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Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa

Full name	Football Club Lokomotiv - Gorna Oryahovitsa
Nickname(s)	Loko, The Irons
Founded	1932; 87 years ago (1932)
Ground	Lokomotiv Stadium, Gorna Oryahovitsa
Capacity	10,500
Chairman	Georgi Bijev
Head coach	Krasimir Mechev
League	Second League
2017–18	Second League, 8th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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

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.

Recent years

After 21 years of absence from the top flight, in the 2015–16 B Group Lokomotiv GO finished third in the final league table and was one of the clubs to be approved and promoted to the newly restructured Bulgarian First League, following the adoption of new licensing criteria by the Bulgarian Football Union.

Seasons

Season by season

Recent seasons

Honours

Domestic

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  Bulgarian A Group:
  
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    8th place (3): 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94
    
  
  


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  Bulgarian B Group:
  
  
  
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    Champions (1): 1962–63
  
  
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    Runners-up (2): 1954-55, 1986–87
  
  
  
  


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  Bulgarian Cup:
  
  
  
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    Semi-finals (2): 1947, 1987
  
  
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    Quarter-finals (4): 1993, 1994, 2015, 2016
    
  
  
  
  

International

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  Intertoto Cup:
  
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    Group winner (1): 1992
  
  

European tournaments history

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

Current squad

As of 11 January 2019

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Martin Nikolov 4 DF Ivo Harizanov 5 DF Mihail Minkov 6 DF Tihomir Trifonov 7 MF Toni Ivanov (on loan from Slavia Sofia) 8 MF Steven Slavkov 9 FW Ivan Kolev 10 MF Aleksandar Popov 11 MF Krasen Trifonov 14 GK Evgeni Aleksandrov 15 FW Maksimilian Velkov 16 DF Daniel Yordanov 18 MF Petar Chalakov

No. Position Player 19 MF Dimitar Yurukov 20 MF Zhak Pehlivanov 21 DF Atanas Fidanin 23 DF Ivaylo Todorov 24 MF Aleksandar Zlatkov (on loan from Slavia Sofia) 25 MF Yordan Petev 27 MF Filip Angelov 31 GK Hristian Slavov 77 DF Martin Sandov 83 DF Ivan Penev 99 FW Martin Dimitrov MF Georgi Chukalov (on loan from Arda)

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2018 and Transfers winter 2018–19.

Managers

Dates Name Honours 1952 Kostadin Bogdanov 1954 Angel Bozev 1957–1961 Kiril Chipev 1961–1963 Yordan Tomov 1 B PFG title 1964 Atanas Konarov 1964–1965 Penyu Petsev 1965 Apostol Sokolov 1966–1968 Hristo Hadzhiev 1968 Zhelyazko Panev 1969–1970 Angel Petrov 1970 Marin Marinov 1970–1971 Kiril Chipev 1971–1973 Petar Patev 1973–1975 Todor Velev 1975–1978 Ivan Varbanov 1978–1982 Petar Shatrov 1982–1984 Georgi Velinov 1984–1985 Ivan Varbanov 1 V AFG title 1985–1988 Dobromir Zhechev 1988–1989 Todor Velev 1989–1990 Kiril Rabchev

Dates Name Honours 1990–1991 Petar Kirilov 1991–1993 Nikola Velkov 1994 Georgi Velkov 1994 Tsenko Gavazov 1994 Nikola Velkov 1995 Georgi Velkov 1995 Plamen Nikolov 1995 Kiril Rabchev 1996–1997 Tsenko Gavazov 1997 Todor Todorov 1997–1998 Angel Minchev 2003–2005 Boyko Dimitrov 1 V AFG title 2006–2007 Valentin Ignatov 2007–2010 Dimitar Pechikamakov 2010–2011 Nasko Kostadinov 2011–2013 Dimitar Pechikamakov 2014 Tsenko Gavazov 2014–2016 Sasho Angelov 2016 Aleksandar Tomash 2016 Angel Chervenkov 2016–2017 Ivan Kolev 2017 Milcho Sirmov 2017 Aleksandar Dimitrov

Notable stats

Most appearances for the club # Name Apps 1 Dimitar Pechikamakov 458 2 Asan Abishev 421 3 K.Todoranov 362 4 Iv.Vasilev 351 5 Tsenko Gavazov 349 Most goals for the club # Name Gls 01 Asan Abishev 94 02 Dimitar Pechikamakov 88 03 Iv.Vasilev 58 04 Tsenko Gavazov 56 05 K.Ushev 48

Most appearances in A group for the club # Name Apps 1 Dimitar Pechikamakov 189 2 Levent Gavazov 177 3 Nasko Kostadinov 124 4 Valeri Ganev 122 5 Sasho Angelov 114 Most goals in A group for the club # Name Gls 01 Valentin Ignatov 24 02 Ivaylo Yordanov 23 03 Dimitar Pechikamakov 20 04 Nasko Kostadinov 17 05 Valeri Ganev 15

External links

• Official website


• Bulgarian Clubs-Loko GO


• Intertoto Cup 1992


• Facebook Page


• Genchev turns on Loko GO


• Footballdatabase Profile


• Soccerway Profile