The Lucko Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Lovro Stanić was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 24. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Lucko
Filip Pajović and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Oleg Novikov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Oleg Novikov and Lucko agree another 1 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Spartak Kostroma tell Lucko: Nikita Demchenko is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lucko promote Marcelo Cop from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcelo Cop 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lucko promote Antonio Colak from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Antonio Colak 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Duje Kovacevic joins the Lucko first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Duje Kovacevic 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
Milan Kramaric steps up from the Lucko academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Milan Kramaric 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Sesvete take the points off Lucko
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Josip Šoljić
- Squad Andreiaş Calcan needs a bigger stage
- Squad Lucko are still strangers to each other