FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Lokomotiv Moscow

Full name

Football Club Lokomotiv Moscow

Nickname(s)

Loko,
Parovoz (Steam Locomotive), Parovozy (Steam Locomotives), Krasno-zelyonyye (Red-Greens), Zheleznodorozhniki (Railroaders)

Founded

1923

Ground

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
(Capacity: 28,800)

Chairman

Nikolay Naumov

Manager

Rashid Rakhimov

League

Russian Premier League

2008

RPL, 7th




Home colours




Away colours

Lokomotiv Moscow (FC Lokomotiv Moskva, Russian: Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва [1]) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. During Communist rule the club was owned by the Soviet Ministry of Transportation through the Russian Railways.

It was founded in 1923 as Club of the October Revolution, was renamed to Kazanka (Moskovskaya-Kazanskaya Zh.D) in 1931, and eventually to Lokomotiv in 1936. During the existence of the USSR Lokomotiv Moscow club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society.

Lokomotiv won the Russian Premier League in 2002 (ending Spartak Moscow domination) and in 2004, the USSR Cup in 1936 and 1957, and the Russian Cup in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2007. The club was the runner-up in 1959, 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2001, and finished third in 1994, 1998, 2005 and 2006. Lokomotiv was the Russian Super Cup holder in 2003 and 2005.

In the beginning of 1990s Lokomotiv was considered the "weakest link" among top Moscow clubs. It lacked both results on the pitch and fans support in the stands. But head coach Yuri Semin and president Valeri Filatov were able to put the club's progress on a right track. Permanenty solid performances in domestic league and several memorable campaigns in European Cups made Lokomotiv a superclub by Russian scales. In 2002 a new stadium was completed, the arena still being one of the most, if not the most, modern and comfortable in Eastern Europe. This gave a huge boost to a club's fan growth rate. Nowadays, the average attendance of Lokomotiv home games is one of the highest in Moscow.

In 2002 a "golden match" was needed to decide who will be the champion, as Lokomotiv Moscow and PFC CSKA Moscow both finished with the same amount of points after Gameweek 30. The game was played at Dynamo stadium in front of the sold-out crowd. Lokomotiv took an early lead with a low drive from captain Dmitry Loskov. It turned out to be enough for the first title in club history.

In 2004 Lokomotiv Moscow won the Russian Premier League by a single point over city rivals CSKA Moscow. Lokomotiv won the championship by defeating Shinnik Yaroslavl 2-0 in Yaroslavl, a week after CSKA slipped up against city rivals Dynamo Moscow at home.

Lokomotiv reached Cup Winners' Cup semifinals twice (in 1997/1998 and 1998/1999). The club also played in the 2nd group stage of the Champions league in 2002/2003 season and lost by the away goal in the Champions League last 16 tie against AS Monaco FC in 2004. These were the best achievements of the club in the European cups so far.

In 2005 their head coach for many years, Yuri Syomin, left them to coach the Russian national team and was replaced by Vladimir Eshtrekov. In December 2005 Serbian coach Slavoljub Muslin took over from Eshtrekov.

In the 2005 season, Lokomotiv were leading the league for most of the year, but stumbled in the last games and let CSKA overtake them, ultimately finishing 3rd. In the 2006 season they came 3rd in the league after a poor start. Their recent stars have been star forward Dmitri Sytchev and Captain Dmitri Loskov (now gone). After the team finished 7th place in 2007, Board of Directors decided to sack coach Anatoly Byshovets and president Yury Semin.

1 Honours
2 League and Cup history
3 League positions
4 Current squad
5 Notable former players
6 See also
7 External links

Honours

Winners

Russian Premier League: 2

2002, 2004

Russian Cup: 5 (record)

1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007

Russian Super Cup: 2

2003, 2005

USSR Cup: 2

1936, 1957

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 1

2005

Other Notable Achievements

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

Semifinalist 1998, 1999

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Notes
1936	1st	5	6	2	0	4	7	11	10		Spring tournament
1936	1st	4	7	4	0	3	18	14	15	Winner	Autumn tournament
1937	1st	6	16	5	5	6	18	20	31	Semi-final
1938	1st	8	25	12	6	7	44	37	30	Round of 64
1939	1st	5	26	12	6	8	42	39	30	Round of 16
1940	1st	6	24	10	5	9	36	52	25
1944										Round of 16
1945	1st	12	22	1	3	18	14	54	5	Round of 32	Relegated
1946	2nd	7
1947	2nd	1								Qual. round	Promoted
1948	1st	7	26	10	4	12	38	64	24	Round of 16
1949	1st	11	34	11	8	15	59	56	30	Round of 64
1950	1st	15	36	11	8	17	41	73	30	Quarter-final	Relegated
1951	2nd	3								Round of 64	Promoted
1952	1st	9	13	5	2	6	19	21	12	Round of 16
1953	1st	6	20	6	6	8	21	28	18	Semi-final
1954	1st	10	24	7	7	10	21	23	21	Round of 16
1955	1st	5	22	9	7	6	32	27	25	Semi-final
1956	1st	10	22	5	8	9	38	28	18
1957	1st	4	22	12	4	6	39	27	28	Winner
1958	1st	5	22	9	6	7	48	34	24	Semi-final
1959	1st	2	22	12	5	5	42	25	29
1960	1st	5	30	14	6	10	45	46	34	Round of 32
1961	1st	5	30	13	12	5	58	42	38	Quarter-final
1962	1st	13	30	8	9	13	38	45	27	Round of 32
1963	1st	17	38	5	19	14	37	54	29	Round of 32	Relegated
1964	2nd	1	40	19	15	6	45	30	53	Round of 32	Promoted
1965	1st	15	32	8	8	16	37	48	24	Round of 16
1966	1st	17	36	11	5	20	34	49	27	Round of 32
1967	1st	17	36	7	14	15	33	37	28	Quarter-final
1968	1st	10	38	10	17	11	35	39	37	Round of 32
1969	1st	18	34	8	9	17	33	47	25	Round of 32	Relegated
1970	2nd	4	42	20	10	12	53	39	50	Round of 32
1971	2nd	2	42	25	12	5	81	33	62	Round of 32	Promoted
1972	1st	15	30	6	9	15	29	48	21	Quarter-final	Relegated
1973	2nd	3	38	20	8	10	47	32	46	Round of 32
1974	2nd	1	38	23	7	8	73	33	53	Round of 32	Promoted
1975	1st	11	30	7	12	11	28	33	26	Quarter-final
1976	1st	15	15	3	3	9	17	23	9		Spring tournament
1976	1st	8	15	6	3	6	13	13	15	Round of 16	Autumn tournament
1977	1st	6	30	9	14	7	27	25	32	Round of 32
1978	1st	15	30	7	9	14	26	40	22	Semi-final
1979	1st	12	34	8	12	14	44	57	24	Group stage
1980	1st	18	34	8	9	17	34	44	25	Group stage	Relegated
1981	2nd	3	46	21	15	10	65	41	54	Round of 16
1982	2nd	4	42	21	13	8	63	32	54	Group stage
1983	2nd	15	42	13	13	16	51	47	38	Round of 32
1984	2nd	6	42	17	13	12	44	37	46	Round of 64
1985	2nd	6	42	16	11	15	52	51	43	Round of 64
1986	2nd	6	46	21	11	14	63	48	53	Round of 32
1987	2nd	2	42	23	13	6	59	26	58	Round of 128	Promoted
1988	1st	7	30	10	12	8	35	29	30	Round of 32
1989	1st	15	30	7	9	14	20	32	23	Round of 32	Relegated
1990	2nd	4	38	19	9	10	52	34	47	Runner up	Promoted
1991	1st	16	30	5	8	17	18	47	18	Semi-final
1992										Semi-final

Russia

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe
1992	1st	4	26	13	7	6	34	25	33
1993	1st	5	34	14	11	9	45	29	39	Round of 16
1994	1st	3	30	12	12	6	49	28	36	Quarterfinals	UC	Round of 64
1995	1st	2	30	20	5	5	52	23	55	Quarterfinals
1996	1st	6	34	15	10	9	46	31	55	Winner	UC	Round of 64
1997	1st	5	34	15	9	10	47	37	54	Winner	CWC	Round of 16
1998	1st	3	30	16	7	7	45	28	55	Runner-Up	CWC	Semifinals
1999	1st	2	30	20	5	5	62	30	65	Round of 32	CWC	Semifinals
2000	1st	2	30	18	8	4	50	20	62	Winner	UC	Round of 64
2001	1st	2	30	16	8	6	53	24	56	Winner	UC	Round of 32
2002	1st	1	31	20	9	2	47	14	69	Round of 32	UC	Round of 32
2003	1st	4	30	15	7	8	54	33	52	Round of 16	ECL	2nd Group Stage
2004	1st	1	30	18	7	5	44	19	61	Quarterfinals	ECL	Round of 16
2005	1st	3	30	14	14	2	41	18	56	Round of 32
2006	1st	3	30	15	8	7	47	34	53	Quarterfinals	UC	Round of 32
2007	1st	7	30	11	8	11	39	42	41	Winner	UC	1st Round
2008	1st	7	30	13	8	9	37	32	47	Round of 32	UC	Group Stage

League positions

Current squad

The players in bold have senior international caps.

As of August 28, 2008, according to the Official Russian Premier League Site.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ivan Levenets
4	DF	Rodolfo
5	DF	Emir Spahić
6	DF	Milan Milanović
7	MF	Dmitri Torbinski
8	MF	Vladimir Maminov
9	FW	Peter Odemwingie
10	MF	Davit Mujiri
11	FW	Dmitri Sychev
14	MF	Igor Smolnikov
15	DF	Fininho
16	MF	Charles
17	DF	Dmitri Sennikov
18	MF	Guillermo Pereyra

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Dramane Traoré
22	GK	Ivan Pelizzoli
23	DF	Marko Baša
24	MF	Chaker Zouagi
25	FW	Răzvan Cociş
27	MF	Haminu Dramani
32	GK	Marek Čech
33	GK	Artem Gomelko
44	MF	Ruslan Kambolov
55	MF	Renat Yanbayev
58	MF	Denis Glushakov
63	MF	Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
69	DF	Sergei Efimov
85	GK	Guilherme
--	MF	Tomislav Dujmović
--	DF	Renato Silva

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Pelizzoli

Sennikov

Rodolfo

Spahic

Yanbayev

Gurenko

Torbinski

Pereyra

Bilyaletdinov (c)

Odemwingie

Sychev

Lokomotiv Moscow's expecting starting line-up for start of the 2008 Russian season.

Players on loan

No.	Position	Player
21	GK	Aleksei Poliakov (on loan to Luch-Energiya)
22	GK	Eldin Jakupović (on loan to Grasshopper)
23	FW	Erik Korchagin (on loan to Torpedo Moscow)
26	DF	Marjan Had (on loan to Sparta Prague)
30	DF	Malkhaz Asatiani (on loan to Dynamo Kyiv)
86	MF	Sergei Kuznetzov (on loan to Krylya Sovetov Samara)
99	MF	Celsinho (on loan to Sporting Clube de Portugal)

Confirmed 2007-08 transfers

In

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ivan Levenets (in from Amkar Perm)
6	DF	Milan Milanović (in from Red Star Belgrade)
7	MF	Dmitri Torbinski (in from FC Spartak Moscow)
18	MF	Guillermo Pereyra (in from RCD Mallorca)
23	DF	Marko Baša (in from Le Mans)
32	GK	Marek Čech (in from Luch-Energiya)

Out

No.	Position	Player
-	DF	Oleg Pashinin (retired)
-	DF	Branislav Ivanović (out to Chelsea FC)
-	DF	Dmitri Kruglov (out to Neftchi Baku)
-	MF	Ivan Starkov (out to Amkar Perm)
-	MF	Georgy Gabulov (out to FC Alania Vladikavkaz)

Reserve squad

No.	Position	Player
42	DF	Taras Burlak
42	DF	Ruslan Kambolov
45	FW	Aleksandr Minchenkov
59	MF	Semen Fomin
62	FW	Anton Epikhin
70	DF	Inal Getigezhev
77	MF	Kantemir Berkhamov
82	DF	Roman Amirkhanov
83	MF	Andrey Kuznetsov
88	FW	Hovhannes Goharyan
	GK	Ilya Kiselev

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Alexandr Sautin
		DF	Alan Dulaev
		DF	Vitaliy Marakhovskiy
		DF	Ilya Kiselev
		DF	Vladimir Sherozia
		MF	Denis Voinov
		MF	Vitaliy Diakov
		MF	Nikita Samokhin
		MF	Mikhail Urinovich
		FW	Sergey Frolov
		FW	Taras Tsarikaev

Notable former players

USSR / Russia

German Apukhtin
Valentin Bubukin
Yuri Chesnokov
Vladimir Eshtrekov
Yuri Gavrilov
Valeri Gazzaev
Valentin Granatkin
Vasili Kartsev
Vladimir Maslachenko
Valeri Petrakov
Yuri Semin
Viktor Voroshilov
Georgi Yartsev

Aleksandr Borodyuk
Stanislav Cherchesov
Sergei Gorlukovich
Valdas Ivanauskas
Sergei Gurenko

Dmitri Alenichev
Aleksei Arifullin
Aleksei Bugaev
Dmitri Bulykin
Maksim Buznikin
Igor Cherevchenko
Igor Chugainov
Yuri Drozdov
Vadim Evseev
Oleg Garin
Sergei Ignashevich
Marat Izmailov
Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Dmitri Khokhlov
Aleksei Kosolapov
Dmitri Loskov
Ruslan Nigmatullin
Gennadiy Nizhegorodov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Oleg Pashinin
Ruslan Pimenov
Sergei Podpaly
Rashid Rakhimov
Narvik Sirkhaev
Aleksei Smertin
Andrei Solomatin
Oleg Teryokhin
Ilia Tsymbalar

Europe

Sargis Hovhannisyan
Albert Sarkisyan
Andrei Lavrik
Sergei Omelyanchuk
Dmitri Kruglov
Mikheil Ashvetia
Georgi Demetradze
Zaza Janashia
Deividas Česnauskis
Garry O'Connor
Branislav Ivanović
Milan Jovanović
Milan Obradović

South and Central America

Francisco Lima
Jorge Wagner
Júlio César
Winston Parks

Africa

Andre Bikey
Amr Zaki
Baba Adamu
Laryea Kingston
Essau Kanyenda
James Obiorah
Jacob Lekgetho
Bennett Mnguni

External links

FC Lokomotiv Moscow – Managers

Stolyarov (1936) • Limbeck(?) (1937) • Sushkov (1938–1945) • Blinkov (1946) • Maksimov (1947–1948) • Apukhtin (1948) • Maksimov (1949) • Kachalin (1949–1952) • Lasin (1950–1951) • Arkadyev (1952–1957) • Yeliseyev (1958–1959) • Morozov (1959–1962) • Kostylev (1962) • Arkadyev (1963–1965) • Rogov (1965) • Beskov (1966) • Bubukin (1966–1968) • Maryenko (1969–1970) • Rogov (1971–1972) • Volchok (1972) • Yakushin (1973) • Volchok (1973–1978) • Maryenko (1978–1980) • Sevidov (1981–1982) • Radionov (1983) • Volchok (1983–1985) • Semin (1985–1990) • Filatov (1991) • Semin (1992–2005) • Eshtrekov (2005) • Muslin (2006) • Dolmatov (2006) • Byshovets (2007) • Bilyaletdinov (2007) •

Rakhimov (2008) •

FC Lokomotiv Moscow – current squad

1 Levenets • 4 Rodolfo • 5 Spahić • 6 Milanović • 7 Torbinski • 8 Maminov • 9 Odemwingie • 10 Mujiri • 11 Sychev • 15 Fininho • 16 Charles • 17 Sennikov • 18 Pereyra • 19 Traoré • 22 Pelizzoli • 23 Baša • 24 Zouagi • 25 Cociş • 27 Dramani • 30 Asatiani • 32 Čech • 41 Gurenko • 55 Yanbayev • 58 Glushakov • 63 Bilyaletdinov • 69 Efimov • 85 Guilherme •
Manager: Rashid Rakhimov

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