The Sibir Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Alexandr Nosov beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 38. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market10 Aug 2026
Oleg Kozachenko turns Irtysh down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Sibir
Ivan Churikov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Igor Zharov joins the Sibir first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Igor Zharov 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
Nil Zabolotsky steps up from the Sibir academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nil Zabolotsky 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
Sibir promote Savely Radchenko from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Savely Radchenko 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Maxim Chikanchi the difference as Sibir beat Textilschik
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Maxim Chikanchi. 1‑0 against Textilschik, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nothing got past Ilja Maximenkov
19 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Daniil Petrunin was the difference for Sibir
Marked 7.96. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
In brief
- The dugout Denis Isayev: “That is the standard”
- Squad Maxim Chikanchi finally opens his account
- Looking ahead Oleg Nikolaev goes back to face Volgar