Lokomotiv (sports society)
Lokomotiv (russian: Локомотив; English: Locomotive) or Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society (VSS) is the Russian sports club and a member of the International Railway Sports Association.Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society (VSS) that nowadays is an association of the ''Labour Union Voluntary Sport Societies of Railway Workers'' of the
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an area of and has an estimated population of 239,796,010. ...
(former USSR republics). In the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
, Lokomotiv was the sports society of the railway industry workers. It was supported by the national railroad company of the USSR, hence the name. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, VSS Lokomotiv consisted of many clubs in a variety of sports which were all named "Lokomotiv" with an addition of the town/city name from which the club was from (f.e. Lokomotiv Moscow). In the Eastern Bloc countries many teams associated with the railway industry (but not part of VSS Lokomotiv) were also named or renamed "Lokomotiv".
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FC Lokomotiv Chita
FC Chita is a Russian association football club based in Chita.
The club was founded in 1984 as a result of reorganization of FC Lokomotiv Chita which was excluded from the First Division. FC Chita was immediately admitted to the Second Divis ...
, Russia
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FC Lokomotiv Liski
FC Lokomotiv Liski (russian: ФК "Локомотив" Лиски) is a Russian association football club from Liski, founded in 1936. It first played on the professional league level in 1995. The highest level it achieved was the third-tier Russ ...
, Russia
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FC Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three o ...
, Russia
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FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League.
History
Early years
The team of the railway workers was founded in Nizhny Novgorod in 1916. Later it was k ...
, Russia
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FC Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg
FC Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg (russian: ФК «Локомотив» Санкт‑Петербург) was a Russian football team from Saint Petersburg. It played professionally in 1969 and from 1992 to 2000, including 5 seasons (1996 to 2000) in ...
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...
, Bulgaria
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FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
Lokomotiv ( bg, Локомотив) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football.
Established in 1932 as a sports association of the rai ...
, Bulgaria
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FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia
Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) 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 refou ...
FC Lokomotiv Mezdra
FC Lokomotiv Mezdra (ФК Локомотив Мездра) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, which currently playing in the Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium ...
, Bulgaria
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NK Lokomotiva
Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb ( en, Lokomotiva Zagreb Football Club), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First Football League, the ...
, Croatia
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FC Locomotive Tbilisi
FC Locomotive Tbilisi is a Georgian football club from the capital, Tbilisi. During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. The club has strong connections with the Georgian Railways.
History
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, Georgia
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FC Lokomotíva Košice
FC Lokomotíva Košice is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Košice. The club was founded in 1946 and played for 29 years in the Czechoslovak First League.
The club also had several appearances in Europe playing the UEFA Cup Winners ...
, Slovakia
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1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
1. Fußballclub Lokomotive Leipzig e.V. is a German football club based in the locality of Probstheida in the Südost borough of Leipzig, Saxony. The club may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Lei ...
Lokomotiv Tashkent FK
PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent ( uz, Lokomotiv Toshkent Professional Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Tashkent.
The owner and main sponsor of the club is a state-owned company Uzbek Railways.
History
Lokomotiv was founded i ...
, Uzbekistan
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FC Lokomotyv Kyiv
FC Lokomotiv Kyiv is a football club from Kyiv, 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 ...
, Ukraine
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FK Lokomotiva Skopje
FK Lokomotiva Skopje ( mk, ФК Локомотива Скопје) is a football club based in the Karpoš neighborhood of Skopje, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League.
History
The club was founded in 195 ...
, Macedonia
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El Paso Locomotive FC
El Paso Locomotive FC is an American professional soccer team based in El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2018, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019.
Club crest and colors
The Locomotive brand was unveiled on October 4, 2018, beatin ...
VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (russian: ВК «Локомотив» Новосибирск) is a Russian professional volleyball club, based in Novosibirsk, playing in Russian Volleyball Super League.
Achievements
* CEV Champions League
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, a Russian volleyball team
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RC Lokomotiv Moscow
RC Lokomotiv Moscow is a professional Russian rugby football club based in Moscow, which from 2010 will field teams in both rugby league and rugby union. The club is one of the oldest in Russia. Originally a club for those who worked on the railw ...
, a Russian rugby league team
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PBC Lokomotiv Kuban
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban (russian: ПБК «Локомотив Кубань») is a Russian professional basketball team based in Krasnodar. The club participates in the VTB United League.
The team is one of the top tier basketball teams in Russia. T ...
, a Russian basketball team
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Lokomotiv Orenburg
KhK Lokomotiv Orenburg (russian: ХК «Локомотив» Оренбург) is a bandy club in Orenburg, Russia, established in 1937. The club has earlier been playing in the Russian Bandy Super League
The Russian Bandy Super League (russian ...
, a Russian bandy team
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RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
Rukometni Klub Lokomotiva Zagreb ( en, Lokomotiva Zagreb Handball Club) is a Croatian professional women's handball club from Zagreb. They are currently competing in the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League.
Lokomotiva was the most successful ...
, a Croatian handball team
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MFC Lokomotyv Kharkiv
MFC Lokomotyv Kharkiv ( ukr. Міні-Футбольний Клуб «Локомотив» Харків), is a futsal club from Kharkiv, Ukraine, and plays in Ukrainian Men's Futsal Championship.
Honours
* Ukrainian Cup:
:: 2009
See also
* FC L ...
, a Ukrainian futsal team
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BSC Lokomotiv Moscow
BSC Lokomotiv Moscow (russian: ПФК «Локомотив» Москва) is a professional beach soccer team associated with the soccer club FC Lokomotiv Moscow based in Moscow, Russia. Lokomotiv Moscow is a four-times Russian champion, four ...
, a Russian beach soccer team
* Lokomotiv Baku, an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club
* Lokomotiv Balajary, an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club
Lokomotiv (Moscow Central Circle)
Lokomotiv (russian: Локомотив) is a passenger station on the Moscow Central Circle of the Moscow Metro that opened in September 2016.
Name
The station, which was to be named Cherkizovo, reflecting the name of a village originally on the ...