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4 Edition

The Jelgava Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match19 Aug 2026

The small margins put Jelgava out

Out, 0‑5 to Liepaja, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

The terraces24 Aug 2026

A cup embarrassment at Liepaja follows Jelgava home

0-5. Going out of a cup is one afternoon; going out like that is a week of phone-ins, and the manager will hear every one of them.

Squad24 Aug 2026

6 saves: Alvis Ikaunieks was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Abdulmajid Aminu will not be coming to Jelgava

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Barau is saying, and nobody at Jelgava is enjoying the guessing.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Adeyemo Bolaji 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 Jelgava this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Door shut on Simeon Vasilev

Jelgava asked and Arda said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Jelgava training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcis Fertovs is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Davis Vanins

“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.

Boardroom24 Aug 2026

Doors closed at Jelgava

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

In brief

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Arturs Stolcers
  • The dugout The plan did not have a place for Ramon Azeez
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3 Edition

The Jelgava Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market17 Aug 2026

Vitalijs Jagodinskis sold, and an era ends

$190.0K from Daugavpils for Vitalijs Jagodinskis. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.

Match12 Aug 2026

Kristaps Oss sends Jelgava through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Kristaps Oss obliged against Spartaks. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Jelgava.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Alvis Ikaunieks

There were 8 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.

Market17 Aug 2026

Jelgava turn down Ventspils for Vladimirs Zjuzins

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

The terraces17 Aug 2026

Jelgava sell a favourite for $190.0K

The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Vitalijs Jagodinskis was one of the reasons people came, and $190.0K does not replace that by itself.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Rodolphe Ekou turns down Jelgava

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Liepaja keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Jelgava make their move for Iļja Korotkovs

$310.0K on the table at Liepaja. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Jelgava

Adeyemo Bolaji 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.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Damjan Pavlović

Jelgava asked and Kauno Zalgiris said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

In brief

2 Edition

The Jelgava Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Jelgava turn down Metta/LU for Valentin Prokhorov

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

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

The paperwork begins on Rodolphe Ekou

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Jelgava have done the hard part with Liepaja, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Market10 Aug 2026

Daugavpils join the queue for Vitalijs Jagodinskis

Add another name to the list: Daugavpils have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Vitalijs Jagodinskis. The answer from Jelgava has not changed — yet.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Davis Vanins signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Davis Vanins and Jelgava agree another 3 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Jelgava

Adeyemo Bolaji and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Ikorodu City tell Jelgava: Uzoma Chinonso is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Jelgava

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marcis Fertovs was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Adeyemo Bolaji has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Jelgava know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Davis Vanins 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 Jelgava, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

1 Edition

The Jelgava Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Aug 2026

Davis Tarasovs 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 Jelgava, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market3 Aug 2026

Jelgava turn down Daugavpils for Olegs Kamess

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

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Jelgava

Valentin Prokhorov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Door shut on Danijel Kolarić

Jelgava asked and Zbrojovka Brno said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Jelgava

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marcis Fertovs was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market3 Aug 2026

Kaspars Jurkovskis attracts admirers

The name of Kaspars Jurkovskis has come up in conversations Jelgava were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad3 Aug 2026

This league is too small for Saturday Erimuya

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Jelgava will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

A loan move for Rodolphe Ekou is in the works

Jelgava have made the call to Liepaja. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

A loan move for Victor Torisheju is in the works

Jelgava have made the call to Bendel Insurance. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

In brief