# 2020–21 FC Desna Chernihiv season

The 2020–21 season was FC Desna Chernihiv's 61st season in existence and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Desna Chernihiv participated in this season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 30 June 2021
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 44 | Yevhen Past | GK | (1988-03-16)16 March 1988 (aged 33) |
| 72 | Ihor Lytovka | GK | (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 33) |
| 79 | Illya Karavashchenko$^{ListB}$ | GK | (2001-06-25)25 June 2001 (aged 20) |
| 78 | Dmytro Sydorenko$^{ListB}$ | GK | (2002-11-12)12 November 2002 (aged 18) |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Pavlo Polehenko | DF | (1995-01-06)6 January 1995 (aged 26) |
| 4 | Joonas Tamm | DF | (1992-02-02)2 February 1992 (aged 29) |
| 5 | Vitaliy Yermakov | DF | (1992-06-07)7 June 1992 (aged 29) |
| 6 | Constantin Dima | DF | (1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 21) |
| 17 | Andriy Hitchenko | DF | (1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 36) |
| 22 | Andriy Mostovyi | DF | (1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 33) |
| 23 | Artem Sukhotskyi | DF | (1992-12-06)6 December 1992 (aged 28) |
| 26 | Yukhym Konoplya $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | DF | (1999-08-26)26 August 1999 (aged 21) |
| 32 | Maksym Imerekov | DF | (1991-01-23)23 January 1991 (aged 30) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 7 | Vladyslav Ohirya (Captain) | MF | (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 31) |
| 8 | Andriy Dombrovskyi | MF | (1995-08-12)12 August 1995 (aged 25) |
| 9 | Levan Arveladze | MF | (1993-04-06)6 April 1993 (aged 28) |
| 11 | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | MF | (1993-01-04)4 January 1993 (aged 28) |
| 12 | Yehor Kartushov | MF | (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 30) |
| 14 | Yevhen Chepurnenko | MF | (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 31) |
| 18 | Bohdan Biloshevskyi $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | MF | (2000-01-12)12 January 2000 (aged 21) |
| 20 | Andriy Totovytskyi | MF | (1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 28) |
| 25 | Oleksiy Hutsulyak | MF | (1997-12-25)25 December 1997 (aged 23) |
| 89 | Oleksandr Volkov | MF | (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 32) |
| 88 | Giorgios Ermides $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2001-06-08)8 June 2001 (aged 20) |
| Forwards |||||
| 19 | Denys Demyanenko $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2000-07-05)5 July 2000 (aged 20) |
| 20 | Denys Bezborodko | FW | (1994-05-31)31 May 1994 (aged 27) |
| 28 | Pylyp Budkivskyi | FW | (1992-03-10)10 March 1992 (aged 29) |
| 77 | Maksym Dehtyarov | FW | (1993-05-30)30 May 1993 (aged 28) |
| 90 | Illya Shevtsov | FW | (2000-04-13)13 April 2000 (aged 21) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 9 August 2020 | GK | Dmytro Sydorenko | 18 | Desna-3 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 10 August 2020 | GK | Illya Karavashchenko | 19 | Desna-2 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 12 August 2020 | FW | Maksym Dehtyarov | 27 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 17 September 2020 | DF | Pavlo Polehenko | 25 | FC Mariupol | Transfer | Free |
| 1 August 2020 | MF | Oleksandr Volkov | 31 | Kolos Kovalivka | Loan return | Free |
| 6 August 2020 | MF | Mykhailo Mudryk | 19 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | Free |
| 6 October 2020 | MF | Georgios Ermidis | 19 | Panionios U-19 | Transfer | Free |
| Winter ||||||||
| 16 January 2021 | FW | Denys Bezborodko | 26 | Oleksandriya | Transfer | Free |
| 29 January 2021 | DF | Constantin Dima | 21 | Astra Giurgiu | Transfer | 100k |
| 18 February 2021 | MF | Yevhen Chepurnenko | 31 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | Transfer | Free |
| 19 February 2021 | DF | Artem Sukhotskyi | 28 | Slovan Bratislava | Transfer | 250k |
| 4 January 2021 | MF | Renat Mochulyak | 19 | Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni | Loan return | Free |
| 13 January 2021 | FW | Vladyslav Vakula | 21 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | Free |
| 25 January 2021 | MF | Bohdan Biloshevskyi | 21 | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 9 August 2020 | DF | Denys Favorov | 29 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | Oleksandr Filippov | 27 | Sint-Truiden | Transfer | €1.5M |
| 31 July 2020 | MF | Orest Kuzyk | 25 | PAS Giannina | Loan return | Free |
| Winter ||||||||
| 31 December 2020 | FW | Dmytro Khlyobas | 26 | Kolos Kovalivka | Transfer | Free |
| 4 January 2021 | DF | Artur Zapadnya | 30 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Transfer | Free |
| 11 January 2021 | DF | Serhiy Starenkyi | 36 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | Transfer | Free |
| 8 January 2021 | DF | Mykhailo Mudryk | 20 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan Return | Free |
| 31 January 2021 | DF | Vladyslav Vakula | 36 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan Return | Free |
| 11 February 2021 | MF | Andriy Slotyuk | 20 | Metal Kharkiv | Loan | Free |
| 19 February 2021 | MF | Yevheniy Belych | 20 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | Loan | Free |
| 2 March 2021 | FW | Illya Shevtsov | 20 | Inhulets Petrove | Loan | Free |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ukrainian Premier League | 22 August 2020 | 9 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 038.46 |
| Ukrainian Cup | 30 September 2020 | 16 December 2020 | Round of 32 (1/16) | Round of 16 (1/8) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 24 September 2020 | 24 September 2020 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 037.93 |
Last updated: 9 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Ukrainian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Kolos Kovalivka | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Vorskla Poltava | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Desna Chernihiv | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 38 | |
| 7 | SC Dnipro-1 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Lviv | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 29 | |
* ↑ Head-to-head goal difference: Lviv +1, Oleksandriya -1

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 2021. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | EL | EL |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Sydorenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | UKR | Illya Karavashchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | UKR | Yevhen Past | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | GK | UKR | Ihor Lytovka | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | UKR | Pavlo Polehenko | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | EST | Joonas Tamm | 23 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Yermakov | 18 | 1 | 7+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Constantin Dima | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Andriy Hitchenko | 22 | 3 | 15+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | UKR | Andriy Mostovyi | 23 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Artem Sukhotskyi | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | UKR | Yukhym Konoplya | 25 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | UKR | Maksym Imerekov | 17 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Ohirya | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Andriy Dombrovskyi | 23 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Levan Arveladze | 16 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Andriy Totovytskyi | 20 | 9 | 16+2 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 24 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | UKR | Yehor Kartushov | 25 | 3 | 10+13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Chepurnenko | 8 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Bohdan Biloshevskyi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Hutsulyak | 27 | 2 | 19+5 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Volkov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 19 | FW | UKR | Denys Demyanenko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | UKR | Denys Bezborodko | 10 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | UKR | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 19 | 7 | 11+5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | UKR | Maksym Dehtyarov | 20 | 4 | 6+12 | 2 | 0+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | UKR | Illya Shevtsov | 9 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Filippov | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | UKR | Dmytro Khlyobas | 7 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | UKR | Mykhailo Mudryk | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Starenkyi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | UKR | Artur Zapadnya | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 9 May 2021

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | Andriy Totovytskyi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 77 | FW | Maksym Dehtyarov | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | MF | Yehor Kartushov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 17 | DF | Andriy Hitchenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 25 | MF | Oleksiy Hutsulyak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 32 | DF | Maksym Imerekov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | Joonas Tamm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | Vitaliy Yermakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | FW | Oleksandr Filippov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 11 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 13 | FW | Dmytro Khlyobas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | Yevhen Chepurnenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | Denys Bezborodko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 22 | DF | Andriy Mostovyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 26 | DF | Yukhym Konoplya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 90 | FW | Illya Shevtsov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 38 | 2 | 0 | 40 |
Last updated: 9 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 44 | GK | Yevhen Past | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 72 | GK | Ihor Lytovka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Last updated: 9 May 2021

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Joonas Tamm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vitaliy Yermakov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vladyslav Ohirya | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Andriy Dombrovskyi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Levan Arveladze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Andriy Totovytskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Yehor Kartushov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Dmytro Khlyobas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Mykhailo Mudryk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Andriy Hitchenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Denys Bezborodko | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Andriy Mostovyi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Artem Sukhotskyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Oleksiy Hutsulyak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Yukhym Konoplya | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Maksym Imerekov | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | Yevhen Past | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | GK | Ihor Lytovka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | Oleksandr Volkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 65 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 7 | 0 |
Last updated: 9 May 2021

### Attendances

| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Premier League | 13 | 7,303 | 561 | 2,983 | 0 |
| Cup | 2 | 1,250 | 625 | 1,250 | 1,250 |
| Total | 15 | 8,553 | 570 | 2,983 | 0 |
Last updated: 9 May 2021