Founding and establishment Today's club was established on 18 June 2003 by Yuriy Synytsyaa, a businessman in the city of
Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "YSB Chernihiv," and it played at the Military Lyceum in
Chernihiv. In September 2012, the club won the Super Cup of Chernihiv Oblast and the
Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup. In 2013, the club made its debut in the
2013 Ukrainian Football Amateur League.
Stadium investment There have been significant investments for the club, particularly regarding the team's new stadium
Chernihiv Arena. In the summer of 2016, the first construction work started and after 11 months, in May 2017, the football field, the building with changing rooms and showers, all communications, roads, parking lots were ready to receive visitors. Also the Chernihiv city Mayor
Vladyslav Atroshenko, addressing the investor of this project,
Yuriy Synytsya, noted that the idea of building this facility at his own expense is worthy of admiration and imitation.
Ukrainian Amateur League In 2018, the club competed in
Championship and finished in fourth place. During the summer transfer session, few young players such as Bohdan Lazarenko,
Dmytro Kulyk arrives and Oleksandr Roshchynskyi, Artem Lutchenko and Mikita Falko were released in winter. The club won the
Chernihiv Oblast Football Federation in
2019. In the
season 2019–20, the club played also in
Ukrainian Football Amateur League.
Promotion to Ukrainian Second League In 2020 the club competed in the
Ukrainian Second League. The club was supported by the management and some important players arrived, including the experienced goalkeeper
Anatoliy Tymofeyev. and the experienced player
Vyacheslav Koydan. In April 2021
Vadym Postovoy resigned as coach and appointed as coach of the young team. As a coach was appointed
Valeriy Chornyi as interim. In summer 2021, the club started train in the
Khimik Sport Complex. The team reached the third preliminary round of
2021–22 Ukrainian Cup, winning against
Chaika by penalty in
Makariv and after losing to
Alians Lypova Dolyna 1–5 in
Chernihiv Arena.
Chernihiv Arena Damaged In 2021, the club started train in the
Khimik Sport Complex with the task of also re-evaluating the sports facility. During the season the club was admitted in
Ukrainian Cup and its reached the Third preliminary round of
2021–22 Ukrainian Cup, winning to
Chaika by penalty, in
Makariv, but after the club lost against
Alians Lypova Dolyna 1–5, in
Chernihiv Arena. The club was quite confident and in the winter break season it was at the 10th position in the league, he competition was terminated at the PFL Council meeting on 6 May 2022 due to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 9 March 2022, during the
Siege of Chernihiv, the
Chernihiv Arena was damaged, as well as part of the administrative building and locker rooms, the box office, the fan shop and the stele, which boasts the name of the stadium.
Promotion to Ukrainian First League , used by the club since 2023 In 2022 after much speculation, it became official that the club was admitted to
Ukrainian First League for the first time in its history. Due to the destruction of
Chernihiv Arena, the club was forced to use the stadium
Yunist Stadium. The club to reinforce the team signed several players, including Vladyslav Panko,
Vyacheslav Koydan,
Volodymyr Zubashivskyi, Vladyslav Shkolnyi, Oleksandr Rudenko,
Myroslav Serdyuk, Roman Vovk,
Dmytro Kulyk and
Mykola Syrash. The club's first victory was against
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia in
Zaporizhzhia. Unexpectedly, the contracts of some players who had distinguished themselves in the previous season were interrupted, in an attempt to launch young players. Unfortunately, this strategy was not the right one and the club's defense was not good and by the middle of the league, the team was already in the last positions. In October 2023, Artem Strilets was called up to the
Ukraine national student football team, playing 4 matches and becoming the first player from the club to play for one of the Ukrainian national football teams. The club finished the
2023–24 FC Chernihiv season in 19th place and was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League.
Reorganization , signed for the club In September 2024, a new important investment was done by the management of the club with the construction of a new full-size artificial field with a modern and high-quality coating at
Chernihiv Arena. FC Chernihiv reached the third preliminary round of the
2024–25 Ukrainian Cup. On 12 August the club lost against
Viktoriya Sumy 0–1 and was knocked out of the competition. In the first match of the league, the club started well, winning the first match 8–2 against
Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv Following the promotion, a few players signed a new contract extension. FC Chernihiv signed young players such us
Andriy Stolyarchuk and Nikita Dorosh on loan from
FC Rukh Lviv. On 17 August 2025, thanks to three goals of
Vyacheslav Koydan against
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk, the club won the first match of the season. , moved to the club in 2026 In September, 2025, the club awarded few players such as
Artur Bybik,
Anatoliy Romanchenko, and
Maksym Serdyuk with special jerseys for reaching 100 official appearances for the club. In October 2025, FC Chernihiv qualified for the round of 16 of the
Ukrainian Cup. Due to prolonged air raid warnings in the city of Chernihiv, the matches against
Livyi Bereh Kyiv,
Metalist Kharkiv and
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia were postponed. On 28 October 2025, the club, after defeating
FC Lisne, also reached the quarter-finals of the
Ukrainian Cup for the first time in the club's history. They since reached the final. On 7 March, FC Chernihiv announced the signing of
Denys Bezborodko on a contract until December 2027. On 11 March 2026 the club signed
Vladyslav Shapoval on loan from FC Kudrivka. On 18 March 2026 in the Quarter-finals of the
Ukrainian Cup, they were drawn to
Feniks-Mariupol and won on a penalty shootout 5–4 after tying 0–0, reached the semi-finals of the Ukrainian Cup for the first time in the club's history. ==Infrastructure==