2021–22 FC Desna Chernihiv season
# 2021–22 FC Desna Chernihiv season

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.

## Players

### Squad information

    As of 18 February 2022

| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Dmytro $Sydorenko^{ListB&C}$ | GK | (2002-11-12)12 November 2002 (aged 18) |
| 21 | Roman Mysak | GK | (1991-09-09)9 September 1991 (aged 29) |
| 62 | Illya $Karavashchenko^{ListB&C}$ | GK | (2001-06-25)25 June 2001 (aged 20) |
| 72 | Ihor Lytovka | GK | (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 33) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Vadym Zhuk | DF | (1991-04-15)15 April 1991 (aged 30) |
| 3 | Oleksandr Safronov | DF | (1999-06-11)11 June 1999 (aged 22) |
| 4 | Yevhen Tsymbalyuk | DF | (1996-06-19)19 June 1996 (aged 25) |
| 5 | Oleksandr Masalov | DF | (1997-01-22)22 January 1997 (aged 24) |
| 23 | Danyil Pus $^{ListC}$ | DF | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 18) |
| 33 | Yevhen Selin | DF | (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 33) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | Andriy Dombrovskyi | MF | (1995-08-12)12 August 1995 (aged 25) |
| 12 | Yehor Kartushov (Captain) | MF | (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 30) |
| 15 | Vikentiy Voloshyn (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | MF | (2001-04-17)17 April 2001 (aged 20) |
| 16 | Yevheniy Belych | MF | (2001-01-06)6 January 2001 (aged 20) |
| 17 | Taras Zaviyskyi | MF | (1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 25) |
| 88 | Giorgios Ermides $^{ListB}$ | MF | (2001-06-08)8 June 2001 (aged 20) |
| | Artem Khatskevych $^{ListC}$ | MF | (2003-06-16)16 June 2003 (aged 18) |
| | Andriy Slotyuk $^{ListB}$ | MF | (1999-05-31)31 May 1999 (aged 22) |
| Forwards |||||
| 19 | Denys Demyanenko $^{ListB}$ | FW | (2000-07-05)5 July 2000 (aged 20) |
| 20 | Denys Bezborodko | FW | (1994-05-31)31 May 1994 (aged 27) |
| 77 | Maksym Dehtyarov | FW | (1993-05-30)30 May 1993 (aged 28) |
| 90 | Illya Shevtsov | FW | (2000-04-13)13 April 2000 (aged 21) |
| | Oleksiy Pashchenko $^{ListB}$ | FW | (2003-06-29)29 June 2003 (aged 18) |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Summer ||||||||
| 28 May 2021 | MF | Illya Shevtsov | 21 | Inhulets Petrove | Transfer | Loan Return |
| 28 May 2021 | MF | Yevheniy Belych | 20 | Desna-2 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 28 May 2021 | MF | Andriy Slotyuk | 22 | Metal Kharkiv | Transfer | Loan Return |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Illya Karavashchenko | 20 | Desna-2 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 14 July 2021 | DF | Oleksandr Safronov | 22 | SC Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Free |
| 15 July 2021 | MF | Yevhen Selin | 33 | Anorthosis Famagusta | Transfer | Free |
| 15 July 2021 | FW | Taras Zaviyskyi | 26 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 16 July 2021 | DF | Yevhen Tsymbalyuk | 25 | Olimpik Donetsk | Transfer | Free |
| 16 July 2021 | GK | Dmytro Sydorenko | 19 | Desna-3 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 22 July 2021 | DF | Pavlo Shostka | 20 | Desna-3 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 22 July 2021 | DF | Vadym Zhuk | 30 | Horishni Plavni | Transfer | Free |
| 23 July 2021 | MF | Vikentiy Voloshyn | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Loan |
| 23 July 2021 | DF | Kristian Bilovar | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Loan |
| 5 August 2021 | DF | Oleksandr Masalov | 24 | Dinamo-Auto | Transfer | Free |
| 5 August 2021 | GK | Roman Mysak | 29 | Rukh Lviv | Transfer | Free |
| 12 August 2021 | MF | Renat Mochulyak | 23 | Desna-2 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 12 August 2021 | MF | Denys Demyanenko | 21 | Desna-2 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 20 August 2021 | MF | Serhiy Bolbat | 28 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Transfer | Loan |
| 1 September 2021 | MF | Artyom Khatskevich | 21 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Loan |
| 10 September 2021 | DF | Oleksiy Kovtun | 26 | Mynai | Transfer | Free |
| 30 September 2021 | DF | Vladlen Yurchenko | 27 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Free |
| 10 October 2021 | GK | Illya Karavashchenko | 20 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | Transfer | Loan Return |
| Winter ||||||||
| 11 February 2022 | DF | Danyil Pus | 18 | Desna-3 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 11 February 2022 | DF | Artem Khatskevich | 18 | Desna-3 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 11 February 2022 | MF | Dzhilindo Bezghubchenko | 18 | Desna-2 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 11 February 2022 | MF | Georgios Ermidis | 20 | Desna-2 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 11 February 2022 | MF | Denys Demyanenko | 21 | Desna-3 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 11 February 2022 | MF | Bohdan Sheiko | 21 | Desna-2 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 11 February 2022 | MF | Serhiy Makarenko | 21 | Desna-3 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |
| 11 February 2022 | FW | Oleksiy Pashchenko | 21 | Desna-2 Chernihiv | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Summer ||||||||
| 19 May 2021 | DF | Bohdan Biloshevskyi | 21 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Loan Return |
| 22 May 2021 | DF | Yukhym Konoplya | 21 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Transfer | Loan Return |
| 28 May 2021 | DF | Joonas Tamm | 29 | Vorskla Poltava | Transfer | Free |
| 31 May 2021 | DF | Pavlo Polehenko | 26 | Inhulets Petrove | Transfer | Free |
| 1 June 2021 | DF | Maksym Imerekov | 30 | Zorya Luhansk | Transfer | Free |
| 15 June 2021 | DF | Andriy Mostovyi | 33 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Transfer | Free |
| 24 June 2021 | MF | Vladyslav Ohirya | 31 | Polissya Zhytomyr | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Andriy Hitchenko | 36 | Polissya Zhytomyr | Transfer | Free |
| 4 July 2021 | MF | Oleksandr Volkov | 32 | LNZ Cherkasy | Transfer | Free |
| 5 July 2021 | MF | Yevhen Chepurnenko | 31 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | Transfer | Free |
| 5 July 2021 | GK | Yevhen Past | 33 | SC Dnipro-1 | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2021 | MF | Vitaliy Yermakov | 29 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Transfer | Free |
| 16 July 2021 | DF | Constantin Dima | 21 | UTA Arad | Transfer | Free |
| 16 July 2021 | DF | Artem Sukhotskyi | 29 | Unattached | | |
| 23 July 2021 | GK | Illya Karavashchenko | 20 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | Transfer | On Loan |
| 15 August 2021 | MF | Oleksiy Hutsulyak | 23 | SC Dnipro-1 | Transfer | 500.000 Euro |
| 3 September 2021 | DF | Kristian Bilovar | 20 | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Loan Return |
| 1 October 2021 | MF | Renat Mochulyak | 23 | Livyi Bereh Kyiv | Transfer | Free |
| 1 October 2021 | DF | Pavlo Shostka | 19 | Dnipro Cherkasy | Transfer | Free |
| Winter ||||||||
| 21 December 2021 | MF | Andriy Totovytskyi | 28 | Kolos Kovalivka | Transferred | Free |
| 22 December 2021 | MF | Serhiy Bolbat | 28 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Transfer | Loan Return |
| 22 December 2021 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 29 | Polissya Zhytomyr | Transfer | Free |
| 22 December 2021 | MF | Vladlen Yurchenko | 27 | Riga FC | Transfer | Free |
| 28 December 2021 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 28 | Oleksandriya | Transfer | 500.000 Euro |
| 8 January 2022 | DF | Oleksiy Kovtun | 26 | Unattached | Transfer | Free |
| 18 February 2022 | MF | Yehor Kartushov | 31 | Metalist Kharkiv | Transfer | Free |
| 18 March 2022 | MF | Yevheniy Belych | 21 | Piast Nowa Ruda | Transfer | Free |
| 18 March 2022 | MF | Serhiy Makarenko | 21 | Piast Nowa Ruda | Transfer | Free |
| 25 March 2022 | MF | Andriy Dombrovskyi | 26 | Termalica Nieciecza | Transfer | On Loan |
| 26 March 2022 | FW | Denys Bezborodko | 27 | Gyirmót | Transfer | On Loan |
| 26 March 2022 | DF | Oleksandr Safronov | 27 | Nafta 1903 | Transfer | On Loan |
| 26 March 2022 | GK | Dmytro Sydorenko | 19 | Izolator Boguchwała | Transfer | On Loan |
| 7 April 2022 | MF | Levan Arveladze | 29 | Torpedo Kutaisi | Transfer | Free |
| 23 May 2022 | MF | Denys Demyanenko | 20 | Cosmos Nowotaniec | Transfer | Free |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Premier League | Matchday 1 | — | — | 25 July 2021 | 21 April 2022 |
| Cup | Round of 16 | Round of 32 (1/16) | Round of 32 (1/16) | September 2021 | September 2021 |

Updated to match played 26 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |

Updated to match played 21 September 2021 Source: Competitions

### Ukrainian Premier League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Vorskla Poltava | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 33 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Oleksandriya | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 26 | |
| 7 | Desna Chernihiv | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 25 | Membership suspended after season |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 24 | |
| 9 | Veres Rivne | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 23 | |

* ↑ Desna Chernihiv and Mariupol confirmed that they cannot compete next season due to destroyed infrastructure and the difficult situation in their cities.

**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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | EL | EL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 21 | GK | UKR | Roman Mysak | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | GK | UKR | Illya Karavashchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | GK | UKR | Ihor Lytovka | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | UKR | Vadym Zhuk | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Tsymbalyuk | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Masalov | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Danyil Pus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Selin | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BLR | Artem Khatskevich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Makarenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Dzhilindo Bezhubchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | UKR | Vikentiy Voloshyn | 12 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | UKR | Yevheniy Belych | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Taras Zaviyskyi | 18 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GRE | Giorgios Ermidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | UKR | Bohdan Sheiko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Pashchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | UKR | Denys Demyanenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | UKR | Illya Shevtsov | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | UKR | Kristian Bilovar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Hutsulyak | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | UKR | Renat Mochulyak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Shostka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Andriy Totovytskyi | 14 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | UKR | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | UKR | Oleksiy Kovtun | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Bolbat | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 17 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | UKR | Yehor Kartushov | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | UKR | Maksym Dehtyarov | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | UKR | Denys Bezborodko | 19 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Sydorenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Safronov | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Andriy Dombrovskyi | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Levan Arveladze | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 7 April 2022

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 20 | FW | Denys Bezborodko | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | Taras Zaviyskyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | Andriy Totovytskyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 15 | MF | Vikentiy Voloshyn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | MF | Levan Arveladze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 28 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 80 | MF | Vladlen Yurchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 77 | FW | Maksym Dehtyarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 22 | 1 | 0 | 23 |

Last updated: 10 December 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 72 | GK | Ihor Lytovka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 21 | GK | Roman Mysak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

Last updated: 27 November 2021

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | MF | Yevhen Selin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Yevhen Tsymbalyuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Taras Zaviyskyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Serhiy Bolbat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Andriy Dombrovskyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Oleksandr Safronov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Vikentiy Voloshyn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Maksym Dehtyarov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Levan Arveladze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Yehor Kartushov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Vadym Zhuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | Roman Mysak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | GK | Ihor Lytovka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Denys Bezborodko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Total | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 |

Last updated: 10 December 2021

