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| Full name | Professional Football Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv Професионален Футболен Клуб Локомотив Пловдив | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Черно-белите (The Black-Whites) Смърфовете (The Smurfs) Железничарите (The Railwaymen) | |||
| Short name | LOKO PD, LPFC | |||
| Founded | 25 July 1926 as Sportclub Plovdiv | |||
| Ground | Lokomotiv Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 10,000[1] | |||
| Shareholders | Hristo Krusharski | |||
| Head coach | Lyuboslav Penev | |||
| League | First League | |||
| 2023–24 | First League, 5th of 16 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgarian: ПФК Локомотив Пловдив),[2] commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and has a capacity of 14,500 spectators.
Founded on 25 July 1926, Lokomotiv is one of the most popular teams in Bulgaria and currently competes in the top-flight First Professional Football League, which they have won once (in 2004). Lokomotiv Plovdiv has won also 2 Bulgarian Cups, 2 Bulgarian Supercups and 1 Cup of the Soviet Army. The biggest success of the club in Europe is reaching the third round of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1965, after narrowly losing to the Italian Juventus in a play-off match.
Lokomotiv have a fierce local rivalry with fellow Plovdiv-based team Botev Plovdiv. Matches between the two sides are known as the Plovdiv derby.
- ^ "Всичко за проекта на стадион "Локомотив", след месец започва изграждането на "Бесика"" (in Bulgarian). 20 April 2021. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ История - ПФК Локомотив Пловдив