[12] In the 2017/18 season, the club applied to participate in the Ukrainian men's basketball championship in the First League (the third strongest division of Ukrainian basketball), which broke the almost 15-year break in the performances of teams from Chernihiv region at the All-Ukrainian level.
[13] The team was led by 29-year-old Oleksandr Khomenko, who previously coached the basketball club "North", which plays in the championship of the Chernihiv region.
The coach announced a bet on the pupils of Chernihiv basketball and the goal to enter the top three teams of the First League following the results of the debut season.
BC Chernihiv lost twice in the first home matches of the First League: on 9 and 10 December 2017 on its floor the club lost to BC Zhytomyr 83-90 and 87–89, despite the fact that three minutes before the end of the second match led in the score with an advantage of 8 points.
[19] The club plays in OKDYUSSH Arena, located in prospekt Myru, 44, Chernihiv, Ukraine