The Arda Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Anatoli Gospodinov stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ali Aruna turns down Arda
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Septemvri keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stanislav Ivanov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Stanislav Ivanov and Arda agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Lokomotiv Plovdiv tell Arda: Julien Lamy is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Dimitar Ivanov joins the Arda first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dimitar Ivanov 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
Arda promote Angel Tonev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Angel Tonev 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
Miroslav Marcelinho steps up from the Arda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miroslav Marcelinho 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
Krasimir Nikolov steps up from the Arda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Krasimir Nikolov 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Viktor Popov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Viktor Popov, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Arda
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Stanislav Ivanov
- Transfer targets Arda ask about Oskar Pietuszewski