The Neftekhimik Gazette
Match8 Aug 2026
A 2-goal lead gone for Neftekhimik
It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Ural kept coming because nothing stopped them, and Neftekhimik will be asked about the last half hour all week.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Andrey Golubev keeps Neftekhimik in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Bacidalupe turns down Neftekhimik
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Boca Juniors keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Neftekhimik
Steven van der Sloot and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Neftekhimik rebuffed over Ilja Gruznov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Khimik have kept their man, and Neftekhimik go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Steven van der Sloot
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
Neftekhimik promote German Pushkin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. German Pushkin 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
Stanislav Polunin steps up from the Neftekhimik academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stanislav Polunin 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: Stepan Ryzhov joins the Neftekhimik first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Stepan Ryzhov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Andrey Abramov joins the Neftekhimik first team
- Squad The formation has left David Kobesov behind
- Match Neftekhimik and Ural take a point apiece