Irkutsk U19

Russian Second Division B Northwest U19
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The Irkutsk Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Dmitry Pytlev 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 Irkutsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market10 Aug 2026

Oleg Ignatov steps up from the Irkutsk academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oleg Ignatov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

Irkutsk promote Stanislav Karimov from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stanislav Karimov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Andrei Sapunov joins the Irkutsk first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrei Sapunov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Aleksey Fedorov joins the Irkutsk first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Aleksey Fedorov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad10 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Dmitry Ikovanyuk

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

In brief

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The Irkutsk Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad3 Aug 2026

Dmitry Pytlev signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dmitry Pytlev commits to Irkutsk for another 1 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Irkutsk

Dmitry Pytlev 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.

Match1 Aug 2026

Irkutsk find a way past Cherepovets

Cherepovets made Irkutsk work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Ninety minutes of Daniil Kankharey at his very best

Marked 8.10. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Irkutsk.

Market3 Aug 2026

No place for Daniil Kankharey in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Daniil Kankharey has his answer from Irkutsk; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Market3 Aug 2026

Still no ink between Irkutsk and Dmitry Ikovanyuk

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Irkutsk, another week without a signature from Dmitry Ikovanyuk.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Dmitry Ikovanyuk knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Dmitry Ikovanyuk trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Daniil Kankharey finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Irkutsk have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Yegor Perevoznikov

Successful dribbles: 8. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief