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| Full name | Football Club Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Железничарите (The Railwaymen)[1] | ||
| Founded | 2 September 1929 (as Railway Sports Club) | ||
| Ground | Stadion Lokomotiv, Sofia | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 | ||
| Owner | Veselin Stoyanov | ||
| Manager | Anton Velkov | ||
| League | First League | ||
| 2023-24 | First League, 12th of 16 | ||
| Website | http://www.fclokomotiv1929.com/ | ||
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FC Lokomotiv Sofia (Bulgarian: ФК Локомотив София)[2] is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football.
Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refounded in 2015, following bankruptcy, the club has played at Stadion Lokomotiv since 1985.
The original Lokomotiv has won four League titles and four Bulgarian Cups. Lokomotiv established itself as one of Bulgaria's top clubs throughout history, performing strongly both domestically and internationally. The club has spent the majority of its history in the top tier First League (previously A Group), with brief interruptions including a short-lived merging with Slavia Sofia in 1969, as well as an administrative relegation in 2015, due to financial problems. After the financial turbulences in 2015, the original club was declared bankrupt and has since become inactive. The newly established FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia is considered an unofficial successor and is not recognized as the legitimate and rightful owner of the honors and history of the original club, as per the Bulgarian Football Union.
Lokomotiv traditionally play in red and black-striped shirts.
- ^ "The most popular Bulgarian football clubs – Lokomotiv Sofia". bnr.bg. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ^ Клубът - ФК Локомотив София