Maksym Khlan

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Gornik Zabrze
3 Jul 2027
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Marked for Maksym Khlan

43 Edition

The Gornik Zabrze Chronicle

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 May 2027

Paweł Olkowski breaks a bone — 86 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 86 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad24 May 2027

Ondřej Zmrzlý 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 Gornik Zabrze this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad24 May 2027

No hiding place for Rodrigo Pepe

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rodrigo Pepe, and the manager let it.

In brief

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27 Edition

The Gornik Zabrze Chronicle

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad1 Feb 2027

Tempers go at Gornik Zabrze

Ondřej Zmrzlý was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Words at Gornik Zabrze training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kacper Urbański 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.

Squad1 Feb 2027

No hiding place for João Aurélio

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to João Aurélio, and the manager let it.

Player ratings1 Feb 2027

Michał Rakoczy runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Gornik Zabrze count the cost of losing Louis Podolski

59 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Loan watch1 Feb 2027

Igor Nolewajka counts the days

“I watch every Gornik Zabrze game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Gornik Leczna runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

The terraces1 Feb 2027

Everybody has an opinion about João Aurélio

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Match30 Jan 2027

Point won or two lost for Gornik Zabrze?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Pogon? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

Player ratings1 Feb 2027

A day to forget for Maksym Khlan

Marked 5.71, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

21 Edition

The Gornik Zabrze Chronicle

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match21 Dec 2026

Gornik Zabrze up to position 3

37 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Tempers go at Gornik Zabrze

Ondřej Zmrzlý was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match19 Dec 2026

6 unbeaten for Gornik Zabrze

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Gornik Zabrze did not have in the autumn.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Words at Gornik Zabrze training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kacper Urbański 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.

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Peter Federico runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad21 Dec 2026

The manager makes an example of Maksym Khlan

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Gornik Zabrze pick somebody else ahead of Dominik Sarga

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Kacper Urbański was immovable

15 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Paweł Bochniewicz was immovable

13 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.

In brief

10 Edition

The Gornik Zabrze Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad5 Oct 2026

Josema breaks a bone — 81 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 81 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Bruno Durdov, 18, plays like he has been here for years — 7.90

A mark of 7.90 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 18-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Age has not caught João Aurélio yet — 7.80

At 38 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.80 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Ondřej Zmrzlý 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 Gornik Zabrze this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Kacper Urbański falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match3 Oct 2026

Bruno Durdov the difference as Gornik Zabrze beat Zaglebie

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Bruno Durdov. 2‑1 against Zaglebie, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces5 Oct 2026

Gornik Zabrze supporters have found a favourite in Maksym Khlan

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Maksym Khlan 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.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near Lukáš Sadílek

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Rodrigo Pepe gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

9 Edition

The Gornik Zabrze Chronicle

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad28 Sep 2026

A fracture rules Josema out for 89 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Gornik Zabrze will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match28 Sep 2026

Gornik Zabrze are in among the leaders

Position 1 and 17 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Gornik Zabrze

Ondřej Zmrzlý was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Peter Federico runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Words at Gornik Zabrze training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kacper Urbański 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.

Match26 Sep 2026

Bruno Durdov’s goal not enough for Gornik Zabrze

Bruno Durdov scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Gornik Leczna, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

In brief

6 Edition

The Gornik Zabrze Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad7 Sep 2026

Josema breaks a bone — 111 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 111 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market7 Sep 2026

Piotr Pietryga puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Gornik Zabrze, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Ondřej Zmrzlý 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 Gornik Zabrze this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Kacper Urbański falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match5 Sep 2026

A bad afternoon for Gornik Zabrze against Jagiellonia

1‑2 to Jagiellonia, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad7 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Ondřej Zmrzlý

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ondřej Zmrzlý, and the manager let it.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Peter Federico

Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market7 Sep 2026

Kacper Urbański linked with a move away

The name of Kacper Urbański keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gornik Zabrze say nothing, which says plenty.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

A day to forget for Maksym Khlan

Marked 5.47, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief