Fakel Voronezh officially presented Sergey Tashuev as new head coach of the team.

64-year-old coach will be working with second team through this season. Tashuev started with Akhmat, as he had been working with team since September 2022, but after four matches (one win and three defeats) club and coach terminated contract on 15 August.

Fakel kicked off under Vadim Evseev, as he had been coaching since 1 May. Voronezh stayed alive in RPL through relegation play-off matches against Enisey last season, and current one they started with four points in seven matches, it put them 15th in the standings.

First match after international break Fakel will play against Ural in Ekaterinburg on Sunday 17 September.