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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

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. Also, the club was multiple winner of the Kyiv championships. In 1947, soon after the

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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

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and Oleksandr Yakovenko, who played for

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. The club participated in the Second League.

Current squad

League history

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Notable players

(youth) * Oleksandr Yakovenko (youth) * Kyrylo Kovalets (youth) *

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(youth) * Oleksiy Dovhyi (youth) *

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(youth) * Serhiy Herasymets (youth) *

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(youth) * Oleksandr Shevchenko (youth) *

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* Kyrylo Romanyuk *

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References

Ukraine at Poland

Profile at beachsoccer.com.ua

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External links

Kopanyi-Myach.info

History of club at klisf.info

Football Federation Of Kiev
Association football clubs established in 1919

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 {{Ukraine-footyclub-stub