PFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
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PFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora is a Bulgaria
n football
club from Stara Zagora
, founded on April 1934 as ZHSK (ЖСК). PFC Lokomotiv is the second celebrity football team from Stara Zagora
. Its best achievement was participating in the "B" group of football championship. Despite being ranked second in the primacy of Southeast "V" Amateur Football Group
in the 2005/06 season Lokomotiv
(Stara Zagora
) eligible to participate in the Eastern "B" group after refusing to license FC Dorostol 2003
(Silistra
) and after PFC Chernomorets Balchik
refused to play in the curtain for entry into the group.
). 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. Lokomotiv has 12 participations in the "B" group. Coach of the team of 2005 is the legendary Botev Plovdiv - Petar Zehtinski - Ziko.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club from Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
, founded on April 1934 as ZHSK (ЖСК). PFC Lokomotiv is the second celebrity football team from Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
. Its best achievement was participating in the "B" group of football championship. Despite being ranked second in the primacy of Southeast "V" Amateur Football Group
Bulgarian V AFG
The Bulgarian V Amateur Football Group is the third level of the Bulgarian football league system. While the first division and the second division are professional, the third division V AFG is amateur division...
in the 2005/06 season Lokomotiv
Lokomotiv
Lokomotiv is a shortcut for Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society that existed in the former Soviet Union. It was owned and supported by national railroad companies, hence the name. VSS Lokomotiv contained a lot of clubs, that bore the same name...
(Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
) eligible to participate in the Eastern "B" group after refusing to license FC Dorostol 2003
FC Dorostol 2003
FC Dorostol 2003 is a Bulgarian football club based in Silistra, currently playing in the East B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football. Its home stadium "Louis Ayer" has a capacity of 12 000 seats. Club colors are blue and white. The club was officially founded in 1945...
(Silistra
Silistra
Silistra is a port city of northeastern Bulgaria, lying on the southern bank of the lower Danube at the country's border with Romania. Silistra is the administrative centre of Silistra Province and one of the important cities of the historical region of Southern Dobrudzha...
) and after PFC Chernomorets Balchik
PFC Chernomorets Balchik
PFC Chernomorets Balchik is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Balchik, last played in the Bulgarian B Professional Football Group, the second division of Bulgarian football. The team played its home games at the local "Balchik Stadium" with 6,000 seats.-History:Chernomorets were founded as...
refused to play in the curtain for entry into the group.
History
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 (RouseRouse
Rouse may refer to:* The Rouse, a military bugle call* The Rouse number, a non-dimensional number in fluid dynamics* The Rouse model in polymer physics-Places:United States* Rouse, California, a census-designated place...
). 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
Gurkovo
Gurkovo is a small town in the Stara Zagora Province, South-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gurkovo Municipality...
is formed Beroe 2000 (Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
). Along with Lokomotiv and Askent continue to exist. Two years later Beroe 2000, which in mid-1999 moved its headquarters and plays in Kazanlak
Kazanlak
Kazanlak, formerly Kazanlık is a Bulgarian town in Stara Zagora Province, located in the middle of the plain of the same name, at the foot of the Balkan mountain range, at the eastern end of the Rose Valley...
, merged with "Lokomotiv Stara Zagora". In early July 2004. zheleznicharite merged with another local team - Union Beroe (Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
), founded in August 2000. Lokomotiv has 12 participations in the "B" group. Coach of the team of 2005 is the legendary Botev Plovdiv - Petar Zehtinski - Ziko.
Successes
- 8 spot in the National Championships in 1937
- 2 spot in the south-east "B" group in 1956
- 3 spot in the south-east "B" group in 1954 and 1955
- 6 in South "B" group in 1967
- 7 in South "B" group in 1958
- 8 in "B" group in 1951
- 12 holdings in "B" group.
- 1/16-finalist for the National CupBulgarian CupThe Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
in 1968/69 (then the Soviet Army Cup) and 2004/05