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Lokomotiv 1929 (Шаблон:Lang-bg) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football.

Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refounded in 2015, following bankruptcy, the club has played at Stadion Lokomotiv since 1985.

Lokomotiv has won four League titles and four Bulgarian Cups. Lokomotiv established itself as one of Bulgaria's top clubs throughout history, performing strongly both domestically and internationally. The club has spent the majority of its history in the top tier First League (previously A Group), with brief interruptions including a short-lived merging with Slavia Sofia in 1969, as well as an administrative relegation in 2015, due to financial problems.

Lokomotiv traditionally play in red and black stripped shirts, with black shorts and red socks.

History

1929–1945: Foundation and early successes

Lokomotiv was founded on 2 September 1929 as Railway Sports Club (RSC) by a group of railway workers. RSC's first competitive game was a 2–1 victory against Zora Sofia on 3 October 1929. In the 1939–40 season, RSC won the Bulgarian title for first time in the team's history. The team was made by: Stoyo Nedyalkov (captain), Sl. Videnov, K. Kostov, D. Marinov, St. Angelov, As. Milushev, Krum Milev, L. Hranov. In 1945, the club had already been renamed Lokomotiv Sofia and won the title in the first post-war championship.

1960-1990: Continued domestic and European success

During season 1963–64 after 30 games, Lokomotiv won their third title after they defeated main rivals to the title Levski Sofia and Slavia Sofia. This achievement enabled Lokomotiv to participate in the 1964–65 European Cup preliminary round for the first time ever. Lokomotiv were drawn against Swedish champions Malmö. In the first leg, played at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Lokomotiv trashed their rivals with a score of 8–3, with Nikola Kotkov scoring five goals in that match. The Railroaders lost the second game in Sweden by 0–2, but still progressed to the first ground on aggregate. In the first round, Lokomotiv were drawn against Hungarian champions Gyóri ETO FC. In the first leg, played in Hungary, Lokomotiv Sofia lost by 5–3. The return leg in Sofia was crucial for Loko's progression to the next round. Lokomotiv won the game 4–3, but were eliminated on aggregate 8–7 by their Hungarian rivals, thus ending Lokomotiv's first European Cup adventure.

In 1969, the club was united with Slavia Sofia for a brief period to 1971 and the unified team was associated with the Bulgarian railway workers. In 1971, the two teams were separated again. In Europe the club won the European championship of the railwaymen two times, in 1961 and 1963, and the Balkans Cup in 1973.

In 1978, Lokomotiv were crowned champions for the fourth time, finishing one point above CSKA Sofia. This team was led by club legends Atanas Mihaylov and Boycho Velichkov. This qualified the team for the European Cup for the second time in their history. In the first round, Lokomotiv faced Danish champions Odense. The first game in Denmark ended in a 2–2 tie, with Angel Kolev and Boycho Velichkov scoring important away goals. In the second game played on home soil, Lokomotiv managed to overcome a 0–1 deficit and won the game 2–1, thus progressing to the second round 4–3 on aggregate. In the second round, Lokomotiv were drawn against a much tougher opponent, in the name of Köln from West Germany at the time. Seen as clear outsiders, Lokomotiv lost the first game in Sofia by 0–1, while they were brutally beaten 4–0 in the return leg in Köln, thus being eliminated from the European Cup.

In 1980, Lokomotiv reached a quarter final in the UEFA Cup where they faced VfB Stuttgart, eliminating before that Ferencváros, AS Monaco and Dynamo Kyiv. Against Stuttgart the team lost with 0–1 in Sofia and with 1–3 in Germany.

In 1982, Lokomotiv won the Bulgarian cup for the third time in its history, qualifying for the 1982-83 European Cup Winners Cup. Lokomotiv faced French team PSG. The first leg in Sofia ended in a 1–0 win, however the return leg ended in a heavy 5–1 defeat, which eliminated Lokomotiv.

Lokomotiv finished the 1984-85 season in fourth place, which enabled another UEFA Cup qualification, for season 1985-86. Lokomotiv's first opponent was Cypriot side APOEL. After some drama in both legs, the Railroaders advanced to the second round with an aggregate score of 6-4. There, Lokomotiv faced Neuchâtel Xamax from Switzerland. Lokomotiv drew 1-1 at home, but failed to find the net in the return leg, which ended in a 0-0 draw. This score was unfavorable for Lokomotiv, since the away goals rule favored their Swiss opponents in this case, and Lokomotiv was eliminated.

1994–2015, Nikolay Gigov era; From Top Tier to Third League

The new era for Lokomotiv Sofia came in 1994 with the new president Nikolay Gigov. The football club's status was turned professional. For merely one year (1994–95), from a team struggling not to lose its place in the professional league, Lokomotiv won the silver medals in the Championship and the State Cup. The club's home ground is Lokomotiv Stadium with 25,000 places, included a junior training centre: Lokomotiv has an enthusiastic and well-organized fan-club. The team came fourth in the 2005–06 season in A PFG and qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup first qualifying round, where they faced FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov from the Republic of Macedonia. Lokomotiv beat the Macedonian side 2–0 in the first match in Sofia on 13 July 2006 and finished 1–1 as a guest in Macedonia and continued to the next round of the tournament. Next, they faced the team of Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, which they beat twice: 2–0 on 10 August 2006 and 4–0 on 24 August 2006. Their next opponent in the first round of the tournament was the team of Feyenoord Rotterdam. The first game in Sofia ended with a 2–2 draw, after Lokomotiv went ahead 2–0 early in the first half. The second game finished 0–0 and Lokomotiv Sofia were out of the UEFA tournament.

Domestically, Lokomotiv had an amazing run of 10 consecutive wins, before being stopped by CSKA Sofia in the direct clash for the second position. Eventually, Lokomotiv finished third with equal points with second-placed CSKA Sofia.

The 2007–08 season started promisingly for the team. In the UEFA Cup second qualifying round Lokomotiv eliminated Romanian side Oţelul Galaţi after a 3–1 win at home and a scoreless away draw. This marked 8 European games without a loss, which was a new national record for longest streak without a loss achieved by a Bulgarian team in all European competitions. The previous record of 7 games was held by Levski Sofia. In the next round, Lokomotiv faced the French Rennes and the loss 1–3 in the first leg in Sofia marked an end to the team's winning streak in Europe. The Bulgarian side showed a surprising rally in the second game in France, which they won 2–1 and were only a single goal short of making it to the extra time. For a second consecutive year, Lokomotiv were stopped short of entering the group stage of the UEFA Cup, despite being the first Bulgarian club in football history to snatch a victory on French soil. The team finished third during the 2014–15 season in the A PFG, but was denied a license for the European tournaments and A Group due to unpaid debts. Lokomotiv were relegated to Bulgaria's third division, the V Group.[1]

FC Lokomotiv 1929: Lower leagues and return to the elite

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Stadion Lokomotiv

After being relegated to the third tier of Bulgarian football, Lokomotiv experienced serious financial problems and the club was disqualified from the Third League, after which it was liquidated. Shortly after, some of the legends of the team including Ivan Vasilev, Boycho Velichkov and Anton Velkov formed a new club in A OFG Sofia (city) - north (4th division). The new club, now called Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia, is considered the rightful successor of the previous team, and thus carries over the history and honors won from the original team. The youth academy was also moved to the new club. Some other former players went back to the club, as well as young players from the academy who were selected to the new first squad.[2]

On 29 July 2016, the team was officially approved for the new Bulgarian Second League, skipping one level of Bulgarian football together with Tsarsko Selo Sofia.[3] However, initially the team couldn't get promoted to the First League until 2018-19 season due to the rule that a team can play in the highest level only after 3 seasons of existence. This was changed later, allowing Lokomotiv to promote as early as 2018, since the new team was considered to be the successor of the original Lokomotiv.

The 2017-18 season was very dramatical for Lokomotiv Sofia. They finished second in the Second League, which meant that they qualified for the promotion playoffs to enter First League. However, they were denied entry to the top tier by Vitosha Bistritsa, who beat them on penalties to stay in the league.[4] Next season wasn't as successful, with Lokomotiv only managing a mid-table result. For the 2019-20 season, Lokomotiv finished fourth, only three points behind Montana, who qualified for the promotion playoffs.

The 2020-21 season began well for Lokomotiv, as they managed to remain in first place in the league for the majority of the season before the winter break. Lokomotiv eventually managed to finish in second place, thus securing promotion to the First League after six years.

The first season since returning to the top level proved to be difficult. Lokomotiv, however, managed to secure their place in the league after a lot of drama in the relegation group of the 2021-22 season. The team eventually finished above Botev Vratsa and Tsarsko Selo, avoiding the drop. After the season ended, Lokomotiv announced that they had parted ways with Ivan Kolev and had appointed former Ludogorets manager Stanislav Genchev in his place, with Zhivko Milanov as assistant coach.

League positions

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Honours

Domestic

European

Crest, shirt and mascot

Team main kit is red and black. Away kits are black and white.

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt partner
2015–2017 Шаблон:Flagicon Joma Casa Boyana
2017–2021 Efbet
2022–Шаблон:0 Betano

On 11 February 2022 Lokomotiv signed a sponsorship contract with the Greek betting company Betano for 3 years.[5]

Players

Current squad

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For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023 and Transfers winter 2023–24.

Foreign players

Up to twenty foreign nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Bulgarian First League, however only five non-EU nationals can be used during a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years. Шаблон:Col-start Шаблон:Col-3 EU Nationals Шаблон:Col-3 EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

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Statistics and records

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Atanas Mihaylov is Lokomotiv's all-time highest goalscorer.

Lokomotiv's first competitive game was a 2–1 victory against Zora Sofia on 3 November 1929. Atanas Mihaylov holds Lokomotiv's overall appearance record—he played 348 matches over the course of 17 seasons from 1964 to 1981. Lokomotiv's all-time leading scorer again is Atanas Mihaylov, who scored 145 goals. The most goals scored by a player in a single match is six; Tsvetan Genkov have achieved this feat in 2007.[7]

Lokomotiv's biggest victory is 11–1 against Chavdar Byala Slatina in 1991 for Bulgarian Cup. Lokomotiv's 9–0 defeat of Chernomorets Burgas Sofia on 27 May 2007 was its largest league win.[8] Lokomotiv's heaviest defeat, 0–8, came against Levski Sofia in 1994. Lokomotiv's 6–0 win against Neftchi Baku in the UEFA Cup was the largest victory in the Europe competition's history at the time.

Goalscoring and appearance records

Most appearances for the club in First League

Rank Name Career Appearances
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Yordan Stoykov 1971–1983 326
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Atanas Mihaylov 1965–1968
1971–1981
306
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Aleksandar Dudov 1982–1994 302
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Dimitar Vasev 1983–1996
1998–2000
300
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Georgi Bonev 1971–1972
1974–1985
294
6 Шаблон:Flagicon Apostol Chachevski 1950–1967 289
7 Шаблон:Flagicon Nikola Kotkov 1956–1968 276
Шаблон:Flagicon Spiro Debarski 1957–1968 276
9 Шаблон:Flagicon Boycho Velichkov 1975–1986 271
10 Шаблон:Flagicon Trayko Sokolov 1972–1982 257

Most goals for the club in First League

Rank Name Career Goals
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Nikola Kotkov 1956–1968 143
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Atanas Mihaylov 1965–1968
1971–1981
131
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Boycho Velichkov 1975–1986 90
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Spiro Debarski 1957–1968 84
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Tsvetan Genkov 2004–2007
2010
65
6 Шаблон:Flagicon Stoycho Stoev 1980–1989 59
7 Шаблон:Flagicon Gosho Petkov 1984–1990 56
8 Шаблон:Flagicon Marcho Dafchev 1998–2001
2004–2012
55
9 Шаблон:Flagicon Petar Argirov 1947–1956 49
10 Шаблон:Flagicon Kiril Metkov 1983–1991 43
  • Players in bold are still playing for Lokomotiv.

Notable players

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Bulgaria

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Europe
Africa
South America

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Past seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season League Bulgarian Cup Other competitions Top goalscorer
Division Level P W D L F A GD Pts Pos
2015–16 A Regional League 4 20 20 0 0 142 8 +139 60 1st Шаблон:Up-arrow Not qualified
2016–17 Second League 2 30 13 8 9 47 34 +12 47 6th Second Round Шаблон:Flagicon Dimitar Georgiev 18
2017–18 2 30 19 6 5 44 18 +26 62 2nd Second Round Шаблон:Flagicon Iliya Dimitrov 17
2018–19 2 30 9 9 12 25 28 –3 36 8th Second Round Шаблон:Flagicon Tsvetomir Vachev
Шаблон:Flagicon Aleksandar Aleksandrov
5
2019–20 2 21 12 3 6 36 18 +18 39 4th Preliminary round Шаблон:Flagicon Svetoslav Dikov 9
2020–21 2 30 19 5 6 65 30 +35 62 2nd Шаблон:Up-arrow Preliminary round Шаблон:Flagicon Svetoslav Dikov 23
2021–22 First League 1 32 8 10 14 27 46 –19 34 11th Round of 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Octávio 9
2022–23 1 36 11 9 16 37 49 –12 42 9th Semi-finals Шаблон:Flagicon Dimitar Mitkov 7
2023–24 1 Qualified

Key

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

European record

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UEFA Champions League / European Cup 2 8 3 1 4 19 21 – 2
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup 3 8 3 0 5 8 17 – 9
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 8 34 12 11 11 49 37 + 12
Total 13 50 18 12 20 76 75 + 1

Managers

Dates Name Honours
2015–2016 Шаблон:Flagicon Anton Velkov
2016 Шаблон:Flagicon Angel Kolev /interim/
2017 Шаблон:Flagicon Yavor Valchinov
2017–2018 Шаблон:Flagicon Mladen Dodić
2018 Шаблон:Flagicon Angel Kolev
2019 Шаблон:Flagicon Mladen Dodić
2019–2020 Шаблон:Flagicon Radoslav Zdravkov
2020–2022 Шаблон:Flagicon Ivan Kolev
2022–2023 Шаблон:Flagicon Stanislav Genchev
2023– Шаблон:Flagicon Stoycho Stoev

Supporters

Lokomotiv has a group of loyal fans known as Iron Brigades (Bulgarian: Железни бригади) who supported the team in the lowest levels of the Bulgarian football. Lokomotiv's biggest rivalry is with Slavia Sofia.[9] Lokomotiv's fans maintain a friendship with Spartak Varna and Austrian club FavAC.

References

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External links

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