FC Lokomotíva Košice is a Slovak

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club, playing in the town of

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of a ...

. The club was founded in 1946 and played for 29 years in the

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. The club also had several appearances in Europe playing the

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and the

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Club history

In 1951–1952 and 1977–1978 seasons, the club ranked 3rd in the

. In the 1977–1978 season the team also won the Czechoslovak Cup. The last major success of the club until the present time was winning the Slovak Cup in the 1984–1985 season. Season 1985–1986 was the last for the club in the

. That season the team finished next to last, 15th place in the league and relegated to the 2nd division. After the disintegration of Czechoslovakia, the club took part in the

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. In the 1993–1994 season took 8th place out of 12 participants. In the 1997–1998 season, finishing next to last, 15th place, relegated to the second league. In the 1999–2000 season in the second division championship club finished 17th place and relegated to the third division. In the 2003–2004 season was dropped to the 4th division. They withdrew from the 2018-19 2. liga season due to financial problems

Club's name

* 1946 - ŠK Železničiari Košice * 1946 - ŠK Železničiari Sparta Košice * 1949 - ZSJ Dynamo ČSD Košice * 1952 - TJ Lokomotíva Košice * 1965 - TJ Lokomotíva VSŽ Košice * 1967 - TJ Lokomotíva Košice * 1990 - FK Lokomotíva Košice * 1994 - FK Lokomotíva Energogas Košice * 1997 - FC Lokomotíva Košice * 1999 - FC Spoje Lokomotíva Košice * 2005 - FC Lokomotíva Košice

Stadium

Initially Lokomotíva played at Lokomotíva Stadium in the Čermeľ district for most of its history (until 1997). Now Lokomotíva plays in small village Družstevná pri Hornáde 16 km far from city center of

. As of 2021, Lokomotíva plays in Barca, municipal district of Košice.

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia *

''(1925–93)'' ** ''Third place (2):''

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, 1977–78 * Czechoslovak Cup ''(1961–1993)'' ** ''Winners (2):'' 1977, 1979 Slovakia *

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''(1961–)'' ** ''Winners (3):'' 1977, 1979, 1985 ** ''Runners-Up (2):'' 1961, 1992

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944–45 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94

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Top scorer. :¹Shared award

Results

League and domestic cup history

''Slovak League only (1993-present)''

European competition history

Current squad

''As of September 19, 2019.''

Technical staff

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Lokomotiva. ''Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found

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.'' * Bohumil Andrejko * Pavol Biroš * Matúš Čonka * Pavol Diňa * Gejza Farkaš * Frantisek Feczko * Anton Flešár * Milan Gigler * Miroslav Greskovics * Ladislav Józsa * Karol Kisel * Ján Kozák sr. * Jozef Móder * Martin Obšitník * Erik Pačinda * Stanislav Seman *

Adolf Scherer Adolf Scherer (born 5 May 1938) is a Slovak footballer who played as a striker. He is of Carpathian German descent. He played 36 games and scored 22 goals for the Czechoslovakia national team. Scherer represented Czechoslovakia at the 1960 Eu ...

* Viliam Schrojf * Miroslav Sovič * Anton Šoltis * Peter Štyvar * Rudolf Urban * Blažej Vaščák

References

Bibliography

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:FC Lokomotiva Kosice Kosice, Lokomotiva FC Sport in Košice Kosice, Lokomotiva FC Association football clubs established in 1946 1946 establishments in Slovakia Lokomotíva Košice