The Ostrovets Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniil Kutsepalov stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniil Kutsepalov and Ostrovets agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Ostrovets
Daniil Kutsepalov 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
Ostrovets promote Mikalai Balanovich from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mikalai Balanovich 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
Ostrovets promote Egor Malevich from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Egor Malevich 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
Ivan Yablonski steps up from the Ostrovets academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Yablonski 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: Pavel Kendysh joins the Ostrovets first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pavel Kendysh is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Daniil Kutsepalov in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Ostrovets are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ostrovets are still strangers to each other
14 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.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
A reunion for Egor Yuschenko
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Niva in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
In brief
- The dugout Artem Kilyimanov knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Ostrovets host Niva