# 2019–20 FC Desna Chernihiv season

The 2019–20 season was the second season for FC Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. Desna also competed in the Ukrainian Cup.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 19 July 2020
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 35 | Maksym Tatarenko $^{ListB}$ | GK | (1999-05-07)7 May 1999 (aged 21) |
| 44 | Yevhen Past | GK | (1988-03-16)16 March 1988 (aged 32) |
| 72 | Ihor Lytovka | GK | (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 32) |
| Defenders |||||
| 4 | Joonas Tamm | DF | (1992-02-02)2 February 1992 (aged 28) |
| 5 | Vitaliy Yermakov | DF | (1992-06-07)7 June 1992 (aged 28) |
| 17 | Andriy Hitchenko | DF | (1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 35) |
| 22 | Andriy Mostovyi | DF | (1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 32) |
| 26 | Yukhym Konoplya $^{ListB}$ (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | DF | (1999-08-26)26 August 1999 (aged 20) |
| 32 | Maksym Imerekov | DF | (1991-01-23)23 January 1991 (aged 29) |
| 43 | Artur Zapadnya | DF | (1990-06-04)4 June 1990 (aged 30) |
| 45 | Denys Favorov (Captain) | DF | (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 29) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 7 | Vladyslav Ohirya | MF | (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 30) |
| 8 | Andriy Dombrovskyi | MF | (1995-08-12)12 August 1995 (aged 24) |
| 9 | Levan Arveladze | MF | (1993-04-06)6 April 1993 (aged 27) |
| 11 | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | MF | (1993-01-04)4 January 1993 (aged 27) |
| 12 | Yehor Kartushov | MF | (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 29) |
| 14 | Andriy Yakymiv $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-06-15)15 June 1997 (aged 23) |
| 16 | Yevheniy Belych $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2001-01-09)9 January 2001 (aged 19) |
| 20 | Andriy Totovytskyi | MF | (1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 27) |
| 25 | Oleksiy Hutsulyak | MF | (1997-12-25)25 December 1997 (aged 22) |
| 27 | Serhiy Starenkyi | MF | (1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 35) |
| 77 | Orest Kuzyk | MF | (1995-05-17)17 May 1995 (aged 25) |
| Forwards |||||
| 10 | Oleksandr Filippov | FW | (1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (aged 27) |
| 13 | Dmytro Khlyobas | FW | (1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 26) |
| 28 | Pylyp Budkivskyi | FW | (1992-03-10)10 March 1992 (aged 28) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 6 June 2019 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 26 | Arsenal Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 8 June 2019 | DF | Vitaliy Pryndeta | 26 | SKA-Khabarovsk | Transfer | Free |
| 27 June 2019 | DF | Artur Zapadnya | 29 | Volyn Lutsk | Transfer | Free |
| 15 July 2019 | MF | Orest Kuzyk | 24 | PAS Giannina | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2019 | DF | Andriy Dombrovskyi | 23 | Arsenal Kyiv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2019 | FW | Illya Shevtsov | 19 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 June 2019 | GK | Kostyantyn Makhnovskyi | 30 | Olimpik Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 1 June 2019 | DF | Vitaliy Yermakov | 27 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Loan return | |
| 1 June 2019 | MF | Maksym Banasevych | 24 | Kolos Kovalivka | Loan return | |
| 9 September 2019 | FW | Ihor Kirienko | 33 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Loan return | |
| 28 June 2019 | DF | Yukhym Konoplya | 19 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | |
| 18 July 2019 | FW | Maksym Dehtyarov | 26 | Olimpik Donetsk | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 3 January 2020 | MF | Levan Arveladze | 26 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2020 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 27 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2020 | FW | Oleksiy Hutsulyak | 22 | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2020 | MF | Andriy Totovytskyi | 27 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2020 | DF | Joonas Tamm | 27 | Flora Tallinn | Transfer | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 6 June 2019 | DF | Temur Partsvania | 28 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 17 June 2019 | FW | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 27 | Ventspils | Transfer | Free |
| 17 June 2019 | GK | Kostyantyn Makhnovskyi | 30 | Ventspils | Transfer | Free |
| 20 July 2019 | MF | Mykhaylo Kozak | 28 | Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi | Transfer | Free |
| 24 July 2019 | DF | Dmytro Nyemchaninov | 29 | Rukh Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 25 July 2019 | DF | Andriy Slinkin | 28 | MFC Mykolaiv | Transfer | Free |
| 31 July 2019 | MF | Andriy Yakymiv | 22 | Kaposvári Rákóczi | Transfer | Free |
| 10 August 2019 | DF | Maksym Banasevych | 24 | Rukh Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 12 September 2019 | DF | Serhiy Lyulka | 29 | FC Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 1 June 2019 | FW | Denys Bezborodko | 28 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan return | |
| 22 July 2019 | MF | Vadym Bovtruk | 27 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | Loan | |
| 22 August 2019 | MF | Oleksandr Volkov | 30 | Kolos Kovalivka | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 3 January 2020 | MF | Artem Favorov | 25 | Puskás Akadémia | Transfer | 470k euro |
| 16 January 2020 | MF | Andriy Bohdanov | 29 | Kolos Kovalivka | Transfer | Free |
| 27 January 2020 | MF | Vitaliy Pryndeta | 27 | Volyn Lutsk | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 8 March 2020 | MF | Renat Mochulyak | 22 | Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni | Transfer / Loan ? | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Maksym Dehtyarov | 26 | Olimpik Donetsk | Loan return | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| 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 % |
| Premier League | 30 July 2019 | 19 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 053.13 |
| Cup | 30 October 2019 | 12 March 2020 | Round of 16 (1/8) | Quarterfinal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 052.94 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Desna Chernihiv | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | FC Oleksandriya | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 49 | Qualification for the playoff for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka (O) | 32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 32 | Qualification for the playoff for Europa League second qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 July 2020. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### Ukrainian Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 44 | GK | UKR | Yevhen Past | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | GK | UKR | Ihor Lytovka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | EST | Joonas Tamm | 14 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Yermakov | 12 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Andriy Hitchenko | 32 | 3 | 29+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | UKR | Andriy Mostovyi | 30 | 0 | 23+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | UKR | Yukhym Konoplya | 24 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | UKR | Maksym Imerekov | 26 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | UKR | Artur Zapadnya | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | UKR | Denys Favorov | 33 | 8 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Ohirya | 28 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Andriy Dombrovskyi | 17 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Levan Arveladze | 12 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 27 | 6 | 21+4 | 6 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | UKR | Yehor Kartushov | 33 | 4 | 15+16 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Andriy Totovytskyi | 13 | 4 | 6+6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Hutsulyak | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Starenkyi | 9 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | UKR | Orest Kuzyk | 21 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Filippov | 32 | 18 | 26+4 | 16 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | UKR | Dmytro Khlyobas | 21 | 7 | 10+10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | UKR | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 14 | 3 | 5+8 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 18 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Pryndeta | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Artem Favorov | 17 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | UKR | Maksym Dehtyarov | 14 | 2 | 6+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | UKR | Andriy Bohdanov | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 19 July 2020

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | Oleksandr Filippov | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | 45 | DF | Denys Favorov | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 13 | FW | Dmytro Khlyobas | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 12 | MF | Yehor Kartushov | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | Andriy Totovytskyi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 17 | DF | Andriy Hitchenko | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 28 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 32 | DF | Maksym Imerekov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 77 | FW | Maksym Dehtyarov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | DF | Joonas Tamm | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 | MF | Levan Arveladze | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | MF | Artem Favorov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 27 | MF | Serhiy Starenkyi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 77 | MF | Orest Kuzyk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 59 | 4 | 63 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 44 | GK | Yevhen Past | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 1 | 72 | GK | Ihor Lytovka | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Joonas Tamm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vitaliy Yermakov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vladyslav Ohirya | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Andriy Dombrovskyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Levan Arveladze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Oleksandr Filippov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Yehor Kartushov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Dmytro Khlyobas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Andriy Hitchenko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Artem Favorov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Andriy Totovytskyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Andriy Mostovyi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Oleksiy Hutsulyak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Yukhym Konoplya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Serhiy Starenkyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Maksym Imerekov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Artur Zapadnya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | Yevhen Past | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Denys Favorov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Maksym Dehtyarov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Orest Kuzyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | Andriy Bohdanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 75 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020

### Attendances

| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Premier League | 16 | 43,125 | 2,695 | 5,500 | 0 |
| Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 43,125 | 1,347 | 5,500 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020