The Amkar Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Amkar
Daniil Agureev 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Amkar rebuffed over Ruslan Pichienko
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Spartak Moscow have kept their man, and Amkar go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match8 Aug 2026
Amkar see off Khimik
Three points for Amkar, 2‑0 the final word against Khimik in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Zakhar Rodin joins the Amkar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Zakhar Rodin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Konstantin Kalinichev steps up from the Amkar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Konstantin Kalinichev 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: Grigory Popov joins the Amkar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Grigory Popov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Amkar promote Maxim Klimov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Maxim Klimov 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody on the pitch touched Daniil Agureev
7.81, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Amkar had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
A satisfied Andrei Simakov
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑0, Andrei Simakov could afford to be generous.
In brief
- Squad Daniil Agureev finally opens his account
- The dugout Alex Matsukatov gets it from the manager
- The dugout Denis Yeremeev left out for tactical reasons at Amkar