During the 2026–27 season, FC Chernihiv competed in the Ukrainian First League.
Season summary On 14 June 2026, Valeriy Chornyi resigned as head coach and appointed as Sport Director. On 15 June 2025, Vasyl Baranov was appointed as new coach signing one-year contract. On 24 June 2026, the club extended the contracts of Andriy Novikov for three years. On 26 June, 2026, Vladyslav Shapoval and Vladyslav Chaban returned from loan to their respective clubs Kudrivka and Inhulets Petrove. The contracts of Dzhilindo Bezghubchenko, Mykyta Teplyakov and Andriy Stolyarchuk expired and were not renewed and they left the club. On July 2, 2026, Maksym Tatarenko and Anatoliy Romanchenko extended their contracts until 2029 and 2028, respectively. The club signs midfielder Valeriy Rohozynskyi on loan from Kudrivka until the end of 2026. On July 4, 2026, Davronbek Azizov and Dmytro Plakhtyr from Podillya and Poltava respectively signed a contract with the club. On 17 July 2026, Simon Haloian signed a contract with FC Chernihiv from Livyi Bereh Kyiv until the end of the year. On 24 June, 2026, after a tryout with Obolon Kyiv, Dzhilindo Bezghubchenko returned to FC Chernihiv, signing a two-year contract. On 24 August 2026, after four draws in the Ukrainian First League and a victory in the Ukrainian Cup, Vasyl Baranov and the club mutually terminated his contract and was replaced by Andriy Polyanytsya as interim coach in his place. His staff includes Andriy Lakeyenko (fitness coach), Artem Padun (goalkeeping coach) and Oleksandr Shyray (assistant goalkeeping coach). In September 2026, some players of the club were Honoured Master of Sport of Ukraine title for the team’s performance in the 2025–26 Ukrainian Cup season.
Players Squad information
Squad no.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age)Goalkeepers22Oleksandr RoshchynskyiGK35Maksym Tatarenko (Captain)GK99Denys HerasymenkoGKDefenders 2Eduard Halstyan DF3Maksym ShumyloDF20Dmytro FatyeyevDF23Oleksiy Zenchenko (3rd captain)DF38Pavlo ShushkoDF50Oleksandr MorozDFMidfielders6Yehor ShalfeyevMF7Dmytro Myronenko (vice-captain)MF8Artur BybikMF10Vyacheslav KoydanMF12Yehor KartushovMF13Simon Haloian (on loan from Livyi Bereh Kyiv) MF15Dzhilindo BezghubchenkoMF24Dmytro Didok DF26Davronbek Azizov MF33Andriy PorokhnyaMF44Dmytro PlakhtyrMF55Anatoliy RomanchenkoMF77Maksym SerdyukMF80Nikita TerrekhovetsMF87Valeriy Rohozynskyi (on loan from Kudrivka)MFForwards9Dmytro KulykFW11Andriy NovikovFW21Denys BezborodkoFW51Artem TytenkoFW69Ilya YevchenkoFW
Management team Position Name Year appointed Last club/team Vacant Manager Andriy Polyanytsya2026–SDYuShOR Desna Chernihiv Manager Vasyl Baranov2026Kudrivka Assistant Coach Artem Padun2026–Chernihiv Goalkeeping Coach Artem Padun2020–SDYuShOR Desna Chernihiv Assistant Goalkeeping Coach Oleksandr Shyray2026–Chernihiv U19 Athletic trainer Andriy Lakeyenko2026–Chernihiv Assistant Coach Andriy Polyanytsya2022SDYuShOR Desna Chernihiv Assistant Coach Serhiy Taran2026Kudrivka Sport Director Valeriy Chornyi2021FC Chernihiv
Transfers
In DatePlayerMoving fromTypeFeeSourceSummer2 July 2026MF Valeriy Rohozynskyi30 KudrivkaLoan Free4 July 2026MF Davronbek Azizov26 PodillyaTransferFree4 July 2026MF Dmytro Plakhtyr30 PoltavaTransferFree17 July 2026MF Simon Haloian24 Livyi Bereh KyivLoan Free23 July 2026MF Dzhilindo Bezghubchenko23Free AgentTransferFree
Out DatePlayerMoving fromTypeFeeSourceSummer26 June 2025DF Vladyslav Shapoval31 KudrivkaLoan ReturnFree26 June 2025MF Vladyslav Chaban23 Inhulets PetroveLoan ReturnFree26 June 2025MF Dzhilindo Bezghubchenko23UnattachedTransferFree26 June 2025DF Mykyta Teplyakov25UnattachedTransferFree26 June 2025MF Andriy Stolyarchuk21UnattachedTransferFree30 June 2025MF Nikita Dorosh19 Rukh LvivLoan ReturnFree24 July 2026FW Daniil Volskyi22UnattachedTransferFree
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overall record
First League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Results
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: 6 October 2026
Goalscorers NameSecond LeagueCupPlay-offsTotal 1 11FW Andriy Novikov12032 77MFMaksym Serdyuk20023 13MFSimon Haloian11024 2DF Eduard Halstyan10015 55MFAnatoliy Romanchenko10016 15MFDzhilindo Bezghubchenko10017 20DF Dmytro Fatyeyev10018 10MFVyacheslav Koydan10019 12MFYehor Kartushov100110 6MFYehor Shalfyeyev010111 3DF Maksym Shumylo010112 21FW Denys Bezborodko0101Total105015 Last updated: 6 October 2026
Clean sheets NameFirst LeagueCupPlay-offsTotal135GKMaksym Tatarenko1001Total1001 Last updated: 5 September 2026
Disciplinary record PlayerFirst LeagueUkrainian CupPlay-offsTotal 21FWDenys Bezborodko30000000030044MFDmytro Plakhtyr20100000030138DFPavlo Shushko20000000020023DFOleksiy Zenchenko20000000020013MFSimon Haloian20000000020055DFAnatoliy Romanchenko20000000020020DFDmytro Fatyeyev10010000020077MFMaksym Serdyuk10010000020087MFValeriy Rohozynskyi1001000002006MFYehor Shalfyeyev10000000010035GKMaksym Tatarenko10000000010077MFMaksym Serdyuk10000000010011FWAndriy Novikov10000000010012MFYehor Kartushov1000000001008MFArtur Bybik100000000100Total 21013000002401
Last updated: 7 October 2026
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