The Spartak Kostroma Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Spartak Kostroma
Amur Kalmykov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Business is business: Ilja Rubtsov goes
Akron paid $450.0K and Spartak Kostroma took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Spartak Kostroma
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Đorđe Pantelić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match8 Aug 2026
Giorgy Uridia the difference as Spartak Kostroma beat Rodina
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Giorgy Uridia. 2‑1 against Rodina, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market10 Aug 2026
Spartak Kostroma promote Yakov Fomin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yakov Fomin 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
Spartak Kostroma promote Savely Raspopin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Savely Raspopin 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: Vladimir Avdeev joins the Spartak Kostroma first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vladimir Avdeev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Nikita Demchenko
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nikita Demchenko, and the manager let it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Giorgy Uridia at his very best
Marked 8.08. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Spartak Kostroma.
In brief
- Squad No place for Magomed Abakarov in the new shape
- Transfer targets Spartak Kostroma ask about Denis Tikhonov
- The dugout The manager’s verdict