The Neftekhimik Gazette
Match8 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Neftekhimik
A 0‑3 beating by Ural was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Stepan Melnikov 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. Stepan Melnikov is living that version at Neftekhimik, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ignacio Moreno will not be coming to Neftekhimik
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Rosario Central is saying, and nobody at Neftekhimik is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marat Sitdikov in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Neftekhimik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Radnicki Nis tell Neftekhimik: Dušan Jovanović 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ivan Lunev steps up from the Neftekhimik academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Lunev 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
Dmitry Kashirin steps up from the Neftekhimik academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dmitry Kashirin 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
Neftekhimik promote Lev Barinov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lev Barinov 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
Semyon Mikheev steps up from the Neftekhimik academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Semyon Mikheev 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Andrey Golubev
- Squad No place for Vitaly Shakhov in the new shape
- Boardroom Nobody left the Neftekhimik dressing room in a hurry