FC Lokomotiv Kyiv is a football club from
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
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, owned by the
South Western Railway. It currently participates in various Kyiv city football competitions. It also fields several of its junior teams in the Ukrainian youth league.
History
Founded in 1919, as ZhelDor (''abbr. -Rail road''), soon after joining the
Soviet Lokomotiv sports society it changed its name twice to Lokomotiv in 1936 and Lokomotiv Yuga in 1940. The team played its home games at its own stadium.
The best record of competition was the 17th place in the
1938 Soviet Top League
Events
January
* January 1
** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...
. Also, the club was multiple winner of the Kyiv championships. In 1947, soon after the
World War II
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the senior team was disbanded, it later appeared only on the amateur level (regional). During the World War II a lot of its players were mobilized and perished at the front-lines of the war.
At the present time, the club is known for good training of young talent and selling them to domestic and European clubs. The most successful players among them are
Andriy Yarmolenko
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and
Oleksandr Yakovenko, who played for
Belgian
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side
Anderlecht. The club participated in the Second League.
Current squad
League history
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Notable players
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Andriy Yarmolenko
Andriy Mykolayovych Yarmolenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Ярмоленко; born 23 October 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Emirati UAE Pro League club Al Ain and captains ...
(youth)
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Oleksandr Yakovenko (youth)
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Kyrylo Kovalets (youth)
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Anton Kanibolotskyi
Anton Olehovych Kanibolotskyi ( uk, Антон Олегович Каніболоцький; born 16 May 1988) is a Ukrainian goalkeeper
.
He recently played for the club Shakhtar Donetsk, where he was the third-choice goalkeeper of the club. He ...
(youth)
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Oleksiy Dovhyi (youth)
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Oleh Synyohub (youth)
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Serhiy Shapoval
Serhiy Volodymyrovych Shapoval ( ua, Сергій Володимирович Шаповал; born 7 February 1990) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dalvík/Reynir in Iceland.
Career statistics Club
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(youth)
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Serhiy Herasymets (youth)
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Yuriy Shevel
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(youth)
*
Oleh Kozishkurt
Oleh Vadymovych Kozishkurt ( ua, Олег Вадимович Козішкурт; born 9 September 2003) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association footba ...
(youth)
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Roman Yalovenko (youth)
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Oleksandr Shevchenko (youth)
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Mahomed Mameshev
Mahomed Yusufovych Mameshev ( ua, Магомед Юсуфович Мамешев; born 17 January 2002) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a right winger
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
M ...
(youth)
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Makar Honcharenko
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Kostyantyn Fomin
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Mikhail Tovarovsky
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Viktor Melnyk
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Yuriy Klymchuk
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Kyrylo Romanyuk
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Yevheniy Shevchenko
References
Ukraine at PolandProfile at beachsoccer.com.uaProfile at beachsoccer.com.ua
External links
Kopanyi-Myach.infoHistory of club at klisf.infoFootball Federation Of Kiev
Association football clubs established in 1919
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Kyi ...
Soviet Top League clubs
Football clubs in Kyiv
Lokomotiv (sports society)
Southwestern Railways
Amateur football clubs in Ukraine
Football clubs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
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