The Dukla Banská Bystrica Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Štefan Gerec, 33, rolls back the years — 7.94
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.94 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Martin Rymarenko due for a Dukla Banská Bystrica medical
Everything agreed with Zbrojovka Brno, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Pavel Svatek rejects the move
Dukla Banská Bystrica had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Teplice, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Dukla Banská Bystrica
Ľubomír Willwéber and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Dukla Banská Bystrica
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mikuláš Bakaľa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Marek Suslov joins the Dukla Banská Bystrica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marek Suslov 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: Adam Mak joins the Dukla Banská Bystrica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Adam Mak 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
Dukla Banská Bystrica promote Milan Duda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Milan Duda 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
David Nemec steps up from the Dukla Banská Bystrica academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Nemec 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.
In brief
- Match Dukla Banská Bystrica see off Slávia TU Košice
- Squad Boris Turčák stays put
- Squad Olamide Shodipo has outgrown this division