The Leningradets Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ilja Stefanovich scores twice — 8.76
Two goals and a mark of 8.76 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Leningradets
Alexey Kuznetsov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Leningradets
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Anatoliy Makarov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Denis Kudryashov joins the Leningradets first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Denis Kudryashov 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
Leningradets promote Fyodor Rodin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fyodor Rodin 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
One of our own: Grigory Toporov joins the Leningradets first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Grigory Toporov 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
Leningradets promote Fyodor Merzlyakov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fyodor Merzlyakov 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Alexey Kuznetsov gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match8 Aug 2026
Leningradets refuse to lose to Volgar
A point taken on 96 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
In brief
- Match Ilja Stefanovich rescues a point for Leningradets
- Transfer targets Leningradets ask about Andrey Markov
- The dugout Timofey Gordeev: “We have to be better”