On Saturday, June 27, 2026, VTB UTB Novogorsk-Dynamo will host a friendly match between the Moscow clubs Dynamo and Torpedo.
When does it start and where to watch?
The match will be played behind closed doors.
You can watch the highlights of the match on Dynamo's resources. Kickoff is at 4:30 PM Moscow time.
Team Status
Dynamo began preseason training on June 18, when they held their first practice under new head coach Sandro Schwartz. The team continues to gain form under intense pressure, but during this first phase of preparation, the white-and-blues are training without international players Konstantin Tyukavin, Anton Miranchuk, and Ivan Sergeyev. Juan Caceres (Paraguay) and Luis Chavez (Mexico) are also playing for their national teams at the World Cup in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.
The match against Torpedo will be Dynamo's first of the current offseason, after which the white-and-blues will play six more matches, including the 2026 Bratskoho Cup matches against Botafogo and CSKA Moscow.
About the opponent
Torpedo Moscow will return to the PARI League for the 2026/27 season. Last season, the Black and Whites finished ninth and underwent significant changes during the offseason. In May, Oleg Kononov and his coaching staff left the club, and Alexander Storozhuk, who had previously coached Krasnodar, Arsenal Tula, and Akhmat Grozny, took over as head coach. Torpedo extended the contracts of Gleb Shevchenko and Vladimir Moskvichev, signed Danil Ladokha, Nikita Bozov (both on loan), Artem Pogosov, and Daniil Kornyushin, and parted ways with Vladislav Shitov, Mikhail Volkov, Daniil Utkin, Nikita Korets, Kirill Gotsuk, Arsen Revazov, Konstantin Savichev, and Brazilian Alesson.
Torpedo's players returned from vacation on June 12 and, after passing their medicals, returned to training at Luzhniki Stadium. In their first friendly match, the Black and Whites defeated Volga Ulyanovsk 1-0, with Malian midfielder Mamadou Camara scoring the only goal in the 16th minute.
"We have a lot to improve: both in ball control and in understanding what we want. We need to find common ground, a mutual understanding. And we understand all of this perfectly. The team returned from vacation in good spirits. If we were to rate their physical condition on a scale of one to ten, it's currently somewhere between a five and six. I think this is already a good foundation, upon which we can build on the work we've put in," Storozhuk noted.
After the match against Dynamo, Torpedo will play another friendly match as part of their pre-season preparation.
