FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa

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.

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 coachMarin Baychev
LeagueSecond League
2019–20Second League, 9th
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.

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. Their return to the Bulgarian elite proved to be hard, as the team spent the majority of the season fighting in the relegation zone. They were eventually relegated after one season spent in the top flight.

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

League positions

Second 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 Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 0–0 Group winners
Argeș Pitești 2–0 0–5
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  BUL Hristiyan Hristov
2 DF  BUL Vladimir Yankov
3 DF  BUL Valentin Petrov
4 DF  BUL Daniel Stoyanov
5 DF  BUL Todor Taushanov
6 DF  BUL Rumen Gyonov
8 MF  BUL Ivan Ivanov
10 MF  BUL Dzhuneyt Yashar
11 MF  BUL Viktor Mitev
12 GK  BUL Zehnur Chaushev
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF  BUL Ivaylo Chakalov
15 MF  BUL Radoslav Baychev
18 DF  BUL Petko Tsankov
23 FW  BUL Vladislav Mirchev
24 MF  BUL Petar Chalakov (captain)
27 MF  BUL Yanislav Tsachev
31 MF  BUL Aleksandar Stefanov
66 DF  BUL Kristiyan Raychev
69 MF  BUL Ahmed Murad
99 DF  BUL Ivan Slavov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2020.

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
2018 Todor Kiselichkov
2018 Marin Baychev
2019 Krasimir Mechev
2019-2020 Milcho Sirmov

Notable stats

Most appearances for the club

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

Most goals for the club

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

Most appearances in A group for the club

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

Most goals in A group for the club

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