The Ravan Chronicle
Squad31 Aug 2026
Araz Ismayilov damages knee ligaments — 157 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 157 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
A hiding for Ravan
Beaten 0‑3 by Sumgayit, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Rufat Amirguliyev stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market31 Aug 2026
Araz Garayev 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 Ravan can pretend not to have heard.
Market31 Aug 2026
Agil Mammadov attracts admirers
The name of Agil Mammadov has come up in conversations Ravan were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market31 Aug 2026
Inter come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Ravan did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Too dear: Ravan walk away from Francisco Galván
$470.0K was the most the club would pay and Deportivo Municipal were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Ravan
Emin Nadirov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Ravan bid $20.0K for Renat Nazarov
The offer went to Khazar this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
In brief
- Squad A move Ardijan Chilafi would have made for nothing
- Match 3 matches without a goal for Ravan
- Transfer targets Door shut on Salim Hashimov