The Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Courier
Match22 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
A 0‑3 beating by Chornomorets was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market24 Aug 2026
Livyi Bereh come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Metalurh Zaporizhzhia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Metalurh Zaporizhzhia's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia has to find a result from somewhere.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia rebuffed over Yaroslav Protsenko
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Metalist have kept their man, and Metalurh Zaporizhzhia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Doors closed at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Taras Mykhailychenko faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Taras Mykhailychenko after 0‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Ihor Yurechko 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
No place for Mykhailo Khromei in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Metalurh Zaporizhzhia are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia try to borrow Danylo Khmelovskyi
Ahrobiznes have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Transfer targets Metalurh Zaporizhzhia try to borrow Zois Karargyris
- Squad Valentyn Burda signs a new deal
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Bohdan Boichuk