In 1960 "Avanhard Chernihiv", signed Viktor Bannikov for one year, considered one of the best goalkeepers in the Soviet Union earning the title of the best twice in 1964 and 1970 and distinguished Master of Sport of USSR (1991).

Among them are goalkeeper V.Lomako, field players V.Kravchynskyi, Yu.Shkolnikov, O.Finkelberh, and others, in such way the chairman of regional council of sports societies and organizations V.Tatur informed readers of "Desnyanska Pravda" on 10 February 1960.

These days "Avanhard" will proceed with its training and in already the nearest future in Chernihiv will start reconstruction and upgrade of the city's stadium.

The duties of a head coach were performed by his assistant Anatoliy Zhigan, who was approved in this position in July 1960.

"Desna" skipped forward only Khmelnitsky "Dynamo", and in the overall standings took the 4th place in the championship of the Ukrainian SSR.

At the same period of time in 1976 "Khimik" Chernihiv, led by the former player of the Desna, Yukhym Shkolnykov, won the Ukrainian SSR championship among the physical culture teams, thus gaining an opportunity to participate at professional level, the Soviet Second League.

In 1977 Desna was revived in place of the amateur club "Khimik Chernihiv" and the composition of which was formed from the former players and the team entered the Soviet Second League.

He got the final with Soviet Union in UEFA Euro 1988 in the West Germany with 11th and 17th places for Ballon d'Or in 1988 and 1989.

In the Ukrainian Cup in the season 2013–14, the team for the first time in history reached the quarter-finals, having beaten "Metalurh" Zaporizhya (1:1, in a penalty shootout – 5:4) on its field.

[29] Both clubs FC Desna Chernihiv and NK Veres Rivne did not play at their home stadiums in the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League.

[31] In summer 2017 FC Desna signed Temur Partsvania that in 2009 he won the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2009 with Ukraine-19.

[36] The fan also signed and an electronic petition with a request to return Desna Chernihiv to the Ukrainian Premier League has been registered on the official website of the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko.

[38][39] In the season 2019–20, the club started very well, in particular the striker Oleksandr Filippov was in great form scoring many goals in the league.

[41] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine and based on resolutions of the Cabinet of Ukraine and the UAF Executive Committee, on 11 March 2020 the UPL adopted a decision to conduct games of the league's championship as well as under-21 and under-19 championships without spectators until 3 April 2020 (the first two rounds of the season's second stage).

[48] On 5 July 2020 the club won 5–1 at home against FC Kolos Kovalivka and be the team that scored most goals during the play off[49][50] Wednesday 8 July 2020, Desna qualified mathematically for the Europa League third qualifying round, for the first time in the history of the Club since 1960, following the victory of the Ukrainian Cup by Dynamo Kyiv against Vorskla Poltava and being the third best attach and the third best defence in the season.

[53][54] In summer 2020, Illya Shevtsov was promoted to the new team as he become top scorer of Ukrainian Premier League Reserves in the season 2019–20 with 13 goals.

[59][60] After the draw for the Europa League third qualifying round, Desna got the German team VfL Wolfsburg and on 24 September 2020 they lost 2–0 at the AOK Stadion.

[64][65][66][67][68] In the meantime Yevheniy Belych and Illya Shevtsov they have been sent on loan to Dinaz Vyshhorod and Inhulets Petrove until the rest of the season to get more matches playing with experience.

[78] The team was requalified and the first step was the extension of the contract with Yehor Kartushov and elected captain, then new young players has been added into the club like Oleksandr Safronov, Taras Zaviyskyi, Yevhen Tsymbalyuk and Vikentiy Voloshyn on loan from Dynamo Kyiv.

Second the club also added experiences players like Yevhen Selin and Serhiy Bolbat on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk, plus Yevhen Khacheridi was on view for three weeks but after that, on 25 August 2021, Khacheredi left Desna training camp after spending about three weeks in the location of the Desna Chernihiv, with which he maintained training form, the parties did not come to a common denominator regarding the signing of the contract.

[79] The team changed more than half with 18 players left and the same number added into the club with good results at the beginning of the season to the surprise of many people and the press.

He stated that Desna is one big friendly family, which we play football and in October 2021 the financial situation of the club started to be significantly better.

[81][82] In October 2021, a new interesting research is brought by the Football Observatory (CIES), show up that Desna and Athletic Bilbao (Spain) are the only teams in Europe without foreigners players.

[84] In January 2022, Vladyslav Kalitvintsev moved to Oleksandriya in Ukrainian Premier League, where Desna Chernihiv received 500,000, becoming the second most expensive player sold by the club with Oleksiy Hutsulyak.

[85] On 11 February 2022 the team flew to Turkey bringing new young players like Georgios Ermidis, Danyil Pus, Artem Khatskevich, Denys Demyanenko, Dzhilindo Bezghubchenko, Bohdan Sheiko, Serhiy Makarenko and Oleksiy Pashchenko from Desna-3 Chernihiv and Desna-2 Chernihiv.

[86] On 11 February 2022, the team departed for the preparation in Turkey, where they played against Velež Mostar, Torpedo Kutaisi, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in Antalya in a friendly match.

The looters took advantage of the situation by snatching TVs, rehabilitation devices and other things, the Bombardier YouTube channel reported.

The video also shows the office of Desna head coach Oleksandr Ryabokon - a funnel 3–4 meters deep can be seen from the window.

[95][96] Also the goalkeeper Dmytro Sydorenko moved to Izolator Boguchwała and the defender Oleksandr Safronov moved to Nafta 1903[97][98] The manager of Desna Chernihiv Dmitry Doroshko spoke about the current state of affairs in the Chernihiv "Desna" and the prospects of the club.

When the tragic pages in the history of Ukraine began, when the Russian Federation declared war, Desna Chernihiv was at a training camp held in Turkey.