FC Lokomotyv Kyiv

Football Club Lokomotiv Kyiv is a football club from Kyiv, 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.

Lokomotiv Kyiv
Full nameFootball Club Lokomotiv Kyiv
Nickname(s)LOKO
Founded1919 as ZhelDor
GroundLokomotyv Stadium, Kyiv
Capacity2,000
OwnerSouthwestern Railways
ChairmanOleksandr Yehorov
Head coachVadym Lazorenko
LeagueUkrainian Second League
2022–23Ukrainian Amateur League, Group 2, 5th of 8 (promoted)

History

Founded in 1919, as ZalDor (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. Also, the club was multiple winner of the Kyiv championships. In 1947 the team was disbanded, by transferring team players to the Lokomotiv Moscow club.

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 and Oleksandr Yakovenko, who played for Belgian side Anderlecht. The club participated in the Second League.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  UKR Danylo Sydorenko
4 DF  UKR Vladyslav Blazun
5 MF  UKR Daniil Ovcharenko
7 MF  UKR Danylo Zhukov
10 MF  UKR Bohdan Koziy
11 MF  UKR Oleksiy Sakhnenko
13 MF  UKR Artem Yesaulov
15 FW  UKR Yan Karanha
16 DF  UKR Mykola Marchenko
18 DF  UKR Rudolf Sukhomlynov
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  UKR Mahomed Kratov
21 MF  UKR Ivan Melnychenko
27 MF  UKR Oleh Kozishkurt
44 DF  UKR Tymur Titarenko
60 DF  UKR Oleksandr Shevchenko
71 GK  UKR Mykhaylo Abramov
79 MF  UKR Dmytro Romanov
91 FW  UKR Anton Bohdan
— DF  UKR Yevhen Mezhenskyi
— MF  UKR Tymur Pohranichnyi

League history

Notable players

Head coaches

References
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