The Spartak Tambov Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Daniil Gurchenko beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 35. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Spartak Tambov
Daniil Gurchenko 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Spartak Tambov see off Arsenal Tula 2
Three points for Spartak Tambov, 2‑0 the final word against Arsenal Tula 2 in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market10 Aug 2026
Andrei Kuzin steps up from the Spartak Tambov academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrei Kuzin 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: Danil Grigoryev joins the Spartak Tambov first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Danil Grigoryev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Stanislav Fedoseev joins the Spartak Tambov first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Stanislav Fedoseev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Spartak Tambov promote Ivan Efimov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan Efimov 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Andrey Bondar'
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrey Bondar', and the manager let it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Andrey Bokovoy at his very best
Marked 8.22. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Spartak Tambov.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Spartak Tambov
- Squad Alexandr Shmarov falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout Maxim Levin is still paying for one afternoon at Spartak Tambov