Stepan Burdakov

Attacking Midfielder (R) - SKA Khabarovsk 2
24 Oct 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Stepan Burdakov

8 Edition

The SKA Khabarovsk 2 Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Whatever happens, SKA Khabarovsk 2 do not lose

7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad

Nürtilek Sulaymanov 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 SKA Khabarovsk 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

SKA Khabarovsk 2 find a way past Zenit Penza

Zenit Penza made SKA Khabarovsk 2 work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

The dugout

No hiding place for Nürtilek Sulaymanov

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nürtilek Sulaymanov, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Vadim Vshivkov was the difference for SKA Khabarovsk 2

Marked 7.95. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout

Kirill Silaev has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Kirill Silaev on a 2‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

The dugout

Nürtilek Sulaymanov dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

Market

No place for Stepan Burdakov in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Stepan Burdakov has his answer from SKA Khabarovsk 2; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Player ratings

Demjan Iljev was immovable

13 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The SKA Khabarovsk 2 Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Aslan Goyaev 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 SKA Khabarovsk 2 can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Lida come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and SKA Khabarovsk 2 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Nürtilek Sulaymanov 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 SKA Khabarovsk 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

Ivan Andrakhovich 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 dugout

Somebody else is better right now than Vladislav Zykh

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

The dugout

Maxim Ulezko 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.

Squad

Words at SKA Khabarovsk 2 training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maxim Pechenkin 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.

Looking ahead

A reunion for Nürtilek Sulaymanov

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Ryazan in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout

Nikolay Kuralenya does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

In brief