2018–19 FC Desna Chernihiv season
# 2018–19 FC Desna Chernihiv season

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 $^{ListB}$ | 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 $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1997-06-15)15 June 1997 (aged 21) |
| 15 | Renat Mochulyak $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1998-02-15)15 February 1998 (aged 21) |
| 16 | Yevheniy Belych $^{ListB}$ | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Summer ||||||||
| 8 June 2018 | GK | Yevhen Past | 30 | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | Transfer | Free |
| 12 June 2018 | DF | Andriy Hitchenko | 33 | FC Oleksandriya | Transfer | Free |
| 15 June 2018 | DF | Serhiy Lyulka | 28 | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Free |
| 21 June 2018 | DF | Anton Bratkov | 25 | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | Transfer | Free |
| 23 June 2018 | MF | Serhiy Starenkyi | 33 | FC Oleksandriya | Transfer | Free |
| 23 June 2018 | MF | Ruslan Kisil | 26 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 24 June 2018 | MF | Yevheniy Belych | 17 | Desna U-17 | Transfer | Free |
| 11 July 2018 | FW | Dmytro Khlyobas | 24 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 11 July 2018 | FW | Oleksandr Kovpak | 35 | FC Poltava | Transfer | Free |
| 23 July 2018 | MF | Andriy Yakymiv | 21 | Stal Kamianske | Transfer | Free |
| 23 July 2018 | FW | Oleksandr Sharylo | 20 | Vorskla Poltava | Transfer | Free |
| 20 September 2018 | DF | Maksym Imerekov | 27 | Ermis Aradippou | Transfer | Free |
| 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 | |
| 31 May 2018 | FW | Denys Halenkov | 22 | PFC Sumy | Loan return | |
| Winter ||||||||
| 16 January 2019 | MF | Andriy Bohdanov | 28 | Arka Gdynia | Transfer | Free |
| 18 January 2019 | DF | Dmytro Nyemchaninov | 29 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2019 | FW | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 27 | Vorskla Poltava | Transfer | Free |
| 9 February 2019 | MF | Mykhaylo Kozak | 28 | Rukh Vynnyky | Transfer | Free |
| 20 February 2019 | DF | Temur Partsvania | 27 | Kisvárda | Transfer | Free |
| 1 March 2019 | MF | Renat Mochulyak | 21 | Desna-2 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 31 December 2018 | GK | Serhii Melashenko | 22 | FC Mynai | Loan return | |

### Out

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

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 038.24 |

Last updated: 31 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Premier League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Chornomorets Odesa (R) | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 31 | Relegation play-offs |

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 and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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 |

### Second leg

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

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.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | 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 |
| 7 | 17 | DF | Andriy Hitchenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 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 | Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 44 | GK | Yevhen Past | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 72 | GK | Ihor Lytovka | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | Total | 9 | 0 | 9 |

Last updated: 31 May 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | 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

