17 Nov 2027
Wednesday
Process
68 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nikita Bobchenok: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Kirill Sidorenko has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Arseniy Migdalenok 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

Back issues
67 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nikita Mayorov says Gomel went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Gomel lose Egor Maslyanskiy

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Maksym Shevchenko

“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.

In brief

66 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Artem Karatay says Gomel went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Denis Laptev 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.

Market

Daniil Silinskiy linked with a move away

The name of Daniil Silinskiy keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

65 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Alexandr Fedosenko has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk 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.

Squad

Gomel lose Ivan Tikhomirov

69 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

64 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Kirill Sidorenko has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Vladimir Bashun stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Vladimir Bashun and Gomel agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Ilya Sedro 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.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Gomel

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Market

Viktor Sotnikov linked with a move away

The name of Viktor Sotnikov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

63 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Kirill Kovalevich: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Arseniy Migdalenok

“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.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

62 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Jorge Rojas signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jorge Rojas commits to Gomel for another 2 years.

Squad

Evgeniy Barsukov 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.

Market

Daniil Silinskiy linked with a move away

The name of Daniil Silinskiy keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

61 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

6 matches without a win for Gomel

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Gomel are no longer polite ones.

Market

Alexandr Fedosenko has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Gomel lose Ivan Tikhomirov

101 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Gomel lose Dmitriy Gradoboev

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk left out for the big one

A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Stanislav Kleschuk will call it something else in private.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kirill Kovalevich

“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.

In brief

60 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

5 matches without a win for Gomel

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Gomel are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Stanislav Kleschuk and Gomel agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Kirill Sidorenko has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match

Naftan take the points off Gomel

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Maksym Shevchenko 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.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Gomel

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

In brief

59 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Georgiy Kukushkin: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

4 matches without a win for Gomel

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Gomel are no longer polite ones.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Denis Laptev

“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.

Squad

Anton Semenov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Anton Semenov and Gomel agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Gomel draw a blank against Isloch

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Isloch defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Squad

Daniil Grishkov makes his debut at 20

At 20 years old, Daniil Grishkov became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

In brief

58 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Gomel turn down Uni-X Labs for Kirill Kovalevich

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Arseniy Migdalenok 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.

Squad

The armband comes off Stanislav Kleschuk

Gomel will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Squad

Denis Laptev asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Match

No goals between Gomel and Slutsk

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Slutsk will be the happier side with the point.

Market

Daniil Silinskiy linked with a move away

The name of Daniil Silinskiy keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

57 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

BATE come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Gomel did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Timur Pukhov asks to leave Gomel

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Alexandr Fedosenko has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Gomel lose Ivan Tikhomirov

131 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kirill Kovalevich

“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.

Market

Vitebsk are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Gomel will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

56 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Andrey Rum says Gomel went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Kirill Sidorenko has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match

BATE take the points off Gomel

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Denis Kovalevich 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.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Gomel

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

55 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

6 unbeaten for Gomel

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jorge Rojas

“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.

Loan watch

Kirill Burov has seen enough of Vitebsk

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Gomel, and 1 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

No goals between Gomel and Slavia Mozyr

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Slavia Mozyr will be the happier side with the point.

Squad

Arseniy Migdalenok knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Gomel and Alexandr Fedosenko are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

Ruslan Hryshyn wants a proper job in this side

Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Ruslan Hryshyn has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Gomel know, and have known for weeks.

Market

Egor Troyakov leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Egor Troyakov leaves Gomel the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

Market

Egor Yudenko leaves Gomel for nothing

No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Egor Yudenko moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.

In brief

54 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Gomel find a way past Smorgon

Smorgon made Gomel work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Dmitriy Gradoboev signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dmitriy Gradoboev commits to Gomel for another 2 years.

Squad

Igor Zayats 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.

Market

Daniil Silinskiy linked with a move away

The name of Daniil Silinskiy keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Arseniy Achapovskiy finally opens his account

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

Market

Talks stall between Gomel and Andrey Rum

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

Dmitriy Gradoboev placed on the list

Gomel have made Dmitriy Gradoboev available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Squad

Alexandr Savitskiy knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Daniil Makhnach leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Daniil Makhnach leaves Gomel the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

53 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Gomel out of the cup

Neman ended it 1-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Match

8 matches without a win for Gomel

The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Gomel are no longer polite ones.

Market

Dinamo Minsk come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Gomel did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Timur Pukhov asks to leave Gomel

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Alexandr Fedosenko has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Loan watch

Anton Semenov wants to come home

“I did not go to Slutsk to sit and watch. I want to come back to Gomel and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Denis Laptev

“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.

Squad

Dmitriy Gradoboev stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Dmitriy Gradoboev and Gomel agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Denis Laptev suspended

One booking too many, and Denis Laptev sits out. Gomel lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.

In brief

52 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Gomel's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gomel has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Kirill Sidorenko has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Gomel sell Kirill Leonovich for $690.0K

Kirill Leonovich has left for Dinamo Minsk in a $690.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Astemir Abazov

“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.

Match

Gomel and Dinamo Minsk take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Gomel

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad

Jorge Rojas unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Jorge Rojas has let it be known that he does not like the way Gomel are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

Market

Viktor Sotnikov linked with a move away

The name of Viktor Sotnikov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Georgiy Kukushkin asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

51 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Stanislav Kleschuk

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Denis Kovalevich: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

No end in sight to Gomel's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gomel has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Pavel Tseslyukevich has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Maxim Kravtsov 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.

Loan watch

Kirill Burov has seen enough of Vitebsk

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Gomel, and 1 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

50 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Gomel taken apart

0-3 to Dnepr Mogilev, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad

Arseniy Migdalenok says Gomel went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Gomel turn down Dinamo Minsk for Kirill Leonovich

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Dmitriy Gradoboev is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gomel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match

No end in sight to Gomel's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gomel has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Daniil Silinskiy 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.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Gomel dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Daniil Silinskiy linked with a move away

The name of Daniil Silinskiy keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

49 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Kirill Leonovich: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

8 unbeaten for Gomel

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Gomel did not have in the autumn.

Market

Alexandr Fedosenko has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Gomel sell Vadim Martinkevich for $470.0K

Vadim Martinkevich has left for Dinamo Minsk in a $470.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

The month belongs to Daniil Silinskiy

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Gomel have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Loan watch

Egor Maslyanskiy wants to come home

“I did not go to Orsha to sit and watch. I want to come back to Gomel and fight for my place.” 13 appearances in 18 matches say the rest.

Squad

Damir Shaikhtdinov 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.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Match

Gomel and Neman cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Neman came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief

48 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Smorgon come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Gomel did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Evgeniy Barsukov says Gomel went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

7 unbeaten for Gomel

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Gomel did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Denis Laptev 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.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Gomel

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Match

Gomel draw a blank against Vitebsk

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Vitebsk defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Market

Viktor Sotnikov linked with a move away

The name of Viktor Sotnikov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Kirill Leonovich asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Damir Shaikhtdinov has taken the shirt

At 23 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Gomel are won quietly and lost loudly.

In brief

47 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Gomel turn down Dinamo Minsk for Stanislav Kleschuk

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Smorgon watching Vadim Martinkevich

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Gomel have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Market

Pavel Tseslyukevich has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Gomel sell Timofey Simanenka for $610.0K

Timofey Simanenka has left for BATE in a $610.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Match

6 unbeaten for Gomel

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Igor Zayats

“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.

Loan watch

Kirill Burov has seen enough of Vitebsk

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Gomel, and 1 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Gomel and Torpedo-BelAZ cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Torpedo-BelAZ came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad

Evgeniy Barsukov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

46 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Astemir Abazov 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 Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Maksym Shevchenko says Gomel went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

Gomel get the job done against Belshina

A 1-0 win over Belshina, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Egor Troyakov 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.

Squad

Daniil Silinskiy is off the mark for Gomel

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

Igor Zayats asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

45 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Gomel march on in the cup

Molodechno are out and Gomel go through, 1-1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Squad

Artem Karatay is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Artem Karatay: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

Gomel see off Naftan

Three points for Gomel, 1-0 the final word against Naftan in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Timofey Simanenka

“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.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Vladislav Leshko

Every debut is a small story about the future: Vladislav Leshko, 21 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

Market

Dmitriy Lisakovich linked with a move away

The name of Dmitriy Lisakovich keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Kirill Leonovich finally opens his account

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

Market

Gomel and Andrey Rum are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market

The clock runs on Evgeniy Zemko's contract

7 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief

44 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Gomel's wait for a win

8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gomel has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Vadim Martinkevich

“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.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Gomel

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

In brief

43 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Gomel's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gomel has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Iván Cetrini: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk 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.

Loan watch

Kirill Burov has seen enough of Vitebsk

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Gomel, and 1 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Gomel and Slutsk cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Slutsk came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad

Maxim Kravtsov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

42 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Arseniy Achapovskiy: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Egor Troyakov 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.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

41 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

6 matches without a win for Gomel

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Gomel are no longer polite ones.

Match

A bad afternoon for Gomel against BATE

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

Squad

Maxim Kravtsov 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

40 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

5 matches without a win for Gomel

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Gomel are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Voices raised on the Gomel training ground

Two players, one bad tackle and a session that had to be stopped. It was over in a minute; it was outside the gates in an hour.

Squad

Igor Zayats 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.

Loan watch

Egor Maslyanskiy wants to come home

“I did not go to Orsha to sit and watch. I want to come back to Gomel and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Gomel

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Match

No goals between Gomel and Slavia Mozyr

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Slavia Mozyr will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

39 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

No end in sight to Gomel's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gomel has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kirill Leonovich

“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.

Loan watch

Kirill Burov has seen enough of Vitebsk

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Gomel, and 1 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Gomel and Smorgon cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Smorgon came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad

Igor Zayats knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Viktor Sotnikov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Gomel know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

38 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Vadim Martinkevich says Gomel went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Denis Laptev

“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.

Match

Gomel come up short against Dinamo Brest

Dinamo Brest left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

37 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Gomel come up short against Dinamo Minsk

Dinamo Minsk left with the points after a 2-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Vadim Martinkevich

“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.

Squad

Maxim Kravtsov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Dmitriy Lisakovich talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Gomel know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Talks stall between Gomel and Kirill Kovalevich

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The terraces

The press have found their man in Kirill Danilin

Column inches are not points, but a footballer whose name keeps appearing for the right reasons is a footballer whose price has just gone up.

In brief

36 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Gomel march on in the cup

Slonim are out and Gomel go through, 1-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Squad

Gomel lose Igor Zayats

18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Boardroom

Gomel counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Gomel now.

Squad

Astemir Abazov 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.

Match

Honours even between Gomel and Minsk

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Jorge Rojas finally opens his account

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

Squad

Maxim Kravtsov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Gomel and Andrey Rum are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market

Vladislav Leshko placed on the list

Gomel have made Vladislav Leshko available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

35 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Gomel get the job done against Dnepr Mogilev

A 1-0 win over Dnepr Mogilev, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Kirill Leonovich 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.

Loan watch

Kirill Burov has seen enough of Vitebsk

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Gomel, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Viktor Sotnikov linked with a move away

The name of Viktor Sotnikov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Timur Pukhov wants a proper job in this side

Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Timur Pukhov has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Gomel know, and have known for weeks.

In brief

34 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Gomel's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gomel has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk 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.

Match

Neman take the points off Gomel

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Kirill Leonovich knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Daniil Silinskiy talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Gomel know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Igor Zayats has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Igor Zayats keeps the shirt for now, at Gomel's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

33 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Gomel's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gomel has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nikita Mayorov

“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.

Match

No goals between Gomel and Vitebsk

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Vitebsk will be the happier side with the point.

Squad

Timofey Simanenka asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

The Dmitriy Lisakovich talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Gomel know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

The shirt belongs to Vadim Martinkevich now

At 22 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Gomel have a decision that made itself.

In brief

32 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Jorge Rojas stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jorge Rojas and Gomel agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Vitaliy Korzun is a Gomel player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Raman Skavysh is a Gomel player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Yahor Pavlov is a Gomel player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Andrei Volodko is a Gomel player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Denis Laptev

“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.

In brief

31 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Georgiy Kukushkin signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Georgiy Kukushkin commits to Gomel for another 4 years.

Market

The clock runs on Evgeniy Zemko's contract

10 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Squad

Maksym Shevchenko asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

The window shut and Astemir Abazov is still in the building

Gomel spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.

Market

Pavel Tseslyukevich placed on the list

Gomel have made Pavel Tseslyukevich available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Squad

The manager comes out for Kirill Danilin

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Kirill Danilin has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

In brief

30 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Evgeniy Barsukov 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 Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Orsha come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Gomel did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Iván Cetrini

“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.

In brief

29 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Gomel lose Timur Pukhov

18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Vadim Martinkevich

“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.

Market

Vitebsk expected to open talks for Kirill Burov

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Gomel will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

28 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Gomel sell Alexandr Ryzhchenko for $56.0K

Alexandr Ryzhchenko has left for Lokomotiv Gomel in a $56.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market

Astemir Abazov told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Astemir Abazov has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Gomel.

Squad

Astemir Abazov 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.

Squad

Nikita Mayorov signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nikita Mayorov commits to Gomel for another 4 years.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Dmitriy Lisakovich linked with a move away

The name of Dmitriy Lisakovich keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

27 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Lokomotiv Gomel come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Gomel did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Jorge Rojas 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.

Market

Volna Pinsk watching Kirill Burov

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Gomel have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

Dmitriy Krivosheev signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dmitriy Krivosheev commits to Gomel for another 3 years.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Talks stall between Gomel and Andrey Rum

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

26 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Vadim Martinkevich asks to leave Gomel

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Egor Troyakov

“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.

Squad

Timofey Simanenka knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

25 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Gomel lose Dmitriy Lisakovich

36 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Evgeniy Barsukov 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.

Market

Daniil Silinskiy linked with a move away

The name of Daniil Silinskiy keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

24 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

The manager makes an example of Iván Cetrini

“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.

Market

Dmitriy Lisakovich linked with a move away

The name of Dmitriy Lisakovich keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Nobody at Gomel has picked up the phone to Evgeniy Zemko

12 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Squad

Georgiy Kukushkin knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Sergey Matveychik leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Sergey Matveychik leaves Gomel the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

Market

Dmitriy Krivosheev placed on the list

Gomel have made Dmitriy Krivosheev available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

23 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Sergey Matveychik is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gomel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

Timur Pukhov is a Gomel player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Squad

Ruslan Hryshyn 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.

Market

A long bet from Gomel on Vladislav Leshko

He is 20, and nobody at Gomel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Market

A long bet from Gomel on Ruslan Radyukevich

He is 20, and nobody at Gomel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Squad

Dmitriy Lisakovich has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Dmitriy Lisakovich keeps the shirt for now, at Gomel's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

22 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Danila Kalatsey is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gomel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Vadim Martinkevich 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.

Market

The Viktor Sotnikov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Gomel know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

21 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Astemir Abazov 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 Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Damir Shaikhtdinov: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Gomel lose Dmitriy Lisakovich

64 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

20 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Maksym Shevchenko: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Dmitriy Emeljanov has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Iván Cetrini

“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.

Squad

Jorge Rojas knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Gomel bring in an old head

Dmitriy Gradoboev is 35 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

Market

Dmitriy Lisakovich linked with a move away

The name of Dmitriy Lisakovich keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

19 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Sergey Matveychik is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gomel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Timofey Simanenka stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Timofey Simanenka and Gomel agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Gomel and Astemir Abazov are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

Sergey Matveychik 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.

Squad

Igor Zayats asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Dmitriy Lisakovich has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Dmitriy Lisakovich keeps the shirt for now, at Gomel's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

18 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Pavel Pashevich 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 Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Denis Kovalevich has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Nikita Mayorov says Gomel went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

In brief

17 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Georgiy Kukushkin says Gomel went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Gomel lose Dmitriy Lisakovich

94 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Pavel Pashevich is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gomel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

In brief

16 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Sergey Matveychik: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Dmitriy Emeljanov has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Kirill Leonovich out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Kirill Leonovich, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

15 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Sergey Matveychik is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gomel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Igor Zayats signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Igor Zayats commits to Gomel for another 4 years.

Squad

Jorge Rojas 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.

Market

Talks stall between Gomel and Denis Kovalevich

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

Denis Kovalevich asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Denis Kovalevich runs his contract down

2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Gomel money.

In brief

14 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Pavel Pashevich 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 Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Denis Kovalevich has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Igor Zayats stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Igor Zayats and Gomel agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Dmitriy Lisakovich 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.

Loan watch

Timofey Simanenka has seen enough of Uni-X Labs

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Gomel, and 2 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

Gomel and Igor Zayats are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief

13 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Jorge Rojas says Gomel went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Dmitriy Lisakovich out for 123 days

The medical room confirms 123 days on the sidelines for Dmitriy Lisakovich, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Pavel Pashevich is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gomel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

In brief

12 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Igor Zayats has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Egor Troyakov: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Gomel lose Kirill Leonovich

44 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

11 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Vadim Martinkevich: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Sergey Matveychik is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gomel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Arseniy Achapovskiy knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

10 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Pavel Pashevich 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 Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Denis Kovalevich has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Iván Cetrini

“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.

Loan watch

Timofey Simanenka has seen enough of Uni-X Labs

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Gomel, and 2 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

The Viktor Sotnikov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Gomel know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Artem Karatay knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

9 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Pavel Pashevich is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gomel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match

Gomel come up short against Dinamo Brest

Dinamo Brest left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Astemir Abazov

“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.

Squad

Kirill Danilin is off the mark for Gomel

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

Vladislav Boltushko makes his debut at 18

At 18 years old, Vladislav Boltushko became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

Squad

Pavel Pashevich asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

8 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Igor Zayats has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Kirill Leonovich out for 73 days

The medical room confirms 73 days on the sidelines for Kirill Leonovich, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk 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.

Match

Gomel come up short against Naftan

Naftan left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Igor Zayats knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Dmitriy Lisakovich linked with a move away

The name of Dmitriy Lisakovich keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

7 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Alexandr Savitskiy 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 Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Sergey Matveychik is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gomel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

The Dinamo Brest deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Alexandr Ryzhchenko reports back to Gomel with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Match

Gomel get the job done against Isloch

A 2-1 win over Isloch, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

Talks stall between Gomel and Daniil Silinskiy

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Damir Shaikhtdinov

“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.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Arseniy Achapovskiy finally opens his account

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

Squad

The shirt belongs to Dmitriy Lisakovich now

At 26 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Gomel have a decision that made itself.

In brief

6 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Pavel Pashevich 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 Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Denis Kovalevich has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Dmitriy Lisakovich signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dmitriy Lisakovich commits to Gomel for another 4 years.

Market

Ruslan Hryshyn is a Gomel player

The fee is $250.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Lokomotiv Gomel drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Denis Laptev

“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.

Market

Talks stall between Gomel and Dmitriy Lisakovich

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

5 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The cup run ends for Gomel

0-1 against Neman, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market

Damir Shaikhtdinov 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 Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Belshina come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Gomel did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Iván Cetrini 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.

Squad

Stanislav Kleschuk lets one through his hands

A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.

Squad

Jorge Rojas asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

4 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Cup progress for Gomel

A 1-0 win over Smorgon, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market

Egor Troyakov 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 Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Kirill Leonovich out for 103 days

The medical room confirms 103 days on the sidelines for Kirill Leonovich, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Daniil Silinskiy

“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.

Match

Gomel come up short against BATE

BATE left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market

Oleg Kovalev is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Gomel has been clear about where Oleg Kovalev stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

Daniil Silinskiy runs his contract down

3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Gomel money.

Squad

Arseniy Achapovskiy asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Dmitriy Lisakovich linked with a move away

The name of Dmitriy Lisakovich keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gomel say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

3 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Gomel march on in the cup

Niva are out and Gomel go through, 1-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Market

Gomel turn down Orsha for Daniil Silinskiy

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Dmitriy Lisakovich

“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.

Market

Gomel and Astemir Abazov are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market

Lida are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Gomel will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Market

Damir Shaikhtdinov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Gomel has been clear about where Damir Shaikhtdinov stands, which is more than many ever get.

Match

Honours even between Gomel and Slavia Mozyr

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Iván Cetrini asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Daniil Silinskiy is off the mark for Gomel

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

2 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Denis Kovalevich is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gomel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

Gomel sign Maksym Shevchenko for $61.0K

The paperwork is done: Maksym Shevchenko joins from Baranovichi in a deal worth $61.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

Denis Laptev 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.

Match

Gomel get the job done against Smorgon

A 1-0 win over Smorgon, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Georgiy Kukushkin signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Georgiy Kukushkin commits to Gomel for another 4 years.

Market

Talks stall between Gomel and Daniil Silinskiy

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

Nobody at Gomel has picked up the phone to Stanislav Kleschuk

48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Squad

Dmitriy Lisakovich knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Evgeniy Barsukov is off the mark for Gomel

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

1 Edition

The Gomel Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Pavel Pashevich 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 Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Denis Laptev stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Denis Laptev and Gomel agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Gomel see off Molodechno

Three points for Gomel, 2-1 the final word against Molodechno in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Igor Zayats

“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.

Market

Talks stall between Gomel and Dmitriy Lisakovich

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

The clock runs on Kirill Leonovich's contract

49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief