During the 2025–26 season, FC Chernihiv competed in the Ukrainian First League. In addition to the domestic league, FC Chernihiv participated in this season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup.
Season summary In June 2025, following the promotion, the management's club extended the contracts of Maksym Shumylo, Anatoliy Romanchenko On 27 June Artur Bybik and the goalkeeper Maksym Tatarenko signed a new contract extension. On 30 July, FC Chernihiv announced the signing of Andriy Stolyarchuk. Following the promotion, a few players signed a new contract extension. FC Chernihiv signed young players such as Andriy Stolyarchuk and Nikita Dorosh on loan from FC Rukh Lviv. On 1 August 2025, the club signed young players such as Dmytro Didok and Nikita Terrekhovets from Chernihiv U19. Few players left the club: Pavlo Fedosov, Vitaliy Mentey, Oleksandr Shyray and Nikita Posmashnyi. On 17 August Chernihiv won their first match of Ukrainian First League against Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk at the MCS Rukh thanks to three goals of Vyacheslav Koydan. On 24 August Chernihiv announced the signing of Nikita Dorosh on loan from Rukh Lviv. On 6 September, the match between Chernihiv and Livyi Bereh Kyiv was postponed due to a prolonged air raid warning in Chernihiv Oblast. On 21 September 2025, during the Chernihiv City Day celebrations, another match between FC Chernihiv and Metalist Kharkiv was postponed due to a prolonged alarm. After an hour-long wait, the Kharkiv club decided not to play, considering the situation dangerous. On 23 September, 2025, the club awarded Artur Bybik, Anatoliy Romanchenko, and Maksym Serdyuk with special jerseys for reaching 100 official appearances for the club. On 24 October, a third match between FC Chernihiv and Metalurh Zaporizhzhia in Chernihiv was postponed due to a prolonged air raid warning. In November 2025, the club extended the contracts of Yehor Kartushov and Dmytro Kulyk. In December 2025, the goalkeeper Maksym Tatarenko was named best player in the season. On 9 January, FC Chernihiv announced the signing of Mykyta Teplyakov on a contract until 30 June 2027 In February 2026, the club extended the contracts of Dmytro Fatyeyev, Artur Bybik, Pavlo Shushko and Yehor Shalfeyev. On 7 March 2026, the club signed Denys Bezborodko just released by Kudrivka. On 11 March 2026 the club signed Vladyslav Shapoval on loan from FC Kudrivka.
Road to Ukrainian Cup Final In October 2025, FC Chernihiv qualified for the round of 16 of the Ukrainian Cup. On 28 October 2025, FC Chernihiv qualified for the round of 8 of the Ukrainian Cup for the first time in the club's history by beating FC Lisne on penalties at the Chernihiv Arena. On 18 March 2026 in the Quarter-finals of the Ukrainian Cup, they were drawn to Feniks-Mariupol and won on a penalty shootout 5–4 after tying 0–0, reached the semi-finals of the Ukrainian Cup for the first time in the club's history. In the Semi-finals, they were drawn away with Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, they won on a penalty shootout 6–5 at the Tsentralnyi Stadion in Zhytomyr. On 22 May 2026, for the 2026 Ukrainian Cup final, the club faced Dynamo Kyiv at the Arena Lviv, where the first half ended 1-1 and at the end of the second half the FC Chernihiv lost 1-3 at the Arena Lviv.
Players Squad information
Squad no.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age)Goalkeepers22Oleksandr RoshchynskyiGK35Maksym Tatarenko (Captain)GK99Denys HerasymenkoGKDefenders 2Eduard Halstyan DF3Maksym ShumyloDF20Dmytro FatyeyevDF23Oleksiy Zenchenko (3rd captain)DF30Mykyta TeplyakovDF38Pavlo ShushkoDF50Oleksandr MorozDF80Nikita TerrekhovetsDF95Vladyslav Shapoval (on loan from Kudrivka)DFMidfielders6Yehor ShalfeyevMF7Dmytro Myronenko (vice-captain)MF8Artur BybikMF10Vyacheslav KoydanMF12Yehor KartushovMF13Dzhilindo BezghubchenkoMF14Dmytro SakhnoMF17Vladyslav Chaban (on loan from Inhulets Petrove)MF19Nikita PosmashnyiMF19Nikita Dorosh (on loan from Rukh Lviv)MF21Vladyslav ShkolnyiMF24Dmytro Didok DF33Andriy PorokhnyaMF55Anatoliy RomanchenkoMF77Maksym SerdyukMF88Andriy StolyarchukMFForwards9Dmytro KulykFW11Andriy NovikovFW21Denys BezborodkoFW25Daniil VolskyiFW51Artem TytenkoFW69Ilya YevchenkoFW
Management team Position Name Year appointed Last club/team Manager Valeriy Chornyi2021Avanhard Koriukivka Assistant Coach Andriy Polyanytsya2022SDYuShOR Desna Chernihiv Goalkeeping Coach Artem Padun2020SDYuShOR Desna Chernihiv
Transfers
In DatePlayerMoving fromTypeFeeSourceSummer4 July 2025MF Maksym Serdyuk23 Livyi Bereh KyivTransferFree29 July 2025MF Andriy Stolyarchuk21UnattachedTransferFree1 August 2025MF Dmytro Didok 18 Chernihiv U-19TransferFree1 August 2025MF Nikita Terrekhovets18 Chernihiv U-19TransferFree24 August 2025MF Nikita Dorosh18 Rukh LvivLoanFree5 September 2025MF Vladyslav Chaban22 Inhulets PetroveLoanFree Winter 9 January 2026DF Oleksandr Moroz16 Chernihiv U-19TransferFree9 January 2026FW Artem Tytenko16 Chernihiv U-19TransferFree9 January 2026DF Mykyta Teplyakov 24UnattachedTransferFree7 March 2026FW Denys Bezborodko31 KudrivkaTransferFree11 March 2026DF Vladyslav Shapoval30 KudrivkaLoanFree
Out DatePlayerMoving fromTypeFeeSourceSummer30 June 2025MF Maksym Serdyuk23 Livyi Bereh KyivLoan ReturnFree30 June 2025FW Pavlo Fedosov 28UnattachedReleasedFree1 July 2025MF Vitaliy Mentey32UnattachedReleasedFree1 July 2025GK Oleksandr Shyray33UnattachedReleasedFree14 August 2025MF Nikita Posmashnyi22UnattachedReleasedFree19 September 2025MF Dmytro Sakhno22UnattachedReleasedFree Winter 31 January 2026MF Vladyslav Shkolnyi26UnattachedReleasedFree
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall
First League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Ukrainian Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Last updated: 1 June 2026
Goalscorers NameSecond LeagueCupPlay-offsTotal117FW Andriy Novikov60062 10MFVyacheslav Koydan5106313MFDzhilindo Bezghubchenko3003421FW Denys Bezborodko3003555MFAnatoliy Romanchenko1203588MFAndriy Stolyarchuk2002 777MFMaksym Serdyuk 200286MFYehor Shalfeyev200299FW Dmytro Kulyk10011033MFAndriy Porokhnya10011117MFVladyslav Chaban1001127MFDmytro Myronenko10011320DF Dmytro Fatyeyev10011423DF Oleksiy Zenchenko10011538DF Pavlo Shushko0101Total294032 Last updated: 26 May 2026
Clean sheets NameFirst LeagueCupPlay-offsTotal135GKMaksym Tatarenko104014Total104014 Last updated: 29 May 2026
Disciplinary record PlayerFirst LeagueUkrainian CupPlay-offsTotal6MFYehor Shalfyeyev80010000090055DFAnatoliy Romanchenko60000000060038DFPavlo Shushko50020100070113MFOleksiy Zenchenko51000000051033MFAndriy Porokhnya51000000051077MFMaksym Serdyuk4001000005003DFMaksym Shumylo4001000005007MFDmytro Myronenko40010000050010MFVyacheslav Koydan30020000050020DFDmytro Fatyeyev3001000004008MFArtur Bybik30010000040035GKMaksym Tatarenko3001000004002DFEduard Halstyan30010000040012MFYehor Kartushov20100000030011FWAndriy Novikov20000000020013MFDzhilindo Bezghubchenko10010000020088MFAndriy Stolyarchuk1001000002009FWDmytro Kulyk10000000010025FWDaniil Volskyi10000000010024MFDmytro Didok10000000010014DFDmytro Sakhno10000000010095DFVladyslav Shapoval10000000010030DFMykyta Teplyakov100000000100Total 672015010008221
Last updated: 1 June 2026
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