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title: "“A record among all teams”: insider reveals the size of bonuses at Polissya under Rotan"
description: "Insider Igor Burbas revealed the details of bonuses at Polissya: with the arrival of Ruslan Rotan, the payout for the win over Shakhtar grew to 300,000 hryvnias — almost 7,000 dollars per player."
date: 2026-09-21T19:22:00.000Z
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tags: [polissya, upl, ruslan-rotan, football-premiums, ukrainian-football]
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# “A record among all teams”: insider reveals the size of bonuses at Polissya under Rotan

![Polesia players in white kits celebrate a goal in a huddle: the team earned record bonuses under Rotan](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/22/polese-rekordnye-premii-rotan-7000-dollarov/polese-rekordnye-premii-rotan-7000-dollarov-1.webp)

## 🎯 Key Points

- According to insider Igor Burbas, for the win over Shakhtar each Polissya starter received 300,000 hryvnias (almost 7,000 dollars).
- In 2024, under Imad Ashour, the same win over Shakhtar brought the players only 600–700 dollars.
- Polissya operates two bonus systems: a seasonal one (based on league position) and a per-match one (for each game and win).
- In seven matches of the current championship, Rotan's team has won six and leads the UPL; the only defeat was against Zorya (1:2).
- All the figures come from a single insider and have not been officially confirmed by the club.

Football insider Igor Burbas, on his YouTube channel BurBuzz, revealed the details of the bonus system at Zhytomyr's Polissya, which has become a topic of discussion in Ukrainian football. According to him, since Ruslan Rotan took over the manager's role, the payments to players for individual matches have grown manifold and, in the insider's own assessment, have become the highest among all UPL clubs. This is reported by Sport RBC.UA, citing Burbas's post. The most striking figure named by the insider was the bonus for the win over Donetsk's Shakhtar — according to his data, every player who started the match received 300,000 hryvnias, which in dollar terms amounts to almost 7,000 dollars.

### Two bonus systems at the Zhytomyr club

Burbas explained that Polissya operates two types of bonuses at once. The first is seasonal: at the end of the championship the team receives a payout depending on its position in the standings, with a higher place yielding a larger sum. The second is per-match: a separate bonus is awarded for each game and, above all, for wins. It is this system, the insider says, that was radically revised after the change of manager and is now, in his words, “a record among all teams” in the league.

### The Rotan effect: from $600–700 to $7,000

To make the point clear, Burbas offered a comparison with the previous managerial cycle. In 2024, during Imad Ashour's tenure, a win over Shakhtar brought each player an extra 600–700 dollars. With the arrival of Ruslan Rotan, the insider says, the sums changed dramatically: “The bonuses for each match have been raised a lot and they are the highest among all teams. If you take the match against Shakhtar, the win over which Hennadii Butkevych paid out the most, then as far as I know, every player received 300,000 hryvnias. At least those who started. I have never heard of such figures before, anywhere,” Burbas stated. Thus, in his assessment, the gap between the “Ashour-era” and the “Rotan-era” bonus grid amounts to roughly a tenfold increase.

### Top of the table as the context for the payouts

The record bonuses, in the insider's words, coincide with a period of confident performances by the team. In seven matches of the current championship, Polissya has won six and sits top of the UPL table; the only defeat suffered by Rotan's side came against Luhansk's Zorya, 1:2. This sporting result is logically linked to a strengthening of the motivational component at the club. It is worth adding that in the previous season Polissya won the bronze medals — the first honors in the team's history from Zhytomyr in the UPL, having previously finished fifth and fourth. Against this backdrop, the rise in bonuses looks to the insider like a logical tool for retaining and boosting the club's ambitions.

### Contradictory data

It is important to note that all the figures cited — $600–700 in 2024 and 300,000 hryvnias for the win over Shakhtar — come from a single source, insider Igor Burbas, and have not been officially confirmed by Polissya's management or its sponsors. Burbas himself hedges with phrases such as “as far as I know” and “at least those who started,” indicating the approximate nature of the data. Moreover, in open announcements and previews of the central Polissya–Shakhtar match, the date recorded is 18 October 2025, whereas in the insider's text this win is presented in the context of the “current championship” with six wins in seven rounds; the precise placement of this match in the season calendar requires additional verification. Until the club issues an official comment, both versions — the size of the bonuses and their link to a specific match — should be treated as an insider's assessment rather than a documented fact.

## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification

- [Hundreds of thousands of hryvnias: blogger talks about bonuses at Polissya](https://sport.rbc.ua/ukr/football/sotni-tisyach-griven-bloger-rozpoviv-premiyi-1790018316.html) - Первичный источник: цитата инсайдера Игоря Бурбаса (BurBuzz) о двух системах премий, 600–700 $ в 2024 при Ашуре и 300 тыс. грн за победу над «Шахтером» при Ротане; 6 побед в 7 турах, лидерство, поражение от «Зари» 1:2, бронза в прошлом сезоне. Цифры не подтверждены клубом.
- [Rotan — an exception to the rule and Danish-Ukrainian respect. Report from the Copenhagen match ...](https://www.ua-football.com/foreign/conference_league/1785385923-rotan-kak-isklyuchenie-iz-pravil-i-datsko-ukrainskoe-uvazhenie-reportazh-s-matcha-kopengagen-polese.html) - Контекстный источник: фиксирует дату центрального матча «Полесье» — «Шахтер» 18.10.2025, что создаёт нестыковку с подачей этой победы как события «текущего чемпионата» в тексте инсайдера (актуальная дата 22.09.2026).
- [Igor Burbas: “Polissya has the highest bonuses among all UPL clubs”](https://ua.tribuna.com/football/1000000377975-ihor-burbas-v-polissi-nayvyshchi-premiyi-sered-usikh-klu/) - Подтверждает тезис инсайдера о рекордных среди УПЛ премиях в «Полесье»; согласуется с основной версией о росте выплат при Ротане.
- [Polissya - Shakhtar. Match preview and announcement ⋉ 18.10.2025 ⋊ UPL on UA-Football](https://www.ua-football.com/predictions/upl/1760634250-centralnyy-match-tura-polese-shahter-anons-i-prognoz-na-18-10-2025.html) - Контекстный источник: фиксирует дату центрального матча «Полесье» — «Шахтер» 18.10.2025, что создаёт нестыковку с подачей этой победы как события «текущего чемпионата» в тексте инсайдера (актуальная дата 22.09.2026).

## ❓ FAQ

### Q: How much, according to the insider, did Polissya's players receive for the win over Shakhtar?
**A:** According to Igor Burbas, every player who started received 300,000 hryvnias — almost 7,000 dollars. The club has not officially confirmed these figures.

### Q: What were the bonuses in 2024 under Imad Ashour?
**A:** During Imad Ashour's managerial tenure in 2024, the win over Shakhtar brought each player an extra 600–700 dollars.

### Q: How many bonus systems operate at Polissya?
**A:** Two: a seasonal one — based on the league position at the end of the championship — and a per-match one — for each game and win. It is the per-match system, in the insider's assessment, that was significantly increased under Rotan.

### Q: How is Polissya performing in the current championship?
**A:** In seven matches the team has won six and sits top of the UPL; the only defeat was against Luhansk's Zorya, 1:2.