WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv

See also: List of Chernihiv Sport Teams

Ukrainian women's association football club

Football club

Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv

Full name| Women's Football Club Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv
Founded| 1987
Dissolved| 2018
Ground| Lokomotiv stadium, Chernihiv
Tekstylschyk stadium, Chernihiv
Chernihiv Arena
Stadium Cheksil

Capacity| 2 000
Chairman|  Volodymyr Maherramov
Manager|  Serhiy Sapronov
League| Ukrainian Women's League
2010| 1st

Home colours

Away colours

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Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv (Ukrainian: "Легенда-ШВСМ" Чернігів) is a former Ukrainian professional women's football club from Chernihiv, Ukraine. In 2018 it merged with Yednist Plysky as Yednist-ShVSM Plysky and in 2020 reformed as Yunist ShVSM.

ShVSM abbreviation stands for School of Higher Sports Mastery (Ukrainian: Школа Вищої Спортивної Майстерності).

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Origin during the Soviet Time
* 1.2 From SK Polissya Chernihiv to Lehenda Chernihiv
* 1.3 Champion of Ukrainian Women's League and Women's Cup
* 1.4 Recent time
* 2 Stadium and facilities
* 3 Current squad
* 4 Notable players
* 4.1 Former players
* 5 Managers
* 6 Honours
* 7 European history
* 8 Performance statistics
* 8.1 CCCP (1990–1991)
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links

## History[edit]

### Origin during the Soviet Time[edit]

In October 1987, Mychailo Yushchenko decides to establish a women's football team at the "Polissia" gymnasium, which gave its name to SK Polissia team. The creation of the team supported the local Cheksil "Worsted and Cloth Factory Combine". Thats why the team used also the name Lehenda-Cheksil.[1][2] Initially the team was named as SK Polissia Chernihiv. The club was formed by the factory workers, as well as pupils from city's schools № 11 and 14, vocational school № 13 and students from the Chernihiv Pedagogical Institute (Chernihiv Pedagogical University). The name of the club came from the name of the cloth, and the name was produced at the Factory Combine. In the beginning of April 1988, the team played its first match, in which it tied 2:2 with students of the Moscow Pedagogical Institute.

### From SK Polissya Chernihiv to Lehenda Chernihiv[edit]

In the first days of June 1988, the club was renamed into Lehenda Chernihiv, taking part in amateur championships. The first significant success of the "Legend" was the 3rd month of the championship of sports associations of Profspilok of Ukraine in the fall of leaves in 1989. At the same time, the female football players made their debut in the championship of the SRCP, and degraded 16 times among 30 teams. in 1990 the team got 6th in the Soviet women's football championship[3] and 6th in 1991.[4]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union the club passed the first championship of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Women's League. Football players "Legendy" won their first medals in the whole season - bronze. 1997 the rock of the tenth anniversary of the "Legend" was marked by the first "silver" of the national first. On the basis of the Chernigiv command, the Youth Zbirna of Ukraine is established. In 1998-1999, the rock "Legend" finishes in another place, acting as the championship of the Donetsk "Donchantsi".

### Champion of Ukrainian Women's League and Women's Cup[edit]

In 2000 they have won their first Ukrainian Women's League and in 2001 the played as wit the name Lehenda-Cheksil Chernihiv and they won again the Women's Cup.[5] In 2002 they won again the double the Ukrainian Women's League and the Women's Cup and also in 2005[6] and 2009 they won the double in 2007 they won the Italy Women's Cup. At European level they came second in the group again, this time behind the Swedish club Malmö FF. The association founded a youth academy for girls between the ages of nine and 15 in order to encourage young talent. In 2009 the won again both the Ukrainian Women's League and the Women's Cup and in 2010 they won the Ukrainian Women's League. The offensive rock "Legend" has a different kind of "golden take".[7] The team participate also in UEFA Women's Champions League in the season 2011–12.[8][9]

### Recent time[edit]

In May 2020 Lehenda won defeated Yatran-Basis Uman W in a difficult match, in the 2nd round of the Ukrainian Football Championship among women's teams at the Stadium Tekstylnyk.[10] In the season 2017-18 the team arrived 3 in the Ukrainian Women's League behind Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv and Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv.[11] After this season the team withdrew.In 2018 due to poor financing Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv was merged with the recently formed Yednist Plysky women's club, therefore Ivan Bubys who previously was coaching Desna Chernihiv invited Kulyk to coach at the Skala Stryi youth academy as its under-15 boys team coach.[12]

## Stadium and facilities[edit]

In October 1987, the women's football team played at "Polissja" gymnasium, which gives its name to the SK Polissja team. The matches are initially played at the Tekstylschyk stadium[13][14] and also in Lokomotiv stadium. Afterward the team played also in the new modern Chernihiv Arena[15] in Chernihiv, belong to FC Chernihiv.

## Current squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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5  | DF |  UKR | Nataliya Zhdanova
6  | MF |  UKR | Khrystyna Ieromenko
7  | DF |  UKR | Darya Kravets
9  | MF |  UKR | Lyubov Shmatko
10  | MF |  UKR | Yulia Gnydyuk
13  | MF |  UKR | Olga Melkonyants
14  | MF |  BLR | Tatyana Shramok
16  | MF |  UKR | Inna Tomylko
17  | FW |  UKR | Yulia Kornievets
18  | DF |  UKR | Olga Maslyanko
19  | MF |  UKR | Nataliya Sukhorukova
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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21  | MF |  UKR | Maryana Ivanishyn
22  | DF |  UKR | Vira Stankevych
23  | GK |  UKR | Kateryna Samson
27  | DF |  UKR | Tatyana Ryzhova
33  | FW |  UKR | Olha Ovdiychuk
38  | DF |  UKR | Tetyana Apollonina
57  | MF |  UKR | Yulia Vaschenko
66  | FW |  UKR | Maryna Pushenko
80  | GK |  UKR | Iryna Sanets
97  | MF |  UKR | Tamila Khimich
99  | DF |  UKR | Anastasia Filenko

## Notable players[edit]

* Liudmyla Shmatko

* Lyudmyla Pekur

* Olha Boychenko

* Olha Ovdiychuk

* Iryna Zvarych

* Alla Lyshafay

* Vera Djatel

* Daryna Apanashchenko

* Natia Pantsulaia

* Tetyana Kozyrenko

* Kateryna Samson

* Olena Khodyreva

* Yulia Kornievets

### Former players[edit]

* Daryna Apanaschenko
* Vera Dyatel
* Alla Lyshafay
* Lyudmyla Pekur
* Svetlana Petko
* Iryna Zvarych
* Oksana Yakovyshyn
* Tetyana Fedosova[citation needed]
* Anastasia Ilyina[16]

## Managers[edit]

Manager | started | ended

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Mykhailo Yushchenko | 1987 | 1996
Mykola Lytvyn[17] | 1996 | 1999
Serhiy Umen[18] | 1999 | 2002
Mykola Lytvyn | 2002 | 2005
Serhiy Umen[19] | 2005 | 2007
Volodymyr Zhylin[20] | 2007 | 2007
Serhiy Sapronov[21] | 2008 | 2012
Yuriy Hruznov[22] | 2012 | 2012
Vladimir Kulik[23] | 2012 | 2013
Serhiy Sapronov[24] | 2014 | 2014
Vladimir Kulik[25] | 2015 | 2018

## Honours[edit]

Ukrainian Women's League

* Winners (6):  2000, 2001,[26] 2002, 2005,[27] 2009, 2010
* Runners-up (12): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2006, 2011,[28] 2013,[29] 2015
* Third place (5):, 1992,[30] 2007, 2014,[31] 2016,[32] 2017–18[33]

Women's Cup

* Winners (4):  2001, 2002, 2005, 2009
* Runners-up (11): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011,[34] 2013, 2014,[35] 2015, 2016, 2017–18

Italy Women's Cup:

* Winners (1):  2007

## European history[edit]

Season | Competition | Stage | Result | Opponent

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2001-02 | UEFA Women's Cup | Group Stage | 0-1 |  Toulouse FC
|  |  | 1-1 |  Ayr United
|  |  | 3-2 |  ZNK Osijek
2003-04 | UEFA Women's Cup | Group Stage | 4-0 |  Maccabi Holon
|  |  | 2-0 |  United Jakobstad
|  |  | 0-3 |  Malmö FF
2006-07 | UEFA Women's Cup | Qualifying Stage | 4-0 |  AEK Kokkinochovion
|  |  | 5-0 |  PAOK Thessaloniki
|  |  | 3-0 |  Maccabi Holon
|  | Group Stage | 0-2 |  Umeå IK
|  |  | 1-2 |  Kolbotn Fotball
|  |  | 0-5 |  RCD Espanyol
2010-11 | Champions League | Round of 32 | 1-3 0-4 |  Rossiyanka
2011-12 | Champions League | Qualifying Stage | 2-0 |  Swansea City
|  |  | 8-0 |  Progrès Niedercorn
|  |  | 1-2 |  Apollon Limassol

See also: Ukrainian football clubs in European competitions

## Performance statistics[edit]

### CCCP (1990–1991)[edit]

Виступи в Soviet championship:

Рівень І

## See also[edit]

* FC Desna Chernihiv
* FC Desna-2 Chernihiv
* FC Desna-3 Chernihiv
* SDYuShOR Desna
* FC Chernihiv
* Yunist Chernihiv
* FC Yednist' Plysky
* Spartak Chernihiv

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## External links[edit]

* (in Ukrainian) Club webpage at the Chernihiv Regional Football Federation website.
* Legenda-ShVSM Chernigiv from Uefa.com
* (in Ukrainian) Легенда-ШВСМ (Чернигов)
* Lehenda Chernihiv: from a worsted cloth production association to the legend ("Легенда" (Чернігів): від камвольно-суконного комбінату — до легенди ). Footboom. 11 December 2013.

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* Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
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* Rodyna Kostopil
* Pantery Uman
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First League clubs|

* Yunist ShVSM Chernihiv
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* Karpaty Lviv
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* Kolos-Mriya
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Former Top League clubs|

* Lehenda Chernihiv
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* Naftokhimik Kalush
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* Yuzhanka Kherson
* Illichivka Mariupol
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* Volyn Lutsk
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* Dynamo Irpin
* Skif Lviv
* Iskra Zaporizhia
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* Alina Kyiv
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* Yunisa Kyiv-Luhansk
* Esmira Luhansk
* Tornado Kyiv
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* Borysfen Zaporizhia
* Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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Football (men)|

* Desna Chernihiv
* Desna-2 Chernihiv
* Desna-3 Chernihiv
* SDYuShOR Desna
* FC Chernihiv
* Yunist Chernihiv
* FC Desna Pogreby
* TJ Desná (in Czech Republic)

Football (women)|

* Yunist ShVSM
* WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv
* Spartak ShVSM Chernihiv

Basketball|

* BC Chernihiv

Volleyball|

* Burevisnyk-ShVSM Chernihiv

Others|

* Khimik Chernihiv
* Cheksyl Chernihiv
* Spartak Chernihiv

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Football in Ukraine

* Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF / FFU / FF UkrSSR)

League system|

| Men|

* Premier League
* First League
* Second League
* Third League (defunct)
* Amateur Championship
* Regional championships
* Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)

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Women|

* Ukrainian Women's League
* Top league
* First league
* Winter challenge

Youth|

* UPL (U-21 & U-19)
* PFL (U-19)
* WFPL (U-18, U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14)
* Ukrainian Youth Football League (U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14)
* Ukrainian Students' League (Universities)
* Leather Ball Club (U-13, U-12, U-11)
* FFU Cup of hopes

Domestic cups|

| Men|

* Ukrainian Cup
* Ukrainian Super Cup
* Ukrainian Amateur Cup
* FFU Regions' Cup
* Ukrainian Second League Cup (defunct)
* Ukrainian League Cup (defunct)
* Cup of Ukrainian PFL (defunct)
* Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)

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Women|

* Women's Cup
* Winter Cup

National teams|

| Men|

* National team
* U-21
* U-20
* U-19
* U-18
* U-17
* U-16
* Students
* Beach soccer team
* Futsal team

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Women|

* National team
* U-19
* U-17

Hosted|

* Euro 2012
* Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial
* Viktor Bannikov Memorial
* 1986 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR

Governing bodies|

| UAF committees|

* Committee of Referees
* Control and Disciplinary Committee
* National Teams Committee

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Collective members|

* Ukrainian Premier League
* Professional Football League
* Ukrainian Youth Football League
* Ukrainian Association of Amateur Football
* All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football
* All-Ukrainian Association of Student's Football
* Association of Football among Handicapped
* Association of Football among Veterans
* Ukrainian Association of Mini-Football
* Trade Union of Footballers
* All-Ukrainian Association of Football Coaches
* MON Sports
* CSK ZSU
* Spartak
* Dynamo
* Kolos
* Ukraine
* Regional football associations

Regional associations|

* AR Crimea
* Cherkasy
* Chernihiv
* Chernivtsi
* Dnipropetrovsk
* Donetsk
* Ivano-Frankivsk
* Kharkiv
* Kherson
* Khmelnytskyi
* Kyiv
* Kirovohrad
* Luhansk
* Lviv
* Mykolaiv
* Odesa
* Poltava
* Rivne
* Sumy
* Ternopil
* Vinnytsia
* Volyn
* Zakarpattia
* Zaporizhia
* Zhytomyr

Awards|

* Football records and statistics in Ukraine
* Male Footballer
* Female Footballer
* The best 33 players
* Oleksandr Chizhevskiy club
* Serhiy Rebrov club
* Timerlan Huseinov club
* Oleh Blokhin club
* Maksim Shatskikh club
* Yevhen Rudakov club

Lists|

* All-time table
* Champions
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* International footballers
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* Foreign players
* Players under sanctions
* Venues
* Rivalries

Categories|

* Men's clubs
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* Men's players
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* Managers
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* Venues
* Seasons

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Chernihiv

Churches|

* Catherine's Church
* Pyatnytska Church
* Transfiguration Cathedral
* Saint Anthony's Caves
* Trinity Cathedral Monastery
* Church of the Archangel Michael
* Borisoglebsky Cathedral
* Church of All Saints
* Church of the Holy Spirit
* Church of the Resurrection

Tourist attractions|

* Myru Avenue
* Boldina Gora
* Krasna Square
* Chernihiv Regional Art Museum
* Chernihiv Philharmony
* Wedding Palace
* Red Bridge
* Pedestrian Bridge
* Monument to Soldiers Liberators
* Victory Square
* Dytynets Park
* Chernihiv's Collegium
* House of Lyzohub (Colonel of the Chernihiv's Regiment)
* Archbishop's residence
* Museum of history
* Museum of Antiquities
* Korolenko Chernihiv Regional Universal Scientific Library

Transports|

* Chernihiv Ovruch railway

Airport & Air Base|

* Chernihiv Shestovytsia Airport
* Chernihiv Air Base

University|

* Chernihiv Polytechnic National University
* Chernihiv National Pedagogical University

Rivers|

* Desna River
* Snov river
* Stryzhen River
* River Harbor

Industry|

* Chernihiv Musical Instrument Factory
* Cheksil
* Collar Company

Sports clubs|

* Desna Chernihiv
* Desna-2 Chernihiv
* Desna-3 Chernihiv
* SDYuShOR Desna
* FC Chernihiv
* Yunist Chernihiv
* Spartak Chernihiv
* Yunist ShVSM
* WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv
* Spartak ShVSM Chernihiv
* BC Chernihiv
* Burevisnyk-ShVSM Chernihiv

Sports facilities|

* Chernihiv Stadium
* Yunist Stadium
* Chernihiv Arena
* Lokomotyv stadium
* Tekstylnyk stadium
* Khimik Sport Complex

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