FC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv
Introduction '''Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv''' () is a former Ukrainian professional women's football club from Chernihiv, Ukraine. 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". Thats 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 № 11 and 14, vocational school № 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 ===Anatoliy Piskovets, head coach of Lehenda Chernihiv from 1998 to 1999 and 2006 to 2007 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 collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, there took place the first league championship of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Women's League. 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 Ukrainian Women's League 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 and the Women's Cup and also in 2005 and 2009 they won the double in 2007 they won the Italy Women's Cup. 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 Ukrainian Women's League and the Women's Cup and in 2010 they won the Ukrainian Women's League. The offensive rock "Legend" has a different kind of "golden take".The team was also in UEFA Women's Champions League 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 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 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. Afterwards, the team played also in the new modern Chernihiv Arena in Chernihiv, which belongs to FC Chernihiv.
Notable players File:LiudmylaShmatko (9).jpg|File:Lyudmyla Pekur 2012.jpg|File:Olha Boychenko, Magdalena Ericsson.jpg|File:OlgaOvdiychuk.jpg|File:20130323 - PSG-Juvisy - 093.jpg|File:Alla Lyshafay 2012.jpg|File:Vera Djatel.JPG|File:Daryna Apanaschenko 2012.jpg|File:NatiaPantsulaia (11).jpg|File:TetyanaKozyrenko (9).jpg|File:Linköpings FC v Zvezda 2005 a 66 0395 (15559097240).jpg|File:Olena Khodyreva 2012.JPG|File:Yulia Kornievets 2012.JPG|===Former players===*  Daryna Apanaschenko*  Vera Dyatel*  Alla Lyshafay*  Lyudmyla Pekur*  Svetlana Petko*  Iryna Zvarych*  Oksana Yakovyshyn*  Tetyana Fedosova*  Tetyana Chorna*  Nadiya Baranova*  Anastasia Ilyina*  Masha Vintonyak*  Lyudmyla Lemeshko*  Yulia Vashchenko
Managers  Manager  started  ended   Mykhailo Yushchenko  1987  1996   Mykola Lytvyn  1996  1997  Mykhailo Yushchenko  1998  1998  Anatoliy Piskovets  1998  1999  Serhiy Umen 1999  2002  Mykola Lytvyn  2002  2005  Serhiy Umen  2004  2006  Anatoliy Piskovets  2006  2007  Volodymyr Zhylin   2007  2007  Valery Tretyakov  2007  2007  Serhiy Sapronov  2008  2012  Yuriy Hruznov  2012  2012  Volodymyr Kulyk  2012  2013  Serhiy Sapronov  2014  2014  Yuriy Hruznov  2014  2014  Volodymyr Kulyk  2015 2018
Honours '''Ukrainian Women's League'''* '''Winners (6): ''' 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010* '''Runners-up (10):''' 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015* '''Third place (6):''': 1992, 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'''Italy Women's Cup''':* '''Winners (1): ''' 2006* '''Third place (1):''': 2005
European history FC Lehenda Chernihiv opponents highlighted in blue as shown on the map Season  Competition  Stage  Result  Opponent 2001-02  UEFA Women's Cup  Group Stage  0-1   Toulouse FC    1-1   Ayr United    3-2   ZNK Osijek 2003-04  UEFA Women's Cup  Group Stage  4-0   Maccabi Holon    2-0   United Jakobstad    0-3   Malmö FF 2006-07  UEFA Women's Cup  Qualifying Stage  4-0   AEK Kokkinochovion    5-0   PAOK Thessaloniki    3-0   Maccabi Holon   Group Stage  0-2   Umeå IK    1-2   Kolbotn Fotball    0-5   RCD Espanyol 2010-11  Champions League  Round of 32  1-3 0-4   Rossiyanka 2011-12  Champions League  Qualifying Stage  2-0   Swansea City    8-0   Progrès Niedercorn    1-2   Apollon Limassol
Performance statistics === CCCP (1990–1991) ===Виступи в Soviet championship:ImageSize = width:140 height:60PlotArea = left:10 right:10 bottom:30 top:10TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = dd/mm/yyyyPeriod = from:01/01/1989 till:01/11/1991ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1990Colors =  id:bl1  value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5)  id:bl2  value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.3)   id:bl3  value:rgb(0.9,0.5,0.5)  id:bl4   value:rgb(0.8,0.6,0.6)PlotData=  bar:Position width:15 color:white align:center  from:01/07/1989 till:01/07/1990  shift:(0,-4) text:7  from:01/07/1990 till:01/07/1991  shift:(0,-4) text:6  from:01/07/1989 till:01/07/1991  color:bl1  shift:(0,13)  text:"Вища ліга"
See also * List of Chernihiv Sport Teams* FC Desna Chernihiv* FC Desna-2 Chernihiv* FC Desna-3 Chernihiv* SDYuShOR Desna* FC Chernihiv* Yunist Chernihiv* FC Yednist' Plysky* Spartak Chernihiv
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 legend  ("Легенда" (Чернігів): від камвольно-суконного комбінату — до легенди ). Footboom. 11 December 2013.