Ihor Tymchenko, SC Poltava November 26, 2025, 2:21 p.m

Assistant head coach of SC Poltava Ihor Tymchenko commented on rumors in the press that his team took part in fixed matches.

“Personally, these rumors do not affect me, as well as the team. I understand the nature of this noise. You look when it rises. It rises before our game. We play with Shakhtar – a wave of noise begins. Then we train for two weeks – quietly. We go to the game in Kropyvnytskyi – the day before the press writes some kind of delusion again.

I can assure you that not a single person called us. There is not even an element of the crime. What is being written is an order from people who want to harm us. Who are these people? We guess. However, we will not speak without evidence.

If we are accused of the fact that some goals should have been scored in the game with Obolonya… Why don’t they blame the other side? If we score a goal against Oboloni, then first of all we have to ask questions to Oboloni, without them we cannot score. Identical situation with the match against Kryvbas.

This is a totally bespoke story coming from people who haven’t been able to calm down since the summer. When a wave of negativity fell on our team on the second day after we entered the UPL. It’s the same story. No person from the competent authorities called us. Therefore, there is no pressure on us at all. But what surprises me once again is how rotten our system is,” the press service of the club quotes Tymchenko as saying.

After 13 rounds, SC Poltava scored six points and occupies the last, 16th place in the UPL. Timchenko’s team will play its next match against Dynamo on Monday, December 1.