2020–21 FC Desna Chernihiv season

The 2020–21 season was FC Desna Chernihiv's 61st season in existence and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Desna Chernihiv participated in this season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

FC Desna Chernihiv

2020–21 season
Chairman	Volodymyr Levin
Manager	Oleksandr Ryabokon
Stadium	Chernihiv Stadium
Ukrainian Premier League	6th
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Andriy Totovytskyi (9) All: Andriy Totovytskyi (9)
Highest home attendance	2,983 (vs Dynamo Kyiv, 21 February 2021)
Lowest home attendance	0
Average home league attendance	561
Home colours Away colours
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Players

Squad information

As of 30 June 2021

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
44	Yevhen Past		GK	(1988-03-16)16 March 1988 (aged 33)
72	Ihor Lytovka		GK	(1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 33)
79	Illia KaravashchenkoList B		GK	(2001-06-25)25 June 2001 (aged 20)
78	Dmytro SydorenkoList B		GK	(2002-11-12)12 November 2002 (aged 18)
Defenders
3	Pavlo Polehenko		DF	(1995-01-06)6 January 1995 (aged 26)
4	Joonas Tamm		DF	(1992-02-02)2 February 1992 (aged 29)
5	Vitaliy Yermakov		DF	(1992-06-07)7 June 1992 (aged 29)
6	Constantin Dima		DF	(1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 21)
17	Andriy Hitchenko		DF	(1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 36)
22	Andriy Mostovyi		DF	(1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 33)
23	Artem Sukhotskyi		DF	(1992-12-06)6 December 1992 (aged 28)
26	Yukhym Konoplya List B (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)		DF	(1999-08-26)26 August 1999 (aged 21)
32	Maksym Imerekov		DF	(1991-01-23)23 January 1991 (aged 30)
Midfielders
7	Vladyslav Ohirya (Captain)		MF	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 31)
8	Andriy Dombrovskyi		MF	(1995-08-12)12 August 1995 (aged 25)
9	Levan Arveladze		MF	(1993-04-06)6 April 1993 (aged 28)
11	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev		MF	(1993-01-04)4 January 1993 (aged 28)
12	Yehor Kartushov		MF	(1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 30)
14	Yevhen Chepurnenko		MF	(1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 31)
18	Bohdan Biloshevskyi List B (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)		MF	(2000-01-12)12 January 2000 (aged 21)
20	Andriy Totovytskyi		MF	(1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 28)
25	Oleksiy Hutsulyak		MF	(1997-12-25)25 December 1997 (aged 23)
89	Oleksandr Volkov		MF	(1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 32)
88	Giorgios Ermides List B		MF	(2001-06-08)8 June 2001 (aged 20)
Forwards
19	Denys Demyanenko List B		MF	(2000-07-05)5 July 2000 (aged 20)
20	Denys Bezborodko		FW	(1994-05-31)31 May 1994 (aged 27)
28	Pylyp Budkivskyi		FW	(1992-03-10)10 March 1992 (aged 29)
77	Maksym Dehtyarov		FW	(1993-05-30)30 May 1993 (aged 28)
90	Illya Shevtsov		FW	(2000-04-13)13 April 2000 (aged 21)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
12 August 2020	FW	Maksym Dehtyarov	27	Olimpik Donetsk	Transfer	Free	[1]
17 September 2020	DF	Pavlo Polehenko	25	FC Mariupol	Transfer	Free	[2]
1 August 2020	MF	Oleksandr Volkov	31	Kolos Kovalivka	Loan return
6 August 2020	MF	Mykhailo Mudryk	19	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan		[3]
6 October 2020	MF	Georgios Ermidis	19	Panionios U-19	Transfer	Free	[4]
Winter
16 January 2021	FW	Denys Bezborodko	26	Oleksandriya	Transfer	Free	[5][6]
29 January 2021	DF	Constantin Dima	21	Astra Giurgiu	Transfer	100k	[7][8]
18 February 2021	MF	Yevhen Chepurnenko	31	Dinaz Vyshhorod	Transfer		[9]
19 February 2021	DF	Artem Sukhotskyi	28	Slovan Bratislava	Transfer		[10]
4 January 2021	MF	Renat Mochulyak	19	Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni	Loan return		[11]
13 January 2021	FW	Vladyslav Vakula	21	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan		[12]
25 January 2021	MF	Bohdan Biloshevskyi	21	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan		[13]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
9 August 2020	DF	Denys Favorov	29	Zorya Luhansk	Transfer	Free	[14]
22 September 2020	FW	Oleksandr Filippov	27	Sint-Truiden	Transfer	€1.5M	[15]
31 July 2020	MF	Orest Kuzyk	25	PAS Giannina	Loan return
Winter
31 December 2020	FW	Dmytro Khlyobas	26	Kolos Kovalivka	Transfer	Free	[16]
4 January 2021	DF	Artur Zapadnya	30	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Transfer	Free	[17]
11 January 2021	DF	Serhiy Starenkyi	36	Dinaz Vyshhorod	Transfer	Free	[18][19]
8 January 2021	DF	Mykhailo Mudryk	20	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan Return	Free	[20]
31 January 2021	DF	Vladyslav Vakula	36	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan Return	Free	[21][22]
11 February 2021	MF	Andriy Slotyuk	20	Metal Kharkiv	Loan		[23][24]
19 February 2021	MF	Yevheniy Belych	20	Dinaz Vyshhorod	Loan		[25]
2 March 2021	FW	Illya Shevtsov	20	Inhulets Petrove	Loan		[26]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Dynamo Kyiv U-21 v Desna Chernihiv

6 August 2020 Friendly	Dynamo Kyiv U-21	2–2	Desna Chernihiv	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Isayenko 55', 80'	Report	Kalitvintsev 4' Filippov 48'	Stadium: Dynamo Training Center

Dinaz Vyshhorod v Desna Chernihiv

10 August 2020 Friendly	Dinaz Vyshhorod	1–4	Desna Chernihiv	Demydiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Bovtruk 50'	Report	Shevtsov 59' (pen.), 65', 79' Budkivskyi 69'	Stadium: Local stadium

Dynamo Kyiv v Desna Chernihiv

11 August 2020 Friendly	Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	Desna Chernihiv	Kyiv
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Tsyhankov 80'	Report	Filippov 32' Shevtsov 82'	Stadium: Dynamo Training Center

Desna Chernihiv v Olimpik Donetsk

14 August 2020 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	2–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Bucha
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mudryk 40' Budkivskyi 90'	Report		Stadium: Yuvileynyi Stadium

Shakhtar Donetsk U-21 v Desna Chernihiv

15 August 2020 Friendly	Shakhtar Donetsk U-21	1–4	Desna Chernihiv
EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Khlyobas 12' Mudryk 63' Hutsulyak 78' Budkivskyi 81'

Obolon Kyiv v Desna Chernihiv

29 August 2020 Friendly	Obolon Kyiv	2–5	Desna Chernihiv	Bucha
17:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Medynskyi 35' 70'	Report	Hutsulyak Shevtsov Kartushov Mudryk Filippov	Stadium: Obolon training facility

Desna Chernihiv v Polissya Zhytomyr

4 September 2020 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	0–0	Polissya Zhytomyr
EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report

Shakhtar Donetsk U-21 v Desna Chernihiv

5 September 2020 Friendly	Shakhtar Donetsk U-21	1–5	Desna Chernihiv
EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Imerekov 12' Budkivskyi 31' Shevtsov 60', 77' Filippov 69'

Desna Chernihiv v Partizan

25 January 2021 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	Partizan	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report	Bahebeck 55'

Desna Chernihiv v Shkëndija

30 January 2021 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	3–1	Shkëndija	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)

Desna Chernihiv v Lokomotiv Tashkent

31 January 2021 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	0–0	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Turkey
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00)		Report

Desna Chernihiv v Ahrobiznes Volochysk

3 February 2021 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	4–0	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)	Hutsulyak 33' Tamm 41' Budkivskyi 43' Kartushov 76'	Report

Desna Chernihiv v Rudar Pljevlja

4 February 2021 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	2–0	Rudar Pljevlja	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)	Bezborodko Belych	Report

Desna Chernihiv v Ventspils

9 February 2021 Friendly	Desna Chernihiv	2–3	Ventspils	Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00)	Shevtsov 9' Polehenko 14'		9' 71' 81'

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ukrainian Premier League	22 August 2020	9 May 2021	Matchday 1	6th	26	10	8	8	38	32	+6	038.46
Ukrainian Cup	30 September 2020	16 December 2020	Round of 32 (1/16)	Round of 16 (1/8)	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Europa League	24 September 2020	24 September 2020	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					29	11	8	10	40	36	+4	037.93

Last updated: 9 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Ukrainian Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Kolos Kovalivka	26	10	11	5	36	26	+10	41	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Vorskla Poltava	26	11	8	7	37	30	+7	41	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6	Desna Chernihiv	26	10	8	8	38	32	+6	38
7	SC Dnipro-1	26	8	6	12	36	38	−2	30
8	FC Lviv	26	8	5	13	25	51	−26	29[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Ukrainian Premier League
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 two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[27]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head goal difference: Lviv +1, Oleksandriya -1

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
26	10	8	8	38	32	+6	38	8	3	2	24	11	+13	2	5	6	14	21	−7

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	L
Position	4	3	6	4	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	6

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Desna Chernihiv v Zorya Luhansk

22 August 2020 1	Desna Chernihiv	3–1	Zorya Luhansk	Chernihiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kalitvintsev  30' Budkivskyi  49', 74' Filippov 56' (pen.) Mostovyi  59' Tamm 62' Dombrovskyi  74' Imerekov  90'	Report	Favorov 43' Grechkin  76' Kocherhin  90'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Dynamo Kyiv v Desna Chernihiv

11 September 2020 2	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Desna Chernihiv	Kyiv
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Zabarnyi  67'	Report	Kalitvintsev  55' Dombrovskyi  64' Hitchenko  74'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 0 Referee: Ihor Paskhal
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Inhulets Petrove v Desna Chernihiv

19 September 2020 3	Inhulets Petrove	1–1	Desna Chernihiv	Kropyvnytskyi
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Synyohub  15' Sichinava  18', 57' Kucherenko  47' Schedryi  65' Krynskyi  90+3'	Report	Khlyobas  3' Ohirya  10' Kalitvintsev  35' Konoplya  44' Hitchenko 49'	Stadium: Zirka Stadium Attendance: 766 Referee: Yuriy Ivanov

Desna Chernihiv v Rukh Lviv

29 September 2020 4	Desna Chernihiv	3–1	Rukh Lviv	Chernihiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mostovyi  9' Totovytskyi 13' (pen.) Dehtyarov 45' Yermakov  45+1' Budkivskyi 71',  77' Konoplya  87'	Report	Kukharuk  2' Gliha  13' Kukharevych  27' Klymchuk 30' Mysyk  70'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 597 Referee: Denus Shurman

Desna Chernihiv v Shakhtar Donetsk

4 October 2020 5	Desna Chernihiv	2–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Chernihiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Mostovyi 17' Totovytskyi 26' Hutsulyak  83' Lytovka  90+3'	Report	Kovalenko 4' Dentinho 79' Stepanenko  90+3'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

SC Dnipro-1 v Desna Chernihiv

18 October 2020 6	SC Dnipro-1	2–0	Desna Chernihiv	Dnipro
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Nazarenko 2' Adamyuk  44' Dovbyk 50' (pen.) Ihnatenko  77'	Report	Mostovyi  31' Kartushov  61'	Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kateryna Monzul
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Olimpik Donetsk v Desna Chernihiv

24 October 2020 7	Olimpik Donetsk	0–2	Desna Chernihiv	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Benito  26' Zahedi  61'	Report	Shevtsov 24' Imerekov  30' Totovytskyi 37',  79' Hitchenko  48'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Denys Shurman

FC Oleksandriya v Desna Chernihiv

31 October 2020 8	FC Oleksandriya	2–2	Desna Chernihiv	Oleksandriya
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Myshenko  44' Tretyakov  50' Pashayev  70' Banada 72' Sitalo 82',  83'	Report	Mostovyi  25' Hitchenko  28' Ohirya  34' Totovytskyi 40' (pen.) Imerekov  65'  89' Budkivskyi 84'	Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Desna Chernihiv v FC Mynai

7 November 2020 9	Desna Chernihiv	1–0	FC Mynai	Kyiv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Mudryk  16' Budkivskyi 80' Past  90+4'	Report	Shynder  53' Mayembe  87'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Roman Blavatskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Desna Chernihiv v FC Lviv

22 November 2020 10	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	FC Lviv	Chernihiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Ohirya  31'	Report	Kazlauskas  19' Hrysyo 21' Zakharkiv  31' Rafael Sabino  34'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Serhiy Boyko
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Kolos Kovalivka v Desna Chernihiv

29 November 2020 11	Kolos Kovalivka	1–1	Desna Chernihiv	Kovalivka
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Lysenko 12' (pen.) Smyrnyi  24' Bohdanov  67'	Report	Budkivskyi 27' (pen.) Imerekov  56'  90+5' Konoplya  67' Mostovyi  88' Tamm  90+4'	Stadium: Kolos Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Desna Chernihiv v Vorskla Poltava

6 December 2020 12	Desna Chernihiv	1–0	Vorskla Poltava	Chernihiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Yermakov  30' Kalitvintsev  74' Dehtyarov 90+4'	Report	Stepanyuk  19'  84' Yavorskyi  80'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kateryna Monzul
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Desna Chernihiv v FC Mariupol

13 December 2020 13	Desna Chernihiv	2–0	FC Mariupol	Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kartushov 50',  90+2' Khlyobas 56' Dombrovskyi  77'	Report	Chobotenko  75' Bondarenko  79' Chekh  84'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 0 Referee: Oleksandr Shandor
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Zorya Luhansk v Desna Chernihiv

13 February 2021 14	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Desna Chernihiv	Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Hladkyy 18', 61' Abu Hanna  45+1'	Report	Totovytskyi 21' Imerekov  51' Ohirya  64' Konoplya  77' Budkivskyi  90+2' Kalitvintsev  90+2'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Desna Chernihiv v Dynamo Kyiv

21 February 2021 15	Desna Chernihiv	1–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Kyiv
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	Yermakov  9' Budkivskyi 53' Imerekov  57' Arveladze  69' Bezborodko  84'  86'	Report	Besyedin  45+1' Rodrigues  69' Tsyhankov  80', 90+2' (pen.) Mykolenko  89'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 2,983 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

Desna Chernihiv v Inhulets Petrove

26 February 2021 16	Desna Chernihiv	3–0	Inhulets Petrove	Kyiv
19:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Totovytskyi 34' Hitchenko 57' Yermakov 84'	Report		Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Andriy Kovalenko

Rukh Lviv v Desna Chernihiv

8 March 2021 17	Rukh Lviv	0–4	Desna Chernihiv	Lviv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Kondrakov  36' Gliha  40' Fedorchuk  85'	Report	Budkivskyi  12', 62' (pen.) Chepurnenko 21' Kartushov 43' Hutsulyak 65' Mostovyi  78'	Stadium: Skif Stadium Attendance: 980 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Shakhtar Donetsk v Desna Chernihiv

14 March 2021 18	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–0	Desna Chernihiv	Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Tetê 34' (pen.), 80' Matviyenko  40' Dodô  67' Solomon 75', 77'	Report	Ohirya  30' Imerekov  34'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 3,802 Referee: Ihor Paskhal

Desna Chernihiv v SC Dnipro-1

20 March 2021 19	Desna Chernihiv	0–2	SC Dnipro-1	Chernihiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Bezborodko  90+2'	Report	Ćuže 45+1', 90+3' Dovbyk  51'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 2,073 Referee: Kateryna Monzul

Desna Chernihiv v Olimpik Donetsk

3 April 2021 20	Desna Chernihiv	2–0	Olimpik Donetsk	Chernihiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Totovytskyi 43' Bezborodko 70' Sukhotskyi  79'	Report	Kargbo  58' Benito  68'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Oleksandr Shandor
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Desna Chernihiv v FC Oleksandriya

10 April 2020 21	Desna Chernihiv	4–1	FC Oleksandriya	Chernihiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Imerekov 32' Konoplya  50' Totovytskyi 54', 90+2' Bezborodko  58' Hutsulyak 78' Ohirya  80'	Report	Kovalets 29'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Denys Shurman
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

FC Mynai v Desna Chernihiv

17 April 2021 22	FC Mynai	3–1	Desna Chernihiv	Uzhhorod
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Nuriyev 23' (pen.), 39' Pynyashko 50'	Report	Tamm  23' Imerekov 56' Ohirya  58' Volkov  63' Kartushov  77'	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

FC Lviv v Desna Chernihiv

24 April 2021 23	FC Lviv	1–0	Desna Chernihiv	Lviv
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Renan 44' Mahmutovic  56' Dovhyi  68' Čirjak  82' Antwi  90+2' Yakimets  90+3'	Report	Mostovyi  27' Kalitvintsev  77'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 0 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Desna Chernihiv v Kolos Kovalivka

1 May 2021 24	Desna Chernihiv	2–2	Kolos Kovalivka	Chernihiv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Konoplya  45+1' Ohirya  47'  66' Kalitvintsev 59' Kartushov 84'	Report	Bohdanov  27' Petrov 30',  47' Churko 53',  63' Chornomorets  58' Kucheruk  81'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yuriy Ivanov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Vorskla Poltava v Desna Chernihiv

5 May 2021 25	Vorskla Poltava	1–1	Desna Chernihiv	Poltava
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Thill 18' Yakubu  62'  86' Sapay  90'	Report	Konoplya  39' Hitchenko 54' Tamm  69' Hutsulyak  90+3'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kateryna Monzul
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.

FC Mariupol v Desna Chernihiv

9 May 2021 26	FC Mariupol	4–1	Desna Chernihiv	Mariupol
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Muravskyi  37' Ocheretko 61' Sikan 63', 79' Bondarenko  83', 86'	Report	Konoplya 44' Hutsulyak  56' Dombrovskyi  58'  62' Sukhotskyi  69'	Stadium: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Attendance: 572 Referee: Mykola Balakin

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup

Desna Chernihiv v Rukh Lviv

30 September 2020 Round of 32 (1/16)	Desna Chernihiv	2–1	Rukh Lviv	Chernihiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ohirya  40' Dehtyarov 75', 81'	Report	Rusyn  45' Kukharuk  45+1' Zastavnyi  55' Tamm 59' (o.g.) Antwi  78' Kalyuzhnyi  85'	Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Andriy Kovalenko

Desna Chernihiv v Zorya Luhansk

16 December 2020 Round of 16 (1/8)	Desna Chernihiv	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kyiv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00)	Konoplya  53' Past  88' Hutsulyak  88'  89'	Report	Yurchenko 16' (pen.),  58' Shevchenko  81' Abu Hanna  88'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Denys Shurman

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Wolfsburg v Desna Chernihiv

24 September 2020 3Q	Wolfsburg	2–0	Desna Chernihiv	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:15 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Guilavogui 15' Marmoush  50' Ginczek 90+2'	Report	Tamm  57'  60' Konoplya  66' Ohirya  70' Totovytskyi  88'	Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup		EL
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
44	GK	UKR	Yevhen Past	23	0	21	0	1	0	1	0
72	GK	UKR	Ihor Lytovka	7	0	5+1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	UKR	Pavlo Polehenko	10	0	7+3	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	EST	Joonas Tamm	23	1	20	1	2	0	1	0
5	DF	UKR	Vitaliy Yermakov	18	1	7+9	1	1	0	0+1	0
6	DF	ROU	Constantin Dima	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	UKR	Andriy Hitchenko	22	3	15+5	3	1	0	1	0
22	DF	UKR	Andriy Mostovyi	23	1	17+3	1	1+1	0	1	0
23	DF	UKR	Artem Sukhotskyi	10	0	6+4	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	UKR	Yukhym Konoplya	25	1	20+2	1	2	0	1	0
32	DF	UKR	Maksym Imerekov	17	2	15	2	1+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Ohirya	27	0	24	0	2	0	1	0
8	MF	UKR	Andriy Dombrovskyi	23	0	12+8	0	2	0	1	0
9	MF	UKR	Levan Arveladze	16	0	8+7	0	0+1	0	0	0
10	MF	UKR	Andriy Totovytskyi	20	9	16+2	9	0+1	0	1	0
11	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	24	1	19+2	1	2	0	1	0
12	MF	UKR	Yehor Kartushov	25	3	10+13	3	1	0	1	0
14	MF	UKR	Yevhen Chepurnenko	8	1	4+4	1	0	0	0	0
18	MF	UKR	Bohdan Biloshevskyi	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	UKR	Oleksiy Hutsulyak	27	2	19+5	2	0+2	0	0+1	0
89	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Volkov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
19	FW	UKR	Denys Demyanenko	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	UKR	Denys Bezborodko	10	1	5+5	1	0	0	0	0
28	FW	UKR	Pylyp Budkivskyi	19	7	11+5	7	2	0	1	0
77	FW	UKR	Maksym Dehtyarov	20	4	6+12	2	0+2	2	0	0
90	FW	UKR	Illya Shevtsov	9	1	2+5	1	1	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
10	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Filippov	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
13	FW	UKR	Dmytro Khlyobas	7	1	4+2	1	0+1	0	0	0
14	MF	UKR	Mykhailo Mudryk	11	0	8+2	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF	UKR	Serhiy Starenkyi	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	UKR	Artur Zapadnya	3	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 9 May 2021

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	10	MF		Andriy Totovytskyi	9	0	0	9
2	28	FW		Pylyp Budkivskyi	7	0	0	7
3	77	FW		Maksym Dehtyarov	2	2	0	4
4	12	MF		Yehor Kartushov	3	0	0	3
	17	DF		Andriy Hitchenko	3	0	0	3
6	25	MF		Oleksiy Hutsulyak	2	0	0	2
	32	DF		Maksym Imerekov	2	0	0	2
8	4	DF		Joonas Tamm	1	0	0	1
	5	DF		Vitaliy Yermakov	1	0	0	1
	10	FW		Oleksandr Filippov	1	0	0	1
	11	MF		Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	1	0	0	1
	13	FW		Dmytro Khlyobas	1	0	0	1
	14	MF		Yevhen Chepurnenko	1	0	0	1
	20	FW		Denys Bezborodko	1	0	0	1
	22	DF		Andriy Mostovyi	1	0	0	1
	26	DF		Yukhym Konoplya	1	0	0	1
	90	FW		Illya Shevtsov	1	0	0	1
				Total	38	2	0	40

Last updated: 9 May 2021

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	44	GK		Yevhen Past	7	0	0	7
1	72	GK		Ihor Lytovka	1	0	0	1
				Total	8	0	0	8

Last updated: 9 May 2021

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Premier League			Cup			Europa League			Total
4	DF		Joonas Tamm	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0
5	DF		Vitaliy Yermakov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
7	MF		Vladyslav Ohirya	7	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0
8	MF		Andriy Dombrovskyi	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
9	MF		Levan Arveladze	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF		Andriy Totovytskyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
11	MF		Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
12	MF		Yehor Kartushov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	FW		Dmytro Khlyobas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	MF		Mykhailo Mudryk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	DF		Andriy Hitchenko	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
20	FW		Denys Bezborodko	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
22	DF		Andriy Mostovyi	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
23	DF		Artem Sukhotskyi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
25	MF		Oleksiy Hutsulyak	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
26	DF		Yukhym Konoplya	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
28	FW		Pylyp Budkivskyi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
32	DF		Maksym Imerekov	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0
44	GK		Yevhen Past	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
72	GK		Ihor Lytovka	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
89	MF		Oleksandr Volkov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
			Total	65	5	0	3	1	0	3	1	0	71	7	0

Last updated: 9 May 2021

Attendances

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High	Low
Premier League	13	7,303	561	2,983	0
Cup	2	1,250	625	1,250	1,250
Total	15	8,553	570	2,983	0

Last updated: 9 May 2021

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External links

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