The Novi Pazar Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Željko Samčović
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Jetmir Haliti 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. Jetmir Haliti is living that version at Novi Pazar, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Driton Camaj in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Novi Pazar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Novi Pazar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luka Bijelović is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Željko Samčović
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match8 Aug 2026
Novi Pazar see off Spartak Subotica
Three points for Novi Pazar, 1‑0 the final word against Spartak Subotica in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nobody at Novi Pazar has picked up the phone to Luka Bijelović
48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Market10 Aug 2026
Novi Pazar and Abdulsamed Abdullahi are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jerson Cabral brings the grey hairs Novi Pazar lacked
At 35, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
In brief
- Market Experience through the door at Novi Pazar
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Driton Camaj
- The terraces Željko Samčović has his own song now