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| Full name | Football Club Desna Chernihiv | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Siveriany | ||
| Founded | 1960 | ||
| Ground | Vacant | ||
| Capacity | 12,060 | ||
| Chairman | Volodymyr Levin | ||
| Manager | Oleksandr Ryabokon | ||
| League | Chernihiv Oblast Championship | ||
| 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League, 7th of 16 | ||
| Website | http://desna.football/ | ||
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Football Club Desna Chernihiv (Ukrainian: ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a republican Avanhard sports society. Between 1961 and 1970 the club was called Desna. In 1972 it was replaced with SC Chernihiv (team of the SKA Kyiv) that played in Chernihiv for the next couple of years. In 1977 Desna was revived now in place of the amateur club "FC Khimik Chernihiv" that won regional competitions.
Due to the infrastructure of the club being destroyed by the Russian military during the Siege of Chernihiv in 2022, the club pulled out of professional tournaments and plays irregular amateur-level matches (e.g. the Chernihiv Oblast Championship). Desna, along with FC Mariupol, were awarded rights to play in the Ukrainian Premier League in the future case of restoring their infrastructure.[1]
- ^ "Відбулася робоча нарада учасників Української Прем'єр-Ліги". upl.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 17 January 2024.