The Chernihiv Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Andrii Novikov takes the afternoon — 8.18
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Andrii Novikov provided it, and the 8.18 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Chernihiv
Maksym Tatarenko and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Kyrylo Khovaiko was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Liubomyr Kuzyk arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Liubomyr Kuzyk has, at Chernihiv, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Prykarpattia tell Chernihiv: Maksym Stadnik is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match8 Aug 2026
Andrii Novikov sends Chernihiv past Podillia
It finished 2‑0, and it was Andrii Novikov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Chernihiv.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vladyslav Malynovskyi steps up from the Chernihiv academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vladyslav Malynovskyi has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Danylo Bondar joins the Chernihiv first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Danylo Bondar is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Anton Mudryk steps up from the Chernihiv academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Anton Mudryk has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Chernihiv promote Serhiy Buialskyi from within
- Transfer targets Chernihiv try to borrow Danylo Kaidalov
- Squad Liubomyr Kuzyk signs on for more