Karpaty U21

22 Aug 2026
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The Karpaty Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Kryvbas come back empty-handed

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

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Karpaty make their move for Kyrylo Osypenko

$560.0K on the table at Dynamo Kyiv. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Karpaty go back to the board over Kyrylo Osypenko

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $590.0K — a club that wants Kyrylo Osypenko enough to be asked twice.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Karpaty

Joseph Séry 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Xeber Alkain falls out with a teammate over standards

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

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Karpaty rebuffed over Ivan Petriak

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Shakhtar have kept their man, and Karpaty go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

One of those days for Ambrosii Chachua

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.13, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match15 Aug 2026

Ambrosii Chachua rescues a point for Karpaty

It needed Ambrosii Chachua to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Polissia, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Mykola Harmash on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Mykola Harmash after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

In brief

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The Karpaty Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Karpaty rebuffed over Oleh Ocheretko

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Shakhtar have kept their man, and Karpaty go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

Karpaty go back to the board over Jan Jurčec

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $890.0K — a club that wants Jan Jurčec enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

No deal for Jan Jurčec at that price

Karpaty offered $820.0K; Kryvbas said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Iván Calero signs on for more

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Karpaty

Xeber Alkain 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.

Match8 Aug 2026

Karpaty see off Kryvbas

Three points for Karpaty, 2‑1 the final word against Kryvbas in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Iván Calero

“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.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

One of those days for Xeber Alkain

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.04, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad10 Aug 2026

10 new faces, and Karpaty are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief

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The Karpaty Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad3 Aug 2026

Denys Marchenko stands alone

9 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match1 Aug 2026

Nowhere to hide for Karpaty

0‑3 against Dynamo Kyiv, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Market3 Aug 2026

Karpaty turn down Rukh for Andrii Buleza

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

Xeber Alkain stays put

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

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Karpaty

Joseph Séry 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Xeber Alkain falls out with a teammate over standards

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

The dugout3 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Denys Marchenko

“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.

Boardroom3 Aug 2026

Nobody left the Karpaty 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

The clock runs on Xeber Alkain'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