PFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora

PFC Lokomotiv

Full name	FC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
Founded	1935; 89 years ago (1935)
Ground	Lokomotiv Stadium
Capacity	12 000
Manager	Paolo Dragolov
League	A Regional Stara Zagora
2023–24	1st
Home colours Away colours

FC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora is a Bulgarian football club from Stara Zagora, founded in April 1934 as ZHSK (ЖСК). The club currently competes in the fourth tier of Bulgarian football, A RFG Stara Zagora. Lokomotiv has been traditionally seen as the second most popular football team from Stara Zagora, after Beroe.

Lokomotiv was founded in April 1934. It was named ZHSK until 1946, then Lokomotiv from 1946 to 1949, Energy in 1949, Torpedo from 1949 to 1950 and again from 1951 to Lokomotiv in 1959. In 1952. the team was steps away from entry into the "A" group. Lokomotiv was in the forehead on the "B" group (the elite come in the first five). After a 22-day round Lokomotiv is idvaden of primacy with Torpedo (Rousse). The reason – an incident with the audience during the game near the Danube. In 1959 Village Lokomotiv and Botev are united under the name Beroe. Although the organizational structure of entering Beroe, zheleznicharite retain their identity. In the summer of 1998, and with the participation of people from the Chairman of the Lokomotiv players and Askent from Gurkovo is formed Beroe 2000 (Stara Zagora). Along with Lokomotiv and Askent continue to exist. Two years later Beroe 2000, which in mid-1999 moved its headquarters and plays in Kazanlak, merged with "Lokomotiv Stara Zagora". In early July 2004. zheleznicharite merged with another local team – Union Beroe (Stara Zagora), founded in August 2000. The team was dissolved in 2009.

Following the success of the women's team, on 25 August 2022 football academy Olympia Stara Zagora changed its name to Lokomotiv and created a men's football team and joined A RFG Stara Zagora.^[1] In the first season, they finished second. They won the 2023-24 season and qualified for the playoffs to enter Third League. In the first match, played on 6 June 2024, they beat Neftochimic Burgas.^[2]

• Third League:
  • Winners (3): 1953, 1987–88, 2007–08

• A RFG Stara Zagora:
  • Winners (3): 1984–85, 1997–98, 2023–24

• Stara Zagora Championship:
  • Winners (8): 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48

• Marishka Championship:
  • Winners (1): 1948–49

• Zagore Zone (regional level):
  • Winners (1): 1964–65

As of 6 June 2024^[update]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BUL Pavlin Zhelev — DF  BUL Miroslav Enchev — DF  BUL Tsvetan Chahov — MF  BUL Nikola Chahov

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BUL Nikolay Hristov — MF  BUL Boyan Penev — FW  BUL Veselin Penev

Dates	Name	Honours
2023–	Paolo Dragolov

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