FK Rostov – Player Boycott Highlights Financial Problems
On September 23 Futbolgrad’s article “Luch-Energiya Vladivostok – Financial Difficulties Show Need for League Reform” highlighted the financial burden ...
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok – Financial Difficulties Show Need for League Reform
By Manuel Veth -
Life is tough in Russia’s second division, the Football National League (FNL). Unlike the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL), w ...
Torpedo Armavir – Mkrtchyan’s Project is Stalling
Oleg Mkrtchyan’s club Torpedo Armavir is the most recent ambitious football project in Russia. The 2014-15 season saw Torpedo win the third-tier Profe ...
Proposed New European Cup to Benefit Smaller UEFA Member States
By Manuel Veth -
UEFA’s member states are contemplating the creation of a new European cup competition for clubs that have dropped out in the early s ...
From Yellow-Green to Yellow-Blue – The Naturalization of Shakhtar’s Taison
By Mark Temnycky -
Shakhtar Donetsk is a fascinating example of the globalization of football in the 2000s as the club in the last ten years ushered ...
Radnički Kragujevac – Working Class Football Meets Pelé
By Miloš Marković -
European tours were customary for the Brazilian giants Santos between 1957 and 1974, which is the club’s most successful period. ...
