FC Lokomotíva Košice

Lokomotíva Košice

4. liga
2021–22	5. liga, 1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FC Lokomotíva Košice is a

.

The club also had several appearances in Europe playing the

UEFA Cup 1978-79

.

Club history

In 1951–1952 and 1977–1978 seasons, the club ranked 3rd in the Czechoslovak First League. In the 1977–1978 season the team also won the Czechoslovak Cup.

The last major success of the club until the present time was winning the Slovak Cup in the 1984–1985 season. Season 1985–1986 was the last for the club in the Czechoslovak First League. That season the team finished next to last, 15th place in the league and relegated to the 2nd division.

After the disintegration of Czechoslovakia, the club took part in the

. In the 1993–1994 season took 8th place out of 12 participants. In the 1997–1998 season, finishing next to last, 15th place, relegated to the second league. In the 1999–2000 season in the second division championship club finished 17th place and relegated to the third division. In the 2003–2004 season was dropped to the 4th division.

They withdrew from the

season due to financial problems

Club's name

• 1946 - ŠK Železničiari Košice
• 1946 - ŠK Železničiari Sparta Košice
• 1949 - ZSJ Dynamo ČSD Košice
• 1952 - TJ Lokomotíva Košice
• 1965 - TJ Lokomotíva VSŽ Košice
• 1967 - TJ Lokomotíva Košice
• 1990 - FK Lokomotíva Košice
• 1994 - FK Lokomotíva Energogas Košice
• 1997 - FC Lokomotíva Košice
• 1999 - FC Spoje Lokomotíva Košice
• 2005 - FC Lokomotíva Košice

Stadium

Initially Lokomotíva played at

, municipal district of Košice.

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak First League (1925–93)
  • Third place (2): 1951, 1977–78
• Czechoslovak Cup (1961–1993)
  • Winners (2): 1977, 1979

Slovakia

• Slovak Cup (1961–)
  • Winners (3): 1977, 1979, 1985
  • Runners-up (2): 1961, 1992

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The

Top scorer.

Year	Winner	G
1972–73	Ladislav Józsa	21
1973–74	Ladislav Józsa	171
1976–77	Ladislav Józsa	18

¹Shared award

Results

League and domestic cup history

Slovak League only (1993-present)

Year	Division	Position	Domestic cup	Topscorer/goals
1993–1994	Mars superliga (I)	8th	Round 3
1994–1995	Mars superliga	9th	Round 2	Štefan Kysela (17)
1995–1996	Mars superliga	8th	Round 1	Igor Popovec (8)
1996–1997	Mars superliga	10th	Quarter-finals
1997–1998	Mars superliga	15th (relegated)	Semi-finals	Marcel Korínek (4) Milan Pecelj (4)
1998–1999	2. liga (II)	–	Round 1	Miloš Gallo (8)
1999–2000	2. liga	– (relegated)
2000–2001	3. liga (III)	–	Round 1
2001–2002	3. liga	–
2002–2003	3. liga	–
2003–2004	3. liga	– (relegated)
2004–2005	4. liga (IV)	–
2005–2006	4. liga (IV)	1st (promoted)
2006–2007	3. liga (III)	–
2007–2008	3. liga (III)	–
2008–2009	3. liga (III)	3rd
2009–2010	3. liga (III)	2nd
2010–2011	3. liga (III)	1st (promoted)
2011–2012	3. liga (III)	3rd	Round 1
2012–2013	Keno 10 3.liga (III)	3rd	Round 3
2013–2014	TIPOS liga (III)	8th (promoted)	Round 1
2014–2015	DOXXbet liga (II)	1st (relegation round east)	Round 3	Tomáš Labun (16)
2015–2016	DOXXbet liga (II)	4th (champions round)	Round 3	Adrián Leško (8)
2016–2017	DOXXbet liga (II)	7th (champions round)	Round 4	Róbert Jano (20)
2017–2018	DOXXbet liga (II)	4th	Round 4	Kamil Karaš (13)
2018–2019	II. Liga (II)	11th	Round 5	Róbert Jano (7)
2019–2020	V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V)	2nd	Did not enter	Vladimír Beliš (9)
2020–2021	V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V)	2nd	Round 3	?
2021–2022	V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V)	1st	Round 3	Adrián Pačinda (26)
2022–2023	V.liga juh (V)	1st (promoted)	Did not enter	Martin Leško (26)

European competition history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1969–70	Mitropa Cup	1.R		Radnicki Kragujevac	1–0	0–2	1–2
1977–78	Cup Winners' Cup	1.R		Östers IF	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		2.R		FK Austria Wien	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1978–79	UEFA Cup	1.R		A.C. Milan	1–0	0–1	1–1 ( p )
1979–80	Cup Winners' Cup	1.R		FC Wacker Innsbruck	2–1	1–0	3–1
		2.R		NK Rijeka	2–0	0–3	2–3

Current squad

As of September 19, 2019. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVK Samuel Knap 22 GK  SVK Jozef Talian 2 DF  SVK Nikolas Kriška 3 DF  SVK Ľuboslav Pankovčin 4 DF  SVK Richard Griglak 5 DF  SVK Milan Miklušićák 6 DF  SVK Samuel Jokeľ 12 DF  SVK Michal Godina 12 DF  SVK Kristián Šarkan 13 DF  SVK Patrik Grega 21 DF  SVK Adrián Tomašiak 8 MF  SVK Jakub Tóth

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 MF  SVK Dávid Gabriel Matis 10 MF  SVK Vladimír Beliš 14 MF  SVK Matej Béreš 17 MF  SVK Michal Beli 19 MF  SVK Matej Ondrejkovič 20 MF  SVK Martin Hloušek 21 MF  SVK Gabriel Labuda 8 FW  SVK Filip Korček 11 FW  SVK Martin Šemrák 14 FW  SVK Maroš Čeremeta 18 FW  SVK Pavol Kozák

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Milan Lalkovič
Assistant coach	Jozef Talian
Assistant coach	Martin Hloušek
Goalkeeping coach	Jozef Talian
Masseur	Karol Orbán
Team Chef	Anton Zabavník
Youth Sports Director

Player records

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Lokomotiva.

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.

Notable managers

References

Bibliography

• Jindřich Horák; Lubomír Král (1997), Encyklopedie našeho fotbalu (in Czech), Libri
• Luboš Jeřábek (2007), Český a československý fotbal: lexikon osobností a klubů 1906–2006 (in Czech), Prague: Grada

External links

• Media related to Lokomotíva Košice at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in Slovak)