The Fakel Courier
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Luka Kolar’s move to Fakel collapses on the table
Fee agreed, terms agreed, and a scan that said otherwise. He goes back to NK Celje; Fakel go back to the market; and both will insist there is no story here.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Deadline passes with 21 signed and 3 gone
That is the business done at Fakel until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Door shut on Ilja Moseichuk
Fakel asked and Kuban said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Fakel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maxim Kuzmin is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market14 Sep 2026
Vitaliy Cheryshev steps up from the Fakel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vitaliy Cheryshev 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Nil Savin steps up from the Fakel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nil Savin 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Fakel find a way past Yenisey
Yenisey made Fakel work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Igor Yurganov gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Leon Sabua takes the honours
Marked 7.85 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Fakel had the best player on the pitch.
In brief
- The dugout Fakel keep their word to Daniil Frolkin
- Squad Fakel are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Evgeny Shestakov has his say