# 2024–25 FC Chernihiv season

During the 2024–25 season, FC Chernihiv competed in the Ukrainian Second League. Due to damage to the Chernihiv Arena caused by the Russo-Ukrainian War, the club used the Yunist Stadium.

## Season summary

Having finished the previous season in 19th place, the club was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League. Oleh Osypenko and Danyil Khondak returned from loan to their respective clubs, Inhulets Petrove and NK Veres Rivne. In July 2024, the FC Chernihv U19 team was established and they are the men's under-19 squad and the highest level team within the set-up. Several players who did not convince the club left, such as Daniil Davydenko and Roman Vovk. The club signed players such as Maksym Tatarenko, Andriy Porokhnya Anatoliy Romanchenko and Maksym Serdyuk on loan from Livyi Bereh Kyiv. In the first part of the league, the club started well, winning the first match 8–2 against Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv and drawing the second at home against Chaika. FC Chernihiv reached the Third preliminary round of 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup, winning against Chaika 1-0 in Yunist Stadium. On 12 August the club lost against Viktoriya Sumy 0–1 in Yunist Stadium and was knocked out of the competition. During the winter transfer 3 more players were released, Bogdan Lyanskoronsky, Andriy Makarenko and Kyrylo Kryvoborodenko. The club signed experienced players such as Dmytro Kulyk, Yehor Shalfeyev and Yehor Kartushov.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 10 March 2025
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Oleksandr Shyray | GK | (1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 32) |
| 22 | Oleksandr Roshchynskyi | GK | (2000-11-30)30 November 2000 (aged 23) |
| 35 | Maksym Tatarenko | GK | (1999-05-07)7 May 1999 (aged 25) |
| 99 | Denys Herasymenko | GK | (2005-10-07)7 October 2005 (aged 18) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Eduard Halstyan | DF | (1998-10-01)1 October 1998 (aged 25) |
| 3 | Maksym Shumylo | DF | (2002-08-31)31 August 2002 (aged 21) |
| 6 | Andriy Veresotskyi | DF | (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 32) |
| 15 | Andriy Lakeyenko | DF | (1999-09-29)29 September 1999 (aged 24) |
| 20 | Dmytro Fatyeyev | DF | (1994-06-21)21 June 1994 (aged 30) |
| 23 | Oleksiy Zenchenko (Captain) | DF | (1996-10-17)17 October 1996 (aged 27) |
| 38 | Pavlo Shushko | DF | (2000-05-07)7 May 2000 (aged 24) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Yehor Shalfeyev | MF | (1998-10-03)3 October 1998 (aged 25) |
| 7 | Dmytro Myronenko | MF | (1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (aged 28) |
| 8 | Andriy Makarenko | MF | (1996-12-13)13 December 1996 (aged 27) |
| 9 | Kyrylo Kryvoborodenko | MF | (1996-09-08)8 September 1996 (aged 27) |
| 10 | Vyacheslav Koydan | MF | (1994-07-05)5 July 1994 (aged 30) |
| 12 | Yehor Kartushov | MF | (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 33) |
| 13 | Dzhilindo Bezghubchenko | MF | (2003-02-07)7 February 2003 (aged 21) |
| 14 | Dmytro Sakhno | MF | (2003-02-07)7 February 2003 (aged 21) |
| 19 | Nikita Posmashnyi | MF | (2003-06-10)10 June 2003 (aged 21) |
| 21 | Vladyslav Shkolnyi | MF | (1999-03-14)14 March 1999 (aged 25) |
| 26 | Kyrylo Pinchuk | MF | (1999-02-16)16 February 1999 (aged 25) |
| 30 | Artur Bybik | MF | (2001-07-26)26 July 2001 (aged 22) |
| 31 | Vitaliy Mentey | MF | (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 (aged 31) |
| 44 | Bohdan Lyanskoronskyi | MF | (2004-10-15)15 October 2004 (aged 19) |
| 55 | Anatoliy Romanchenko | MF | (2001-05-19)19 May 2001 (aged 23) |
| 97 | Maksym Serdyuk | MF | (2002-05-21)21 May 2002 (aged 22) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Dmytro Kulyk | FW | (2001-01-26)26 January 2001 (aged 23) |
| 11 | Pavlo Fedosov | FW | (1996-08-14)14 August 1996 (aged 27) |
| 17 | Andriy Novikov | FW | (1999-04-20)20 April 1999 (aged 25) |
| 77 | Daniil Volskyi | FW | (2004-07-07)7 July 2004 (aged 20) |

## Management team

| Position | Name | Year appointed | Last club/team |
| Manager | Valeriy Chornyi | 2021 | Avanhard Koriukivka |
| Assistant Coach | Andriy Polyanytsya | 2022 | SDYuShOR Desna Chernihiv |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Artem Padun | 2020 | SDYuShOR Desna Chernihiv |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 21 June 2024 | GK | Maksym Tatarenko | 24 | Druzhba Myrivka | Transfer | Free |
| 21 June 2024 | MF | Andriy Porokhnya | 27 | Druzhba Myrivka | Transfer | Free |
| 3 July 2024 | MF | Maksym Serdyuk | 22 | Livyi Bereh Kyiv | Loan | Free |
| 4 July 2024 | MF | Anatoliy Romanchenko | 23 | Inhulets Petrove | Transfer | Free |
| Winter ||||||||
| 22 January 2025 | FW | Dmytro Kulyk | 23 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | Transfer | Free |
| 22 January 2025 | MF | Yehor Kartushov | 34 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | Transfer | Free |
| 25 January 2025 | MF | Yehor Shalfeyev | 26 | Mynai | Transfer | Free |
| 31 January 2025 | FW | Andriy Novikov | 25 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | Transfer | Free |
| 2 March 2025 | DF | Dmytro Fatyeyev | 30 | FSC Mariupol | Transfer | Free |
| 10 March 2025 | DF | Pavlo Shushko | 25 | FSC Mariupol | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 20 June 2024 | MF | Oleh Osypenko | 22 | Inhulets Petrove | Loan Return | Free |
| 20 June 2024 | MF | Danyil Khondak | 23 | Veres Rivne | Loan Return | Free |
| 19 July 2024 | FW | Daniil Davydenko | 24 | Unattached | End Contract | Free |
| 1 August 2024 | FW | Roman Vovk | 27 | Unattached | End Contract | Free |
| Winter ||||||||
| 31 November 2024 | MF | Bogdan Lyanskoronsky | 21 | Unattached | End Contract | Free |
| 9 December 2024 | MF | Andriy Makarenko | 27 | Unattached | End Contract | Free |
| 10 December 2024 | MF | Kyrylo Kryvoborodenko | 28 | Unattached | End Contract | Free |
| 1 January 2025 | DF | Andriy Veresotskyi | 33 | Unattached | End Contract | Free |
| 9 March 2025 | DF | Andriy Lakeyenko | 25 | Retired | | Free |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Second League | 9 August 2024 | | Matchday 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 050.00 |
| Ukrainian Cup | 3 August 2024 | 12 August 2024 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 050.00 |
Last updated: December 2024 Source: Results

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

### 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 ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Shyray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Roshchynskyi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | UKR | Maksym Tatarenko | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | UKR | Denys Herasymenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | UKR | Eduard Halstyan | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Maksym Shumylo | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Fatyeyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Oleksiy Zenchenko | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | UKR | Pavlo Shushko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | UKR | Yehor Shalfeyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Myronenko | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Artur Bybik | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Koydan | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | UKR | Yehor Kartushov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | UKR | Dzhilindo Bezghubchenko | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Sakhno | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Vitaly Mentey | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Nikita Posmashnyi | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Shkolnyi | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | UKR | Kyrylo Pinchuk | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | UKR | Andriy Porokhnya | 13 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | UKR | Anatoliy Romanchenko | 14 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | UKR | Maksym Serdyuk | 13 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | UKR | Dmytro Kulyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Pavlo Fedosov | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Andriy Novikov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | UKR | Daniil Volskyi | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | UKR | Andriy Veresotskyi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Andriy Makarenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Kyrylo Kryvoborodenko | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | UKR | Andriy Lakeyenko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | UKR | Bogdan Lyanskoronskyi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 31 January 2025

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Second League | Second League | Second League | Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 23 | DF | Oleksiy Zenchenko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Artur Bybik | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Vyacheslav Koydan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Maksym Shumylo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Vitaliy Mentey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Maksym Serdyuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Dmytro Myronenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Anatoliy Romanchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Dzhilindo Bezghubchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Eduard Halstyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Kyrylo Kryvoborodenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Dmytro Myronenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Kyrylo Pinchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Maksym Tatarenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Dmytro Sakhno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Anatoliy Romanchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Andriy Porokhnya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Total | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 31 December 2024

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 5 | MF | Anatoliy Romanchenko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | Andriy Porokhnya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | Vyacheslav Koydan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 77 | MF | Maksym Serdyuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | Pavlo Fedosov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 | MF | Dzhilindo Bezghubchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | MF | Oleksiy Zenchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | Maksym Shumylo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 17 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
Last updated: 26 December 2024

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 35 | GK | | Maksym Tatarenko | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| | | | | Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Last updated: 20 October 2024