Viktor Lunyov

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Spartaks U20
18 Sep 2027
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Marked for Viktor Lunyov

22 Edition

The Spartaks Post

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 Dec 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Pavels Savalnieks

155 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Spartaks lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Words exchanged at Spartaks

Roberts Zjuzins and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout28 Dec 2026

The manager makes an example of Nikita Dubra

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

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10 Edition

The Spartaks Post

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Oct 2026

Viktor Lunyov damages knee ligaments — 19 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 19 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market5 Oct 2026

Vitalijs Rugins hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Spartaks can pretend not to have heard.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Spartaks

Roberts Zjuzins and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Pavels Savalnieks slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Pavels Savalnieks is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

Loan watch5 Oct 2026

Alvis Ciganovs counts the days

“I watch every Spartaks game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Daugavpils runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Nikita Dubra gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Nikita Dubra is on it.

In brief

9 Edition

The Spartaks Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 Sep 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Viktor Lunyov

27 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Spartaks lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad28 Sep 2026

A falling-out at Spartaks

Roberts Zjuzins and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Loan watch28 Sep 2026

Yegor Bulgakov wants to come home

“I did not go to Arsenal Dzerzhinsk to sit and watch. I want to come back to Spartaks and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Eduards Vanins has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Spartaks will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market28 Sep 2026

The shop window has Tomas Sernas in it

Spartaks have let the market know Tomas Sernas can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Vitalijs Rugins knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Vitalijs Rugins trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief