Saad Moukachar

Central Midfielder - Spartak 1918
2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Saad Moukachar

27 Edition

The Spartak 1918 Post

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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Boubacar Hanne runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Mateo Jurić-Petrašilo 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 1918 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Damyan Yordanov

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.81, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Market

Arda watching Saad Moukachar

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Spartak 1918 have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Match

Spartak 1918 find a way past Septemvri

Septemvri made Spartak 1918 work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

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One of those days for Rodrigo Canario

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.24, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

No hiding place for Georg Stojanovski

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

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Emmanuel John shuts the door

Defensive actions: 17, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Alejandro Morales signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alejandro Morales commits to Spartak 1918 for another 3 years.

In brief

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23 Edition

The Spartak 1918 Post

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Georg Stojanovski asks to leave Spartak 1918

“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.

Squad

Maksym Kovaliov 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 1918 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

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Xande runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

A bad afternoon for Spartak 1918 against CSKA Sofia

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

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The one thing Rodrigo Canario could not do

Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Squad

No hiding place for Saad Moukachar

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

In brief

5 Edition

The Spartak 1918 Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

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Xande runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 40. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Saad Moukachar 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 1918, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Spartak 1918 turn down Septemvri for Aleksandar Yanchev

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Tempers go at Spartak 1918

Rodrigo Canario 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.

Squad

Tsvetelin Chunchukov 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.

Match

Slavia Sofia take the points off Spartak 1918

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

Squad

Angel Granchov 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.

Market

Spartak 1918 put Petar Prindzhev up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Petar Prindzhev may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Market

The Tsvetelin Chunchukov story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Tsvetelin Chunchukov signs something — a contract at Spartak 1918 or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

2 Edition

The Spartak 1918 Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Damyan Yordanov runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Maksym Kovaliov 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 1918 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Rodrigo Canario’s goal not enough for Spartak 1918

Rodrigo Canario scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Dobrudzha, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Maksym Kovaliov

“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.

Squad

Tsvetoslav Marinov signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tsvetoslav Marinov commits to Spartak 1918 for another 5 years.

Market

Talks stall between Spartak 1918 and Tsvetelin Chunchukov

“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.

Market

Nobody at Spartak 1918 has picked up the phone to Georg Stojanovski

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

Squad

Rodrigo Canario finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Spartak 1918 have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Market

No place for Saad Moukachar in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Saad Moukachar has his answer from Spartak 1918; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief