The Amkar Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Artem Kotik takes the afternoon — 8.88
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Artem Kotik provided it, and the 8.88 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Amkar
Daniil Agureev 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
6 goals as Amkar and Khimik go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Amkar and Khimik, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Amkar rebuffed over Roman Safronov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Krasnodar have kept their man, and Amkar go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Alexandr Dolgov
Marked 8.92 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Market10 Aug 2026
Valery Kartashov steps up from the Amkar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valery Kartashov 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
Platon Plyushkin steps up from the Amkar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Platon Plyushkin 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
Amkar promote Arseniy Martynov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arseniy Martynov 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
Evgeni Kokorin steps up from the Amkar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Evgeni Kokorin 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.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Amkar and Khimik
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Nikita Goldobin
- Player ratings The cruellest goal, and it is Kirill Burykin's