The Alania Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Batraz Gurtsiev breaks a bone — 140 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 140 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Anzor Amiraliev
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Alania
Alan Bagaev 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
Alania rebuffed over Roman Safronov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Krasnodar have kept their man, and Alania go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to David Tepsikoev
At 18 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
Konstantin Lavrov steps up from the Alania academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Konstantin Lavrov 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
German Dulov steps up from the Alania academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. German Dulov 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: Fedot Sorokin joins the Alania first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fedot Sorokin 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
One of our own: Kirill Nesterov joins the Alania first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kirill Nesterov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Ivan Matyushenko the difference as Alania beat Dinamo Moscow 2
- Player ratings One of those days for Ivan Matyushenko
- Squad 7 new faces, and Alania are still learning each other