From our football correspondent
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Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 2 appearances for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
Raymond Owusu is the division's player of the month — 8.24
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 Livyi Bereh man on 8.24 with 5 goal contributions.
Market1 Mar 2028
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Epicentr waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Livyi Bereh is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Metalist
Uroš Sremčević was marked 7.83 and had a hand in 3 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Mar 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 Mar 2028
Feniks say no — this time
The offer from Kolos for Pavlo Orikhovskyi 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 Mar 2028
Andrii Savitskyi leads the division for assists — 8.04
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 5 of them made by a Metalurh Zaporizhzhia player marked 8.04, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
Best marks in the division for Ihor Horbach — 9.31
9.31 on average across 2 matches for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2028
4 in 3 for Livyi Bereh. 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 Mar 2028
3 goals in 1 appearances for Metalist leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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A productive month at UCSA — 2 goals from 1 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 13 goals in 5 appearances for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Player of the month: Ihor Horbach — 9.13
Everybody in the division was measured and a Metalurh Zaporizhzhia man came out on top: 9.13 across the month and 15 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Market1 Feb 2028
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Inhulets people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Uroš Sremčević is the month's best young player — 7.78
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.78 over the month and 7 goal contributions, from a Metalist player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Feb 2028
Oleh Synytsia 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 Feniks can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Feb 2028
Metalist say no — this time
The offer from Ferencvaros for Kyrylo Fesiun 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 Feb 2028
Nobody made more than Andrii Savitskyi this month
6 assists, 7.61, and a Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 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.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Highest marks in the league belong to a Metalurh Zaporizhzhia man
Ihor Horbach averaged 9.13 over 5 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.
Market1 Feb 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Probiy is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
Raymond Owusu up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Livyi Bereh — 4 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
3 goals in 5 appearances for Metalist leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2028
4 goals in 5 appearances for Nyva, 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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Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 8 goals in 4 appearances for Olimpia.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
Marked 8.92 across it, 11 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Metalist have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Metalist
Uroš Sremčević was marked 8.92 and had a hand in 11 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Jan 2028
Andrii Busko 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 Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
The division’s top provider is Uroš Sremčević — 8.92
4 assists across the month from a Metalist player marked 8.92. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Market1 Jan 2028
Only the photograph left for Cristian Falla
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Cristian Falla will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Metalist the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
Ihor Horbach up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia — 6 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
3 goals in 4 appearances for Kudrivka leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
5 goals in 4 appearances for Metalist leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
7.07 over 4 games. Nobody frames a team-of-the-month selection and everybody who has been in one remembers the month they were.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
7.10 over 4 games. Nobody frames a team-of-the-month selection and everybody who has been in one remembers the month they were.
Market1 Jan 2028
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Vitalii Zhupanskyi has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Feniks.
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Scoring charts1 Dec 2027
Gleiker Mendoza is the division’s leading scorer
7 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Kudrivka have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2027
Everybody in the division was measured and a Kudrivka man came out on top: 9.02 across the month and 12 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2027
Young player of the month: Muhamadou Kanteh — 7.50
7.50 across the month and 2 goal contributions from a Metalist player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Market1 Dec 2027
“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 Kudrivka, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2027
Nobody made more than Gleiker Mendoza this month
5 assists, 9.02, and a Kudrivka 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 Dec 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Poltava is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Dec 2027
Poltava may not be able to give Jordan what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Jordan wants continental football; whether Poltava can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2027
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 Dec 2027
3 in 4 for Probiy. 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 Dec 2027
2 goals in 4 appearances for Kudrivka leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2027
4 appearances, 7 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2027
Kristian Bilovar makes the team of the month — 6.94
Eleven names, chosen against everybody in the division who plays where they play. The Metalist man is one of them on 6.94 from 4 matches, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a harder one to argue with.
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Scoring charts1 Nov 2027
Ihor Horbach is the division’s leading scorer
7 goals in 5 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2027
Player of the month: Ihor Horbach — 8.33
Everybody in the division was measured and a Metalurh Zaporizhzhia man came out on top: 8.33 across the month and 9 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2027
Young player of the month: Wendell — 7.90
7.90 across the month and 8 goal contributions from a UCSA player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Market1 Nov 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Podillia can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2027
Andrii Savitskyi leads the division for assists — 7.45
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 5 of them made by a Metalurh Zaporizhzhia player marked 7.45, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Nov 2027
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Myroslav Serdiuk will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kudrivka the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2027
Faustino Barone is the division's best-marked player — 8.53
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. 8.53 across 3 matches for Vorskla.
Market1 Nov 2027
Kaya Makosso wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Kudrivka hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2027
4 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2027
4 goals in 5 appearances for Nyva leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2027
3 appearances, 6 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2027
Wendell up among the month's scorers
A productive month at UCSA — 5 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
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Scoring charts1 Oct 2027
Player of the month: Ihor Horbach — 7.69
Everybody in the division was measured and a Metalurh Zaporizhzhia man came out on top: 7.69 across the month and 6 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2027
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Metalist
Muhamadou Kanteh was marked 7.62 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 Oct 2027
“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 Oct 2027
Inhulets come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Kudrivka did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Oct 2027
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Poltava have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market1 Oct 2027
The deal that would have taken Ivan Ponomarenko to Probiy has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Podillia with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2027
Nobody made more than Roman Kuzmyn this month
5 assists, 7.21, and a Ahrobiznes 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.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2027
Vadym Sydun is the division's best-marked player — 7.96
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. 7.96 across 3 matches for Livyi Bereh.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2027
Andrii Riznyk up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Ahrobiznes — 4 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2027
4 goals in 4 appearances for Probiy, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2027
3 in 3 for Livyi Bereh. 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 2027
Uroš Sremčević is the division’s leading scorer
6 goals in 3 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Metalist have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2027
Marked 8.51 across it, 7 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Metalist have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Market1 Sep 2027
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Probiy people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2027
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Metalist
Uroš Sremčević was marked 8.51 and had a hand in 7 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Sep 2027
“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 Sep 2027
Metalist come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Nyva did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2027
Gleiker Mendoza leads the division for assists — 7.91
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Kudrivka player marked 7.91, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Sep 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around UCSA they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2027
3 in 4 for Kudrivka. 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 Sep 2027
3 goals in 4 appearances for Metalist, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2027
3 goals in 4 appearances for Metalist, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2027
Ryan Ogam up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Vorskla — 5 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
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Scoring charts1 Aug 2027
The month closes with Valentyn Napuda out in front — 2 goals in 1 games, and Nyva have the division's most feared finisher.
Market1 Aug 2027
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Chornomorets had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market1 Aug 2027
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Ahrobiznes people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market1 Aug 2027
“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 UCSA, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Aug 2027
UCSA say no — this time
The offer from Poltava for Maksym Andrushchenko 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 Aug 2027
The division’s top provider is Dmytro Kasimov — 8.12
1 assists across the month from a Poltava player marked 8.12. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2027
2 in 1 for Podillia. 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 2027
1 goals in 1 appearances for Poltava leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2027
1 goals in 1 appearances for Metalist leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2027
1 in 1 for Metalist. 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 2027
Shola Ogundana keeps making them — 1 this month
8.11 for a Metalist 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.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2027
1 assists and counting for René Mitongo
Marked 7.89 across the month. Somewhere in this division there are strikers whose goal tally belongs partly to him, and none of them will say so.
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Market1 Jul 2027
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Metalist have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market1 Jul 2027
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market1 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Poltava can pretend not to have heard.
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Market1 Jun 2027
“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 Jun 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Podillia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Jun 2027
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Ahrobiznes has been clear about where Andrii Borovskyi stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Market1 May 2027
“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 Podillia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 May 2027
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Denys Pidruchnyi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Metalist the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 May 2027
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Probiy, another week without a signature from Omelian Wiliam Chubak.
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Market1 Apr 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ahrobiznes can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Apr 2027
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Omelian Wiliam Chubak will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Probiy the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 Apr 2027
So close: Pablo Castro’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Kryvbas moved on, Pablo Castro reports back to UCSA, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.