The SKA Khabarovsk Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
The knee: Vladislav Masternoy out for 48 days
48 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. SKA Khabarovsk lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Robin Schouten runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Andraz Janza rejects the move
SKA Khabarovsk had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at NK Domzale, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at SKA Khabarovsk
Nichita Moțpan 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
David Petrović signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” David Petrović and SKA Khabarovsk agree another 3 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
SKA Khabarovsk promote Sergei Dulov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergei Dulov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Igor Melnikov steps up from the SKA Khabarovsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Igor Melnikov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Luka Guskov steps up from the SKA Khabarovsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luka Guskov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Pavel Yakovlev joins the SKA Khabarovsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pavel Yakovlev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at SKA Khabarovsk
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Vyacheslav Sidorov on the draw
- The dugout Denis Fomin dropped after a run of poor form