21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
68 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Guillermo Bassi: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Polissia get the job done against Oleksandriya

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Eduard Sarapii

“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

Talles Costa is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.21 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Market

Oleksii Hutsuliak linked with a move away

The name of Oleksii Hutsuliak keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Oleh Fedor is off the mark for Polissia

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

Back issues
67 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Talles Costa stays put

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

Squad

Leandro Andrade is carrying Polissia

7 goals and a season average of 7.43. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

Polissia get the job done against Epicentr

A 2-0 win over Epicentr, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mykola Haiduchyk

“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

Talles Costa linked with a move away

The name of Talles Costa keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Volodymyr Shepeliev hit in the pocket

The fine is internal, the amount is nobody's business, and the fact that everybody at Polissia knows about it by lunchtime is exactly the point of it.

In brief

66 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Yevhen Volynets 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

Polissia come up short against Kolos

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

Squad

Mykola Haiduchyk 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 Leandro Andrade talk will not go away

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

Market

Polissia and Oleksandr Andriievskyi 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

Polissia fine Volodymyr Shepeliev

A club that lets a breach of discipline pass invites the next one, so a week's wages have gone. The matter is closed, officially at least.

In brief

65 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Ruslan Babenko: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Ivan Petriak 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

Alisson Oliveira Da Silva wants to come home

“I did not go to Shakhtar to sit and watch. I want to come back to Polissia and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.

Match

Polissia share the spoils with Metalist

A 2-2 draw with Metalist leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Yevhen Volynets 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 Polissia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Lindon Emërllahu linked with a move away

The name of Lindon Emërllahu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

64 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Polissia are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 19 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Match

Polissia find a way past Veres

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

Squad

Borys Krushynskyi 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

Oleksii Hutsuliak linked with a move away

The name of Oleksii Hutsuliak keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Artem Husol 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 Polissia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Oleh Fedor 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 — Oleh Fedor has let it be known that he does not like the way Polissia are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

In brief

63 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Bohdan Redushko: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Leandro Andrade is carrying Polissia

6 goals and a season average of 7.36. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

Dimitar Trajkov stays put

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

In brief

62 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Polissia lose Denys Talko

36 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 Eduard Sarapii

“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

$4.0M on the table at Polissia

The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.

Squad

Leandro Andrade is carrying Polissia

5 goals and a season average of 7.28. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

Honours even between Polissia and Dynamo Kyiv

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

Market

The Leandro Andrade talk will not go away

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

In brief

61 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Polissia tear Zorya apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 5-1 against Zorya, and it could have been more.

Squad

Kparobo Arierhi 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

Alisson Oliveira Da Silva has seen enough of Shakhtar

“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 Polissia, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Leandro Andrade is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.21 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Oleksii Hutsuliak finally opens his account

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

Squad

Eduard Sarapii 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

60 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Kparobo Arierhi: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Mykola Haiduchyk signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mykola Haiduchyk commits to Polissia for another 4 years.

Match

A bad afternoon for Polissia against LNZ

0-1 to LNZ, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Serhii Chobotenko

“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

Oleksii Hutsuliak linked with a move away

The name of Oleksii Hutsuliak keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Eduard Sarapii 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 Polissia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

59 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

38 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 38 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Yevhen Volynets: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Polissia get the job done against Rukh

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

Squad

Beni Makouana signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Beni Makouana commits to Polissia for another 3 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Beni Makouana

“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

Bohdan Mykhailichenko linked with a move away

The name of Bohdan Mykhailichenko keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

58 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

37 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 37 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Borys Krushynskyi says Polissia 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

Leandro Andrade wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Polissia hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Market

Ihor Krasnopir moves on

Kryvbas pay $880.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

Danylo Beskorovainyi 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

Polissia share the spoils with Obolon

A 2-2 draw with Obolon leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Yevhen Volynets loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Yevhen Volynets. Polissia will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

Squad

Eduard Sarapii finally opens his account

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

Market

The Leandro Andrade talk will not go away

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

In brief

57 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

36 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 36 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Match

Polissia bow out of the cup

Ahrobiznes go through and Polissia go home, 1-1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Squad

Yevhen Volynets is the hero from the spot

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

Squad

Ihor Krasnopir: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Oleh Fedor 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 Polissia can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mykola Haiduchyk

“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

Alisson Oliveira Da Silva has seen enough of Shakhtar

“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 Polissia, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Polissia share the spoils with Chornomorets

A 1-1 draw with Chornomorets leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Leandro Andrade is off the mark for Polissia

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

56 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Still nobody has beaten Polissia

The unbeaten run reaches 34. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market

Kryvbas come back empty-handed

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

Market

Ruslan Babenko asks to leave Polissia

“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.

Match

Polissia see off Kryvbas

Three points for Polissia, 2-0 the final word against Kryvbas in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Yevhen Volynets 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

Poltava expected to open talks for Vladyslav Veleten

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

Squad

Maksym Braharu finally opens his account

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

Market

Oleksii Hutsuliak linked with a move away

The name of Oleksii Hutsuliak keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Maksym Braharu 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 Polissia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

55 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Still nobody has beaten Polissia

The unbeaten run reaches 33. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market

Polissia turn down Shakhtar for Leandro Andrade

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

Squad

Maksym Braharu says Polissia 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

Polissia sell Mykyta Kravchenko for $790.0K

Mykyta Kravchenko has left for Kudrivka in a $790.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Vadym Yushchyshyn signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vadym Yushchyshyn commits to Polissia for another 3 years.

Squad

Oleksandr Andriievskyi 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

54 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Still nobody has beaten Polissia

The unbeaten run reaches 32. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market

Epicentr come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Guillermo Bassi: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bohdan Mykhailichenko

“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

Ihor Krasnopir stays put

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

Market

Kryvbas are about to pick up the phone

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

In brief

53 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Still nobody has beaten Polissia

The unbeaten run reaches 31. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market

Polissia turn down Kudrivka for Mykyta Kravchenko

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

Market

Valentyn Tymchyk is a Polissia 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

Mykhailo Malynovskyi comes home

The shirt still fits. Mykhailo Malynovskyi is back at Polissia, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Mykola Burda comes home

The shirt still fits. Mykola Burda is back at Polissia, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Squad

Lindon Emërllahu 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

Polissia lose Jamal Abubakar

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

Loan watch

Alisson Oliveira Da Silva has seen enough of Shakhtar

“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 Polissia, and 0 appearances in 1 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Polissia share the spoils with Oleksandriya

A 2-2 draw with Oleksandriya leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

52 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Yevhen Volynets 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

Oleksii Hutsuliak linked with a move away

The name of Oleksii Hutsuliak keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Lindon Emërllahu keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Lindon Emërllahu plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

51 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Polissia are in among the leaders

Position 1 and 64 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad

Yevhen Volynets: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Borys Krushynskyi

“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

Lindon Emërllahu linked with a move away

The name of Lindon Emërllahu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Mykola Haiduchyk has company in his position

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

Market

Polissia put Ihor Krasnopir up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Ihor Krasnopir may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

50 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Maksym Melnychenko 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 Polissia can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Maksym Voitikhovskyi is a Polissia player

The fee is $230.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Bukovyna drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market

The Leandro Andrade talk will not go away

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

Market

Yaroslav Karaman told to find a new club

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

Squad

Borys Krushynskyi 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

Alisson Oliveira Da Silva has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Alisson Oliveira Da Silva keeps the shirt for now, at Polissia's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

49 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Shakhtar come back empty-handed

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

Market

Polissia sell Lucas Taylor for $760.0K

Lucas Taylor has left for Kryvbas in a $760.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Polissia lose Jamal Abubakar

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

Squad

Yevhen Volynets stays put

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

Market

Obolon are about to pick up the phone

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Ihor Krasnopir

“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

48 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Obolon come back empty-handed

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

Market

Shakhtar watching Mykyta Kravchenko

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Oleksandr Andriievskyi

“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

Oleksii Hutsuliak linked with a move away

The name of Oleksii Hutsuliak keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Maksym Melnychenko is free to find somewhere else

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

Squad

Andi Hadroj 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 Polissia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

47 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Polissia are in among the leaders

Position 1 and 64 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Shakhtar come back empty-handed

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

Market

Polissia sell João Vialle for $780.0K

João Vialle has left for Dynamo Kyiv in a $780.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market

Polissia sell Giorgi Maisuradze for $490.0K

Giorgi Maisuradze has left for Dynamo Kyiv in a $490.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market

Obolon watching Vladyslav Veleten

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Yevhen Volynets

“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

46 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mykyta Kravchenko 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

Nazar Semenenko is free to find somewhere else

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

Market

The Leandro Andrade talk will not go away

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

In brief

45 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Polissia lose Oleksii Hutsuliak

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

Market

Leandro Andrade wants more than Polissia are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad

Lindon Emërllahu signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lindon Emërllahu commits to Polissia for another 4 years.

Squad

Oleksandr Filippov 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

Lindon Emërllahu linked with a move away

The name of Lindon Emërllahu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Mykyta Kravchenko 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 Polissia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

44 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom

Polissia have won it

This is the season the town will measure the next twenty against. The trophy travels home with the squad, and the route through the streets was agreed days ago.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Vladyslav Veleten

“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

Oleh Kudryk 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 Bohdan Mykhailichenko talk will not go away

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

Market

Alisson Oliveira Da Silva is back through the door

0 appearances and 0 goals away from home. What he did there is settled; what happens now at Polissia is not.

Squad

The manager comes out for Borys Krushynskyi

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

In brief

43 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Polissia are in among the leaders

Position 1 and 64 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Diego Arismendi

“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

Yaroslav Ananchenko has seen enough of LNZ

“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 Polissia, and 1 appearances in 41 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

42 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Polissia lose Oleksandr Krets

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

Squad

Lucas Taylor 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 Leandro Andrade talk will not go away

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

In brief

41 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Polissia lose Oleksii Hutsuliak

70 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 Ihor Krasnopir

“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

Lindon Emërllahu linked with a move away

The name of Lindon Emërllahu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

40 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Lucas Taylor says Polissia 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.

Loan watch

Vladyslav Siryk has seen enough of Oleksandriya

“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 Polissia, and 1 appearances in 37 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Vladyslav Veleten

“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

39 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Polissia are in among the leaders

Position 1 and 64 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad

Mykyta Kravchenko: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Diego Arismendi

“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

38 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Borys Krushynskyi

“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

Leandro Andrade linked with a move away

The name of Leandro Andrade keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Guillermo Bassi 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

37 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

João Vialle: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bogdan Petrović

“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

The Lindon Emërllahu talk will not go away

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

In brief

36 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Guillermo Bassi signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Guillermo Bassi commits to Polissia for another 4 years.

Loan watch

Vladyslav Siryk wants to come home

“I did not go to Oleksandriya to sit and watch. I want to come back to Polissia and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 33 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Lucas Taylor

“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

35 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Polissia up to position 1

64 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

Diego Arismendi 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

Yaroslav Ananchenko wants to come home

“I did not go to LNZ to sit and watch. I want to come back to Polissia and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 33 matches say the rest.

In brief

34 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Oleksandr Andriievskyi says Polissia 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

Andi Hadroj 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

Leandro Andrade linked with a move away

The name of Leandro Andrade keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

33 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Vladyslav Veleten: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Guillermo Bassi

“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

The Lindon Emërllahu talk will not go away

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

In brief

32 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Polissia turn down Feniks for Nazar Semenenko

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

Loan watch

Vladyslav Siryk wants to come home

“I did not go to Oleksandriya to sit and watch. I want to come back to Polissia and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mykyta Kravchenko

“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

Bohdan Mykhailichenko linked with a move away

The name of Bohdan Mykhailichenko keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Vladyslav Veleten 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

Window shut, Vladyslav Veleten still here

Polissia spent the window trying to move Vladyslav Veleten on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.

In brief

31 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Polissia up to position 1

64 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market

Oleksandr Filippov 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 Polissia can pretend not to have heard.

Market

The Kolos deal is off

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

Squad

Diego Arismendi 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

Yaroslav Ananchenko wants to come home

“I did not go to LNZ to sit and watch. I want to come back to Polissia and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.

Market

Oleksii Hutsuliak linked with a move away

The name of Oleksii Hutsuliak keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

30 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

30 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 30 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Market

Ihor Krasnopir 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 Polissia can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Artem Husol is a Polissia player

The fee is $450.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Kolos drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Match

Polissia see off Rukh

Three points for Polissia, 2-0 the final word against Rukh in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Loan watch

Bohdan Kovalenko has seen enough of Vorskla

“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 Polissia, and 1 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Ihor Krasnopir

“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

Talles Costa is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.21 with 2 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Market

Leandro Andrade linked with a move away

The name of Leandro Andrade keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Bohdan Zakharov

Every debut is a small story about the future: Bohdan Zakharov, 20 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

In brief

29 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

29 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 29 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Market

The Rukh deal is off

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

Market

Polissia sign Ajdi Dajko for $480.0K

The paperwork is done: Ajdi Dajko joins from LNZ in a deal worth $480.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Market

Dynamo Kyiv are about to pick up the phone

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Guillermo Bassi

“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

Polissia sign Bohdan Redushko, one for the future

Bohdan Redushko is 20, and Polissia have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

Lindon Emërllahu is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.32 with 2 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Polissia draw a blank against Kolos

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

Squad

Somebody is after Oleksii Hutsuliak’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Oleksii Hutsuliak suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Polissia have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

28 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

28 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 28 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Market

Dynamo Kyiv come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Polissia 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 Mykola Haiduchyk

“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

Rukh expected to open talks for Vladyslav Veleten

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

Squad

Vadym Yushchyshyn signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vadym Yushchyshyn commits to Polissia for another 3 years.

Squad

Leandro Andrade named player of the month

The award goes to Leandro Andrade, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

Loan watch

Vladyslav Siryk wants to come home

“I did not go to Oleksandriya to sit and watch. I want to come back to Polissia and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.

Squad

No place for Diego Arismendi on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Polissia pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Match

Polissia and Metalist 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.

In brief

27 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

27 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 27 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Match

Polissia are in among the leaders

Position 1 and 59 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Dynamo Kyiv come back empty-handed

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

Market

Oleksandr Filippov 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 Polissia can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Leandro Andrade is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.64 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Market

Leandro Andrade wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Polissia hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Market

Bohdan Liedniev moves on

Shakhtar pay $1.3M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Match

Polissia find a way past Veres

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

Squad

Diego Arismendi 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

26 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

26 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 26 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Market

Lucas Taylor 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 Polissia can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

127% of the income goes out in wages at Polissia

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Loan watch

Bohdan Kovalenko has seen enough of Vorskla

“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 Polissia, and 1 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

No place for Ilir Krasniqi on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Polissia pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Lucas Taylor

“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

Talles Costa is carrying Polissia

2 goals and a season average of 7.20. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

Polissia and Poltava cancel each other out

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

Market

Bohdan Mykhailichenko linked with a move away

The name of Bohdan Mykhailichenko keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

25 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

25 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 25 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Market

Diego Arismendi asks to leave Polissia

“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

Oleksandr Nazarenko moves on

Partizan pay $8.4M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

Bohdan Liedniev: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Leandro Andrade is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.59 with 9 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Polissia find a way past Shakhtar

Shakhtar made Polissia work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief

24 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

24 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 24 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Heorhii Bushchan decides it from twelve yards

2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match

Polissia out of the cup

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

Squad

Heorhii Bushchan 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

Partizan expected to open talks for Oleksandr Nazarenko

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

Loan watch

Vladyslav Siryk wants to come home

“I did not go to Oleksandriya to sit and watch. I want to come back to Polissia and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.

Squad

Lindon Emërllahu is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.29 with 2 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

No goals between Polissia and Oleksandriya

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

Market

Lindon Emërllahu linked with a move away

The name of Lindon Emërllahu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

23 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Polissia are in among the leaders

Position 1 and 51 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad

Lucas Taylor says Polissia 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

Polissia cannot stop winning

4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Market

Oleksandr Nazarenko attracts admirers

The name of Oleksandr Nazarenko has come up in conversations Polissia were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Leandro Andrade is carrying Polissia

8 goals and a season average of 7.55. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

Polissia see off Epicentr

Three points for Polissia, 2-0 the final word against Epicentr in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Borys Krushynskyi stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Borys Krushynskyi and Polissia agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Loan watch

Yaroslav Ananchenko has seen enough of LNZ

“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 Polissia, and 0 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

No place for Oleksandr Andriievskyi on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Polissia pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

In brief

22 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Polissia cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Match

Polissia find a way past Kudrivka

Kudrivka made Polissia work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Boardroom

Wages eat 190% of everything Polissia earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Loan watch

Bohdan Kovalenko has seen enough of Vorskla

“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 Polissia, and 1 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Borys Krushynskyi

“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

Oleksandr Nazarenko is carrying Polissia

4 goals and a season average of 7.23. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Market

The Oleksii Hutsuliak talk will not go away

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

Squad

Bogdan Petrović 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

Oleksii Hutsuliak keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Oleksii Hutsuliak plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

21 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Still nobody has beaten Polissia

The unbeaten run reaches 20. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market

Diego Arismendi asks to leave Polissia

“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

Leandro Andrade is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.49 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Polissia get the job done against Obolon

A 3-1 win over Obolon, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Guillermo Bassi

“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

Diego Arismendi 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

20 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Still nobody has beaten Polissia

The unbeaten run reaches 19. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Maksym Braharu says Polissia 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

Polissia see off Dynamo Kyiv

Three points for Polissia, 2-0 the final word against Dynamo Kyiv in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Loan watch

Vladyslav Siryk wants to come home

“I did not go to Oleksandriya to sit and watch. I want to come back to Polissia and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.

Squad

Oleksandr Filippov 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

Oleksandr Andriievskyi 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

Lindon Emërllahu linked with a move away

The name of Lindon Emërllahu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Boardroom

Polissia answer back

A squad written off a fortnight ago has closed ranks. Whatever was said behind that door, it has held so far.

The terraces

The press have found their man in Lindon Emërllahu

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

19 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Still nobody has beaten Polissia

The unbeaten run reaches 18. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Match

Polissia up to position 2

39 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

Ihor Krasnopir stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ihor Krasnopir and Polissia agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Leandro Andrade is carrying Polissia

5 goals and a season average of 7.42. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

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Yaroslav Ananchenko has seen enough of LNZ

“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 Polissia, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Vladyslav Veleten

“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

18 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Polissia make it 6 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Polissia have 6 straight wins of it.

Boardroom

249% of the income goes out in wages at Polissia

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Match

Polissia find a way past Karpaty

Karpaty made Polissia work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

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Bohdan Kovalenko has seen enough of Vorskla

“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 Polissia, and 1 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Maksym Braharu 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 Oleksii Hutsuliak talk will not go away

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

Squad

Leandro Andrade 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 — Leandro Andrade has let it be known that he does not like the way Polissia are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

The terraces

The press cannot get enough of Oleksii Hutsuliak

Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.

Squad

Oleksii Hutsuliak keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Oleksii Hutsuliak plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

17 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Polissia make it 5 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Polissia have 5 straight wins of it.

Squad

Talles Costa out for 29 days

The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Talles Costa, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match

Polissia get the job done against Zorya

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Guillermo Bassi

“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

Oleksandr Nazarenko linked with a move away

The name of Oleksandr Nazarenko keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Ihor Krasnopir 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

16 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Yevhen Volynets: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Polissia make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Polissia have 4 straight wins of it.

Match

Polissia see off LNZ

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

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Vladyslav Siryk has seen enough of Oleksandriya

“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 Polissia, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Bogdan Petrović 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

Volodymyr Shepeliev suspended

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

Squad

Eduard Sarapii is off the mark for Polissia

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

Market

Lindon Emërllahu linked with a move away

The name of Lindon Emërllahu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

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Alisson Oliveira Da Silva keeps scoring at Nyva

4 appearances away from home and 0 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

In brief

15 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Cup progress for Polissia

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

Market

Diego Arismendi asks to leave Polissia

“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.

Match

Polissia are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 29 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad

Bogdan Petrović: 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.” Polissia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Polissia make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Polissia have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad

Polissia lose Oleksandr Andriievskyi

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

Squad

Mykola Haiduchyk 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

Polissia see off Rukh

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

Squad

Leandro Andrade is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.37 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

In brief

14 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

12 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Market

Leandro Andrade wants more than Polissia are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Match

Polissia get the job done against Kolos

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

Boardroom

249% of the income goes out in wages at Polissia

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

Leandro Andrade named player of the month

The award goes to Leandro Andrade, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

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Bohdan Kovalenko has seen enough of Vorskla

“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 Polissia, and 1 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Leandro Andrade is carrying Polissia

4 goals and a season average of 7.28. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Market

The Oleksii Hutsuliak talk will not go away

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

Squad

Diego Arismendi 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 Polissia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

13 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

11 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 11 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Oleksandr Andriievskyi

“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 Polissia and Metalist

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

In brief

12 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Oleksandr Andriievskyi says Polissia 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

10 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Match

Polissia get the job done against Veres

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

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Vladyslav Siryk has seen enough of Oleksandriya

“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 Polissia, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Lucas Taylor

“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

Lindon Emërllahu linked with a move away

The name of Lindon Emërllahu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

11 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Polissia run riot against Poltava

4-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Match

9 unbeaten for Polissia

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Polissia did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Oleksandr Andriievskyi out for 51 days

The medical room confirms 51 days on the sidelines for Oleksandr Andriievskyi, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Guillermo Bassi

“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.

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Yaroslav Ananchenko has seen enough of LNZ

“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 Polissia, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Ilir Krasniqi is off the mark for Polissia

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

Market

Mykola Haiduchyk linked with a move away

The name of Mykola Haiduchyk keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Heorhii Bushchan called up by his country

A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Polissia that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.

The terraces

The press cannot get enough of Leandro Andrade

Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.

In brief

10 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Heorhii Bushchan keeps Polissia in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

8 unbeaten for Polissia

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

Boardroom

400% of the income goes out in wages at Polissia

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mykola Haiduchyk

“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.

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Bohdan Kovalenko wants to come home

“I did not go to Vorskla to sit and watch. I want to come back to Polissia and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Match

No goals between Polissia and Shakhtar

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

In brief

9 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

7 unbeaten for Polissia

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Eduard Sarapii

“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 Polissia and Oleksandriya

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

In brief

8 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Polissia cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Match

Polissia find a way past Epicentr

Epicentr made Polissia work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

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Vladyslav Siryk has seen enough of Oleksandriya

“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 Polissia, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Lindon Emërllahu is off the mark for Polissia

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

Squad

Bogdan Petrović 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

Talles Costa is off the mark for Polissia

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

Squad

Eduard Sarapii 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

Lindon Emërllahu linked with a move away

The name of Lindon Emërllahu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

The window shut and Lucas Taylor is still in the building

Polissia 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.

In brief

7 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bohdan Liedniev attracts admirers

The name of Bohdan Liedniev has come up in conversations Polissia were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Match

Polissia find a way past Kudrivka

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

Squad

Diego Arismendi 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.

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Yaroslav Ananchenko has seen enough of LNZ

“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 Polissia, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

Mykola Haiduchyk linked with a move away

The name of Mykola Haiduchyk keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Somebody is after Mykola Haiduchyk’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Mykola Haiduchyk suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Polissia have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

Market

Bogdan Petrović arrives on loan

Polissia have taken Bogdan Petrović on loan from KAA Gent — cover where cover was needed.

Market

Guillermo Bassi joins Polissia on a free

No fee and no drama: Guillermo Bassi has signed at Polissia, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

Squad

Giorgi Maisuradze 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 Polissia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

6 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Vladyslav Veleten asks to leave Polissia

“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.

Boardroom

Wages eat 558% of everything Polissia earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Match

Polissia see off Obolon

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

Squad

Oleksandr Andriievskyi 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

Leandro Andrade loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Leandro Andrade. Polissia will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Mykola Haiduchyk

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Market

The Oleksii Hutsuliak talk will not go away

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

Squad

Oleksandr Filippov 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

Vladyslav Veleten is off the mark for Polissia

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

5 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Yevhen Volynets is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Yevhen Volynets: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

Cup progress for Polissia

A 2-2 win over Inhulets, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market

João Vialle 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 Polissia can pretend not to have heard.

Match

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

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Oleksandr Filippov

“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.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Heorhii Bushchan

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Match

No goals between Polissia and Dynamo Kyiv

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

Squad

Oleksandr Andriievskyi 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 Polissia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Maksym Braharu finally opens his account

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

In brief

4 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Mykyta Kravchenko 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 Polissia can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Kudrivka come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Vladyslav Veleten 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

Polissia share the spoils with Kryvbas

A 2-2 draw with Kryvbas leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Oleksii Hutsuliak finally opens his account

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

Squad

Leandro Andrade is off the mark for Polissia

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

3 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Karpaty take the points off Polissia

Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Mykola Haiduchyk 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

Experience through the door at Polissia

Diego Arismendi arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

Squad

Oleksandr Nazarenko is off the mark for Polissia

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

Market

Polissia put Vladyslav Veleten up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Vladyslav Veleten may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Market

Mykola Haiduchyk linked with a move away

The name of Mykola Haiduchyk keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Polissia say nothing, which says plenty.

The terraces

Supporters make their feelings known about Oleksii Hutsuliak

The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Polissia would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.

Squad

Oleksandr Andriievskyi has company in his position

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

Market

Dynamo Kyiv send scouts to watch Oleksii Hutsuliak

Two seats in the directors' box were spoken for, and the name in the notebook was Oleksii Hutsuliak. Nothing has been offered yet.

In brief

2 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Bohdan Mykhailichenko signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bohdan Mykhailichenko commits to Polissia for another 3 years.

Match

Polissia see off Zorya

Three points for Polissia, 2-0 the final word against Zorya in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Lindon Emërllahu

“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

Poltava expected to open talks for Bohdan Liedniev

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

Squad

Bohdan Mykhailichenko 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 Polissia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Nobody at Polissia has picked up the phone to Oleksandr Andriievskyi

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

Market

João Vialle is free to find somewhere else

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

Squad

Mykola Haiduchyk is off the mark for Polissia

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

Market

Talks stall between Polissia and Lucas Taylor

“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

1 Edition

The Polissia Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Leandro Andrade wants more than Polissia are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad

Leandro Andrade signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Leandro Andrade commits to Polissia for another 4 years.

Squad

Leandro Andrade 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

Kolos watching Bohdan Liedniev

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

Match

A bad afternoon for Polissia against LNZ

0-1 to LNZ, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market

The clock runs on Oleksandr Filippov's contract

24 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