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The general director of Baltika said that in order to play in the RPL, it is necessary to increase the club’s budget

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3 years ago

December 17, 2022

Thomas

The general director of Baltika said that in order to play in the RPL, it is necessary to increase the club’s budget

Baltika Kaliningrad General Director Kirill Volzhenkin said that in order for the team to play in the Russian Premier League (RPL), it is necessary to increase the club’s budget.

– In the summer, you told us that out of the club’s total budget of 650 million, which was published by the RFU, the club’s performance in the FNL accounts for 430 million rubles. How much of that money comes from sponsors?

“We get about 60 to 40 as a percentage in favor of state funding,” Metaratings.ru quotes Volzhenkin.

– To perform in the RPL, in order to keep a place there, and not just stick out for a year, what is the minimum budget?

– First of all, I want to say that if we still manage to get into the RPL, we definitely do not want to fly out in the first season. We do not want and will not do, as many do, when all the players are removed and a new team is assembled. When we invite players, we evaluate the potential in the long term, we plan the development of players and most of the players who are now in the team, given their age, will still progress. In the RPL, they will play even better and will be able to keep this level. But it will be necessary to increase the budget by 100%. Now the average budget of the RPL team, which is in the second part of the table, is a little over a billion.

Baltika is leading the First League after 20 rounds with 41 points.

Source: Sportbox

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Europa League

Emeri: The European League is even more important for Aston Valley

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47 minutes ago

January 15, 2026

Annie

Emeri: The European League is even more important for Aston Valley

Aston Valley head coach Unai Emery showed up after beating Basel (2:1) in the 6th round of the final stages of the European League. Visit the official UEFA website.

“We are very satisfied, we played very good games the rest of the time. For example, last year against Arsenal (2:1). Today we were not able to play 90 minutes consistently, but I am happy that we scored three points.

Basel is a very strong rival, and it is not easy to win here. Ale mi showed good gru.

We cannot complain, the European League is a very important tournament for us. This tournament is very competitive, but only one team can overcome it. The three points we scored in Basel will give us enthusiasm for the upcoming tests,” said Emeri.

Aston Villa currently sits third in the European League table.

Source: Football UA

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Europa League

Nottingham exclude Zinchenko from a Europa League bid

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2 hours ago

January 15, 2026

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Nottingham exclude Zinchenko from a Europa League bid

Nottingham Forrest have decided not to include Ukrainian national team defender Oleksandr Zinchenko until the team’s registration for the spring part of the 2025/26 European competition.

The club officially announced that the Ukrainian’s place in the European Cup bid was taken by the Nigerian grind Ola Aina, who spent the season only a few games due to injuries.

The 29-year-old Zinchenko, whose contract with Arsenal expires until the summer of 2026, was loaned to the English club in the spring of 2025 and began working with three coaches. In the current tournaments there were ten matches, but there were no effective actions. The reasons for the decision to exclude the Ukrainian from the club’s application have not been disclosed.

After six rounds on the main stage of the European League, Nottingham Forrest has achieved 11 points and is in 11th place in the group. The team’s upcoming matches are scheduled for the 22nd day against Braga and the 29th day against Ferencvaros.

Source: Football UA

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Football

Besprozvannykh said that Talalaev will not leave Baltika until the end of the season

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4 hours ago

January 15, 2026

Jon

Besprozvannykh said that Talalaev will not leave Baltika until the end of the season

Head coach of the Kaliningrad football club “Baltika” Andrei Talalaev he has no intention of leaving his post before the end of the season. The governor of the Kaliningrad region told journalists this Alexey Besprozvannykh.

“He’s definitely a very good coach, for sure. When there are such successes, coaches are always popular,” he said. — The success that Baltika is demonstrating is exceptional: we played the first half in the top five and the objective, obviously, is to remain in the top five. Our coach is with us and will be for the next half of the year, but it’s nice [его] celebrated throughout the Russian football community.”

Besprozvannykh noted that last year, after Baltika’s victories over rivals, “they called and congratulated him from absolutely the whole country.” “To be honest, I didn’t even know that my colleagues, whom I knew previously from working in the federal department, were Baltika fans. That is, they also have their own teams, but they support Baltika. They say that we are great, we show really good results,” the governor said, thanking the coach and general partner of the Rostec club for such results.

Talalaev is 53 years old, he led Baltika in September 2024. Last season, the Kaliningrad team under his leadership became the winner of the strongest second division of the Russian championship and entered the Russian Premier League (RPL).

Source: Soccer Ru

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