The Ravan Chronicle
Squad24 Aug 2026
Salim Hashimov keeps Ravan in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 13 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market24 Aug 2026
Javid Guseynov 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Ravan
Maksim Amirguliyev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match22 Aug 2026
Agil Huseynov’s goal not enough for Ravan
Agil Huseynov scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Neftchi, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Ravan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Timur Mamonov 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.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Ravan rebuffed over Dragoljub Savić
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Neftchi have kept their man, and Ravan go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Agil Madatov
“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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Samuel Owusu out for 22 days
The medical room confirms 22 days on the sidelines for Samuel Owusu, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Renat Dadashov: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Maksim Amirguliyev
- Market Experience through the door at Ravan
- Market Tamkin Guseynov linked with a move away