The UCSA Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Kyrylo Khovaiko turns down UCSA
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at UCSA
Maksym Andrushchenko 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
A row about effort at UCSA
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pablo Castro was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
UCSA rebuffed over Danylo Ishchenko
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dynamo Kyiv have kept their man, and UCSA go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Valentyn Malynovskyi joins the UCSA first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Valentyn Malynovskyi 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
UCSA promote Pavlo Matvienko from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pavlo Matvienko 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
Ivan Kulach steps up from the UCSA academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Kulach 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: Viktor Boyko joins the UCSA first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Viktor Boyko is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Vladyslav Dvorovenko beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- Squad Home is on Gabriel Goulart's mind
- Squad UCSA are still strangers to each other
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Oleksandr Osman