The Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Andrii Stoliarchuk would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Andrii Stoliarchuk is living that version at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Ivan Mamrosenko was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
DAC Dunajska Streda tell Metalurh Zaporizhzhia: András Mészáros is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Artem Sitalo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Denys Harmash joins the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Denys Harmash 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
Maksym Nazarenko steps up from the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Maksym Nazarenko 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
Ruslan Sirenko steps up from the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ruslan Sirenko 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
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia promote Ruslan Boyko from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ruslan Boyko 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
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia come up short against Metalist
Metalist left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Squad Vladyslav Shapoval has outgrown this division
- Player ratings Sulejman Seitkhalilov runs at them all day
- The dugout Serhiy Stepanenko answers for it