The Orel Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ibrahim Al-Hamlan due for a Orel 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
Tempers go at Orel
Vadim Averkiev 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
Strogino tell Orel: Sergey Guzyuk 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
Ezekiel Antony signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ezekiel Antony and Orel agree another 3 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Orel promote Radomir Mamaev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Radomir Mamaev 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
Orel promote Evgeni Sedov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Evgeni Sedov 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
Vladlen Mironov steps up from the Orel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vladlen Mironov 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: Daniil Zheleznov joins the Orel first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniil Zheleznov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
Daniil Arsentjev sends Orel past SKA Khabarovsk 2
It finished 1‑0, and it was Daniil Arsentjev’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Orel.
In brief
- Squad Danil Kapustyanskiy is a square peg at Orel
- The dugout Evgeny Ushakov is still paying for one afternoon at Orel
- Transfer targets Orel ask about Artem Khmarin