FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa

Lokomotiv (Bulgarian: Локомотив) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football.

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
Full nameFootball Club Lokomotiv - Gorna Oryahovitsa
Nickname(s)Loko, The Irons
Founded1932 (1932)
GroundStadion Lokomotiv,
Gorna Oryahovitsa
Capacity10,500
ChairmanIvo Dimitrov
Head coachGeorgi Ivanov
LeagueThird League
2022-232nd
WebsiteClub website

Established in 1932 as a sports association of the railway workers in the town, the football department of Lokomotiv have been playing at their current home ground, the Lokomotiv Stadium, since 1956. The club's main colours are black and white. Lokomotiv GO's longest spell in the top division was between 1987 and 1995. Lokomotiv's highest league finish in the top division is 8th, and was achieved three times during their 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1993–94 A Group campaigns.

History

The club was established in 1932 as RSC - Railway Sports Club (Bulgarian: ЖСК - Железничарски спортен клуб) by the railway workers at the Gorna Oryahovitsa railway station, a major railway junction in northern Bulgaria. In 1944 RSC merged with SC Borislav and was later renamed to RSC Borislav. The team finally became known by their current name Lokomotiv in 1945. Lokomotiv's best performance in the Bulgarian Cup came in 1947, when they lost to eventual winners Levski Sofia in the semi-final, a feat, which they would achieve again in 1987, but again losing to cup holders Levski Sofia. In the 1962–63 season, they won the B Group title, earning promotion to the A Group for the first time in their history. In the following top-tier season, Lokomotiv endured a difficult 1963–64 campaign. The team eventually finished the season last and were relegated back to the B Group after a brief spell.

In the 1986–87 season, Lokomotiv ranked second in the B Group and won promotion to the A Group after a 23-year absence. They spent eight consecutive seasons in the top division before being relegated in 1995. During the 1990–91 A Group season, Lokomotiv's forward Ivaylo Yordanov finished as the leading goalscorer of the A Group with a total of 21 goals and was later transferred to Portuguese club Sporting Clube de Portugal.


After 21 years of absence from the top flight, in the 2015–16 B Group, Lokomotiv finished third in the final league table and was one of the clubs approved and promoted to the newly restructured Bulgarian First League, following the adoption of new licensing criteria by the Bulgarian Football Union. Lokomotiv experienced difficulty in its return to the Bulgarian elite, as the team spent the majority of the season fighting in the relegation zone. The team was eventually relegated after one season spent in the top flight.

After four seasons in the Second League, Lokomotiv were then relegated to the Third League at the end of the 2020/2021 season.

Seasons

Season by season

Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup
1950 B PFG 6 DNQ
1951 V AFG  ? DNQ
1952 V AFG 3 DNQ
1953 B PFG 7 DNQ
1954 B PFG 3 DNQ
1955 B PFG 2 DNQ
1956 B PFG 5 DNQ
1957 B PFG 10 DNQ
1958 B PFG 12 DNQ
1958-59 B PFG 5 DNQ
1959-60 B PFG 10 DNQ
1960-61 B PFG 5 DNQ
1961-62 B PFG 8 DNQ
1962-63 B PFG 1 DNQ
1963–64 A PFG 16 1/8 finals
1964–65 B PFG 4 DNQ
1965–66 B PFG 3 DNQ
1966–67 B PFG 4 Round of 16
1967–68 B PFG 11 DNQ
1968–69 B PFG 15 DNQ
1969-70 B PFG 11 DNQ
1970-71 B PFG 15 DNQ
1971-72 B PFG 11 DNQ
Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup
1972-73 B PFG 8 Round of 16
1973-74 B PFG 3 DNQ
1974–75 B PFG 12 DNQ
1975–76 B PFG 3 Round of 16
1976–77 B PFG 9 Round of 32
1977–78 B PFG 9 Round of 16
1978–79 B PFG 6 Round of 32
1979-80 B PFG 10 Round of 32
1980-81 B PFG 6 Groups
1981-82 B PFG 6 Second round
1982-83 B PFG 5 Third round
1983-84 B PFG 16 First round
1984–85 V AFG 1 First round
1985–86 B PFG 3 First round
1986–87 B PFG 1 Semi-finals
1987–88 A PFG 13 Second round
1988–89 A PFG 12 Third round
1989–90 A PFG 8 First round
1990–91 A PFG 8 Second round
1991–92 A PFG 11 First round
1992–93 A PFG 9 Quarter-finals
1993–94 A PFG 8 Quarter-finals
1994–95 A PFG 14 First round
Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup
1995–96 B PFG 13 First round
1996–97 B PFG 15 Semi-finals
1997–98 V AFG 14 DNQ
1998–99 V AFG 13 DNQ
1999–00 V AFG 12 DNQ
2000–01 V AFG 5 DNQ
2001–02 V AFG 6 DNQ
2002–03 V AFG 13 DNQ
2003–04 V AFG 1 DNQ
2004–05 B PFG 16 First round
2005–06 V AFG 9 DNQ
2006–07 V AFG 11 DNQ
2007–08 V AFG 7 DNQ
2008–09 V AFG 5 DNQ
2009–10 V AFG 7 DNQ
2010–11 V AFG 12 DNQ
2011–12 V AFG 9 First round
2012–13 V AFG 6 DNQ
2013–14 V AFG 2 DNQ
2014–15 B PFG 3 Quarter-finals
2015–16 B PFG 3 Quarter-finals
2016–17 First League 14 First round
2017–18 Second League 8 First round
Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup
2018–19 Second League 9 First round
2019–20 Second League 9 First round
2020–21 Second League 15 First round

League positions

Bulgarian V AFGSecond Professional Football League (Bulgaria)Bulgarian First LeagueBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian V AFGBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian V AFGBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian A Football GroupBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian V AFGBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian A Football GroupBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian V AFG

Recent seasons

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup
2011–12V AFG (III)910713343137First round
2012–13V AFG6949402631DNQ
2013–14V AFG223431192673DNQ
2014–15B PFG (II)31857603456Quarterfinals
2015–16B PFG313116422650Quarterfinals
2016–17First League (I)147916325130First round
2017–18Second League (II)8101010423940First round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Honours

Domestic

International

European tournaments history

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1992 Intertoto Cup Group 10 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 0–0 Group winners
Romania Argeș Pitești 2–0 0–5
Romania Gloria Bistrita 2–0 1–1

Current squad

As of 25 September 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bulgaria BUL Hristiyan Hristov
2 DF Bulgaria BUL Vladimir Yankov
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Valentin Petrov
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Daniel Stoyanov
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Todor Taushanov
6 DF Bulgaria BUL Rumen Gyonov
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Ivanov
10 MF Bulgaria BUL Dzhuneyt Yashar
11 MF Bulgaria BUL Viktor Mitev
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Zehnur Chaushev
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Bulgaria BUL Ivaylo Chakalov
15 MF Bulgaria BUL Radoslav Baychev
18 DF Bulgaria BUL Petko Tsankov
23 FW Bulgaria BUL Vladislav Mirchev
24 MF Bulgaria BUL Petar Chalakov (captain)
27 MF Bulgaria BUL Yanislav Tsachev
31 MF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Stefanov
66 DF Bulgaria BUL Kristiyan Raychev
69 MF Bulgaria BUL Ahmed Murad
99 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Slavov

For recent transfers, see Transfers winter 2020–21 and Transfers summer 2021.

Managers

Dates Name Honours
1952 Bulgaria Kostadin Bogdanov
1954 Bulgaria Angel Bozev
1957–1961 Bulgaria Kiril Chipev
1961–1963 Bulgaria Yordan Tomov 1 B PFG title
1964 Bulgaria Atanas Konarov
1964–1965 Bulgaria Penyu Petsev
1965 Bulgaria Apostol Sokolov
1966–1968 Bulgaria Hristo Hadzhiev
1968 Bulgaria Zhelyazko Panev
1969–1970 Bulgaria Angel Petrov
1970 Bulgaria Marin Marinov
1970–1971 Bulgaria Kiril Chipev
1971–1973 Bulgaria Petar Patev
1973–1975 Bulgaria Todor Velev
1975–1978 Bulgaria Ivan Varbanov
1978–1982 Bulgaria Petar Shatrov
1982–1984 Bulgaria Georgi Velinov
1984–1985 Bulgaria Ivan Varbanov 1 V AFG title
1985–1988 Bulgaria Dobromir Zhechev
1988–1989 Bulgaria Todor Velev
1989–1990 Bulgaria Kiril Rabchev
Dates Name Honours
1990–1991 Bulgaria Petar Kirilov
1991–1993 Bulgaria Nikola Velkov
1994 Bulgaria Georgi Velkov
1994 Bulgaria Tsenko Gavazov
1994 Bulgaria Nikola Velkov
1995 Bulgaria Georgi Velkov
1995 Bulgaria Plamen Nikolov
1995 Bulgaria Kiril Rabchev
1996–1997 Bulgaria Tsenko Gavazov
1997 Bulgaria Todor Todorov
1997–1998 Bulgaria Angel Minchev
2003–2005 Bulgaria Boyko Dimitrov 1 V AFG title
2006–2007 Bulgaria Valentin Ignatov
2007–2010 Bulgaria Dimitar Pechikamakov
2010–2011 Bulgaria Nasko Kostadinov
2011–2013 Bulgaria Dimitar Pechikamakov
2014 Bulgaria Tsenko Gavazov
2014–2016 Bulgaria Sasho Angelov
2016 Bulgaria Aleksandar Tomash
2016 Bulgaria Angel Chervenkov
2016–2017 Bulgaria Ivan Kolev
2017 Bulgaria Milcho Sirmov
2017 Bulgaria Aleksandar Dimitrov
2018 Bulgaria Todor Kiselichkov
2018 Bulgaria Marin Baychev
2019 Bulgaria Krasimir Mechev
2019–2020 Bulgaria Milcho Sirmov
2020– Bulgaria Georgi Ivanov

Notable stats

Most appearances for the club

#NameApps
1Bulgaria Dimitar Pechikamakov458
2Bulgaria Asan Abishev421
3Bulgaria K.Todoranov362
4Bulgaria Iv.Vasilev351
5Bulgaria Tsenko Gavazov349

Most goals for the club

#NameGls
01Bulgaria Asan Abishev94
02Bulgaria Dimitar Pechikamakov88
03Bulgaria Iv.Vasilev58
04Bulgaria Tsenko Gavazov56
05Bulgaria K.Ushev48

Most appearances in A group for the club

#NameApps
1Bulgaria Dimitar Pechikamakov189
2Bulgaria Levent Gavazov177
3Bulgaria Nasko Kostadinov124
4Bulgaria Valeri Ganev122
5Bulgaria Sasho Angelov114

Most goals in A group for the club

#NameGls
01Bulgaria Valentin Ignatov24
02Bulgaria Ivaylo Yordanov23
03Bulgaria Dimitar Pechikamakov20
04Bulgaria Nasko Kostadinov17
05Bulgaria Valeri Ganev15
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