The Prykarpattia Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Prykarpattia say no — this time
The offer from Ahrobiznes for Vasyl Tsiutsiura was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Maksym Protsiv was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 24. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Matvii Panchenko
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Prykarpattia have done the hard part with Metalist, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Denys Smetana signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Denys Smetana commits to Prykarpattia for another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Prykarpattia
Andrii Liashenko was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Prykarpattia rebuffed over Talles Brener
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. LNZ have kept their man, and Prykarpattia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ruslan Harmash steps up from the Prykarpattia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ruslan Harmash 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
One of our own: Eduard Burda joins the Prykarpattia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduard Burda is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Oleh Mykhailychenko steps up from the Prykarpattia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oleh Mykhailychenko 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
- Match A bad afternoon for Prykarpattia against Victoriia Sumy
- Squad Denys Smetana is a square peg at Prykarpattia
- Squad 7 new faces, and Prykarpattia are still learning each other