The Naftan Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Stepan Oganesyan would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Stepan Oganesyan is living that version at Naftan, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ruslan Myalkovskiy is a medical away from Naftan
The deal with Lokomotiv Moscow is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Ignat Pranovich
Successful dribbles: 22. 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 Naftan
Yamoussa Camara 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Naftan beat the market to Alexey Stroychuk from Volna Pinsk
Volna Pinsk will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Alexey Stroychuk has pre-agreed a move to Naftan, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Naftan rebuffed over Yoan Bornosuzov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Slavia Sofia have kept their man, and Naftan go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Naftan against Dinamo Minsk
1‑2 to Dinamo Minsk, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ihar Dragun steps up from the Naftan academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ihar Dragun 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: Eduard Klimovich joins the Naftan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduard Klimovich is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Uladzimir Skavysh joins the Naftan first team
- Market Naftan promote Anton Makas from within
- Squad Stepan Oganesyan is a square peg at Naftan