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Ultra Desna () is the organized supporters group of the Ukrainian multi-sports club
Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv () is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a republican Avanhard sports society. Between ...
. They are quite famous for supporting and following their team, at home and away. In particular they show a warm welcome when them team enter in any stadium to play supporting the club until the end of every single. During Desna's matches the fan area displays a great view of white and blue being worn.


History


Origin

The first organized departure of fans for the away match of Desna fans took place on 1 August 1990, when
Chernihiv Chernihiv (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine ...
's fans supported their home club in
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. Four Chernihiv enthusiasts came to the match against
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; one of them still supports Desna. For over 16 years, a loyal fan has always been with the team and has more than 170 away games. In independent Ukraine, a significant surge in attendance, up to 6,520 spectators per game on average in the 2003/04 season, occurred in the first half of the 2000s. The highest attendance at home matches in the championship of Ukraine — 6,684 — was recorded in the 2007/08 season, in which the team took 4th place in the
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. Since 2008, the club team has never been without support in away matches. For eight years, at least one fan is always been with the team no matter the circumstances or weather. In 2010, Desna could have disappeared from the football map of Ukraine, but a team of enthusiasts of led by Oleksiy Chebotaryov saved the situation - Desna not only continues to exist, but also sets maximum goals.


Australian fan

In 2016, an Australian fan called Ian Brash become a real fan of Desna and constantly traveled from
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to
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to see the team playing at home and away, supporting the club. In the same year the club appealed to its fans to choose a new emblem for the club; voting was ended until 22 July 2016 in the Desna's official Facebook page. In 2017, the club's president Oleksiy Chebotaryov resigned for being wanted by the Ukrainian law enforcement and ran from Ukraine. Club ownership was passed to Volodymyr Levin. Ultras Desna - North Block with some followers of football were pointing out that the club was proudly demonstrating the club's supervisory board without showing any information about the club's owner (a common issue among most Ukrainian professional clubs), three members out of 14 were also current members of the UAF Executive Committee including Hennadiy Prokopovych and Artem Frankov as well as the president of the Ukrainian PFL
Serhiy Makarov Serhiy Makarov (; born 8 June 1977 in Zhdanov, Donetsk Oblast) is a Ukrainian sports functionary and was a president of the Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL). Biography Makarov graduated from the Donetsk State Technical University i ...
. They also signed and an electronic petition with a request to return
Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv () is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a republican Avanhard sports society. Between ...
to the
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has been registered on the official website of the President of
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. In December 2019, during the match against
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, the fan show a great choreography for the team and the ground in the stadium after the Dynamo's fan did the same for their club. On 12 March 2020 during the Quarterfinal match in
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against
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, in the season 2019-20, the match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during the
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and fans supported the team outside the Stadion Yuri Gagarin. They are also active in many
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like the Russian-based
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. In May 2020, during the play off for the Europa League third qualifying round, during the matches against
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and against
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, the ''Ultras Desna - North Block'', due to the
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, supported Desna from the roof of the library of Tarnovsky (Museum of antiquities), just beside the Chernihiv Stadium. In November 2020, a group of fans dressed in team-colored caps and scarves showed up at the club's offices, forcing Ovrachenko to leave. They then threw the manager into a garbage can and accompanied him as in a parade through the streets of the city. Immediately the club and the Nord Block group took their distance on this fact, declaring themselves strangers about this fact. In November 2020, the eagle became the new mascot of
Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv () is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a republican Avanhard sports society. Between ...
. This bird is depicted not as the coat of arms of the city, nor the team logo. In 2020, the club asked their fans to choose the Desna Chernihiv Player of the Year for the season 2020. The result was Oleksandr Filippov with 228 votes, Yevhen Past with 197 votes, Yevhen Past 149 votes. In February 2021, the president of the club Volodymyr Levin expressed his gratitude to the fans to be appeared again in Chernihiv Stadium to support the team, after the situation with the
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.


Desna Volunteer Center

A Desna's fan Andriy (Sheriff) Kozachenko died in the war with Russian hatred. In 2022, the Desna's fan during the russian aggression, set up a volunteer center They buy necessary things for the Armed Forces and go to the front, take people out of hot spots and even catch looters Everyone is trying to help as much as they can. Some are defending the country at the forefront, some are supporting the economy by working in the rear, some are volunteering. In the column of the New Channel #GoodHistories, the public relations specialist of
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Dmytro told how the team of fans became a powerful volunteer center. Together with Vysokyi Val, the Desna Volunteer Center organized great donations of a large number of people, including former and current players of FC Desna (
Yehor Kartushov Yehor Oleksandrovych Kartushov (; born 5 January 1991) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian Second League side Chernihiv. Club career Desna Chernihiv In 2012, Kartushov moved to Desna Chernihiv and in the 2012–13 ...
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Andriy Dombrovskyi Andriy Dombrovskyi (; born 22 August 1995) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza. Career Dombrovskyi is a product of the FC Hart-Ros Irpen and two Kyivan Youth Sportive ...
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Yevhen Selin Yevhen Serhiyovych Selin (Ukrainian: Євген Сергійович Селін; born 9 May 1988) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for UCSA Tarasivka. Club career Selin was born in Voroshylovhrad ...
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Artem Favorov Artem Favorov (; born 19 March 1994) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Puskás Akadémia. Career Favorov is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth academy. FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv From 2013 to 2016 he played for ...
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, Oleksandr Filippov, Yevhen Past,
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, etc.), significant support was provided to Chernihiv defenders and have already raised one million hryvnias with fundraising, search and purchase of the necessary equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces. On Desna's Instagram channel was published a page on which the Ultras Desna sent an explosive "greeting" to the Russians after the invasion. In August 2022, Ultras Desna burned Oleksandr Masalov's passport Desny fans appealed to the ex-player of the team. Masalov lost his Russian passport at the destroyed Chernihiv Stadium. The left defender, who previously played for Desna, moved to play in Russian for Ufa as a free agent. Ultras of the
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club recorded an appeal to the football player-traitor and burned Masalov's Russian passport.


Friendships and rivalries

The group is friends of
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, Stal Kamianske and
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fans. The group is sport enemy with the fans of Polissya Zhytomyr and Cherkashchyna, even they are friendly soccer group fan. ;Friendships *
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*
Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.
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Dnipro Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is t ...
*
Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...
* Stal Kamianske *
Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk (, ), formerly Stanyslaviv, Stanislav and Stanisławów, is a city in western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast as well as Ivano-Frankivsk Raion within the oblast. Ivano-Frankivsk also host ...
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FC Chernihiv Football Club Chernihiv (; ), also known as FC Chernigov or Football Club Chernigov, is a Ukraine, Ukrainian football (soccer), football club based in Chernihiv that currently plays in the Ukrainian First League. History Founding and establish ...
;Rivalries * Polissya Zhytomyr * Cherkashchyna


See also

* Football culture *
Major football rivalries This list of association football rivalries catalogues football rivalries around the world. This includes rivalries at the club and international level, including local derby and intercontinental competitions. It also lists rivalries between indiv ...
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Tifo ''Tifo'' () is the phenomenon whereby ''tifosi'' of a sports team make a visual display of any choreographed flag, sign or banner in the stands of a stadium, mostly as part of an association football match. ''Tifo'' are most commonly seen in ...
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Ultras groups Ultras are a type of Association football culture, association football fans who are known for their fandom, fanatical support. The term originated in Italy, but is used worldwide to describe predominantly organised fans of association foot ...
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Hooliganism Hooliganism is disruptive or unlawful behavior such as rioting, bullying and vandalism, often in connection with crowds at sporting events. A hooligan is a person that engages in illicit reckless behaviors and is a public nuisance. Etymology ...
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Football chant A football chant or terrace chant is a form of vocalisation performed by supporters of association football, typically during football matches. Football chanting is an expression of collective identity, most often used by fans to express their ...
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