The Daugavpils Gazette
Market8 Mar 2027
Gļebs Mihaļcovs 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 Daugavpils can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A falling-out at Daugavpils
Ziad Ouled-Haj-M'hand and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Daugavpils
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Daniel Kivinda beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match6 Mar 2027
Daugavpils come up short against Jelgava
Jelgava left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Roberts Ozols
“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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Daugavpils promote Alvis Rugins from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alvis Rugins 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Alvis Stolcers joins the Daugavpils first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alvis Stolcers is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Roberts Laizans steps up from the Daugavpils academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roberts Laizans 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.
In brief
- Squad Promise Orji signs a new deal
- The dugout Nikita Jurkovskis faces the questions
- The dugout Ceti Junior Tchibinda is still paying for one afternoon at Daugavpils