PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Full nameПрофесионален Футболен Клуб Локомотив Пловдив Professional Football Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Nickname(s)Черно-белите (The Black-Whites)
Смърфовете (The Smurfs)
Железничарите (The Railwaymen)
Short nameLOKO PD, LPFC
Founded25 July 1926 (1926-07-25) as Sportclub Plovdiv
GroundLokomotiv Stadium
Capacity14,000[1]
ShareholdersHristo Krusharski
Head coachLyuboslav Penev
LeagueFirst League
2023–24First League, 5th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Локомотив Пловдив), 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.

  1. ^ "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.

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