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Sofia locomotive
Basic data
Surname	PFK Lokomotiw Sofia
Seat	Sofia
founding	1929
president	Ivan Vassilev
Website	lokomotivsofia.bg
First soccer team
Head coach	Angel Kolew
Venue	Lokomotiw
Places	25,000
league	Vtroa league
2018/19	8th place
home Away

Lokomotiv Sofia (officially: PFK (Profesionalen futbolen klub) Lokomotiw Sofia (ПФК Локомотив София)) is a professional football and ice hockey club from Sofia , Bulgaria .

The club was founded in 1929 as "ZSK Sofia", later changed the name to "Energia Sofia", under which they played until 1944. The first championship of FK Lokomotiwe Sofia fell in the time as "ZSK Sofia" in 1940, when the Bulgarian champions were played for the second time in Bulgarian football history in a league system and not in the cup mode , as was usual up to now.

The name of the association was then changed to "SK Lokomotiwe Sofia" and lasted until 1949. In 1945 the second championship could be won, but it was decided in playoffs again. In addition, the team was able to win the newly introduced Soviet Army Cup in 1948 .

The subsequent club name "DSO Torpedo Sofia" only lasted two seasons and from 1951 the club management took the name "FD Lokomotiwe Sofia". After two more seasons, the Soviet Army Cup could be won again, but it took more than a decade until 1964 when the third Bulgarian championship was a great success.

After the merger with city rivals “FD Slawia Sofia” in 1969, the common name “ZSK Slawia Sofia” was adopted. This merger only lasted two years and was dissolved again into "DFS Slawia Sofia" and "DFS Lokomotiwe Sofia". As "DFS Lokomotiwe Sofia" the fourth and for the time being the last championship was won in 1978 and the third Soviet Army Cup in 1982.

In 1986 the club received its still valid name "FK Lokomotiwe Sofia". The Bulgarian Cup, which was only reintroduced in the 1980/81 season, was the last title win to date in 1995.

player

• Kiril Metkow (1983-1991)
• Ilija Gruew (1993–1994)

Sporting successes

• Bulgarian champion (4): 1940, 1945, 1964, 1978
• Bulgarian Cup Winner (1): 1995
• Soviet Army Cup Winner (3): 1948, 1953, 1982
• Balkan Cup Winner: (1): 1973

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1964/65	European Champions Cup	Preliminary round	Malmö FF	8: 5	8: 3 (H)	0: 2 (A)
		1 round	Győri Vasas ETO	7: 8	3: 5 (A)	4: 3 (H)
1977/78	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1 round	RSC Anderlecht	1: 8	1: 6 (H)	0: 2 (A)
1978/79	European Champions Cup	1 round	Odense BK	4: 3	2: 2 (A)	2: 1 (H)
		2nd round	1. FC Cologne	0: 5	0: 1 (H)	0: 4 (A)
1979/80	Uefa cup	1 round	Ferencváros Budapest	3: 2	3: 0 (H)	0: 2 (A)
		2nd round	AS Monaco	5: 4	4: 2 (H)	1: 2 (A)
		3rd round	Dynamo Kiev	( a ) 2: 2(a)	1: 0 (H)	1: 2 (A)
		Quarter finals	VfB Stuttgart	1: 4	1: 3 (A)	0: 1 (H)
1982/83	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1 round	Paris Saint-Germain	2: 5	1: 0 (H)	1: 5 (A)
1985/86	Uefa cup	1 round	APOEL Nicosia	6: 4	2: 2 (A)	4: 2 a.d. (H)
		2nd round	Neuchâtel Xamax	(a)1: 1 ( a )	1: 1 (H)	0: 0 (A)
1987/88	Uefa cup	1 round	Dynamo Tbilisi	3: 4	3: 1 (H)	0: 3 (A)
1995/96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	qualification	Derry City	2: 1	0: 1 (A)	2: 0 (H)
		1 round	Halmstads BK	(a)3: 3 ( a )	3: 1 (H)	0: 2 (A)
1996/97	Uefa cup	Preliminary round	Neftçi Baku	7: 2	1: 2 (A)	6: 0 (H)
		qualification	Rapid Bucharest	0: 2	0: 1 (A)	0: 1 (H)
2006/07	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	Macedonia Skopje	3: 1	2: 0 (H)	1: 1 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	Bne Jehuda Tel Aviv	6-0	2: 0 (A)	4: 0 (H)
		1 round	Feyenoord Rotterdam	(a)2: 2 ( a )	2: 2 (H)	0: 0 (A)
2007/08	Uefa cup	2nd qualifying round	Oțelul Galați	3: 1	3: 1 (H)	0: 0 (A)
		1 round	Rennes stadium	3: 4	1: 3 (H)	2: 1 (A)
2008/09	Uefa cup	2nd qualifying round	FK Borac Čačak	1: 2	0: 1 (A)	1: 1 (H)
2011/12	UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round	FK Metalurg Skopje	3: 2	0: 0 (A)	3: 2 (H)
		3rd qualifying round	Śląsk Wrocław	0: 0 (3: 4 on  perk )	0: 0 (A)	0: 0 a.d. (H)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record : 50 games, 18 wins, 12 draws, 20 defeats, 76:75 goals (goal difference +1)

Web links

• Lokomotiv Sofia website (Bulgarian, English)