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RC Lokomotiv Moscow
| Club Information |
| Full name |
Rugby Club Lokomotiv Moscow |
| Nickname(s) |
Lokomotiv |
| Founded |
1937 |
| Current Details |
| Ground(s) |
Lokomotiv Stadium (30,000) |
| CEO(s) |
 Yevgeny Klebanov |
| Coach |
Igor Ovchinnikov |
| Competition |
Russian Championship |
| 2006 |
1st |
RC Lokomotiv Moscow is a Russian rugby league club based in Moscow, Russia. The team plays in the Russian Super League and is one of the oldest teams in Russia. Originally a club for those who worked on the railways, they participated in the first USSR rugby union championship in 1937. Lokomotiv were Soviet Championship winners in 1983. During the existence of the USSR RC Lokomotiv Moscow club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society.
In 1991, following York and Fulham’s tour to the country, they switched from rugby union to rugby league, owing mostly to rugby union's amateur status at the time, and the desire by players to be paid. Lokomotiv have gone on to dominate Russian rugby league. They have won seven Championships, including league and cup doubles in 2002-2005. Twelve players from the club were in the Russian national team in 2005.
Lokomotiv had their best season ever in 2005, winning the league and cup double in Russia, winning 21 out of 22 matches and scoring 1,560 points in the process. However, they have not yet transferred this success over to the Rugby League Challenge Cup. In their three previous games in this competition, they have failed to register a win.
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- 1983*, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
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- 1978*, 1986*, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
*Rugby union honours
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Domestic Teams
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Kazan Arrows · Kazan Energy · Mary El Yoshkar-Ola · Moscow Kosmos · Moscow Spartak · Moscow Vereya · RC Lokomotiv Moscow · Rostov-on-Don Crystal
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