The Vihren Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Georgi Penev gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Georgi Penev has just signed for Vihren, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Vihren
Tsvetomir Panov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Konstantin Dimitrov stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Konstantin Dimitrov and Vihren agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Boycho Velichkov
Vihren asked and Lokomotiv Sofia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vihren promote Emil Tunchev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emil Tunchev 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Viktor Stoyanov steps up from the Vihren academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Viktor Stoyanov 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
Plamen Nikolov steps up from the Vihren academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Plamen Nikolov 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
One of our own: Valentin Zafirov joins the Vihren first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Valentin Zafirov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Tsvetomir Panov
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Vihren will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
In brief
- The dugout Ivan Manolev: “We have to be better”
- The dugout Léo Pimenta knocks on the manager’s door
- Match Vihren and Marek cancel each other out