The Ordabasy Courier
Match19 Aug 2026
Bjørn Johnsen sends Ordabasy through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Bjørn Johnsen obliged against Shakhter. 4‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Ordabasy.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Bjørn Johnsen scores twice — 8.59
Two goals and a mark of 8.59 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Léo Natel scores twice — 8.58
Two goals and a mark of 8.58 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Match19 Aug 2026
Ordabasy make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Ordabasy have 3 straight wins of it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Ordabasy sell Yurii Vakulko for $320.0K
Yurii Vakulko has left for Astana in a $320.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Ordabasy
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tidiane Keita was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ivan Bašić
Ordabasy asked and Astana said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match19 Aug 2026
Ordabasy settle it inside twenty minutes
2 goals before the ground had finished arriving. Shakhter spent the rest of the afternoon playing a match that had already been decided, and everybody in the stadium knew it.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Ordabasy try to borrow Nnamdi Ahanonu
Astana have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Squad Talgat Akhmetov signs on for more
- The dugout A satisfied Azat Kuat
- The dugout When it matters, Bjørn Johnsen plays