The Irtysh Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Daniil Bortsov 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. Daniil Bortsov is living that version at Irtysh, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Oleg Kozachenko rejects the move
Irtysh had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Sibir, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniil Bortsov stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniil Bortsov and Irtysh agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Irtysh
Alexandr Smirnov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Irtysh promote Zakhar Berezhnoy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Zakhar Berezhnoy 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
Irtysh promote Leonid Abramov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonid Abramov 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
Irtysh promote Ilya Laptev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ilya Laptev 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
Irtysh promote Anatoly Rybakov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anatoly Rybakov 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
Words at Irtysh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Krystian Mucha 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Alexandr Smirnov
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Vyacheslav Mitin on the draw
- Player ratings Konstantin Shokhin beats them one at a time