FK Lokomotiva is a football club based in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

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History

The club was founded in 1985 by the initiative of railways

Serbian Railways

Serbian Railways is the national railway carrier of Serbia. Its current network spans a distance of 4,347 km in length, with 32% electrified railways....

 workers and football enthusiasts. Since its first competitive season in 1986-87 it has ambitiously competed in several league levels. The club has also developed all youth levels, forming players from 8 to 18 years of age. Nowadays has over 200 associated athletes distributed in five youth levels.

The senior squad competes in the Belgrade Zone League

Belgrade Zone League

Belgrade Zone League , often simplifiyed into Beogradska zona is a section of the Zone Leagues, Serbia's fourth football league. The league is operated by the Football Association of Belgrade.The league is composed of 18 clubs...

, the fourth national tier.

Sports centre

The club stadium with its sports centre is located in Železnik

Železnik

Železnik , is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica.- Location :...

, a sub-urban part of Belgrade distant 10 kilometers from the city centre. The sports centre Lokomotiva is composed of club offices, three football pitches, four tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 courts, a futsal

Futsal

Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...

 pitch and winter training facilities. There is also a restaurant and internet caffé within the tennis club complex.

The sports centre was host for several man and woman football

Football at the 2009 Summer Universiade

The Football competition in the 2009 Summer Universiade were held on different venues in Serbia between 30 June - 10 July 2009.-Men:-Women:...

 matches during the 2009 Summer Universiade

2009 Summer Universiade

The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade were celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from 1 July to 12 July 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina , close to Belgrade. It was the largest sporting event ever to be organised...

held in Belgrade.

After the already mentioned football section, the tennis section is composed of around 70 athletes.

External links

• Official website
• Club page at FudbalskaZona