ShVSM abbreviation stands for School of Higher Sports Mastery (Ukrainian: Школа Вищої Спортивної Майстерності).

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).

[8][9] In May 2020 Lehenda defeated Yatran-Basis from Uman in a difficult match, in the 2nd round of the Ukrainian Football Championship among women's teams at the Stadium Tekstylnyk.