The Victoriia Sumy Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Andi Hadroj is a medical away from Victoriia Sumy
The deal with Polissia is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Denys Smetana signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Denys Smetana commits to Victoriia Sumy for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Victoriia Sumy
Yevhen Opanasenko 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Vladyslav Savitskiy was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bohdan Tymchyk steps up from the Victoriia Sumy academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bohdan Tymchyk 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
Victoriia Sumy promote Oleh Pikhalyonok from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oleh Pikhalyonok 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
Victoriia Sumy promote Maksym Boyko from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Maksym Boyko 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
One of our own: Serhiy Karavayev joins the Victoriia Sumy first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Serhiy Karavayev 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
Denys Smetana is a square peg at Victoriia Sumy
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Vitalii Lobko is in the works
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Victoriia Sumy
- The dugout The manager’s verdict