# 2020–21 FC Chernihiv season

The 2020–21 season was FC Chernihiv's inaugural season. It competed in the Ukrainian Second League.

## Season summary

This was the first time the club competed in the Ukrainian Second League. The club was supported by the management and some player arrived, including Oleksandr Shyray, Oleksandr Roshchynskyi, and the experienced goalkeeper Anatoliy Tymofeyev. In the winter transfer season the management signed another experienced player in Vyacheslav Koydan. The team was also included in the First Preliminary Round of the Ukrainian Cup to face Nyva Vinnytsia. 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. In April 2021 Vadym Postovoy was sacked as coach and Valeriy Chornyi was appointed as interim coach. The club managed to finish the season in the 10th position.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 11 April 2021
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Anatoliy Tymofeyev | GK | (1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 28) |
| 12 | Artem Lutchenko | GK | 4 January 1992 (age 29) |
| 14 | Yevhen Novobranets | GK | (1993-03-03)3 March 1993 (aged 27) |
| 22 | Oleksandr Roshchynskyi | GK | 30 November 2000 (age 20) |
| 35 | Oleksandr Shyray | GK | 21 February 1992 (age 29) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Anatoly Naumenko | DF | 6 September 1998 (age 22) |
| 4 | Teymuraz Mchedlishvili | DF | 18 March 1985 (age 36) |
| 6 | Andriy Veresotskyi | DF | 21 January 1992 (age 29) |
| 15 | Andriy Lakeyenko | DF | 29 September 1999 (age 21) |
| 19 | Dmytro Borshch | DF | 22 June 1994 (age 26) |
| 21 | Vladyslav Kosov | DF | 9 April 2000 (age 21) |
| 23 | Oleksiy Zenchenko | DF | 17 October 1996 (age 24) |
| 24 | Denys Sadovyi | DF | 31 August 1995 (age 25) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 5 | Anatoliy Romanchenko | MF | 19 May 2001 (age 19) |
| 7 | Dmytro Myronenko | MF | 7 March 1996 (age 25) |
| 8 | Andriy Makarenko | MF | 13 December 1996 (age 24) |
| 9 | Kyrylo Kryvoborodenko | MF | 8 September 1996 (age 24) |
| 17 | Vyacheslav Koydan | MF | 5 July 1994 (age 26) |
| 18 | Vitaliy Mentey | MF | 5 August 1992 (age 28) |
| 20 | Artur Bybik | MF | 26 July 2001 (age 19) |
| 77 | Maksym Serdyuk | MF | 21 May 2002 (age 18) |
| 95 | Bogdan Lazarenko | MF | 3 March 1995 (age 26) |
| 99 | Oleksandr Konopko (Captain) | MF | 18 March 1985 (age 36) |
| Forwards |||||
| 11 | Anatoly Kokhanovskyi | FW | 5 October 1995 (age 25) |
| 27 | Maksym Chaus | FW | 13 January 1994 (age 27) |
| | Vladyslav Kyryn | FW | 13 January 1994 (age 27) |

## Management team

| Position | Name | Year appointed | Last club/team |
| Manager | Vadym Postovoy | 2003 | Avanhard Koriukivka |
| Manager | Valeriy Chornyi | 21 April 2021 | Avanhard Koriukivka |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Artem Padun | 2020 | SDYuShOR Desna Chernihiv |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 12 September 2020 | GK | Oleksandr Shyray | 27 | Avanhard Koryukivka | Transfer | Free |
| 12 September 2020 | GK | Oleksandr Roshchynskyi | 19 | Avanhard Koryukivka | Transfer | Free |
| 12 October 2020 | GK | Anatoliy Tymofeyev | 28 | Cherkashchyna | Transfer | Free |
| 6 October 2020 | DF | Ruslan Dedukh | 19 | Nyva Ternopil | Transfer | Free |
| 6 October 2020 | DF | Andriy Veresotskyi | 27 | Avangard Korukivka | Transfer | Free |
| 6 October 2020 | FW | Maksym Chaus | 27 | Krystal Kherson | Transfer | Free |
| Winter ||||||||
| 7 January 2021 | GK | Artem Lutchenko | 19 | Kudrivka | Transfer | Free |
| 7 January 2021 | DF | Vyacheslav Koydan | 19 | Sandviken | Transfer | Free |
| 7 January 2021 | FW | Vladyslav Kyryn | 24 | Kudrivka | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 6 August 2020 | DF | Eduard Halstyan | 21 | Desna-2 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 6 August 2020 | DF | Oleksandr Rudenko | 21 | Kudrivka | Transfer | Free |
| 6 August 2020 | DF | Volodymyr Holovan | 21 | Kudrivka | Transfer | Free |
| Winter ||||||||
| 1 January 2021 | GK | Anatoliy Tymofeyev | 26 | Unattached | End Contract | |
| 1 January 2021 | GK | Yevhen Novobranets | 27 | Unattached | Retired | |
| 2 January 2021 | DF | Vladyslav Kosov | 26 | Unattached | End Contract | |
| 4 January 2021 | DF | Taras Movlyan | 19 | Unattached | End Contract | |
| 1 March 2021 | DF | Ruslan Dedukh | 22 | Hirnyk-Sport | Transfer | Free |

## 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 Second League | 9 September 2021 | 10 April 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 047.62 |
| Ukrainian Cup | - | - | - | Round of 32 (1/16) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 14 | +21 | 047.83 |
Last updated: 10 April 2021 Source: Competitions

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Ukrainian Second League
#### League table group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi (P, C) | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 13 | +33 | 57 | Promotion to Ukrainian First League |
| 2 | FC Uzhhorod (P) | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 55 | Promotion to Ukrainian First League |
| 3 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 51 | |
| 4 | Epitsentr Dunaivtsi | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 48 | |
| 5 | Karpaty Halych | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 46 | |
| 6 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 33 | |
| 7 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 32 | |
| 8 | Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 25 | |
| 9 | Obolon-2 Bucha | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 24 | Promotion restrictions |
| 10 | FC Chernihiv | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 21 | |
| 11 | Rubikon Kyiv | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 44 | −27 | 17 | |
| 12 | Volyn-2 Lutsk | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 43 | −27 | 13 | |
| 13 | Karpaty Lviv | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 55 | −35 | 13 | Promotion restrictions |
| - | FC Kalush | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0 | Withdrew after Round 1 before their first game |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Volyn-2 4, Karpaty 1
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### Ukrainian Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ukrainian Second League | Ukrainian Second League | Cup | Cup | EL | EL |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 12 | GK | UKR | Artem Lutchenko | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Roshchynskyi | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Shyray | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | UKR | Andriy Lakeyenko | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Anatoly Naumenko | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Teymuraz Mchedlishvili | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | UKR | Andriy Veresotskyi | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | UKR | Andrey Lakeenko | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Borshch | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Oleksii Zenchenko | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | UKR | Denys Sadovyi | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | UKR | Anatoly Romanchenko | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Myronenko | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Andriy Makarenko | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Kyrylo Kryvoborodenko | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Koydan | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Vitaly Mentey | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Artur Bybik | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | UKR | Maksym Serdyuk | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | UKR | Bogdan Lazarenko | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Konopko | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | UKR | Anatoly Kokhanovskyi | 23 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | UKR | Maksym Chaus | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Kyryn | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | UKR | Anatoliy Tymofeyev | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | UKR | Yevhen Novobranets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Taras Movlyan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | UKR | Ruslan Dedukh | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | UKR | Vladyslav Kosov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 10 April 2021

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Ukrainian Second League | Ukrainian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 6 | MF | Vyacheslav Koydan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 19 | DF | Dmytro Borshch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 12 | MF | Dimitry Mironenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 6 | MF | Maksym Serdyuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 5 | MF | Anatoly Romanchenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | Anatoly Kokhanovskyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | DF | Teymuraz Mchedlishvili | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 6 | DF | Andriy Veresotskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 99 | DF | Oleksandr Konopko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | Oleksiy Zenchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 95 | MF | Bohdan Lazarenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Last updated: 1 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Ukrainian Second League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 35 | GK | Oleksandr Shyray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 22 | GK | Oleksandr Roshchynskyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | '6 |
Last updated: 11 April 2021