Ivan Stavtsev

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Marked for Ivan Stavtsev

55 Edition

The Spartak Tambov Sentinel

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market16 Aug 2027

Andrey Maloletov 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 The request is on a desk at Spartak Tambov, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout16 Aug 2027

Alexandr Bazhenov: 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.” Spartak Tambov have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market16 Aug 2027

Alexandr Bazhenov has one foot out of the door

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

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Metallurg tell Spartak Tambov: Savva Potapov is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market16 Aug 2027

Strogino join the queue for Kirill Zhitlov

Add another name to the list: Strogino have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Kirill Zhitlov. The answer from Spartak Tambov has not changed — yet.

Squad16 Aug 2027

Words at Spartak Tambov training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alexandr Shmarov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad16 Aug 2027

Tempers go at Spartak Tambov

Kirill Zhitlov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Spartak Tambov try to borrow Rail Abdullin

Kuban have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Spartak Tambov ask about Sarmat Ogoev

A loan enquiry to Alania: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief

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46 Edition

The Spartak Tambov Sentinel

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market14 Jun 2027

Andrey Bokovoy is on his way

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

Squad14 Jun 2027

Words exchanged at Spartak Tambov

Maxim Sergeev and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Boardroom14 Jun 2027

144% of the income goes out in wages at Spartak Tambov

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.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Alexandr Shmarov falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout14 Jun 2027

The manager makes an example of Ivan Stavtsev

“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.

The dugout14 Jun 2027

Ilja Vostrikov gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ilja Vostrikov is on it.

The dugout14 Jun 2027

Andrey Bokovoy 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.

Market14 Jun 2027

The Dmitry Kuptsov story refuses to die

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

Market14 Jun 2027

Still no signature from Andrey Bokovoy

1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Spartak Tambov could get for him.

In brief

25 Edition

The Spartak Tambov Sentinel

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad18 Jan 2027

Andrey Bondar' stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

The dugout18 Jan 2027

Ivan Stavtsev says Spartak Tambov went back on their word

“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.

Match16 Jan 2027

Spartak Tambov come up short against Dinamo St Petersburg

Dinamo St Petersburg left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Maxim Sergeev in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Spartak Tambov this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout18 Jan 2027

Fedor Ignatov answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Words at Spartak Tambov training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marat Bogdaev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market18 Jan 2027

Alexandr Shmarov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Spartak Tambov has been clear about where Alexandr Shmarov stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout18 Jan 2027

The manager makes an example of Alexandr Mironov

“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.

The dugout18 Jan 2027

A promise honoured for Alexandr Shmarov

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Spartak Tambov told Alexandr Shmarov something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

In brief

8 Edition

The Spartak Tambov Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Sep 2026

A fracture rules Marat Bogdaev out for 73 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Spartak Tambov will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at Spartak Tambov

Murad Omarov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Anton Penchelyuzov gets it from the manager

“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.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Fedor Ignatov: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

Match19 Sep 2026

Point won or two lost for Spartak Tambov?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Dinamo St Petersburg? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A ban for Maxim Sergeev

One booking too many, and a game watched from the stand. Spartak Tambov lose him for the most avoidable reason in the sport.

Looking ahead21 Sep 2026

Ivan Stavtsev goes back to face Orel

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Ivan Stavtsev’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Spartak Tambov needing him to play as if none of it matters.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Andrey Chasovskikh knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Andrey Chasovskikh trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market21 Sep 2026

Andrey Bondar' linked with a move away

The name of Andrey Bondar' keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Spartak Tambov say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief