FC Locomotive Tbilisi is a

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club from the capital,

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

. During the existence of the

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the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. The club has strong connections with the

Georgian Railways Georgian Railway LLC ( ka, საქართველოს რკინიგზა, tr) is the national railway company of Georgia. A vital artery linking the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, it sits on the shortest route between Europe and Ce ...

History

Locomotive was founded on 14 August 1936 as a part of Lokomotiv sports society. The club won Georgian championship in 1937, which gave them the permission to participate in

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. Their debut season in the highest level of the Soviet football championship came in

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, where the club took 24th place out of 26 and got relegated. However, the Tbilisi-based club managed to get another promotion during the following season and participated in

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. But they were eventually disqualified from the tournament. These were the only seasons when Locomotive managed to take part in the top league. From the following years until the dissolution of

, the club moved between the lower divisions, played in the second the third divisions of the Soviet football championship.

Nodar Akhalkatsi Nodar Akhalkatsi ( ka, ნოდარ ახალკაცი; 2 January 1938 – 24 January 1998) was a professional Association football, football manager from Georgia (country), Georgia. Coaching career Akhalkatsi coached USSR, Soviet club F ...

, the coach of

FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi ( ka, დინამო თბილისი, ) is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top flight of Georgian football. Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mo ...

and one of the most successful managers in the Soviet football, started his managing career in Locomotive. He managed the club from 1967 to 1970. Since the post-Soviet era, Locomotive is one of the regular members of

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. However, the club failed to win the championship. They were runners-up twice: in 2000-01 and in 2001–02 Umaglesi Liga. The club won

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three times: in 2000, in 2002 and in 2005. Some notable players of the club are:

Levan Kenia Levan Kenia ( ka, ლევან ყენია; born 18 October 1990) is a Georgia (country), Georgian professional association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German club KFC Uerdingen 05, KFC Uerdingen. Club ca ...

Levan Tskitishvili Levan Tskitishvili (born 10 October 1976) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Tbilisi, Tskitishvili started playing for Dinamo Tbilisi in 1994, and in 1998 he was transferred to SC Freiburg, ...

Zurab Khizanishvili Zurab Khizanishvili ( ka, ზურაბ ხიზანიშვილი; born 6 October 1981) is a Georgian football coach, currently the assistant manager of Georgia U-21, and former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Early ...

Giorgi Arabidze Giorgi Arabidze ( ka, გიორგი არაბიძე; born 4 March 1998) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Torpedo Kutaisi. He is the winner of several trophies in the Ukrainian and Georgian leagues. Ara ...

Giorgi Aburjania Giorgi Aburjania ( ka, გიორგი აბურჯანია, tr, ; born 2 January 1995) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Portuguese club Gil Vicente F.C. and the Georgia national team. Club c ...

Valeri Abramidze Valeri Abramidze ( ka, ვალერი აბრამიძე; born 17 January 1980) is a former Georgian footballer. He also holds Russian citizenship. Spartak Moscow Abramidze joined FC Spartak Moscow during summer 2002, signed 5-year c ...

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and

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Honours

: **Winners (3): 1999–2000, 2001–2002, 2004–2005

European cups

Current squad

''As of 14 September, 2022.''

References

External links

Official website

Soccerway statistics
Association football clubs established in 1936 1936 establishments in Georgia (country)

Locomotive Tbilisi FC Locomotive Tbilisi is a Georgian football club from the capital, Tbilisi. During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. The club has strong connections with the Georgian Railways. History Lo ...

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