The Kapaz Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marquinhos arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Marquinhos has, at Kapaz, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Guilherme Gomes is a medical away from Kapaz
The deal with Flamengo is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Kapaz
Diogo Verdasca and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Kapaz
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rodrigo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Mahir Abdullayev joins the Kapaz first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mahir Abdullayev 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
One of our own: Afran Garayev joins the Kapaz first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Afran Garayev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Bahlul Ismayilov joins the Kapaz first team
- Market Samir Mammadov steps up from the Kapaz academy
- Squad This league is too small for Rodrigo
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Araz-Nakhchivan at home