2018–19 FC Desna Chernihiv season

FC Desna Chernihiv
2018–19 season
President	Volodymyr Levin
Manager	Oleksandr Ryabokon
Stadium	Chernihiv Stadium
Ukrainian Premier League	8th
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 16 (1/8)
Top goalscorer	League: Denys Favorov (7); All: Denys Favorov (8)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was first season in the Ukrainian Premier League for FC Desna Chernihiv. Desna also competed in the Ukrainian Cup.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2019

Squad no.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
28	Maksym Tatarenko ^{List B}	GK	(1999-05-07)7 May 1999 (aged 20)
44	Yevhen Past	GK	(1988-03-16)16 March 1988 (aged 31)
72	Ihor Lytovka	GK	(1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 30)
Defenders
3	Temur Partsvania	DF	(1991-07-06)6 July 1991 (aged 27)
17	Andriy Hitchenko	DF	(1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 34)
21	Serhiy Lyulka	DF	(1990-02-22)22 February 1990 (aged 29)
23	Dmytro Nyemchaninov	DF	(1990-01-27)27 January 1990 (aged 29)
32	Maksym Imerekov	DF	(1991-01-23)23 January 1991 (aged 28)
33	Andriy Slinkin	DF	(1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 28)
45	Denys Favorov (Captain)	DF	(1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 28)
Midfielders
7	Vladyslav Ohirya	MF	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 29)
12	Yehor Kartushov	MF	(1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 28)
14	Andriy Yakymiv ^{List B}	MF	(1997-06-15)15 June 1997 (aged 21)
15	Renat Mochulyak ^{List B}	MF	(1998-02-15)15 February 1998 (aged 21)
16	Yevheniy Belych ^{List B}	MF	(2001-01-09)9 January 2001 (aged 18)
18	Mykhaylo Kozak	MF	(1991-01-20)20 January 1991 (aged 28)
19	Artem Favorov	MF	(1994-03-19)19 March 1994 (aged 25)
22	Andriy Mostovyi	MF	(1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 31)
27	Serhiy Starenkyi	MF	(1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 34)
79	Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	MF	(1991-07-29)29 July 1991 (aged 27)
89	Oleksandr Volkov	MF	(1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 30)
90	Andriy Bohdanov	MF	(1990-01-21)21 January 1990 (aged 29)
Forwards
9	Dmytro Khlyobas	FW	(1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 25)
10	Oleksandr Filippov	FW	(1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (aged 26)
20	Denys Bezborodko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)	FW	(1994-05-31)31 May 1994 (aged 25)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
8 June 2018	GK	Yevhen Past	30	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Transfer	Free	^[1]
12 June 2018	DF	Andriy Hitchenko	33	FC Oleksandriya	Transfer	Free	^[2]
15 June 2018	DF	Serhiy Lyulka	28	Chornomorets Odesa	Transfer	Free	^[3]
21 June 2018	DF	Anton Bratkov	25	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Transfer	Free	^[4]
23 June 2018	MF	Serhiy Starenkyi	33	FC Oleksandriya	Transfer	Free	^[5]
23 June 2018	MF	Ruslan Kisil	26	Olimpik Donetsk	Transfer	Free	^[6]
24 June 2018	MF	Yevheniy Belych	17	Desna U-17	Transfer	Free	^[7]
11 July 2018	FW	Dmytro Khlyobas	24	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Free	^[8]
11 July 2018	FW	Oleksandr Kovpak	35	FC Poltava	Transfer	Free	^[9]
23 July 2018	MF	Andriy Yakymiv	21	Stal Kamianske	Transfer	Free	^[10]
23 July 2018	FW	Oleksandr Sharylo	20	Vorskla Poltava	Transfer	Free	^[11]
20 September 2018	DF	Maksym Imerekov	27	Ermis Aradippou	Transfer	Free	^[12]
20 September 2018	FW	Roman Vovk	22	Fakel Lipovets	Transfer	Free
31 May 2018	GK	Oleh Shevchenko	30	Polissya Zhytomyr	Loan return
31 May 2018	MF	Vadym Bovtruk	26	Polissya Zhytomyr	Loan return
31 May 2018	MF	Illya Kovalenko	28	PFC Sumy	Loan return		^[13]
31 May 2018	FW	Denys Halenkov	22	PFC Sumy	Loan return		^[14]
Winter
16 January 2019	MF	Andriy Bohdanov	28	Arka Gdynia	Transfer	Free	^[15]
18 January 2019	DF	Dmytro Nyemchaninov	29	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[16]
18 January 2019	FW	Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	27	Vorskla Poltava	Transfer	Free	^[17]
9 February 2019	MF	Mykhaylo Kozak	28	Rukh Vynnyky	Transfer	Free	^[18]
20 February 2019	DF	Temur Partsvania	27	Kisvárda	Transfer	Free	^[19]
1 March 2019	MF	Renat Mochulyak	21	Desna-2 Chernihiv	Transfer	Free	^[20]
31 December 2018	GK	Serhii Melashenko	22	FC Mynai	Loan return

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
1 June 2018	GK	Oleh Shevchenko	30	Unattached	Transfer	Free
1 June 2018	DF	Vadym Melnyk	38	Unattached	Transfer	Free
1 June 2018	DF	Pavlo Schedrakov	33	Retired	Transfer		^[21]
1 July 2018	MF	Levan Arveladze	25	Zorya Luhansk	Transfer	Free	^[22]
9 July 2018	DF	Giorgi Gadrani	23	Dila Gori	Transfer	Free	^[23]^[24]
9 July 2018	DF	Kyrylo Sydorenko	32	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[25]
9 July 2018	MF	Yevhen Chumak	22	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[26]
1 September 2018	MF	Ruslan Kisil	26	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[27]
21 September 2018	FW	Denys Halenkov	22	Polissya Zhytomyr	Transfer	Free	^[28]
27 September 2018	DF	Oleksandr Holovko	23	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[29]
4 October 2018	MF	Ruslan Kisil	26	Kolos Kovalivka	Transfer	Free	^[30]
23 June 2018	MF	Illya Kovalenko	28	Inhulets Petrove	Loan		^[31]
18 July 2018	GK	Kostyantyn Makhnovskyi	29	Olimpik Donetsk	Loan		^[32]
20 July 2018	MF	Vadym Bovtruk	26	PFC Sumy	Loan		^[33]
27 August 2018	GK	Serhii Melashenko	22	FC Mynai	Loan		^[34]
Winter
1 January 2019	MF	Luka Koberidze	24	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[35]
1 January 2019	FW	Oleksandr Kovpak	35	Unattached	Transfer	Free	^[36]
2 February 2019	DF	Anton Bratkov	25	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Transfer	Free	^[37]^[38]
1 March 2019	GK	Serhii Melashenko	22	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	Transfer	Free	^[39]
10 February 2019	FW	Roman Vovk	24	Desna-2 Chernihiv	Transfer	Free	^[40]
10 January 2019	DF	Vitaliy Yermakov	26	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Loan		^[41]
10 February 2019	MF	Maksym Banasevych	24	Kolos Kovalivka	Loan		^[42]

Pre-season and friendlies

28 June 2018 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	Olimpik Donetsk	Chernihiv
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 1,000

3 July 2018 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	1–1	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Chernihiv
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Denys Favorov 57' (pen.)	Report	Sydorenko 22' (o.g.)	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium

4 July 2018 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	3–2	Kolos Kovalivka	Chernihiv
15:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mostovyi 31' Artem Favorov 39' Halenkov 75'	Report	Doroshenko 49' (pen.) Zuyevych 88'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 300

9 July 2018 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	0–0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: Lokomotyv Stadium Attendance: 60 Referee: Denys Serdyuk

13 July 2018 Friendly	SC Dnipro-1	2–2	Desna Chernihiv	Dnipro
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Polyovyi 79' Kozhushko 85'	Report	Halenkov 53' Khlyobas 60'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena

14 July 2018 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	3–1	PFC Sumy	Poltava
15:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Denys Favorov Starenkyi Kisil	Report	Rafalskyi	Stadium: Lokomotyv Stadium

18 July 2018 Friendly	Vorskla Poltava	0–1	Desna Chernihiv	Poltava
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Filippov 25'	Stadium: Ltava Stadium Attendance: 100

13 October 2018 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	4–0	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	Chernihiv
16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Yakymiv 57' Apkhazava 60' (o.g.) Filippov 75' Bezborodko 83'	Report		Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium

16 November 2018 Friendly	Dinamo Minsk-2	0–7	Desna Chernihiv	Belarus
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Sharylo , Khlyobas Bratkov Vovk o.g.' Filippov

17 November 2018 Friendly	FC Smolevichi	0–4	Desna Chernihiv	Belarus
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Starenkyi Khlyobas Bezborodko Filippov

20 January 2019 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	Dunărea Călărași	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Ndiaye

21 January 2019 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	1–2	Sabail Baku	Turkey
17:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Volkov	Report

25 January 2019 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	Aalborg	Turkey
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Pedersen

26 January 2019 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	1–0	FC Prishtina	Turkey
14:50 EET (UTC+02:00)	Slinkin 53'	Report

30 January 2019 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	1–1	Mladost Lučani	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)	Bohdanov 16'	Report	Markoski 28'

8 February 2019 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

9 February 2019 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	4–0	Kaysar Kyzylorda	Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Serhiychuk 21' Bezborodko 29' (pen.) Arshakyan 69' Filippov 74'	Report

12 February 2019 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	2–0	Dinamo Batumi	Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Serhiychuk 32' Volkov 35'	Report

14 February 2019 Friendly	SC Dnipro-1	2–0	Desna Chernihiv	Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Nazarenko 50' Zahalskyi 81'	Report

17 February 2019 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	1–2	Gandzasar Kapan	Turkey
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kozak	Report

18 February 2019 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	4–0	Rustavi	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)	D. Favorov Volkov Bezborodko	Report

23 March 2019 Friendly	FC Minsk	0–3	Desna Chernihiv	Belarus
13:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Starenkyi Kozak Filippov

23 March 2019 Friendly	Energetik-BGU Minsk	1–2	Desna Chernihiv	Belarus
EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Serhiychuk Bohdanov

26 March 2019 Friendly	Belshina Bobruisk	0–3	Desna Chernihiv	Belarus
EET (UTC+02:00)		[ Report]	Khlyobas Filippov Slinkin

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	25 July 2018	29 May 2019	Matchday 1	8th	32	12	5	15	35	41	−6	037.50
Cup	26 September 2018	31 October 2018	Round of 32 (1/16)	Round of 16 (1/8)	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	050.00
Total					34	13	6	15	39	44	−5	038.24

Last updated: 31 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Vorskla Poltava	32	12	6	14	31	43	−12	42
8	Desna Chernihiv	32	12	5	15	35	41	−6	41
9	Olimpik Donetsk	32	7	13	12	41	48	−7	34
10	Karpaty Lviv (O)	32	8	9	15	44	53	−9	33	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
11	Chornomorets Odesa (R)	32	8	7	17	31	49	−18	31	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs

Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[43]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the second and third teams of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League. The draw for play-offs took place on 24 May 2019^[44] and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.^[45]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chornomorets Odesa	0 – 2	Kolos Kovalivka	0 – 0	0 – 2
Karpaty Lviv	3 – 1	Volyn Lutsk	0 – 0	3 – 1

First leg

4 June 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Chornomorets Odesa	0 – 0	Kolos Kovalivka
	Report

Chornomorets Stadium, Odesa

Attendance: 5,435

Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)

4 June 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Karpaty Lviv	0 – 0	Volyn Lutsk
	Report

Ukraina Stadium, Lviv

Attendance: 10,104

Referee: Denys Shurman (Vyshneve)

Second leg

8 June 2019

17:00 UTC+3

Kolos Kovalivka	2 – 0	Chornomorets Odesa
Havrysh 57', 63' (pen.)	Report

Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Kolos Kovalivka won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Chornomorets Odesa were relegated to the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League

8 June 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Volyn Lutsk	0 – 3 ~~1 – 3~~	Karpaty Lviv
Kozhanov 42'	Report	Klyots 37' Ponde 82' (pen.) Miroshnichenko 90+5'

Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

Karpaty Lviv won 3–0 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Volyn Lutsk remained in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League

Due to fan violence at the game and attack on referee, the original score 1–3 was scratched and replaced with technical score 0–3 loss to Volyn and win for Karpaty. Additionally, the Lutsk department of police started criminal proceedings on the fact of intentional damage to property during the game by the Karpaty fans.^[46]

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
32	12	5	15	35	41	−6	41	6	1	9	15	21	−6	6	4	6	20	20	0

Last updated: 31 May 2019.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L
Position	11	4	8	9	9	6	9	6	7	9	7	9	7	7	6	5	7	6	4	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 July 2018 1	Desna Chernihiv	0–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Chernihiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Koberidze 45+1'	Report	Alan Patrick 25' Moraes 31' Marlos 55' Rakitskiy 90+1'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

29 July 2018 2	FC Mariupol	1–4	Desna Chernihiv	Mariupol
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kyryukhantsev 28' Vakula 68'	Report	Khlyobas 3', 22' Filippov 59', 78'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 1,516 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

5 August 2018 3	Desna Chernihiv	0–2	FC Oleksandriya	Chernihiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mostovyi 41' Lyulka 48' Ohirya 76' Khlyobas 84' Starenkyi 90+1'	Report	Banada 6' Bondarenko 53' Polyarus 61'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 4,080 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

12 August 2018 4	Chornomorets Odesa	1–0	Desna Chernihiv	Odesa
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Smirnov 72'	Report		Stadium: Chornomorets Odesa Attendance: 5,410 Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko

19 August 2018 5	Desna Chernihiv	2–2	Karpaty Lviv	Chernihiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bezborodko 25' Koberidze 39' Favorov 42'	Report	Erbes 20' Miroshnichenko 58' Carrascal 62' Mehremić 80'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 4,188 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko

26 August 2018 6	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Desna Chernihiv	Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Lyednyev 45'	Report	Starenkyi 11' Bezborodko 73'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 2,228 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi

2 September 2018 7	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	Olimpik Donetsk	Chernihiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ohirya 45' Hitchenko 55' 76' Filippov 60'	Report	Yevhen Pasich 39' Bilonoh 54' Dehtyarev 56'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 3,567 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

14 September 2018 8	Desna Chernihiv	1–0	Arsenal Kyiv	Chernihiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Artem Favorov 8' Filippov 46' Volkov 90+3'	Report	Datsenko 68'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 3,274 Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov

23 September 2018 9	Dynamo Kyiv	4–0	Desna Chernihiv	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Harmash 21' Burda 45' Verbič 67' Kędziora 74' Tsyhankov 87'	Report	Bratkov 7'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 10,318 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

30 September 2018 10	Desna Chernihiv	0–2	Vorskla Poltava	Chernihiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Kulach 4' Chesnakov 28' Sharpar 62'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 2,847 Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko

7 October 2018 11	FC Lviv	1–3	Desna Chernihiv	Lviv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zapadnya 22' Bruno Duarte 52'	Report	Artem Favorov 4', 87', 25' Mostovyi 24' Filippov 28', 80' Yermakov 31' 45' Starenkyi 42' Kartushov 66' Past 90+4'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 2,131 Referee: Mykola Balakin

19 October 2018 12	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Desna Chernihiv	Kharkiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kayode 64' Moraes 78' Maycon 88' Marlos 90'	Report	Koberidze 34' Mostovyi 69' Past 81' Imerekov 87'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 4,119 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

27 October 2018 13	Desna Chernihiv	2–0	FC Mariupol	Chernihiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bezborodko 5', 47'	Report	Boryachuk 41'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 2,873 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

4 November 2018 14	FC Oleksandriya	1–1	Desna Chernihiv	Oleksandriya
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Banada 31' Zaporozhan 53' (pen.), 65' Shendrik 67' Ponomar 70' Dovhyi 79'	Report	Koberidze 50' Artem Favorov 71' Hitchenko 87'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 1,378 Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy

10 November 2018 15	Desna Chernihiv	2–0	Chornomorets Odesa	Chernihiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Denys Favorov 15' Bezborodko 55' Artem Favorov 63'	Report	Ryzhuk 28' 42'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 2,618 Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko

24 November 2018 16	Karpaty Lviv	0–2	Desna Chernihiv	Lviv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Boroday 39' 52' Méndez 90+1'	Report	Filippov 27' Starenkyi 44' Ohirya 86'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 1,361 Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov

1 December 2018 17	Desna Chernihiv	0–2	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Starenkyi 29' Artem Favorov 81'	Report	Silas 23', 87' Vernydub 54' Kabayev 80'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 670 Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin

9 December 2018 18	Olimpik Donetsk	1–1	Desna Chernihiv	Kyiv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Yevhen Pasich 60' Koltsov 90+3'	Report	Mostovyi 13' Denys Favorov 63'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 330 Referee: Denys Shurman

24 February 2019 19	Arsenal Kyiv	0–2	Desna Chernihiv	Kyiv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Semenyuk 32' Tankovskyi 62' Bashlay 86' Orikhovskyi 90'	Report	Denys Favorov 1' Filippov 54' Bohdanov 68' Artem Favorov 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 525 Referee: Oleksandr Derdo

2 March 2019 20	Desna Chernihiv	1–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Chernihiv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Artem Favorov 22' Bezborodko 40' Partsvania 70' Serhiychuk 79' Kartushov 83'	Report	Kędziora 25' Buyalskyi 68' Rusyn 90+1'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk

9 March 2019 21	Vorskla Poltava	0–0	Desna Chernihiv	Poltava
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kane 20' 83' Giorgadze 32' Chyzhov 39' 90+3' Habelok 60'	Report	Mostovyi 25' Bezborodko 71' Filippov 72' Volkov 87'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,602 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

17 March 2019 22	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	FC Lviv	Chernihiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Artem Favorov 28' Denys Favorov 41' Mostovyi 85' Serhiychuk 90'	Report	Marthã 33' Pedro Vitor 58', 85'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 4,643 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

6 April 2019 23	Olimpik Donetsk	0–2	Desna Chernihiv	Kyiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Dieye 26' Hryshko 87'	Report	Denys Favorov 20', 89' Artem Favorov 54' Starenkyi 70'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov

14 April 2019 24	Desna Chernihiv	2–1	Karpaty Lviv	Chernihiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kartushov 8' Artem Favorov 29' Denys Favorov 72' (pen.)	Report	Shved 18' Hongla 83'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 2,861 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

23 April 2019 25	Vorskla Poltava	3–3	Desna Chernihiv	Poltava
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Martynenko 29' Habelok 52' Kobakhidze 55' Sharpar 62' (pen.) Careca 71'	Report	Serhiychuk 2' (pen.), 42' Khlyobas 14' Mostovyi 27' Artem Favorov 84'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 1,215 Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy

29 April 2019 26	Arsenal Kyiv	2–0	Desna Chernihiv	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Avahimyan 11' Orikhovskyi 27' (pen.)	Report	Slinkin 26' Imerekov 30' Ohirya 40' Filippov 55'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 307 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi

5 May 2019 27	Desna Chernihiv	2–4	Chornomorets Odesa	Chernihiv
5 May EEST (UTC+03:00)	Denys Favorov 13' Nyemchaninov 18' Bohdanov 19' Hitchenko 22' Artem Favorov 46' Kartushov 56'	Report	Vilhjálmsson 19', 86' Koval 36' Babenko 43' Ryzhuk 79' Pavlov 88', 90' Musolitin 90+4'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 3,074 Referee: Ivan Bondar

12 May 2019 28	Desna Chernihiv	2–1	Olimpik Donetsk	Chernihiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Denys Favorov 15' Filippov 48' Artem Favorov 90+4'	Report	Kravchuk 31' Dieye 51' Hryshko 62'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 2,496 Referee: Kostiantyn Trukhanov

18 May 2019 29	Karpaty Lviv	2–0	Desna Chernihiv	Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Yoda 50' 51' Ponde 52', 64' Myakushko 77' Nesterov 86'	Report	Artem Favorov 24' Denys Favorov 51' Ohirya 76'	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 777 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

21 May 2019 30	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	Vorskla Poltava	Chernihiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bezborodko 45'	Report	Petrović 30' Kolomoyets 38' Vasin 63' Tkachenko 80' Šehić 82' Martynenko 86'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 2,059 Referee: Dmytro Kutakov

25 May 2019 31	Desna Chernihiv	1–0	Arsenal Kyiv	Chernihiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bohdanov 31' Mostovyi 63' Artem Favorov 65' Denys Favorov 73' Kartushov 89'	Report	Pidkivka 76'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula

29 May 2019 32	Chornomorets Odesa	3–0	Desna Chernihiv	Odesa
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ryzhuk 28' Tanchyk 62' Vilhjálmsson 73' (pen.), 85', 83' Ostapenko 78'	Report	Denys Favorov 6' Ohirya 19' Nyemchaninov 72'	Stadium: Chornomorets Odesa Attendance: 4,285 Referee: Mykola Balakin

Ukrainian Cup

26 September 2018 Round of 32	Krystal Kherson	2–3	Desna Chernihiv	Kherson
15:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Shevtsov 40' Ihnatyev 71' Barladym 76' Bryzhchuk 90+3'	Report	Denys Favorov 52' Yakymiv 58' Volkov 60', 70' Khlyobas 81'	Stadium: Stadion Kherson Attendance: 1,626 Referee: Ivan Bondar

31 October 2018 Round of 16 (1/8)	Desna Chernihiv	1–1 (4 – 5 p)	Zorya Luhansk	Chernihiv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Bezborodko 37' Lyulka 47' Denys Favorov 72' Yermakov 78' Starenkyi 105'	Report	Mykhaylychenko 28' Lytvyn 72' Kharatin 77' Lyednyev 84'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 4,063 Referee: Ivan Bondar
	Penalties
	Artem Favorov Filippov Kartushov Khlyobas Denys Favorov		Karavayev Hromov Acevedo Lyednyev Kharatin

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
44	GK	UKR	Yevhen Past	21	0	21	0	0	0
72	GK	UKR	Ihor Lytovka	13	0	11	0	2	0
	GK	UKR	Kostyantyn Makhnovskyi	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	UKR	Maksym Tatarenko	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	UKR	Temur Partsvania	8	0	3+5	0	0	0
17	DF	UKR	Andriy Hitchenko	25	2	24	2	0+1	0
21	DF	UKR	Serhiy Lyulka	14	0	7+6	0	1	0
23	DF	UKR	Dmytro Nyemchaninov	5	0	5	0	0	0
32	DF	UKR	Maksym Imerekov	23	0	21	0	2	0
33	DF	UKR	Andriy Slinkin	8	0	7+1	0	0	0
45	DF	UKR	Denys Favorov	33	8	31	7	2	1
Midfielders
7	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Ohirya	29	0	28	0	1	0
12	MF	UKR	Yehor Kartushov	28	2	22+4	2	0+2	0
14	MF	UKR	Andriy Yakymiv	6	0	2+2	0	2	0
15	MF	UKR	Renat Mochulyak	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	MF	UKR	Yevheniy Belych	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	MF	UKR	Mykhaylo Kozak	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
19	MF	UKR	Artem Favorov	29	5	26+2	5	0+1	0
22	MF	UKR	Andriy Mostovyi	26	0	24	0	2	0
27	MF	UKR	Serhiy Starenkyi	23	3	10+12	3	1	0
79	MF	UKR	Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	11	2	4+7	2	0	0
89	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Volkov	21	1	16+3	0	1+1	1
90	MF	UKR	Andriy Bohdanov	13	1	11+2	1	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	UKR	Dmytro Khlyobas	23	4	11+10	3	1+1	1
10	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Filippov	30	5	24+4	5	1+1	0
20	FW	UKR	Denys Bezborodko	24	6	16+7	5	1	1
	FW	UKR	Roman Vovk	0	0	0+0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	DF	UKR	Anton Bratkov	17	0	14+2	0	1	0
5	DF	UKR	Vitaliy Yermakov	9	0	3+4	0	2	0
8	MF	UKR	Maksym Banasevych	12	0	2+9	0	1	0
11	MF	UKR	Ruslan Kisil	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	MF	GEO	Luka Koberidze	11	0	7+4	0	0	0
29	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Kovpak	8	0	0+7	0	1	0
	FW	UKR	Roman Vovk	0	0	0+0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 31 May 2019

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Cup	Total
1	45	DF	Denys Favorov	7	1	8
2	20	FW	Denys Bezborodko	5	1	6
3	10	FW	Oleksandr Filippov	5	0	5
3	19	MF	Artem Favorov	5	0	5
5	9	FW	Dmytro Khlyobas	3	1	4
6	27	MF	Serhiy Starenkyi	3	0	3
7	12	MF	Yehor Kartushov	2	0	2
	17	DF	Andriy Hitchenko	2	0	2
	79	MF	Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	2	0	2
10	81	MF	Oleksandr Volkov	0	1	1
10	90	MF	Andriy Bohdanov	1	0	1
			Own goal	0	0	0
			Total	35	4	39

Last updated: 31 May 2019

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	Total
1	44	GK	Yevhen Past	7	7
1	72	GK	Ihor Lytovka	2	2
			Total	9	9

Last updated: 31 May 2019

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Total
3	DF		Temur Partsvania	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Anton Bratkov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF		Vitaliy Yermakov	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
7	MF		Vladyslav Ohirya	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
9	FW		Dmytro Khlyobas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	FW		Oleksandr Filippov	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
12	MF		Yehor Kartushov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	MF		Luka Koberidze	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
14	MF		Andriy Yakymiv	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
17	DF		Andriy Hitchenko	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF		Artem Favorov	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
20	FW		Denys Bezborodko	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
21	DF		Serhiy Lyulka	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
22	MF		Andriy Mostovyi	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
23	DF		Dmytro Nyemchaninov	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
27	MF		Serhiy Starenkyi	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
32	DF		Maksym Imerekov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
33	DF		Andriy Slinkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
44	GK		Yevhen Past	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
45	DF		Denys Favorov	6	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
79	MF		Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
89	MF		Oleksandr Volkov	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
90	MF		Andriy Bohdanov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
			Total	67	2	1	6	0	0	73	2	1

Last updated: 31 May 2019

References

^ Євген Паст - гравець ФК Десна! (in Ukrainian). 8 June 2018.
^ Андрій Гітченко - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 12 June 2018.
^ Сергій Люлька - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2018.
^ Антон Братков повертається в Десну (in Ukrainian). 21 June 2018.
^ Сергій Старенький - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 23 June 2018.
^ Руслан Кісіль - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2018.
^ Євген Белич підписав контракт з ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 24 June 2018.
^ Дмитро Хльобас - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2018.
^ Олександр КОВПАК (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2018.
^ Якимів Андрій Андрійович (in Ukrainian). 23 July 2018.
^ Черниговская «Десна» подписала ещё одного новичка (in Russian). 27 July 2018.
^ Максим Імереков - гравець ФК «Десна» (in Ukrainian). 20 September 2018.
^ Галенков повертається в Десну, Коваленко продовжить кар'єру в Інгульці (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2018.
^ Галенков повертається в Десну, Коваленко продовжить кар'єру в Інгульці (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2018.
^ Андрій Богданов - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 16 January 2019.
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^ Police opened a criminal case because of damage of property during the Volyn - Карпаты game (Полиция открыла уголовное дело из-за порчи имущества во время матча Волынь - Карпаты). UA-Football. 10 June 2019

External links

Official website

[1] Євген Паст - гравець ФК Десна! (in Ukrainian). 8 June 2018.

[2] Андрій Гітченко - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 12 June 2018.

[3] Сергій Люлька - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2018.

[4] Антон Братков повертається в Десну (in Ukrainian). 21 June 2018.

[5] Сергій Старенький - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 23 June 2018.

[6] Руслан Кісіль - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2018.

[7] Євген Белич підписав контракт з ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 24 June 2018.

[8] Дмитро Хльобас - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2018.

[9] Олександр КОВПАК (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2018.

[10] Якимів Андрій Андрійович (in Ukrainian). 23 July 2018.

[11] Черниговская «Десна» подписала ещё одного новичка (in Russian). 27 July 2018.

[12] Максим Імереков - гравець ФК «Десна» (in Ukrainian). 20 September 2018.

[13] Галенков повертається в Десну, Коваленко продовжить кар'єру в Інгульці (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2018.

[14] Галенков повертається в Десну, Коваленко продовжить кар'єру в Інгульці (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2018.

[15] Андрій Богданов - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 16 January 2019.

[16] Дмитро Немчанінов - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 18 January 2019.

[17] Михайло Сергійчук - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 18 January 2019.

[18] Михайло Козак - гравець ФК Десна (in Ukrainian). 9 February 2019.

[19] Темур Парцванія повертається в Десну (in Ukrainian). 20 February 2019.

[20] Мочуляк Рєнат Олегович (in Ukrainian). 1 March 2019.

[21] Павло Щедраков: «Дякую уболівальникам за підтримку» (in Ukrainian). 7 August 2018.

[22] Подписан предварительный контракт с Леваном Арвеладзе (in Russian). 2 February 2018.

[23] Сидоренко, Гадрані та Чумак продовжать кар'єру в інших клубах (in Ukrainian). 9 July 2018.

[24] "ტრანსფერი: გიორგი გადრანი დილას ფეხბურთელია" (in Georgian). 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

[25] Сидоренко, Гадрані та Чумак продовжать кар'єру в інших клубах (in Ukrainian). 9 July 2018.

[26] Сидоренко, Гадрані та Чумак продовжать кар'єру в інших клубах (in Ukrainian). 9 July 2018.

[27] Руслан Кісіль продовжить кар'єру в іншому клубі (in Ukrainian). 1 September 2018.

[28] Денис Галенков - гравець “Полісся” (in Ukrainian). 21 September 2018.

[29] Олександр Головко отримав статус вільного агента (in Ukrainian). 27 September 2018.

[30] Руслан Кісіль – гравець «Колоса» (in Ukrainian). 4 October 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[31] Галенков повертається в Десну, Коваленко продовжить кар'єру в Інгульці (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2018.

[32] Костянтин Махновський продовжить кар'єру в Олімпіку (in Ukrainian). 18 June 2018.

[33] ПФК СУМИ ЗУСТРІЧАЄ НОВИХ ГРАВЦІВ (in Ukrainian). 20 July 2018.

[34] Сергій Мелашенко продовжить кар'єру в ФК Минай (in Ukrainian). 27 August 2018.

[35] Лука Коберідзе залишає Десну (in Ukrainian). 11 January 2019.

[36] Антон Братков та Олександр Ковпак залишають Десну (in Ukrainian). 16 January 2019.

[37] Антон Братков та Олександр Ковпак залишають Десну (in Ukrainian). 16 January 2019.

[38] "Instagram".

[39] Зимові дозаявки-2019: чемпіон Європи та збірник Азербайджану (in Ukrainian). 1 March 2019.

[40] "Вовк Роман Олегович". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

[41] Десна вийшла з відпустки (in Ukrainian). 10 January 2019.

[42] Максим Банасевич – у «Колосі» на півроку (in Ukrainian). 10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[upl.ua-43] Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.

[44] There took place a draw of the UPL Championship play-off (Відбулося жеребкування плей-офф Чемпіонату УПЛ). Ukrainian Premier League. 24 May 2019

[45] The draw for the UPL play-off round will take place on 24 May (Жеребьевка плей-офф раунда УПЛ состоится 24 мая). UA-Football. 22 May 2019

[46] Police opened a criminal case because of damage of property during the Volyn - Карпаты game (Полиция открыла уголовное дело из-за порчи имущества во время матча Волынь - Карпаты). UA-Football. 10 June 2019

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