The Livyi Bereh Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Livyi Bereh turn down Poltava for Oleh Sokolov
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Livyi Bereh lose Valeriy Bondarenko
54 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Illia Kvasnytsia 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 Livyi Bereh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Livyi Bereh
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sidnney was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Livyi Bereh rebuffed over Marian Mysyk
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nyva have kept their man, and Livyi Bereh go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Illia Kvasnytsia
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match8 Aug 2026
Livyi Bereh see off Feniks
Three points for Livyi Bereh, 2‑0 the final word against Feniks in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market10 Aug 2026
Anton Stepanenko steps up from the Livyi Bereh academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Anton Stepanenko has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Livyi Bereh promote Viktor Sudakov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Viktor Sudakov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Kostiantyn Sydorchuk steps up from the Livyi Bereh academy
- Player ratings A masterclass from Dmytro Shastal
- Player ratings Illia Kvasnytsia in the eights