The Kosmos Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniil Goncharov 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 Kosmos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
Kosmos find a way past Saturn
Saturn made Kosmos work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Nikita Yershov
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vasily Suslov steps up from the Kosmos academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vasily Suslov 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
Kosmos promote Aleksei Pluzhnikov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Aleksei Pluzhnikov 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
Maxim Savin steps up from the Kosmos academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Maxim Savin 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
One of our own: Semyon Ovchinnikov joins the Kosmos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Semyon Ovchinnikov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
One of those days for Nikita Yershov
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.49, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Danila Matvevnin
Marked 8.28 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Yaroslav Volkov
- Squad Nikita Yershov finally opens his account
- Squad Kosmos pick somebody else ahead of Vitaly Logachev