The Shakhter Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
Mikhail Gabyshev damages knee ligaments — 113 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 113 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Igor' Shatskii keeps Shakhter in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Artem Litosh, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.88
A mark of 7.88 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market3 Aug 2026
Shakhter say no — this time
The offer from Kokand 1912 for Artem Litosh was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Igor' Shatskii stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Igor' Shatskii and Shakhter agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Arman Nusip scored one and made one — 7.66
Two of the goals had his name somewhere on them, which is the afternoon a manager wants from anybody asked to both create and finish. 7.66, and 2 involvements.
Match1 Aug 2026
Shakhter find a way past Akzhaiyk
Akzhaiyk made Shakhter work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Shakhter training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bohdan Savkiv 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 terraces3 Aug 2026
Shakhter supporters have found a favourite in Artem Litosh
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Artem Litosh has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Alen Aimanov
- Match Akzhaiyk blown away early
- Player ratings One of those days for Maksim Galkin