SDYuShOR Desna

SDYuShOR Desna (Ukrainian: СДЮШОР «Десна») is a Ukrainian football academy based in Chernihiv. The academy serves as a youth setup of Desna Chernihiv and maintains Olympic Reserve status.^[1]

SDYuShOR Desna

Full name	Special Children-Youth School of Olympic Reserve "Desna"
Nickname(s)	Siveriany
Ground	Chernihiv Stadium Chernihiv Arena
Capacity	12,060 500
Chairman	Volodymyr Levin
Manager	Volodymyr Matsuta
Website	http://desna.football/

Stadium and facilities

The team plays in the Olympic Sports Training Center of Chernihiv (formerly Stadion Yuri Gagarin). The stadium was built in 1936 for 3,000 spectators in the eastern portion of a city park built in 1804. During World War II, the stadium was heavily damaged, and in the 1950s, it was completely reconstructed, including two stands for 11,000 spectators. In 1961, it was named after the Russian Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. FC Desna Chernihiv also plays at the stadium.^[2]

Notable players

Andriy Yarmolenko is one of the main players who graduated from the SDYuShOR Desna academy.

Managers

• 2008: Mykhaylo Yarmoshenko
• 2010: Maksym Markelov
• 2015: Artem Padun^[3]
• 2020: Volodymyr Matsuta^[4][5]
• 2020–2021: Mykhaylo Yarmoshenko
• 2021–2022: Volodymyr Matsuta
• 2022–: Andriy Polyanytsya

Honours

• Obolon Cup
  • Winners (1): 2022

See also

• List of Chernihiv Sport Teams
• FC Desna Chernihiv
• FC Desna-2 Chernihiv
• FC Desna-3 Chernihiv
• FC Chernihiv