The Ravan Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
12 saves: Dimitrij Huseynov was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 12 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match15 Aug 2026
A hiding for Ravan
Beaten 1‑7 by Qarabag, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market17 Aug 2026
Terms done: Orkhan Garayev is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Khazar waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Ravan is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The stands have turned
“Enough is enough. We have watched this for months.” 7 of the 32 senior players walked off to it, and the message was not aimed at any one of them.
Market17 Aug 2026
Araz Dadashov asks to leave Ravan
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Cheick Oumar Souaré turns down Ravan
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Viktoria Plzen keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ravan
Samir Ismayilov 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
8 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
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Ravan
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Samuel Lobato
- Market One of our own: Renat Mammadov joins the Ravan first team
- Market Ravan promote Rahid Amirguliyev from within