The Obolon Courier
Match31 Jul 2027
8 matches without a win for Obolon
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Obolon are no longer polite ones.
Market2 Aug 2027
Roman Volokhatyi puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Obolon, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Obolon to lose Gabriel Menezes for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Gabriel Menezes has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Obolon
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words at Obolon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marian Shved is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market2 Aug 2027
Ivan Kovalenko steps up from the Obolon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Kovalenko 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Obolon promote Kostiantyn Tsygankov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kostiantyn Tsygankov 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Oleh Stepanenko joins the Obolon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oleh Stepanenko is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Oleksandr Chernov
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad Ihor Medynskyi stays put
- Player ratings A masterclass from Denys Shostak
- Squad 100 appearances for Denys Tesliuk