The Metalist Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Anton Bol arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Anton Bol has, at Metalist, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Petro Lutsiv goes up and wins it — 7.62
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.62 for the rest of it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Volodymyr Makhankov out for 17 days
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Volodymyr Makhankov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Mykola Haiduchyk
Metalist asked and Polissia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ibrahima Dabo signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ibrahima Dabo and Metalist agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Metalist
Daniil Tepliakov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Metalist get the job done against Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
A 2‑0 win over Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mykola Buialskyi steps up from the Metalist academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mykola Buialskyi 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
Metalist promote Pavlo Marlos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pavlo Marlos 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Valentyn Babenko joins the Metalist first team
- Market Metalist promote Bohdan Kovalenko from within
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Yevhenii Isaienko