Ilja Krylov

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28 Sep 2026
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Marked for Ilja Krylov

8 Edition

The Irkutsk Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Franco Peña

Successful dribbles: 42. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match19 Sep 2026

The wait goes on for Irkutsk

7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Irkutsk

Dmitry Pytlev 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.

Match19 Sep 2026

Tver take the points off Irkutsk

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad21 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Ilja Krylov

“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.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Dmitry Ikovanyuk 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.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Irtysh Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad17 Aug 2026

Nikita Dorofeev damages knee ligaments — 44 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 44 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market17 Aug 2026

Nikita Dorofeev attracts admirers

The name of Nikita Dorofeev has come up in conversations Irtysh were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Irtysh

Alexandr Smirnov 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A muscle injury sidelines Bulat Sadykov for 16 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Irtysh will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Match15 Aug 2026

A bad afternoon for Irtysh against Rodina 2

0‑1 to Rodina 2, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

James Rodrigues runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Vitaly Ustinov

“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 terraces17 Aug 2026

Supporters make their feelings known about Nikita Dorofeev

The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Irtysh would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.

Market17 Aug 2026

Mikhail Sentyurin placed on the list

Irtysh have made Mikhail Sentyurin available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

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  • Market Ilja Krylov goes looking for football
2 Edition

The Irtysh Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad10 Aug 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Nikita Dorofeev

51 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Irtysh lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market10 Aug 2026

Nikita Dorofeev asks to leave Irtysh

“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.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Nikita Dorofeev runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Up for the corner, and Artur Yangaev delivers — 7.30

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Artur Yangaev scored, was marked 7.30, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Market10 Aug 2026

Irtysh say no — this time

The offer from Metallurg for Ilja Krylov 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

James Rodrigues signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” James Rodrigues commits to Irtysh for another 4 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Irtysh

Alexandr Smirnov 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

The clock runs on Roman Yanushkovskiy's contract

36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Match8 Aug 2026

Honours even between Irtysh and Dinamo Vladivostok

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

1 Edition

The Irtysh Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Vladislav Yanchenko runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 43. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Yury Bavin stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Yury Bavin and Irtysh agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Alexandr Smirnov 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 Irtysh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market3 Aug 2026

Metallurg join the queue for Ilja Krylov

Add another name to the list: Metallurg have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Ilja Krylov. The answer from Irtysh has not changed — yet.

Squad3 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Andrey Savin

“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.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

One of those days for Nikita Dorofeev

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.29, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Irtysh training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aznaur Geryugov 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Nobody at Irtysh has picked up the phone to Nikita Dorofeev

49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Match1 Aug 2026

Artur Shleermakher rescues a point for Irtysh

It needed Artur Shleermakher to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Avangard, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

In brief