The Neftekhimik Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Vladislav Levin arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Vladislav Levin has, at Neftekhimik, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
David Kobesov due for a Neftekhimik medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marat Sitdikov 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 Neftekhimik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Neftekhimik promote Bogdan Kiselyov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bogdan Kiselyov 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
Neftekhimik promote Viktor Kalinovsky from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Viktor Kalinovsky 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
Neftekhimik promote Timofey Gribov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timofey Gribov 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
Neftekhimik promote Grigory Gorbachev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Grigory Gorbachev 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Vladislav Levin behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Neftekhimik will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Neftekhimik try to borrow Evgeny Tatarinov
Textilschik have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and Neftekhimik are still learning each other
- The dugout Neftekhimik pick somebody else ahead of Saulo
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Rodion Lisitsin on the draw