From our football correspondent
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Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 3 goals in 4 appearances for Strogino.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Ilja Vsyakikh is the division's player of the month — 8.09
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Strogino man on 8.09 with 5 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Ilja Vsyakikh is the month's best young player — 8.09
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.09 over the month and 5 goal contributions, from a Strogino player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Dec 2028
“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 The request is on a desk at Dinamo St Petersburg, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Dec 2028
Only the photograph left for Savva Potapov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Savva Potapov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Metallurg the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Maxim Kutovoy up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Salyut — 3 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
4 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Omar Popov keeps the pressure on
2 goals in 4 appearances for Dinamo St Petersburg leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
2 goals in 4 appearances for Strogino, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
A place in the month's eleven for Vadim Averkiev
4 appearances at 7.06 for Orel, and a selection that says he was better than everybody else in the division doing his job. Nobody frames one of these and everybody remembers being in it.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
3 appearances at 7.13 for Salyut, and a selection that says he was better than everybody else in the division doing his job. Nobody frames one of these and everybody remembers being in it.
Market1 Dec 2028
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Dinamo Bryansk has been clear about where Richard Golovachev stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
The month closes with Maxim Kutovoy out in front — 4 goals in 4 games, and Salyut have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Marked 7.89 across it, 4 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Salyut have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Strogino
Ilja Vsyakikh was marked 7.93 and had a hand in 4 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Nov 2028
“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 Metallurg, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Nobody made more than Sergey Guzyuk this month
2 assists, 7.28, and a Strogino player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Nov 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Salyut they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Highest marks in the league belong to a Strogino man
Ilja Vsyakikh averaged 7.93 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Gabriel Leiva up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Dinamo St Petersburg — 3 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
3 in 4 for Ryazan. 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.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
3 in 4 for Strogino. 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.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
2 goals in 4 appearances for Strogino leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Market1 Nov 2028
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 7 goals in 5 appearances for Dinamo Bryansk.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Ilja Vsyakikh is the division's player of the month — 7.88
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Strogino man on 7.88 with 7 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Ilja Vsyakikh is the month's best young player — 7.88
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.88 over the month and 7 goal contributions, from a Strogino player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Oct 2028
“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 Znamya Truda, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Oct 2028
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sergey Serchenkov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Arsenal Tula 2 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Sergey Guzyuk leads the division for assists — 7.52
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 6 of them made by a Strogino player marked 7.52, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Oct 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Sergey Gribov is the division's best-marked player — 7.98
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.98 across 5 matches for Dinamo Bryansk.
Market1 Oct 2028
The deal that would have taken Esteban Paredes to Dinamo Barnaul has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Salyut with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
5 appearances, 5 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
6 in 4 for Strogino. 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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Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 4 appearances for Ryazan.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Nikita Pogrebnev is the division's player of the month — 8.50
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Ryazan man on 8.50 with 8 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Fedor Starostin is the month's best young player — 6.96
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.96 over the month and 0 goal contributions, from a Strogino player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Sep 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Dinamo Bryansk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Sep 2028
“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 Arsenal Tula 2, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Sergey Gaiduk leads the division for assists — 7.46
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Salyut player marked 7.46, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Sep 2028
Metallurg say no — this time
The offer from Kolomna for Savva Potapov was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Nikita Pogrebnev is the division's best-marked player — 8.50
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.50 across 4 matches for Ryazan.
Market1 Sep 2028
The name of Thereso Chuene has come up in conversations Salyut were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Maxim Kutovoy up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Salyut — 3 goals from 2 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Omar Popov up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Dinamo St Petersburg — 3 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
A productive month at Salyut — 5 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
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Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
The month closes with Alexandr Novikov out in front — 4 goals in 3 games, and Dinamo Bryansk have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
Sergey Gribov is the division's player of the month — 7.82
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Dinamo Bryansk man on 7.82 with 5 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Rodina M
Timur Sharapov was marked 7.24 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Aug 2028
Sergey Guzyuk hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Strogino can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
Alexandr Shlenkin leads the division for assists — 7.49
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Dinamo Bryansk player marked 7.49, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Aug 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Aug 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Kvant is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
Sergey Gribov is the division's best-marked player — 7.82
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.82 across 3 matches for Dinamo Bryansk.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
Artem Medvedev up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Dinamo Bryansk — 2 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
3 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
3 in 3 for Dinamo Bryansk. 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.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
3 goals in 3 appearances for Metallurg leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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Market1 Jul 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Arsenal Tula 2 can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Jul 2028
Chaika come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and SKA Khabarovsk 2 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Jul 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Metallurg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
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Market1 Jun 2028
“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 Kvant, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jun 2028
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Nikita Yavorskiy will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Metallurg the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 Jun 2028
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Dinamo St Petersburg, another week without a signature from Stanislav Bondarenko.
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Market1 May 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 May 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Orel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
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Market1 Apr 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Apr 2028
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alexandr Maximenko will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around SKA Khabarovsk 2 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 2 goals in 1 appearances for Salyut.
Market1 Mar 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Orel can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Mar 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
Suleiman Kirki leads the division for assists — 8.06
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 2 of them made by a Salyut player marked 8.06, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Mar 2028
Only the photograph left for Savva Potapov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Savva Potapov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Metallurg the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
1 goals in 1 appearances for Dinamo St Petersburg, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
1 appearances, 1 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
1 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
2 in 1 for Zenit Penza. 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.
Market1 Mar 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Salyut will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
Omar Popov: 1 assists this month — 8.26
Next on a chart nobody frames. 8.26 for a Dinamo St Petersburg player whose month is measured in other people's goals.
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Next on a chart nobody frames. 8.45 for a Salyut player whose month is measured in other people's goals.
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Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 5 appearances for Ryazan.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Tobías Dieni is the division's player of the month — 7.86
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Ryazan man on 7.86 with 7 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Mads Abrahamsen is the month's best young player — 7.43
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.43 over the month and 4 goal contributions, from a Zenit Penza player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Feb 2028
“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 Arsenal Tula 2, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Feb 2028
The bid was some way short and Arsenal Tula 2 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Sergey Gaiduk leads the division for assists — 7.66
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 5 of them made by a Salyut player marked 7.66, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Feb 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Salyut is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Feb 2028
The name of Timur Sharapov has come up in conversations Rodina M were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Tobías Dieni is the division's best-marked player — 7.86
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.86 across 5 matches for Ryazan.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Maxim Kutovoy up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Salyut — 3 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Pavel Gorelov up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Orenburg — 3 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
5 goals in 5 appearances for Ryazan leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
Nikolay Boyarkin is the division's player of the month — 7.82
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Salyut man on 7.82 with 3 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
Daniil Chevardin is the month's best young player — 7.55
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.55 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Ryazan player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Jan 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Jan 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Orel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
Yaroslav Martynyuk leads the division for assists — 7.68
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 5 of them made by a Ryazan player marked 7.68, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
Highest marks in the league belong to a Salyut man
Nikolay Boyarkin averaged 7.82 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
2 in 4 for Salyut. 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.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
3 in 4 for Spartak Tambov. 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.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
3 in 4 for Spartak Tambov. 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.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
4 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Market1 Jan 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Bryansk know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.