The Kosmos Post
Market12 Oct 2026
Kosmos promote Dmitry Shestakov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dmitry Shestakov 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Makar Pugachev joins the Kosmos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Makar Pugachev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Kosmos are still strangers to each other
9 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Daniil Goncharov 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 Kosmos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Kosmos keep their word to Vitaly Khabarov
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Andrey Nazar gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Salem Al Kamali remains an outsider
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Kosmos would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Samir Masimov question follows Kosmos around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Samir Masimov’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market12 Oct 2026
Talks stall between Kosmos and Nico Föllmi
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Squad Daniil Goncharov has had enough of the bench
- The dugout Samir Masimov keeps his manager's vote