Lokomotiv ( bg, Локомотив) is a

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based in

Gorna Oryahovitsa Gorna Oryahovitsa ( bg, Горна Оряховица ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, situated in Veliko Tarnovo Province, from Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality. According to t ...

, which currently competes in the Third League, the third 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,

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and

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campaigns.

History

The club was established in 1932 as ''RSC - Railway Sports Club'' ( bg, 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

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came in 1947, when they lost to eventual winners

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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

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title, earning promotion to the

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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 The 1990–91 A Group was the 43rd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Etar Veliko Tarnovo won the cha ...

season, Lokomotiv's forward Ivaylo Yordanov finished as the leading goalscorer of the

with a total of 21 goals and was later transferred to Portuguese club

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. After 21 years of absence from the top flight, in the

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, Lokomotiv finished third in the final league table and was one of the clubs approved and promoted to the newly restructured

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

, following the adoption of new licensing criteria by the

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. Lokomotiv experienced difficulty in its return to the Bulgarian elite, as the team spent the majority of the season fighting in the relegation zone. The team was eventually relegated after one season spent in the top flight. After four seasons in the Second League, Lokomotiv were then relegated to the Third League at the end of the 2020/2021 season.

Seasons

Season by season

League positions

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Recent seasons

Honours

Domestic

* First League: ** 8th place (3): 1989–90,

, 1993–94 * Second League: ** Winners (1): 1962–63 ** Runners-up (2): 1954-55, 1986–87 *

: ** Semi-finals (2): 1947, 1987 ** Quarter-finals (4): 1993, 1994,

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International

Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from ( football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foo ...

: ** Group winner (1): 1992

European tournaments history

Current squad

''As of 25 September 2020'' ''For recent transfers, see Transfers winter 2020–21 and Transfers summer 2021.''

Managers

Notable stats

External links

Official website

Bulgarian Clubs-Loko GO

Intertoto Cup 1992

Facebook Page

Genchev turns on Loko GO

Soccerway Profile
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