The KDV Tomsk Herald
Squad18 Sep 2028
Tempers go at KDV Tomsk
Nikita Simdyankin 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.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Yuri Stolyarov stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Yuri Stolyarov and KDV Tomsk agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market18 Sep 2028
One of our own: Aleksey Kolmakov joins the KDV Tomsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Aleksey Kolmakov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Sep 2028
German Mitin steps up from the KDV Tomsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. German Mitin 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.
Market18 Sep 2028
One of our own: Luka Sokolov joins the KDV Tomsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luka Sokolov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Sep 2028
KDV Tomsk promote Pyotr Nikiforov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pyotr Nikiforov 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.
Match16 Sep 2028
A bad afternoon for KDV Tomsk against Volna
0‑1 to Volna, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout18 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Carlos Castro
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout18 Sep 2028
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Mikhail Kabanov left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and KDV Tomsk are still learning each other
- Player ratings Magomed Omarov was unplayable
- Squad Ori Avivi is a square peg at KDV Tomsk