Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv () was a Ukrainian professional women's

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club from

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. In 2018, it merged with Yednist Plysky as Yednist-ShVSM Plysky. ShVSM abbreviation stands for School of Higher Sports Mastery ().

History

Origin during the Soviet Time

Initially, the team was named as SK Polissia Chernihiv. In October 1987, Mychailo Yushchenko decided 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". That's why the team used also the name Lehenda-Cheksil. The club was formed by the factory workers, as well as pupils from the city's schools No. 11 and 14, vocational school No. 13 and students from the Chernihiv Pedagogical Institute ( Chernihiv Pedagogical University). At 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 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 the official Soviet women's football championship where Lehenda competed in the Higher League (top tier). In 1990 they placed 7th in their group and in 1991 6th. After the

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in 1992, there took place the first league championship of Ukraine, the

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. 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 won their first

title and in 2001 playing under the name ''Lehenda-Cheksil Chernihiv'' they won the Women's Cup. In 2002 they won the double, the

and the Women's Cup and also in 2005 and 2009 they won the double in 2007 they won the

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. At the 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 they won again both the

and the Women's Cup and in 2010 they won the

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in the season 2011–12.

Recent time

In May 2020 Lehenda defeated Yatran-Basis from

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in a difficult match, in the 2nd round of the Ukrainian Football Championship among women's teams at the Stadium Tekstylnyk. In the season 2017-18, the team arrived 3 in the

behind Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv and Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv. 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

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invited Kulyk to coach at the Skala Stryi youth academy as its under-15 boys team coach.

Stadium and facilities

The matches are initially played at the Tekstylschyk Stadium in

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and in Khimik Sport Complex. Afterwards, the team played also in the new modern

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, which belongs to

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Notable players

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Former players

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* Vera Dyatel *

Alla Lyshafay Alla Ivanivna Lyshafay () is an international football defender currently playing for Zorky Krasnogorsk in the Russian league. She previously played for Lehenda Chernihiv, Gömrükçü Baku and Zvezda Perm, with whom she played the 2008-0 ...

* Lyudmyla Pekur *

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* Iryna Zvarych * Oksana Yakovyshyn * Tetyana Fedosova *

Tetyana Chorna Tetyana Chorna () is a former Ukrainian football midfielder, who played for Rossiyanka in the Russian Championship. She previously played for Lehenda Chernihiv and Metalurg Donetsk in the Ukrainian League and Lada Togliatti, Nadezhda Nogi ...

Nadiya Baranova Nadiya Baranova (; born 5 July 1983) is a former Ukrainian football goalkeeper. Honours ;Zvezda-2005 Perm * Top Division: 2007, 2008, 2009 * Russian Women's Cup: 2007, 2012 ;Lehenda Chernihiv * Ukrainian Women's League The Ukrainian Women' ...

* Anastasia Ilyina *

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* Lyudmyla Lemeshko * Yulia Vashchenko *

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Managers

Honours

* Winners (6): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010 * Runners-up (10): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015 * Third place (6)::

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, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2017–18 Women's Cup * Winners (4): 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009 * Runners-up (14): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017–18 Winter Championship * Winners (1): 2013 * Runners-up (2): 2008, 2018

: * Winners (1): 2006 * Third place (1):: 2005

European history

Performance statistics

CCCP (1990–1991)

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References

External links

*
Club webpage
at the Chernihiv Regional Football Federation website.
Legenda-ShVSM Chernigiv from Uefa.com
*
Легенда-ШВСМ (Чернигов)
* Lehenda Chernihiv: from a worsted cloth production association to the legen

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