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The First League Gazette

1 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Kirill Tsepenkov tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 3 goals in 1 appearances for Dnepr Mogilev.

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Abdulaziz Lawal puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Orsha, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Timur Pukhov is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Baranovichi is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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Yaroslav Chistyakov agrees terms with Osipovichi

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Dnepr Mogilev people have started saying his name in the past tense.

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So close: Maxim Makarov’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Smorgon moved on, Maxim Makarov reports back to Orsha, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

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The division’s top provider is Egor Karpitskiy — 7.99

3 assists across the month from a Dnepr Mogilev player marked 7.99. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.

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Dmitriy Matyash keeps the pressure on

2 goals in 1 appearances for Volna Pinsk leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Dmitriy Vashkevich is right behind him

1 goals in 1 appearances for Lida, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Vladislav Stepanenko keeps the pressure on

2 goals in 1 appearances for Niva leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Still scoring: Nikita Yakimovich

2 in 1 for Ostrovets. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Victor Chuvilov keeps making them — 1 this month

7.73 for a Ostrovets player whose contribution is measured entirely in other people's celebrations. The providers' chart is the one nobody frames and everybody in a dressing room reads.

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Dmitriy Vashkevich: 1 assists this month — 8.09

Next on a chart nobody frames. 8.09 for a Lida player whose month is measured in other people's goals.

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The First League Gazette

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From our football correspondent Steady

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Nikita Yakimovich tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 4 appearances for Ostrovets.

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Player of the month: Ivan Zhestkin — 7.69

Everybody in the division was measured and a Bumprom Gomel man came out on top: 7.69 across the month and 3 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.

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Roman Zheleznyi is the month's best young player — 7.46

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.46 over the month and 3 goal contributions, from a Lida player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Dmitriy Sibilev puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Niva, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Volna Pinsk turn down Lida for Vitaliy Kibuk

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Maxim Grechikha has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Volna Pinsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

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Artem Trushinskiy has said yes to Lokomotiv Gomel

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Slonim have lost him in all but the paperwork.

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Dmitry Smolnikov leads the division for assists — 7.31

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Lokomotiv Gomel player marked 7.31, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Best marks in the division for Nikita Yakimovich — 7.70

7.70 on average across 4 matches for Ostrovets. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.

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Dmitriy Matyash keeps the pressure on

3 goals in 5 appearances for Volna Pinsk leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Vadim Kiselev makes the list

4 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Still scoring: Maksym Shevchenko

3 in 5 for Baranovichi. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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The First League Gazette

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From our football correspondent Steady

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6 months and counting on Dmitriy Lisakovich

Still no offer on the table, and Dmitriy Lisakovich’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

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Artem Salygo told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Artem Salygo has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Lida.

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The Dmitriy Vashkevich story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Dmitriy Vashkevich signs something — a contract at Lida or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.