The Dukla Banská Bystrica Sentinel
Squad16 Nov 2026
Ľubomír Willwéber in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dukla Banská Bystrica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
Peter Znamenák goes back to face Baník Lehota pod Vtáčnikom
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Peter Znamenák’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Dukla Banská Bystrica needing him to play as if none of it matters.
Market16 Nov 2026
The Stanislav Olejník story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Stanislav Olejník signs something — a contract at Dukla Banská Bystrica or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
When it matters, Vojtěch Hranoš plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
A door opens for David Jackuliak
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
An away day at Baník Lehota pod Vtáčnikom next for Dukla Banská Bystrica
They sit in position 11 and they will be waiting. Away form is where a season shows its true character, and this side has a point to make about its own.
In brief
- Squad Jakub Považanec in the team of the week — 6.91
- Squad Adam Kolman takes up the language
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Nicolas Šikula
- Squad Nicolas Šikula is training like a man with a point to make