The Ravan Chronicle
Match15 Aug 2026
Nowhere to hide for Ravan
1‑8 against Qarabag, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Afran Garayev
21 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Ravan lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market17 Aug 2026
Ravan say no — this time
The offer from Kapaz for Eddy Ozobic was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 7 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A first appearance Afran Sheydaev will want to forget — 5.72
Everybody's debut is one of two stories and this was the other one. 5.72, and the only consolation available is that nobody's career has ever been decided by ninety minutes in a shirt he had just been given.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A long afternoon for Eddy Ozobic
Beaten 8 times, with 5 saves for company. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines on their record whoever actually caused them, which is the quiet injustice of the job.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Eddy Ozobic 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 Ravan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
9 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Ravan and Qarabag in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Ravan
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Samir Jafarov joins the Ravan first team
- Market Ravan promote Orkhan Abdullayev from within
- Market One of our own: Rashad Garayev joins the Ravan first team