The Spartak Kostroma Gazette
Market14 Dec 2026
Nikita Demchenko 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 Spartak Kostroma can pretend not to have heard.
Match12 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Spartak Kostroma's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Spartak Kostroma has to find a result from somewhere.
Market14 Dec 2026
Only the photograph left for Ilja Rubtsov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ilja Rubtsov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Spartak Kostroma the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match12 Dec 2026
The goals have deserted Spartak Kostroma
4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Spartak Kostroma can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Amur Kalmykov 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 Kostroma this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Nikita Demchenko
“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.
Match12 Dec 2026
Yenisey take the points off Spartak Kostroma
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Vasily Timofeyev: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Artem Yashkov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Artem Yashkov and Spartak Kostroma agree another 3 years.
In brief
- The dugout A promise honoured for Ivan Yenin
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Yegor Ushakov
- Squad Words at Spartak Kostroma training over how hard people work