2018–19 FC Desna Chernihiv season

The 2018–19 season was 1st season in the top Ukrainian football league for FC Desna Chernihiv. Desna competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup.

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

Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2019

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	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	Yevhen 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]
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	Unattached	Transfer	Free	[20]
31 December 2018	GK	Serhiy 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	Serhiy 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	Serhiy Melashenko	22	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	Transfer	Free	[39]
10 January 2019	DF	Vitaliy Yermakov	26	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Loan		[40]
10 February 2019	MF	Maksym Banasevych	24	Kolos Kovalivka	Loan		[41]

Pre-season and friendlies

Desna Chernihiv v Olimpik Donetsk

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

Desna Chernihiv v Obolon-Brovar Kyiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Kolos Kovalivka

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

Desna Chernihiv v Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

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

SC Dnipro-1 v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v PFC Sumy

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

Vorskla Poltava v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Kolkheti-1913 Poti

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

Dinamo Minsk-2 v Desna Chernihiv

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

FC Smolevichi v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Dunărea Călărași

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

Desna Chernihiv v Sabail Baku

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

Desna Chernihiv v Aalborg

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

Desna Chernihiv v FC Prishtina

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

Desna Chernihiv v Mladost Lučani

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

Desna Chernihiv v Petrolul Ploiești

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

Desna Chernihiv v Kaysar Kyzylorda

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

Desna Chernihiv v Dinamo Batumi

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

SC Dnipro-1 v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Gandzasar Kapan

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

Desna Chernihiv v Rustavi

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

FC Minsk v Desna Chernihiv

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

Energetik-BGU Minsk v Desna Chernihiv

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

Belshina Bobruisk v Desna Chernihiv

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
					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

Main article: 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	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

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 bigger amount of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Bigger amount of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[42]
(O) Play-off winner; (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[43] and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.[44]

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

First leg

4 June 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Chornomorets Odesa	0 – 0	Kolos Kovalivka
	Report

Chornomorets Stadium, Odessa

Attendance: 5,435

Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)

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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

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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.[45]

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

Desna Chernihiv v Shakhtar Donetsk

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

FC Mariupol v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v FC Oleksandriya

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

Chornomorets Odesa v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Karpaty Lviv

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

Zorya Luhansk v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Olimpik Donetsk

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

Desna Chernihiv v Arsenal Kyiv

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

Dynamo Kyiv v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Vorskla Poltava

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

FC Lviv v Desna Chernihiv

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

Shakhtar Donetsk v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v FC Mariupol

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

FC Oleksandriya v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Chornomorets Odesa

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

Karpaty Lviv v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Zorya Luhansk

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

Olimpik Donetsk v Desna Chernihiv

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

Arsenal Kyiv v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Dynamo Kyiv

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

Vorskla Poltava v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v FC Lviv

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

Olimpik Donetsk v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Karpaty Lviv

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

Vorskla Poltava v Desna Chernihiv

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

Arsenal Kyiv v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Chornomorets Odesa

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

Desna Chernihiv v Olimpik Donetsk

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

Karpaty Lviv v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Vorskla Poltava

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

Desna Chernihiv v Arsenal Kyiv

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

Chornomorets Odesa v Desna Chernihiv

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

Main article: 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup

Krystal Kherson v Desna Chernihiv

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

Desna Chernihiv v Zorya Luhansk

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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
44	GK		Yevhen Past	21	0	21	0	0	0
72	GK		Ihor Lytovka	13	0	11	0	2	0
Defenders
3	DF		Temur Partsvania	8	0	3+5	0	0	0
17	DF		Andriy Hitchenko	25	2	24	2	0+1	0
21	DF		Serhiy Lyulka	14	0	7+6	0	1	0
23	DF		Dmytro Nyemchaninov	5	0	5	0	0	0
32	DF		Maksym Imerekov	23	0	21	0	2	0
33	DF		Andriy Slinkin	8	0	7+1	0	0	0
45	DF		Denys Favorov	33	8	31	7	2	1
Midfielders
7	MF		Vladyslav Ohirya	29	0	28	0	1	0
12	MF		Yehor Kartushov	28	2	22+4	2	0+2	0
14	MF		Andriy Yakymiv	6	0	2+2	0	2	0
15	MF		Renat Mochulyak	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	MF		Yevhen Belych	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	MF		Mykhaylo Kozak	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
19	MF		Artem Favorov	29	5	26+2	5	0+1	0
22	MF		Andriy Mostovyi	26	0	24	0	2	0
27	MF		Serhiy Starenkyi	23	3	10+12	3	1	0
79	MF		Mykhaylo Serhiychuk	11	2	4+7	2	0	0
89	MF		Oleksandr Volkov	21	1	16+3	0	1+1	1
90	MF		Andriy Bohdanov	13	1	11+2	1	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Dmytro Khlyobas	23	4	11+10	3	1+1	1
10	FW		Oleksandr Filippov	30	5	24+4	5	1+1	0
20	FW		Denys Bezborodko	24	6	16+7	5	1	1
Players transferred out during the season
4	DF		Anton Bratkov	17	0	14+2	0	1	0
5	DF		Vitaliy Yermakov	9	0	3+4	0	2	0
8	MF		Maksym Banasevych	12	0	2+9	0	1	0
11	MF		Ruslan Kisil	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	MF		Luka Koberidze	11	0	7+4	0	0	0
29	FW		Oleksandr Kovpak	8	0	0+7	0	1	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 31 May 2019

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	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
	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
	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	Nat	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	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

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42. Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
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45. 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