The Chaika Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nikita Pavlov stands alone
15 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market10 Aug 2026
Akhmat Grozny come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Chaika did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Abdullo Djebov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Abdullo Djebov and Chaika agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Chaika make their move for Roman Denisov
$150.0K on the table at KDV Tomsk. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stanislav Biblyk in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Chaika this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Chaika rebuffed over Ilja Gruznov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Khimik have kept their man, and Chaika go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leonid Kuznetsov steps up from the Chaika academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leonid Kuznetsov 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
Chaika promote Aleksei Timofeyev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Aleksei Timofeyev 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
One of our own: Luka Lysenko joins the Chaika first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luka Lysenko is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Abdullo Djebov
- Match Chaika come up short against Chernomorets
- Squad 10 new faces, and Chaika are still learning each other