The Považská Bystrica Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Samuel Šimek gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Samuel Šimek has just signed for Považská Bystrica, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Viktor Šimić is a medical away from Považská Bystrica
The deal with AS Trencin 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
Samuel Šimek signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Samuel Šimek and Považská Bystrica agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Davide Grassini 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 Považská Bystrica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zlate Moravce tell Považská Bystrica: Filip Balaj is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad10 Aug 2026
David Bauer falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Viktor Benes steps up from the Považská Bystrica academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Viktor Benes 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
Jakub Mak steps up from the Považská Bystrica academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jakub Mak 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
Považská Bystrica promote Peter Mazuch from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Mazuch 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 One of our own: Juraj Mazuch joins the Považská Bystrica first team
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Óscar Castellano
- Player ratings Davide Grassini in the eights