The Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Denys Chervinskyi
106 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Bohdan Biloshevskyi would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Bohdan Biloshevskyi is living that version at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Bohdan Biloshevskyi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Maksym Khlan
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia asked and Gornik Zabrze said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Stanislav Shakhov steps up from the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stanislav Shakhov 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
Ivan Bondar steps up from the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Bondar 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: Volodymyr Sobol joins the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Volodymyr Sobol 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
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia promote Roman Karavayev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roman Karavayev 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Andrii Savitskyi the difference as Metalurh Zaporizhzhia beat Metalist
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Andrii Savitskyi. 1‑0 against Metalist, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
In brief
- Squad Bohdan Boichuk needs a bigger stage
- The dugout Oleh Tymoschuk has his say
- Player ratings Nothing got past Aliou Thiaré