PFC Lokomotiv
Full nameFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
Founded1935 (1935)
GroundLokomotiv Stadium
Capacity12 000
ManagerPaolo Dragolov
LeagueA Regional Stara Zagora
2022–232nd

FC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora is a Bulgarian football club from Stara Zagora, founded in April 1934 as ZHSK (ЖСК). The club currently competes in the fourth tier of Bulgarian football, A RFG Stara Zagora. FC Lokomotiv has been traditionally seen as the second most popular football team from Stara Zagora, after PFC Beroe Stara Zagora. Its best achievement has been winners of the Bulgarian Women's League in the 2021-22 season; for men, it has been participating in the "B" group of football, the second tier of Bulgarian football.

History

Lokomotiv was founded in April 1934. It was named ZHSK until 1946, then Lokomotiv from 1946 to 1949, Energy in 1949, Torpedo from 1949 to 1950 and again from 1951 to Lokomotiv in 1959. In 1952. the team was steps away from entry into the "A" group. Lokomotiv was in the forehead on the "B" group (the elite come in the first five). After a 22-day round Lokomotiv is idvaden of primacy with Torpedo (Rousse). The reason – an incident with the audience during the game near the Danube. In 1959 Village Lokomotiv and Botev are united under the name Beroe. Although the organizational structure of entering Beroe, zheleznicharite retain their identity. In the summer of 1998, and with the participation of people from the Chairman of the Lokomotiv players and Askent from Gurkovo is formed Beroe 2000 (Stara Zagora). Along with Lokomotiv and Askent continue to exist. Two years later Beroe 2000, which in mid-1999 moved its headquarters and plays in Kazanlak, merged with "Lokomotiv Stara Zagora". In early July 2004. zheleznicharite merged with another local team Union Beroe (Stara Zagora), founded in August 2000. Lokomotiv has 12 participations in the "B" group. Coach of the team of 2005 is the legendary Botev Plovdiv Petar Zehtinski – Ziko.

Successes

  • 8-th place in the National Championships in 1937
  • 2-nd place in the South-east "B" group in 1956
  • 3-rd place in the South-east "B" group in 1954 and 1955
  • 6-th place in South "B" group in 1967
  • 7-th place in South "B" group in 1958
  • 8-th place in "B" group in 1951

* 15 holdings in "B" group.

  • 1/16-final participant for the National Cup in 1968/69 (then the Soviet Army Cup) and 2004/05

First-team squad

As of 11 September 2022

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 Pavlin Zhelev
2 MF Bulgaria BUL Simeon Petkov
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Kristiyan Atanasov
4 MF Bulgaria BUL Petko Georgiev
5 MF Bulgaria BUL Pavel Aleksandrov
6 FW Bulgaria BUL Ivan Tilev
7 FW Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Petrov
8 DF Bulgaria BUL Martin Argirov
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Boyan Penev
10 DF Bulgaria BUL Martin Dimitrov
11 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Nedelchev
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Zlatko Zhelyazkov
13 MF Bulgaria BUL Dobromir Stratiev
14 МF Bulgaria BUL Emil Valchev
15 DF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Stanev
16 DF Bulgaria BUL Velizar Velikov
17 MF Bulgaria BUL Christian Stoyanov
18 DF Bulgaria BUL Petar Penev
19 FW Bulgaria BUL Radi Staykov
Bulgaria BUL
Bulgaria BUL
Bulgaria BUL

Women

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