The Pobeda Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Nikolay Alekhin
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Pobeda have done the hard part with Dinamo Bryansk, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Pobeda
Ibragim Umarov 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Artem Yuran
Pobeda asked and Volgar said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pobeda promote Sergey Erofeev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergey Erofeev 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
Konstantin Terekhov steps up from the Pobeda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Konstantin Terekhov 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
Pobeda promote Prokhor Melnikov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Prokhor Melnikov 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
Boris Terekhov steps up from the Pobeda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Boris Terekhov 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Pobeda get the job done against Dinamo Makhachkala 2
A 1‑0 win over Dinamo Makhachkala 2, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Shamil Saaduev at his very best
Marked 8.12. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Pobeda.
In brief
- Squad Words at Pobeda training over how hard people work
- The dugout Fedot Guryev: “That is the standard”
- The dugout Adam Shikhanmatov does not fit this one