The Neftchi Sentinel
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A brace, and Imad Faraj takes the afternoon — 8.45
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Imad Faraj provided it, and the 8.45 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Match12 Sep 2026
Neftchi cannot stop winning
5 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Market14 Sep 2026
Elvin Camalov hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Neftchi can pretend not to have heard.
Match12 Sep 2026
Neftchi find a way past Kapaz
Kapaz made Neftchi work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Denzel Jubitana in the eights
A performance of 8.30 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
A satisfied Richard Ramazanov
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑0, Richard Ramazanov could afford to be generous.
Market14 Sep 2026
The shop window has Denzel Jubitana in it
Neftchi have let the market know Denzel Jubitana can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Looking ahead14 Sep 2026
Emil Səfərov faces his old club
Gabala next, and one man in the Neftchi dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Market14 Sep 2026
Klismahn linked with a move away
The name of Klismahn keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Neftchi say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Squad Kenan Pirić has seen what the next man earns
- Squad Vincent Aboubakar has taken the shirt
- Loan watch Alessio Curci keeps scoring at Kapaz