Country Russia
Moscow city
Full title: Closed joint-stock company "Football club "Lokomotiv"
Nicknames: Loco, railroad workers, locomotives, red-green
Date of foundation: 01/01/1923
Stadium:
Official site: http://www.fclm.ru/
Main colors: red, green
Team History
Sixty-six years have passed since the formation of Lokomotiv and that sweet moment for all the fans of the “railroad workers” when the club won the championship gold medals for the first time in history. Journalists surrounded Yuri Pavlovich Semin, his phone was bursting with calls from relatives and friends, and Semin himself only happily waved his hands to everyone - he understood that his work had not been in vain. The transformation that took place with the team after the end of one era and the beginning of another is inexplicable. From a team that staggers from division to division, Lokomotiv has become one of the leaders of domestic football. The wind of change had a positive impact on the development vector of the “red-greens”.
When Lokomotiv entered the big arena in 1936, it was not created from scratch. The forefathers of the capital's club were KOR (October Revolution Club) and "Kazanka". KOR enthusiasts built their own sports ground for the first sports association railroad workers. Historians testify that the place between Olkhovskaya and Novoryazanskaya streets was the site of the first "stadium" of the creators of the KOR. There were three railway stations nearby (Leningradsky, Kazansky and Yaroslavsky). On August 12, 1923, the debut game of KOR was held. The team's first uniform was light blue jerseys and white shorts. In those days, the team included football players who were involved in the Moscow national team - Nikolai Artyomov, Mikhail Mayorov, Ivan Khrustalev, Nikolai Chestnov and others.
In 1931, instead of KOR, the good old "Kazanka" came. In 1932, the railroad team won first place in the district championship (there was simply no city championship that season due to reforms). On November 3, 1935, the pages of the Krasny Sport newspaper reported that a single Voluntary Sports Society called Lokomotiv would soon be created in the railway transport. A month later, with a small special Decree of the Central Committee of the Unions of Railways and the People's Commissar of Railways, the Charter of Lokomotiv was approved. It was soon announced that the official date of the creation of the team would henceforth be considered the twelfth of January 1936. The first secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee, Alexander Kosarev, wished Lokomotiv the following: “I am sure that in the near future Lokomotiv will take a leading place among other sports societies of the Union and will be worthy of its organizer, the best associate of the great Stalin’s friend of athletes - Lazar Moiseevich Kaganovich.”
On May 22, 1936, Dynamo Leningrad and Lokomotiv Moscow opened the very first USSR championship! Almost twelve thousand spectators were present at the Dynamo stadium in Leningrad. The support of the fans helped Dynamo win the very first match with a score of 3:1. It should be noted that the basis of Loko's roster was made up of Kazanka players, as well as newcomers who came from Elektrozavod, ZiF, ZiS and Hammer and Sickle. Fans of other Moscow clubs like to “prick” Lokomotiv fans on occasion regarding the infamous Soviet period of history, but the “red-greens” can be proud that they not only opened a great championship, but also became the authors of the very first ball in the history of the USSR championships. No one remembers who scored in the matches of the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, but everyone remembered the initials of the Frenchman Lucien Laurent, the author of the debut ball of the Mundials. In “Locomotive” found a hero in the face of Viktor Lavrov, who opened an account in Leningrad already in the fifth minute of the meeting. Alexander Semyonov broke through on the right side and shot at the Dynamo goal, goalkeeper Kuzminsky hit the ball into the center of the penalty area, and Lavrov, having made a false swing in front of the grown defender, sent the ball into the net of the home team without interference.
The team performed grandiosely in the very first draw of the USSR Cup. Lokomotiv was stronger than the eighty-two clubs that took part in the tournament. "Railwaymen" won in the final on May 28, 1936 Dynamo Tbilisi with a score of 2:0. The balls of Sokolov and Lavrov brought the team the very first official high-profile title. In April 1937, the first foreign coach appeared in Lokomotiv, so those who consider Slavoljub Muslin the first “Varangian” on the coaching bridge are fundamentally wrong. The Frenchman Jules Limbek did not win big laurels in Moscow, but he nevertheless entered history. In the first post-war championship, Lokomotiv had the hardest time of all: the backbone of the team was either old or completely young, it was just right for the coaches to grab their heads when thirteen players became newcomers at once. It was then that the “railroad” for the first time parted with the top division.
In 1957, Lokomotiv won the USSR Cup for the second time, beating Moscow Spartak in the final, largely due to the successful game of its goalkeeper Vladimir Maslachenko. Two years later, the "railroad" for the first and last time for themselves won second place in the championship of the USSR. “Locomotive” could rise to the very top, but the insulting missed ball from the capital “Dynamo” left the club in second place. The already mentioned Maslachenko, as well as Evgeny Rogov, Mikhail Afonin, Valentin Bubukin and others forged the glory of the team. top scorer with fourteen balls was Viktor Sokolov. The game was led by mentor Yevgeny Eliseev, who achieved the highest result among all other Loko mentors for the entire Soviet period.
Such monsters of the coaching department as Boris Arkadiev and Konstantin Beskov stood at the "helm" of the team, but none of them managed to achieve victories named after Eliseev. The 70s and 80s can be called a period of stagnation for Lokomotiv, but it was in 1975 that Yuri Semin and Vladimir Eshtrekov joined the team as a duet. Later, their coaching line will lead Lokomotiv to the highest results. By the way, Yuri Pavlovich managed to play for Lokomotiv together with the nimble and technical Valery Gazzaev. Minister of the Ministry of Railways Boris Beshchev did his best to protect the team from difficulties, but the departure of the official affected the fate of the “railroad workers”.
In 1986, when Lokomotiv began to be associated with the second division, the Minister of Railways Konarev Nikolai Semyonovich invited Yuri Semin, who headed the Dushanbe Pamir, to the post of head coach of the team. The issue with Semin was decided at the very "tops" - even the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Party of Tajikistan, Nabiev, participated. Yuri Pavlovich's philosophy of stability consisted of trust in the players, and they paid the mentor with good results. Already in the second year of being in the Semin team, Lokomotiv achieved an increase. Moreover, even at highest level"Locomotive" is not lost: the seventh place left the "railroad" a step away from European competition. Losses in 1989 (Cherchesov, Bazulev and Gorlukovich) again sent the team to the first division. In 1990, one of the very first legionnaires in Russian football appeared in Lokomotiv - American Dale Mulholland.
Soon for a one year contract in New Zealand Yuri Semin left, the club was temporarily accepted by Valery Filatov. The first game in the championship of Russia "railroad" held on April 3, 1992 against the "Ocean" from Nakhodka. The guests managed to quickly open an account (in the second minute, Oleg Garin opened the gates of young Sergei Ovchinnikov), but in the fourth minute Alexander Rychkov equalized, and Sergei Podpaly scored the winning goal from the penalty spot. Offensive new era had a wonderful effect on the team. “Lokomotiv” from the very first games ceased to be a loser, and the famous reputation of “the fifth wheel in the cart of Moscow football” gradually began to become irrelevant.
“Locomotive” twice made it to the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, was the only club in the late 90s who even tried, and successfully, to impose competition on the capital's “Spartak”. The year 2000 was a turning point, when Lokomotiv beat the Red-Whites in the sum of two meetings in the championship, and Ruslan Nigmatullin, in the presence of the overcrowded Luzhniki stadium, who was completely rooting for the Spartak team, reflected on last seconds meeting a penalty from Andrey Tikhonov. Two years later, Loko became the champion, beating CSKA Valery Gazzaev in the Golden Match. The winning goal was held in the debut of the meeting by Dmitry Loskov - a man - a legend of the “railroad”. Two years later, the Red-Greens repeated their achievement (Dmitry Sychev and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov scored in the winning game in Yaroslavl), and in 2007 they won the Russian Cup for the fifth time in a short period of time. /p>
Who would have guessed that this cup would remain the only one for long goals. After 2007, Lokomotiv not only failed to win a trophy, but was never in the top three at the end of the season in the Premier League. In 2008, Rashid Rakhimov became the head coach of Lokomotiv, but the ex-coach of Amkar failed to show anything in such a responsible position. Vladimir Maminov, who replaced him, who for a long time defended the colors of Lokomotiv on the football field, turned out to be only a temporary coach. The leadership of Lokomotiv decided to return Yuri Semin, who, in addition to the coaching position, joined the team's board of directors.
In 2010, instead of Nikolai Naumov, Olga Smorodskaya became the new president of Lokomotiv, and this decision is still criticized by the Red-Green fans. She is in as soon as possible got rid of Semin, and then Yuri Krasnozhan, who didn’t even really have time to work as the head coach of Lokomotiv. The results of the “railwaymen” left much to be desired, and no change of coaches helped the team. At first, Jose Couseira tried his hand in Moscow, but he failed to rise above seventh place. Then the well-known Croatian specialist Slaven Bilic became the "steer" Lokomotiv. But he didn't succeed either. “Red-green” stopped at the ninth line. Now all the hopes of Lokomotiv are connected with Leonid Kuchuk, who coached Kuban very successfully.
Main achievements
Silver medalist of the USSR championship - 1959
USSR Cup Winner - 1936, 1957
Finalist of the USSR Cup - 1990
Member of 1/2 Cup of the USSR - 1937, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1978, 1991, 1992
Champion of Russia 2002, 2004
Silver medalist of the Russian Championship - 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001
Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship - 1994, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2013/14
Russian Cup Winner - 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007
Finalist of the Cup of Russia - 1998
Winner of the Russian Super Cup - 2003, 2005
Commonwealth Cup Tournament Winner - 2005
Country Russia
Moscow city
Full title: Closed joint-stock company "Football club "Lokomotiv"
Nicknames: Loco, railroad workers, locomotives, red-green
Date of foundation: 01/01/1923
Stadium:
Official site: http://www.fclm.ru/
Main colors: red, green
Team History
Sixty-six years have passed since the formation of Lokomotiv and that sweet moment for all the fans of the “railroad workers” when the club won the championship gold medals for the first time in history. Journalists surrounded Yuri Pavlovich Semin, his phone was bursting with calls from relatives and friends, and Semin himself only happily waved his hands to everyone - he understood that his work had not been in vain. The transformation that took place with the team after the end of one era and the beginning of another is inexplicable. From a team that staggers from division to division, Lokomotiv has become one of the leaders of domestic football. The wind of change had a positive impact on the development vector of the “red-greens”.
When Lokomotiv entered the big arena in 1936, it was not created from scratch. The forefathers of the capital's club were KOR (October Revolution Club) and "Kazanka". Enthusiasts of KOR built their own sports ground for the first sports association of railwaymen. Historians testify that the place between Olkhovskaya and Novoryazanskaya streets was the site of the first "stadium" of the creators of the KOR. There were three railway stations nearby (Leningradsky, Kazansky and Yaroslavsky). On August 12, 1923, the debut game of KOR was held. The team's first uniform was light blue jerseys and white shorts. In those days, the team included football players who were involved in the Moscow national team - Nikolai Artyomov, Mikhail Mayorov, Ivan Khrustalev, Nikolai Chestnov and others.
In 1931, instead of KOR, the good old "Kazanka" came. In 1932, the railroad team won first place in the district championship (there was simply no city championship that season due to reforms). On November 3, 1935, the pages of the Krasny Sport newspaper reported that a single Voluntary Sports Society called Lokomotiv would soon be created in the railway transport. A month later, with a small special Decree of the Central Committee of the Unions of Railways and the People's Commissar of Railways, the Charter of Lokomotiv was approved. It was soon announced that the official date of the creation of the team would henceforth be considered the twelfth of January 1936. The first secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee, Alexander Kosarev, wished Lokomotiv the following: “I am sure that in the near future Lokomotiv will take a leading place among other sports societies of the Union and will be worthy of its organizer, the best associate of the great Stalin’s friend of athletes - Lazar Moiseevich Kaganovich.”
On May 22, 1936, Dynamo Leningrad and Lokomotiv Moscow opened the very first USSR championship! Almost twelve thousand spectators were present at the Dynamo stadium in Leningrad. The support of the fans helped Dynamo win the very first match with a score of 3:1. It should be noted that the basis of Loko's roster was made up of Kazanka players, as well as newcomers who came from Elektrozavod, ZiF, ZiS and Hammer and Sickle. Fans of other Moscow clubs like to “prick” Lokomotiv fans on occasion regarding the infamous Soviet period of history, but the “red-greens” can be proud that they not only opened a great championship, but also became the authors of the very first ball in the history of the USSR championships. No one remembers who scored in the matches of the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, but everyone remembered the initials of the Frenchman Lucien Laurent, the author of the debut ball of the Mundials. In “Locomotive” found a hero in the face of Viktor Lavrov, who opened an account in Leningrad already in the fifth minute of the meeting. Alexander Semyonov broke through on the right side and shot at the Dynamo goal, goalkeeper Kuzminsky hit the ball into the center of the penalty area, and Lavrov, having made a false swing in front of the grown defender, sent the ball into the net of the home team without interference.
The team performed grandiosely in the very first draw of the USSR Cup. Lokomotiv was stronger than the eighty-two clubs that took part in the tournament. "Railwaymen" won in the final on May 28, 1936 Dynamo Tbilisi with a score of 2:0. The balls of Sokolov and Lavrov brought the team the very first official high-profile title. In April 1937, the first foreign coach appeared in Lokomotiv, so those who consider Slavoljub Muslin the first “Varangian” on the coaching bridge are fundamentally wrong. The Frenchman Jules Limbek did not win big laurels in Moscow, but he nevertheless entered history. In the first post-war championship, Lokomotiv had the hardest time of all: the backbone of the team was either old or completely young, it was just right for the coaches to grab their heads when thirteen players became newcomers at once. It was then that the “railroad” for the first time parted with the top division.
In 1957, Lokomotiv won the USSR Cup for the second time, beating Moscow Spartak in the final, largely due to the successful game of its goalkeeper Vladimir Maslachenko. Two years later, the "railroad" for the first and last time for themselves won second place in the championship of the USSR. “Locomotive” could rise to the very top, but the insulting missed ball from the capital “Dynamo” left the club in second place. The already mentioned Maslachenko, as well as Evgeny Rogov, Mikhail Afonin, Valentin Bubukin and others forged the glory of the team. Viktor Sokolov became the top scorer with fourteen goals. The game was led by mentor Yevgeny Eliseev, who achieved the highest result among all other Loko mentors for the entire Soviet period.
Such monsters of the coaching department as Boris Arkadiev and Konstantin Beskov stood at the "helm" of the team, but none of them managed to achieve victories named after Eliseev. The 70s and 80s can be called a period of stagnation for Lokomotiv, but it was in 1975 that Yuri Semin and Vladimir Eshtrekov joined the team as a duet. Later, their coaching line will lead Lokomotiv to the highest results. By the way, Yuri Pavlovich managed to play for Lokomotiv together with the nimble and technical Valery Gazzaev. Minister of the Ministry of Railways Boris Beshchev did his best to protect the team from difficulties, but the departure of the official affected the fate of the “railroad workers”.
In 1986, when Lokomotiv began to be associated with the second division, the Minister of Railways Konarev Nikolai Semyonovich invited Yuri Semin, who headed the Dushanbe Pamir, to the post of head coach of the team. The issue with Semin was decided at the very "tops" - even the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Party of Tajikistan, Nabiev, participated. Yuri Pavlovich's philosophy of stability consisted of trust in the players, and they paid the mentor with good results. Already in the second year of being in the Semin team, Lokomotiv achieved an increase. Moreover, even at the highest level, Lokomotiv was not lost: the seventh place left the railroad workers a step away from European competition. Losses in 1989 (Cherchesov, Bazulev and Gorlukovich) again sent the team to the first division. In 1990, one of the very first legionnaires in Russian football appeared in Lokomotiv - American Dale Mulholland.
Soon, Yuri Semin went to New Zealand under a contract for one year, the club was temporarily accepted by Valery Filatov. The first game in the championship of Russia "railroad" held on April 3, 1992 against the "Ocean" from Nakhodka. The guests managed to quickly open an account (in the second minute, Oleg Garin opened the gates of young Sergei Ovchinnikov), but in the fourth minute Alexander Rychkov equalized, and Sergei Podpaly scored the winning goal from the penalty spot. The onset of a new era had a miraculous effect on the team. “Lokomotiv” from the very first games ceased to be a loser, and the famous reputation of “the fifth wheel in the cart of Moscow football” gradually began to become irrelevant.
“Locomotive” twice made it to the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, was the only club in the late 90s who even tried, and successfully, to impose competition on the capital's “Spartak”. The year 2000 was a turning point, when Lokomotiv beat the Red-Whites in the sum of two meetings in the championship, and Ruslan Nigmatullin, in the presence of the overcrowded Luzhniki stadium, who was completely rooting for Spartak, reflected a penalty from Andrey in the last seconds of the meeting Tikhonov. Two years later, Loko became the champion, beating CSKA Valery Gazzaev in the Golden Match. The winning goal was held in the debut of the meeting by Dmitry Loskov - a man - a legend of the “railroad”. Two years later, the Red-Greens repeated their achievement (Dmitry Sychev and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov scored in the winning game in Yaroslavl), and in 2007 they won the Russian Cup for the fifth time in a short period of time. /p>
Who would have guessed that this cup would remain the only one for long goals. After 2007, Lokomotiv not only failed to win a trophy, but was never in the top three at the end of the season in the Premier League. In 2008, Rashid Rakhimov became the head coach of Lokomotiv, but the ex-coach of Amkar failed to show anything in such a responsible position. Vladimir Maminov, who replaced him, who for a long time defended the colors of Lokomotiv on the football field, turned out to be only a temporary coach. The leadership of Lokomotiv decided to return Yuri Semin, who, in addition to the coaching position, joined the team's board of directors.
In 2010, instead of Nikolai Naumov, Olga Smorodskaya became the new president of Lokomotiv, and this decision is still criticized by the Red-Green fans. She quickly got rid of Semin, and then Yuri Krasnozhan, who didn’t even really have time to work as the head coach of Lokomotiv. The results of the “railwaymen” left much to be desired, and no change of coaches helped the team. At first, Jose Couseira tried his hand in Moscow, but he failed to rise above seventh place. Then the well-known Croatian specialist Slaven Bilic became the "steer" Lokomotiv. But he didn't succeed either. “Red-green” stopped at the ninth line. Now all the hopes of Lokomotiv are connected with Leonid Kuchuk, who coached Kuban very successfully.
Main achievements
Silver medalist of the USSR championship - 1959
USSR Cup Winner - 1936, 1957
Finalist of the USSR Cup - 1990
Member of 1/2 Cup of the USSR - 1937, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1978, 1991, 1992
Champion of Russia 2002, 2004
Silver medalist of the Russian Championship - 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001
Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship - 1994, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2013/14
Russian Cup Winner - 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007
Finalist of the Cup of Russia - 1998
Winner of the Russian Super Cup - 2003, 2005
Commonwealth Cup Tournament Winner - 2005
The club was founded on July 23, 1922 - on this day the team of the Moscow-Kazan railway"Kazanka" played its first match against the Izmailovsky Sports Club.
Over the years of its existence, the football team of the Moscow Lokomotiv has won many regalia. In 1936, Lokomotiv became the first owner of the USSR Cup. In 1957, the railway workers repeated their success. Two years later, for the first time in its history, Lokomotiv won silver medals in the USSR Championship.
For the first and Olympic teams Soviet Union many players of our team played in different years: Valentin Bubukin, Vladimir Maslachenko and Yuri Kovalev (all three - winners of the European Cup 1960), Igor Zaitsev, Viktor Voroshilov, Viktor Sokolov, Sergei Gorlukovich (Olympic champion 1988), Ivan Morgunov, Valery Gazzaev, Valentin Granatkin, Andrey Kalaichev.
Several team players were awarded the title of "Honored Master of Sports": Valentin Granatkin, Ivan Stankevich, Mikhail Sushkov, Gavriil Kachalin, Valentin Bubukin, Victor Voroshilov, Vladimir Maslachenko, Sergey Gorlukovich, Victor Lakhonin, Vladimir Moshkarkin, Viktor Novikov, Mikhail Antonevich, Vasily Panfilov, Nikolai Ilyin, Vasily Kartsev, Alexei Sokolov, Ivan Stankevich, Zaur Kaloev, Arvydas Yanonis and Arminas Narbekov.
The players of our team received the title of "Master of Sports international class»: Vasily Danilov, Vladimir Basalaev, Vladimir Eshtrekov, Givi Nodia, Vladimir Kozlov, Pyotr Slobodyan, Valery Petrakov, Yuri Chesnokov, Igor Gurinovich, Valery Gazzaev, Vyacheslav Sukristov, Arminas Narbekovas, Valdam Ivanauskas, Arvydas Yanonis, Dmitry Chugunov.
During the Soviet period, the leading coaches of the country worked with Lokomotiv: Boris Arkadiev, Gavriil Kachalin, Konstantin Beskov, Evgeny Eliseev, Nikolai Morozov, Mikhail Sushkov, Valentin Bubukin, Mikhail Yakushin, Alexander Sevidov, Evgeny Rogov.
In the Russian period, Lokomotiv moved into the number the strongest teams countries. The railway workers became the champions of Russia three times (2002, 2004, 2017/2018). Eight times (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2019) the team won the Russian Cup. Twice (1998 and 1999) Lokomotiv was a semi-finalist of the Cup Winners' Cup.
Sooner or later, any real football fan begins to wonder what the star on the emblem means. football club. Most fans of course thought that this was just a logo design element, but this is far from the case.
not many football fans know that the star on the emblem of the football club is assigned by the football federation of the country in which the club plays. In order for the five-pointed star to flaunt at the top of the emblem, you need to win the championship title 5 times.
For example, until recently, the most titled football club in Russia, Spartak, had only one star. He has won the Russian championship 9 times since 1991 and he only needed one victory before the coveted second star, which happened in 2017.
But, on the emblem of "Spartak" there are 4 stars. This happened due to changes in the calculation, which was approved by the RFU. Spartak was credited with his 12 victories in the USSR championship, and at the end of the 2016/2017 season, Spartak has 22 championship titles. It is they who give the right to 4 stars above the emblem.
Stars on emblems of football clubs in other countries
It is worth noting that almost every country in which football is the number one sport has its own rules for assigning stars to symbols. For example, in Italy in Serie A, a star is awarded for every 10 victories. A surprising fact is the refusal of the country's most titled club to apply stars. Juventus have won Serie A - 31 times and were entitled to three stars, but due to scandals with fixed matches was stripped of 2 titles, which deprived him of the right to the third star. The team expressed their protest and completely refused to put stars on the emblem.
In the Bundesliga the most "star" football team is Bayern Munich. They have 23 championship titles to their credit, which is 4 stars if you count according to Russian requirements. But in Germany it's different. The first star is given for 3 wins, the second for five, the third for ten, the fourth for twenty, the fifth for thirty. Thus, the Bavarians need to win 7 more times to get the fifth star on the emblem.
The most "star" champions
The leader in the number of stars printed above the emblem is a football club from Scotland - Glasgow Rangers. They rightfully have 10 stars on their emblem. The team has become the champion of the country 54 times, they have one victory left to the coveted 11th star. They are 10 wins ahead of Celtic, who have two stars less.
Recall that the most titled football club in Russia is FC Spartak, which has become the 21-time winner of the national championship in the entire history of the club.
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