From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad15 Mar 2027
132 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market15 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match13 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Chernomorets's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chernomorets has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Roman Izotov commits to Chernomorets for another 3 years.
Market15 Feb 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Domingo Ortíz has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Chernomorets.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market15 Feb 2027
The name of Evgeny Tonevitskiy has come up in conversations Chernomorets were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match13 Feb 2027
A 1-1 draw with Chelyabinsk leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Domingo Ortíz
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match9 Jan 2027
Three points for Chernomorets, 1-0 the final word against Shinnik in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Agustín Morel asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match4 Jan 2027
Position 16, 20 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Match2 Jan 2027
1-2 to Volga, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Agustín Morel
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 536% of everything Chernomorets earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match26 Dec 2026
SKA Khabarovsk made Chernomorets work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. Chernomorets lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
Squad28 Dec 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Chernomorets have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Raúl Tito wants a proper job in this side
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Raúl Tito has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Chernomorets know, and have known for weeks.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match19 Dec 2026
13 matches without a win for Chernomorets
The run now stands at 13, and the questions being asked around Chernomorets are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match12 Dec 2026
12 matches without a win for Chernomorets
The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Chernomorets are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Maxim Syschenko: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Chernomorets have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match12 Dec 2026
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Anton Antonov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Adauto Júnior knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chernomorets, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad14 Dec 2026
At 19 years old, Abdulkhakim Kazimov became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match5 Dec 2026
11 matches without a win for Chernomorets
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Chernomorets are no longer polite ones.
Match7 Dec 2026
16 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Grigory Zhilkin and Chernomorets agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match5 Dec 2026
A 1-1 draw with Chaika leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Loan watch7 Dec 2026
15 appearances at Sibir and the goals keep coming. Chernomorets are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match31 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Chernomorets's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chernomorets has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
627% of the income goes out in wages at Chernomorets
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Adauto Júnior
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match31 Oct 2026
A 1-1 draw with Neftekhimik leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Domingo Ortíz knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chernomorets, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad2 Nov 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Chernomorets have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match24 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Chernomorets's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chernomorets has to find a result from somewhere.
Match24 Oct 2026
0-2 to Spartak Kostroma, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match26 Sep 2026
0-1 to Ural, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match12 Sep 2026
Shinnik made Chernomorets work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
The terraces7 Sep 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 9 of the 31 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
982% of the income goes out in wages at Chernomorets
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Match5 Sep 2026
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Ilja Zhigulev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Adauto Júnior knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chernomorets, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match8 Aug 2026
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Chaika came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Market10 Aug 2026
36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kirill Suslov has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Kirill Suslov keeps the shirt for now, at Chernomorets's convenience rather than his own.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.