytskyiLoan
In DatePlayerMoved fromParticularities 15 January 2026 Obolon KyivFree 22 January 2026 Karpaty LvivFree 26 January 2026 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk€50,000 LNZ CherkasyFree 29 January 2026 LNZ CherkasyFree 3 February 2026 Inhulets Petrove€100,000 10 February 2026 YelimayFree 11 February 2026 Polissya-2 ZhytomyrLoan
Season overview Note: Only the date of an official match is marked in bold.
Background
June 2025 June 25, 2025 The Sailors won against Nyva Vinnytsia 3–0 in a friendly in Lymanka, Ukraine. June 27, 2025 Chornomorets won against Real Pharma 4–0 in a friendly in Lymanka, Ukraine.
July 2025 July 4, 2025 The Sailors lost against Inhulets Petrove 1–3 in a friendly in Lymanka, Ukraine. July 7, 2025 Chornomorets won against Real Pharma 3–1 in a friendly in Lymanka, Ukraine. July 9, 2025 The Sailors lost against Rukh Lviv 0–1 in a friendly in Vynnyky, Ukraine. July 16, 2025 Chornomorets lost against Obolon Kyiv 0–2 in a friendly in Bucha, Ukraine. July 20, 2025 The Sailors won against Real Pharma 4–1 in a friendly in Lymanka, Ukraine. July 23, 2025 Chornomorets won against Palmira 4–0 in a friendly in Lymanka, Ukraine. July 25, 2025 The Sailors won against LNZ Cherkasy 2–1 in a friendly in Cherkasy, Ukraine.
August 2025 August 2, 2025 In the 1st round of the Ukrainian First League, playing at home, Chornomorets outlasted Nyva Ternopil, winning 2–1.Statistics of match Chornomorets — Nyva Ternopil (02-08-2025) on soccerway.com Romanyuk, Sukhar, Sklyar, I. Kohut, M. Kohut, Osman, and Ryazantsev made their official debut as players of Chornomorets. Sklyar and I. Kohut scored their first club goals. August 10, 2025 In the 2nd round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Khmelnytskyi, the Sailors outlasted local side Podillya, winning 2–0.Statistics of match Podillya Khmelnytskyi — Chornomorets (10-08-2025) on soccerway.com Rakitskyi and Ryazantsev scored their first club goals. August 14, 2025 Control and Disciplinary Committee of the Ukrainian Association of Football has awarded Nyva Ternopil a technical defeat (0–3) in the match of the first round of Ukrainian First League against Chornomorets Odesa. August 16, 2025 In the 3rd round of the Ukrainian First League, playing at home, the Sailors drew Vorskla Poltava 0–0.Statistics of match Chornomorets — Vorskla Poltava (16-08-2025) on soccerway.com August 23, 2025 In the round of 64 (1/32) of the 2025–26 Ukrainian Cup, Chornomorets played at home against Zorya Luhansk, winning 2–1 and moving on to the round of 32 (1/16). Lopyryonok and Yushchyshyn made their official debut as players of Chornomorets. Lopyryonok scored his first club goal, and Khoblenko scored his first goal in the Ukrainian Cup matches. August 29, 2025 In the 4th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Bucha, the Sailors outlasted FC UCSA, winning 1–0.Statistics of match FC UCSA — Chornomorets (29-08-2025) on soccerway.com Khacheridi made his official debut as a player of Chornomorets.
September 2025 September 7, 2025 In the 5th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing at home, Chornomorets outlasted Feniks-Mariupol, winning 2–0.Statistics of match Chornomorets — Feniks-Mariupol (07-09-2025) on soccerway.com Herych and Hernández made their official debut as players of Chornomorets. September 13, 2025 In the 6th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Odesa, the Sailors won 3–0 against Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.Statistics of match Chornomorets — Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (13-09-2025) on soccerway.com The match was interrupted in the 79th minute due to an air raid warning that lasted for almost an hour, and was finished after the air raid alarm ended. Kulach made his official debut as a player of Chornomorets. September 20, 2025 In the 7th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Petrove, Chornomorets outlasted local side FC Inhulets, winning 3–2.Statistics of match Inhulets — Chornomorets (20-09-2025) on soccerway.com Herych and Hernández scored their first club goals. September 24, 2025 In the round of 32 (1/16) of the 2025–26 Ukrainian Cup, playing in Tyshkivka, the Sailors drew the local side Ahrotekh 1–1 in regular time, but lost in a penalty shootout 3–5. Starting time of the match was delayed by forty minutes due to an air raid warning. Rusyn and Kozyr, made their official debut as players of Chornomorets. September 28, 2025 In the 8th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing at home, Chornomorets outlasted Ahrobiznes Volochysk, winning 1–0.Statistics of match Chornomorets — Ahrobiznes Volochysk (28-09-2025) on soccerway.com
October 2025 October 4, 2025 In the 9th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Horodenka, the Sailors outlasted local side FC Probiy, winning 2–0. Mykola Kohut scored his first goal as a player of Chornomorets.Statistics of match Probiy — Chornomorets (04-10-2025) on soccerway.com October 9, 2025 In the 10th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Odesa, Chornomorets drew Viktoriya Sumy 0–0.Statistics of match Chornomorets — Viktoriya (09-10-2025) on soccerway.com October 13, 2025 In the 10th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Ivano-Frankivsk, the Sailors drew local side Prykarpattia-Blaho 1–1. Kulach scored his first goal as a player of Chornomorets.Statistics of match Prykarpattia-Blaho — Chornomorets (13-10-2025) on soccerway.com October 19, 2025 In the 12th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Odesa, Chornomorets outlasted FC Chernihiv, winning 1–0. scored his first goal as a player of Chornomorets.Statistics of match Chornomorets — FC Chernihiv (19-10-2025) on soccerway.com October 19, 2025 In the 13th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Kyiv Oblast, the Sailors drew Livyi Bereh Kyiv 1–1.Statistics of match Livyi Bereh Kyiv — Chornomorets (26-10-2025) on soccerway.com
November 2025 November 2, 2025 In the 14th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Odesa, Chornomorets lost 1–2 against Bukovyna Chernivtsi. Lunyov made his official debut as a player of Chornomorets.Statistics of match Chornomorets — Bukovyna (02-11-2025) on soccerway.com November 8, 2025 In the 15th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Uzhhorod,Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022) Metalist Kharkiv played its home matches of the 2025–26 season in Uzhhorod. the Sailors drew Metalist Kharkiv 1–1.Statistics of match Metalist Kharkiv — Chornomorets (08-11-2025) on soccerway.com November 16, 2025 In the 16th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Ternopil, Chornomorets outlasted local side Nyva, winning 1–0.Statistics of match Nyva Ternopil — Chornomorets (16-11-2025) on soccerway.com November 22, 2025 In the 17th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Odesa, the Sailors won 4–1 against Podillya Khmelnytskyi. scored his first goal as a player of Chornomorets.Statistics of match Chornomorets — Podillya Khmelnytskyi (22-11-2025) on soccerway.com The match was interrupted in the 46th minute due to an air raid warning that lasted for almost three hours, and was finished after the air raid alarm ended. November 29, 2025 In the 18th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Poltava, Chornomorets lost 0–3 against local side Vorskla.Statistics of match Vorskla Poltava — Chornomorets (29-11-2025) on soccerway.com The match was interrupted in the 42th minute due to an air raid warning that lasted more than an hour, and was finished after the air raid alarm ended.
February 2026 February 8, 2026 The Sailors won against Real Pharma 5–0 in a friendly in Lymanka.Two halves of 35 minutes each. On the same day they also won against amateur team Tochka-Energetik 4–0 in a friendly in Lymanka. February 14, 2026 Chornomorets won against amateur team South Palmira NGU 5–0 in a friendly in Lymanka. February 17, 2026 The Sailors won against Chornomorets-2 5–1 in a friendly in Lymanka.Four halves of 35 minutes each. February 23, 2026 Chornomorets lost against Polissya Zhytomyr 2–3 in a friendly in . February 24, 2026 The Sailors lost against Nyva Vinnytsia 0–1 in a friendly in Lymanka.
March 2026 March 2, 2026 Chornomorets won against Chornomorets-2 16–1 in a friendly in Lymanka.Four halves of 40 minutes each. On the same day the Sailors also won against Real Pharma 3–1 in a friendly in Lymanka. March 8, 2026 The Sailors lost against Kolos Kovalivka 0–2 in a friendly in Kovalivka. March 9, 2026 Chornomorets won against Real Pharma 5–0 in a friendly in Lymanka. March 14, 2026 The Sailors lost against Nyva Ternopil 0–1 in a friendly in Lymanka. March 15, 2026 Chornomorets won against Real Pharma 2–0 in a friendly in Lymanka. March 21, 2026 In the 19th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Odesa, the Sailors won 1–0 against UCSA Tarasivka.Statistics of match Chornomorets — UCSA Tarasivka (21-03-2026) on soccerway.com Koval, Gryshkevych, Kapliyenko, Klymenko, Kurko, Avahimyan, and Khoma made their official debut as players of Chornomorets in the 2025–26 season. March 26, 2026 FC Chornomorets Odesa celebrated its 90th anniversary since its foundation. March 28, 2026 In the 20th round of the Ukrainian First League, playing in Lviv,Due to the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 FSC Feniks-Mariupol used SKIF Stadium in Lviv as home ground during the 2025/26 season. the Sailors drew Feniks-Mariupol 1–1.Statistics of match Feniks-Mariupol — Chornomorets (28-03-2026) on soccerway.com made his official debut as a player of Chornomorets.
April 2026