Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv ( uk, "Легенда-ШВСМ" Чернігів) is a former
Ukrainian
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professional women's
football
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club from
Chernihiv
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,
Ukraine
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. In 2018, it merged with Yednist Plysky as Yednist-ShVSM Plysky.
ShVSM abbreviation stands for School of Higher Sports Mastery ( uk, 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
KSK Cheksil is a (Chernihiv Worsted and Cloth Mill, Chernihivvovna) is one of the largest enterprises in the textile industry in Ukraine, based in Chernihiv. The first stage of the plant was put into operation in 1963. The company is just beside ...
"Worsted and Cloth Factory Combine". Thats why the team used also the name Lehenda-Cheksil. 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 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
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where Lehenda competed at the Higher League (top tier). In 1990 they placed 7th in their group and in 1991 6th.
After the
collapse of the Soviet Union
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in 1992, there took place the first league championship of Ukraine, the
Ukrainian Women's League
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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 have won their first
Ukrainian Women's League
The Ukrainian Women's Professional Football League, WFPL, is part of the Ukrainian football clubs competitions among females that consists of two divisions, the Top League (Vyshcha Liha) which has a professional status and the First League (Persha ...
title and in 2001 playing under the name ''Lehenda-Cheksil Chernihiv'' they won the
Women's Cup. In 2002 they won the double, the
Ukrainian Women's League
The Ukrainian Women's Professional Football League, WFPL, is part of the Ukrainian football clubs competitions among females that consists of two divisions, the Top League (Vyshcha Liha) which has a professional status and the First League (Persha ...
and the
Women's Cup and also in 2005 and 2009 they won the double in 2007 they won the
Italy Women's Cup The Italy Women's Cup was an Italian invitational women's football competition organized by the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti confronting the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ranking teams in the Serie A Femminile, the Italian Women's Cup champion or runner-up and se ...
. 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
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and the
Women's Cup and in 2010 they won the
Ukrainian Women's League
The Ukrainian Women's Professional Football League, WFPL, is part of the Ukrainian football clubs competitions among females that consists of two divisions, the Top League (Vyshcha Liha) which has a professional status and the First League (Persha ...
. The offensive rock "Legend" has a different kind of "golden take".
The team participate also in
UEFA Women's Champions League
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The ...
in the season
2011–12.
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. In the season
2017-18 the team arrived 3 in the
Ukrainian Women's League
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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
Desna Chernihiv
Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) 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 re ...
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
Lokomotiv stadium and in
Khimik Sport Complex. Afterward the team played also in the new modern
Chernihiv Arena in
Chernihiv
Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...
, belong to
FC Chernihiv
Football Club Chernihiv ( uk, ФК Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv that currently plays in the Ukrainian First League.