FC Locomotive Tbilisi
Full name | Football Club Lokomotive Tbilisi | |||
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Nickname(s) | Railroaders | |||
Founded | August 14, 1936 | |||
Ground | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Mikheil Meskhi 2 Stadium Tbilisi, Georgia | |||
Capacity | 27,223 2,000 | |||
Chairman | Alex Topuria | |||
Manager | John van Loen | |||
League | Erovnuli Liga 2 | |||
2022 | 10th in Erovnuli Liga, relegated | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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FC Locomotive Tbilisi is a
History
Locomotive was founded on 14 August 1936 as a part of
From the following years until the dissolution of
Nodar Akhalkatsi, the coach of FC Dinamo Tbilisi and one of the most successful managers in the Soviet football, started his managing career in Locomotive. He managed the club from 1967 to 1970.[1][2]
Since the post-Soviet era, Locomotive is one of the regular members of Erovnuli Liga. However, the club failed to win the championship. They were runners-up twice: in 2000-01 and in 2001–02 Umaglesi Liga. The club won Georgian Cup three times: in 2000, in 2002 and in 2005.
Some notable players of the club are:
Honours
European cups
Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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1999–00
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UEFA Cup
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QR | Linfield | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
1R | PAOK | 0–7 | 0–2 | |||
2000–01
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UEFA Cup
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QR | Slovan | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
2001–02
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UEFA Cup
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QR | Birkirkara | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
2002–03
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UEFA Cup
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QR | Copenhagen | 1–4 | 1–3 | |
2005–06
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UEFA Cup
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1R | Banants
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0–2 | 3–2 | |
2008 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1Q | Etzella | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Universitatea Craiova | 2–1 | — | |
2Q | Dynamo Moscow | 2–1 | — | |||
3Q | Granada | — | 0–2 |
Current squad
As of 1 August, 2023.[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve team
Lokomotive II — participant in a number of seasons in the second and third most important leagues in Georgia.[4] Reached the final of the 2022 Georgian Cup as a fourth league team.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "The history of FC Locomotive Tbilisi". FCloco.ge. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ Locomotive Tbilisi managers (in Russian)
- ^ "Lokomotivi Tbilisi roster". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ Локомотиви-2 Тбилиси (in Russian)
- ^ "მეოთხე ლიგაში მოთამაშე "ლოკომოტივი-2" საქართველოს თასის ფინალში გავიდა". radiotavisupleba.ge (in Georgian). 2 November 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-11-02.
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