Football Club Desna Chernihiv is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" during its first year of existence as part of a republican Avanhard sports society. Between 1961 and 1970 the club was called Desna. In 1972 it was replaced with SC Chernihiv that played in Chernihiv for the next couple of years. In 1977 Desna was revived now in place of the amateur club "FC Khimik Chernihiv" that won regional competitions.
Yevhen Serhiyovych Past is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Veres Rivne.
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Oleksandr Ryabokon is a former Ukrainian football defender, and recently, until 2022, the head-coach of FC Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. He is known for transforming a third tier team into a solid top-flight participant. He is also a combat veteran of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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The 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 27th top level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the tenth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
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The 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 28th top-level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eleventh since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
The 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 29th top-level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the 12th since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
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.
Volodymyr Illich Levin is a Ukrainian politician and businessman. In 2017 he became chairman of Desna Chernihiv.
Ultra Desna is the organized supporters group of the Ukrainian multi-sports club Desna Chernihiv. They are quite famous for supporting and following their team, at home and away. In particular they show a warm welcome when them team enter in any stadium to play supporting the club until the end of every single. During Desna's matches the fan area displays a great view of white and blue being worn.
The 2021–22 season was FC Desna Chernihiv's 61st season in existence and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In summer of 2021 the club fails to qualify for the cups and according with the president of the club, Volodymyr Levin, said that the club has a 4-month debt to the players for the payment of salaries and the management of the UPL club decided to cut the budget for the 2021/22 season. A number of players have left Desna. The club begins the rejuvenation of the team, leaving starting players who have made the history of the club and begins to develop the team's academy and choose some of Desna 2 and Desna 3 players. On 15 July 2021 the cooperation with the sponsor Parimatch was extended. In summer 2021, the team was requalified and new young players has been added into the club with good results at the first four matches in Ukrainian Premier League.
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The club's name was "Avanhard" during its first year of existence as part of a republican Avanhard sports society. Between 1961 and 1970 the club was known as Desna Chernihiv.
