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.

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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

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

History

Origin during the Soviet Time

Initially the team was named as SK Polissia Chernihiv. 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] 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). 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

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 "Lehenda" was the 3rd place of the Ukrainian Trade Unions sports association championship in November of 1989. At the same time, the female football players made their debut in the USSR championship among Trade Union sports associations and placed 16th among 30 teams. In 1990 and 1991 there was conducted the official Soviet women's football championship where Lehenda competed at the Higher League (top tier). In 1990 they placed 7th in their group[3] and in 1991 6th.[4]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, there took place the first league championship of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Women's League. The Lehenda football players won their first medals, the bronze medals. In 1997 the Lehenda's tenth anniversary was marked with its first "silver" of the national competitions. On the basis of the Chernihiv team, there was established the Ukraine youth team. In 1998-1999, "Lehenda" was finishing second yielding the championship title to "Donchanka" Donetsk.

Champion of Ukrainian Women's League and Women's Cup

In 2000 they have won their first Ukrainian Women's League title and in 2001 playing under the name Lehenda-Cheksil Chernihiv they won the Women's Cup.[5] In 2002 they won 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

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

The matches are initially played at the Tekstylschyk stadium[13][14] in Lokomotiv stadium and in Khimik Sport Complex. Afterward the team played also in the new modern Chernihiv Arena[15] in Chernihiv, belong to FC Chernihiv.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 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 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

• 
  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

• Daryna Apanaschenko
• Vera Dyatel
• Alla Lyshafay
• Lyudmyla Pekur
• Svetlana Petko
• Iryna Zvarych
• Oksana Yakovyshyn
• Tetyana Fedosova^{[citation needed]}
• Tetyana Chorna
• Nadiya Baranova
• Anastasia Ilyina[16]
• Lyudmyla Lemeshko
• Yulia Vashchenko

Managers

Honours

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

Season	Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent
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

Performance statistics

CCCP (1990–1991)

Виступи в Soviet championship:

See also

• List of Chernihiv Sport Teams
• FC Desna Chernihiv
• FC Desna-2 Chernihiv
• FC Desna-3 Chernihiv
• SDYuShOR Desna
• FC Chernihiv
• Yunist Chernihiv
• FC Yednist' Plysky
• Spartak Chernihiv

References

External links

• (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.

На других языках

[ru] Легенда (женский футбольный клуб)