The Amkar Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Artem Kotik takes the afternoon — 8.58
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Artem Kotik provided it, and the 8.58 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Daniil Agureev runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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
Amkar get the job done against Khimik
A 3‑2 win over Khimik, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market10 Aug 2026
Amkar promote Artyom Sedov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Artyom Sedov 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
Valery Zhdanov steps up from the Amkar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valery Zhdanov 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: Maxim Kokorin joins the Amkar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Maxim Kokorin 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: Mark Antonov joins the Amkar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mark Antonov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Denis Yeremeev 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.
In brief
- Squad 10 new faces, and Amkar are still learning each other
- The dugout Platon Pyankov has his say
- Squad Player of the week: Alexandr Dolgov