Fakel Voronezh announced hiring Dmitry Pyatibratov as head coach.

48-year-old coach moved back to Fakel from Chayka, where he had been working as head coach since December. Under him Chayka promoted from Second League A to First League and started the first division season being unbeaten in five matches (two wins, three draws).

Pyatibratov had been working in Fakel coaching staff since October 2020 to April 2023. Firstly, coach assisted Oleg Vasilenko, then he was reappointed as head coach in September 2022. In 2022/23 RPL season Fakel earned 17 points in 17 matches under Pyatibratov.

On 12 August, Fakel parted ways with Igor Cherevchenko, who was hired by the club on 26 April. Voronezh team started this RPL season with one point in four matches. On 15 August, Fakel will face Akron in RPL Path Group Stage of Russian Cup, and three days later will play against Spartak Moscow in RPL Week 5 fixture.