FC Lokomotyv Kyiv

Lokomotiv Kyiv
Full nameFootball Club Lokomotiv Kyiv
Nickname(s)LOKO
Founded1919 as ZhelDor
GroundLokomotyv Stadium, Kyiv
Capacity1,631
OwnerSouthwestern Railways
ChairmanOleksandr Yehorov
Head coachVadym Lazorenko
LeagueUkrainian Second League
2024–25Second League, 3rd (Group B)

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

History

Founded in 1919, as ZhelDor (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.

Their 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.

The club is now 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

As of 5 July 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  UKR Daniil Sadovoy
3 DF  UKR Danylo Sydorenko
4 DF  UKR Vladyslav Blazun
7 MF  UKR Bohdan Mordas
8 MF  UKR Artem Pyatybrat
10 MF  UKR Bohdan Koziy
11 MF  UKR Oleksiy Sakhnenko
12 GK  UKR Dmitry Panchenko
13 MF  UKR Artem Yesaulov
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF  UKR Bohdan Yatsyna
15 FW  UKR Yan Karanha
16 DF  UKR Mykola Marchenko
18 DF  UKR Vadym Hordiychuk
21 MF  UKR Ivan Melnychenko
27 MF  UKR Oleh Kozishkurt
44 DF  UKR Tymur Titarenko
60 MF  UKR Denys Yanchuk
71 GK  UKR Mykhaylo Abramov

Honours

  • Kyiv city (1st tier)
    • Winners (5): 1945-46, 1946-47, 1949-50, 1950-51, 2016–17

League history

Notable players

Head coaches

Lokomotyv football academy

Notable alumni

References

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