The Jelgava Sentinel
Squad6 Mar 2028
Okoh Afamefuna damages knee ligaments — 101 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 101 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Akim Belikov signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Akim Belikov commits to Jelgava for another 4 years.
Squad6 Mar 2028
The step up is real for a squad player
At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Roberts Zjuzins 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 Jelgava this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Jelgava
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market6 Mar 2028
Jelgava promote Eduards Oss from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eduards Oss 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Jelgava promote Aleksandrs Stolcers from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Aleksandrs Stolcers 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
One of our own: Igors Stolcers joins the Jelgava first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Igors Stolcers is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market6 Mar 2028
One of our own: Igors Bulvitis joins the Jelgava first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Igors Bulvitis is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom Jelgava board go back on their word
- The dugout Jelgava keep their word to Pavels Dubra
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Jelgava