2025–26 FC Chernihiv season

Chernihiv
2025–26 season
ChairmanYuriy Synytsya
ManagerValeriy Chornyi
StadiumChernihiv Arena
Yunist Stadium
Ukrainian First League14th
Ukrainian CupRound of 64
Top goalscorerLeague: Vyacheslav Koydan (3 goals)
All: Vyacheslav Koydan (3 goals)

During the 2025–26 season, FC Chernihiv competed in the Ukrainian First League.[1]

Season summary

In June 2025, following the promotion, the management's club extended the contracts of Maksym Shumylo,[2] Anatoliy Romanchenko[3] On 27 June Artur Bybik and the goalkeeper Maksym Tatarenko signed a new contract extension.[4] On 30 July, FC Chernihiv announced the signing of Andriy Stolyarchuk.[5] On 1 August 2025, the club signed young players such as Dmytro Didok and Nikita Terrekhovets from Chernihiv U19.[6] Few players left the club: Pavlo Fedosov, Vitaliy Mentey, Oleksandr Shyray and Nikita Posmashnyi.[7] On 17 August Chernihiv won their first match of Ukrainian Premier League against Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk at the MCS Rukh thanks to three goals of Vyacheslav Koydan.[8]

Players

Squad information

As of 11 August 2025[9]
Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
22 Oleksandr Roshchynskyi Ukraine GK (2000-11-30)30 November 2000 (aged 24)
35 Maksym Tatarenko (Captain) Ukraine GK (1999-05-07)7 May 1999 (aged 26)
99 Denys Herasymenko Ukraine GK (2005-10-07)7 October 2005 (aged 19)
Defenders
2 Eduard Halstyan Ukraine Armenia DF (1998-10-01)1 October 1998 (aged 26)
3 Maksym Shumylo Ukraine DF (2002-08-31)31 August 2002 (aged 22)
20 Dmytro Fatyeyev Ukraine DF (1994-06-21)21 June 1994 (aged 31)
23 Oleksiy Zenchenko Ukraine DF (1996-10-17)17 October 1996 (aged 28)
38 Pavlo Shushko Ukraine DF (2000-05-07)7 May 2000 (aged 25)
Midfielders
6 Yehor Shalfeyev Ukraine MF (1998-10-03)3 October 1998 (aged 26)
7 Dmytro Myronenko Ukraine MF (1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (aged 29)
8 Artur Bybik Ukraine MF (2001-07-26)26 July 2001 (aged 23)
10 Vyacheslav Koydan Ukraine MF (1994-07-05)5 July 1994 (aged 31)
12 Yehor Kartushov Ukraine MF (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 34)
13 Dzhilindo Bezgubchenko Ukraine MF (2003-02-07)7 February 2003 (aged 22)
14 Dmytro Sakhno Ukraine MF (2003-02-07)7 February 2003 (aged 22)
19 Nikita Posmashnyi Ukraine MF (2003-06-10)10 June 2003 (aged 22)
21 Vladyslav Shkolnyi Ukraine MF (1999-03-14)14 March 1999 (aged 26)
24 Dmytro Didok Ukraine DF (2007-01-24)24 January 2007 (aged 18)
33 Andriy Porokhnya Ukraine MF (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 28)
55 Anatoliy Romanchenko Ukraine MF (2004-04-07)7 April 2004 (aged 21)
88 Andriy Stolyarchuk Ukraine MF (2004-07-04)4 July 2004 (aged 21)
97 Maksym Serdyuk Ukraine MF (2002-05-21)21 May 2002 (aged 23)
Forwards
9 Dmytro Kulyk Ukraine FW (2001-01-26)26 January 2001 (aged 24)
11 Andriy Novikov Ukraine FW (1999-04-20)20 April 1999 (aged 26)
77 Daniil Volskyi Ukraine FW (2004-07-07)7 July 2004 (aged 21)

Management team

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

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Type Fee Source
Summer
4 July 2025 MF Ukraine Maksym Serdyuk 23 Ukraine Livyi Bereh Kyiv Transfer Free [10]
29 July 2025 MF Ukraine Andriy Stolyarchuk 21 Unattached Transfer Free [11]
1 August 2025 MF Ukraine Dmytro Didok 18 Ukraine Chernihiv U-19 Transfer Free [12]
1 August 2025 MF Ukraine Nikita Terrekhovets 18 Ukraine Chernihiv U-19 Transfer Free [13]

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Type Fee Source
Summer
30 June 2025 MF Ukraine Maksym Serdyuk 23 Ukraine Livyi Bereh Kyiv Loan Return Free
30 June 2025 FW Ukraine Pavlo Fedosov 28 Unattached Released Free
1 July 2025 MF Ukraine Vitaliy Mentey 32 Unattached Released Free [14]
1 July 2025 GK Ukraine Oleksandr Shyray 33 Unattached Released Free
14 August 2025 MF Ukraine Nikita Posmashnyi 22 Unattached Released Free [15]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 July 2025 Friendly Livyi Bereh Kyiv Ukraine 1–1 Ukraine Chernihiv Kiev
EET (UTC+02:00) Riznyk 41' Report Novikov 3'
12 July 2025 Friendly Viktoriya Sumy Ukraine 1–0 Ukraine Chernihiv Boryspil
EET (UTC+02:00) Palamar 45' Report Stadium: Kolos Stadium
16 July 2025 Friendly Polissya-2 Zhytomyr Ukraine 3–2 Ukraine Chernihiv Zhytomyr
EET (UTC+02:00) Report Porokhnya 23'
Koydan 32'
19 July 2025 Friendly Chernihiv Ukraine 1–3 Ukraine Lokomotyv Kyiv Chernihiv
EET (UTC+02:00) Kulyk 11' Stadium: Khimik Sport Complex
23 July 2025 Friendly UCSA Tarasivka Ukraine 2–0 Ukraine Chernihiv Bucha
EET (UTC+02:00) Fogo 78'
Fogo 80'
Report Stadium: Stadium Yuvileinyi

Competitions

Overall

Competition First match Last match Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
First League 3 August 2025 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 033.33
Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 033.33

Last updated: 9 August 2025
Source: Competitions

First League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Vorskla Poltava 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2 Chornomorets Odesa 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
3 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Livyi Bereh Kyiv 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
5 Prykarpattia-Blaho 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
6 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
7 Inhulets Petrove 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
8 Nyva Ternopil 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
9 UCSA Tarasivka 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 4
10 Viktoriya Sumy 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3[a]
11 Probiy Horodenka 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3[a]
12 Chernihiv 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3[a]
13 Metalurh Zaporizhia 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1[b] Qualification to relegation play-off
14 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1[b]
15 Feniks-Mariupol 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1[b] Relegation to Ukrainian Second League
16 Metalist Kharkiv 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[16]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Ranked on head-to-head points (goal scored): Viktoriya 3 (+2), Probiy 3 (1), Chernihiv 0 (1).
  2. ^ a b c Ranked on head-to-head points: Metalurh 1, Podillya 1, Feniks 0.

The relegation–promotion play-off games are expected to be scheduled to take place between the 13th and 14th placed teams with the third and fourth placed teams of the Second League.

Second League teams Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score First League teams 1st leg 2nd leg
TBA x – x TBA
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First Semi-final

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Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
3 1 0 2 4 3  +1 3 0 0 1 1 2  −1 1 0 1 3 1  +2

Last updated: 9 August 2025.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHA
ResultLLW
Position91210
Updated to match(es) played on 4 July 2025. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 August 2025 (2025-08-03) 1 Probiy Horodenka 1–0 FC Chernihiv Horodenka
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Felipovych 3'
OrynchakYellow card 38'
KharukYellow card 55'
BilyiYellow card 84'
BorysevychYellow card 87'
Report KoydanYellow card 24'
FatyeyevYellow card 85'
SerdyukYellow card 87'
Stadium: Probiy Arena
9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) 2 FC Chernihiv 1–2 Viktoriya Sumy Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Novikov 9'
ShumyloYellow card 12'
ShushkoYellow card 90+4'
Report Yevpak 22'
Knysh 24'
SeytkhalilovYellow card 60'
Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
17 August 2025 (2025-08-17) 3 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 0–3 FC Chernihiv Ivano-Frankivsk
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Bespalko 55'
Barchuk 65'
RadulskyiYellow card 76'
TytovYellow card 80'
Report Barchuk 65'
FatyeyevYellow card 44'
SerdyukYellow card 50'
Koydan 54'
Koydan 62'
MyronenkoYellow card 90'
Stadium: MCS Rukh
30 August 2025 (2025-08-30) 4 Feniks-Mariupol x–x FC Chernihiv Lviv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Skif Stadium
6 September 2025 (2025-09-06) 5 FC Chernihiv x–x Livyi Bereh Kyiv Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
13 September 2025 (2025-09-13) 6 Bukovyna Chernivtsi x–x FC Chernihiv Chernivtsi
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Bukovyna Stadium
20 September 2025 (2025-09-20) 7 FC Chernihiv x–x Metalist Kharkiv Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
28 September 2025 (2025-09-28) 8 Nyva Ternopil x–x FC Chernihiv Ternopil
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Miskyi imeni Shukhevycha
4 October 2025 (2025-10-04) 9 FC Chernihiv x–x Podillya Khmelnytskyi Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
8 October 2025 (2025-10-08) 10 Vorskla Poltava x–x FC Chernihiv Poltava
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
12 October 2025 (2025-10-12) 11 FC Chernihiv x–x UCSA Tarasivka Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
18 October 2025 (2025-10-18) 12 Chornomorets Odesa x–x FC Chernihiv Odesa
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
25 October 2025 (2025-10-25) 13 FC Chernihiv x–x Mynai Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
2 November 2025 (2025-11-02) 14 Inhulets Petrove x–x FC Chernihiv Petrove
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Inhulets Stadium
8 November 2025 (2025-11-08) 15 FC Chernihiv x–x Ahrobiznes Volochysk Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
15 November 2025 (2025-11-15) 16 FC Chernihiv x–x Probiy Horodenka Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
22 November 2025 (2025-11-22) 17 Viktoriya Sumy x–x FC Chernihiv Sumy
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Yuvileiny Stadium
29 November 2025 (2025-11-29) 18 FC Chernihiv x–x Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
21 March 2026 (2026-03-21) 19 FC Chernihiv x–x Feniks-Mariupol Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
28 March 2026 (2026-03-28) 20 Livyi Bereh Kyiv x–x FC Chernihiv Kyiv Oblast
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh
4 April 2026 (2026-04-04) 21 FC Chernihiv x–x Bukovyna Chernivtsi Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
8 April 2026 (2026-04-08) 22 Metalist Kharkiv x–x FC Chernihiv Uzhhorod
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
12 April 2026 (2026-04-12) 23 FC Chernihiv x–x Nyva Ternopil Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
18 April 2026 (2026-04-18) 24 Podillya Khmelnytskyi x–x FC Chernihiv Podillia
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Sport Complex Podillia
25 April 2026 (2026-04-25) 25 FC Chernihiv x–x Vorskla Poltava Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
2 May 2026 (2026-05-02) 26 UCSA Tarasivka x–x FC Chernihiv Kyiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Bannikov Stadium
9 May 2026 (2026-05-09) 27 FC Chernihiv x–x Chornomorets Odesa Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
16 May 2026 (2026-05-16) 28 Mynai x–x FC Chernihiv Mynai
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Mynai Arena
23 May 2026 (2026-05-23) 29 FC Chernihiv x–x Inhulets Petrove Chernihiv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Chernihiv Arena
30 May 2026 (2026-05-30) 30 Ahrobiznes Volochysk x–x FC Chernihiv Volochysk
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Yunist Stadium

Ukrainian Cup

25 August 2025 Round of 64 (1/32) Atlet Kyiv x–x Chernihiv Kyiv
EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Atlet Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Ukrainian Second League Cup Play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
22 GK Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Roshchynskyi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK Ukraine UKR Maksym Tatarenko 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
99 GK Ukraine UKR Denys Herasymenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Ukraine UKR Eduard Halstyan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Ukraine UKR Maksym Shumylo 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Fatyeyev 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksiy Zenchenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Ukraine UKR Pavlo Shushko 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Ukraine UKR Yehor Shalfeyev 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Myronenko 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Ukraine UKR Artur Bybik 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Ukraine UKR Vyacheslav Koydan 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
12 MF Ukraine UKR Yehor Kartushov 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Ukraine UKR Dzhilindo Bezghubchenko 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Sakhno 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Shkolnyi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Didok 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF Ukraine UKR Andriy Porokhnya 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
55 MF Ukraine UKR Anatoliy Romanchenko 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
88 MF Ukraine UKR Andriy Stolyarchuk 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
97 MF Ukraine UKR Maksym Serdyuk 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Ukraine UKR Dmytro Kulyk 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Ukraine UKR Andriy Novikov 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
77 FW Ukraine UKR Daniil Volskyi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
19 MF Ukraine UKR Nikita Posmashnyi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 17 August 2025

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Second League Cup Play-offs Total
1 10 MF Ukraine Vyacheslav Koydan 3 0 0 3
2 17 FW Ukraine Andriy Novikov 1 0 0 1
Total 4 0 0 4

Last updated: 17 August 2025

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Second League Cup Play-offs Total
1 35 GK Ukraine Maksym Tatarenko 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 1

Last updated: 17 August 2025

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Player First League Ukrainian Cup Play-offs Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
77 MF Ukraine Maksym Serdyuk 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
20 DF Ukraine Dmytro Fatyeyev 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 MF Ukraine Vyacheslav Koydan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
3 DF Ukraine Maksym Shumylo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
38 DF Ukraine Pavlo Shushko 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 MF Ukraine Dmytro Myronenko 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0

Last updated: 17 August 2025

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