Lokomotiv Ruse is a Bulgarianfootball club founded in 1930, currently competing in the Northeast Third League, third tier of Bulgarian football. It was disbanded in 2002 due to financial difficulties. In 2016 FC Marisan Ruse renamed to Lokomotiv, thus restoring the Lokomotiv brand and name, although the team has no legal link with the previous team named Lokomotiv.
Lokomotiv Ruse
Full name
FC Lokomotiv Ruse
Nickname(s)
The Reilwaymen, The Red-Blacks
Founded
4 December 1930; 93 years ago (1930-12-04) as Railways Sports Club
Lokomotiv (Ruse) is one of the first railwaymen sport clubs in Bulgaria. It was formed in 1928-1929 from railwaymen workers at Locomotive and Wagon factory in Ruse. Lokomomotiv (Ruse) was registered and licensed by The Bulgarian National Sport Federation at 4 December 1930 as ZhSK (Zheleznicharski sporten klub, in English: Railways Sports Club, in Bulgarian Железничарски спортен клуб). ZhSK (Ruse) joined Ruse Regional Championship in 1931. In Second World War period ZhSK reached its first major success. Railway team won Ruse Regional Championship five times (1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948). In those years ZhSK (Ruse) recorded their participation at the highest level of Bulgarian football - State Championship. The best ranking was in the 1943 - quarterfinal.
At Communist Eraedit
In 1945 the name was changed from ZhSK to Lokomotiv after the reorganization of the Bulgarian sport movement at the beginning of the Communist era. During the period 1946-1948 Lokomotiv (Ruse) was the best team in Ruse and in 1946 reached another remarkable success - semi-final in National Cup (then Cup of the Soviet Army). In 1948-1949 there was another reorganization of the Bulgarian sport movement. Many of the city clubs were merged into only one team - in Ruse Lokomotiv was merged along with Dinamo (founded in 1944) and Rusenets (founded in 1947) into City Society for Physical Culture and Sport "Dunav" at 16 February 1949. The tradition was continued in the new Ruse Railways sports team for the next three years. In 1952 a new total reorganization of the National Sport Movement in Bulgaria was made. As the USSR's Voluntary Sports organizations, in Bulgaria have been created many DSO (Voluntary Sports organizations). One of that was DSO Lokomotiv (Ruse). Railwaymen team restarted in Bulgarian football Championship from the lowest level and just for a year gained a promotion to "B" group (second level in Bulgarian football pyramid). When at the end of the 1950s the new reorganization of Bulgarian sport was made, in Ruse there were only two football teams - Dunav and Lokomotiv. The local bureau of the Communist party decided to give Dunav the role of a first team of the city and Lokomotiv was considered to be the second best team in Ruse for many years ahead. The team played for 20 times at second level ("B" group) and several times was relegated into "V" group (third level). Lokomotiv was notable for its very good youth setup. This was due to the fact that many young prospect from the football academy of Lokomotiv played along with some veterans in the first team. In 1980s Lokomotiv (Ruse) had several successes in the two major cup tournaments in Bulgaria - Cup of Bulgaria and Cup of the Soviet Army.
Post Communist timesedit
Political changes in Bulgaria after 1989 happened when Lokomotiv (Ruse) played in Northeast "V" group (third tier). In 1991/92 season the team reached promotion to "B" football group (second level). The financial crisis and the withdrawal of local management of Bulgarian Railway Company away from the club brought to the Locomotive Stadium new people in charge. The president of Ruse Shipyard Company Penko Dimitrov was elected as the new club chairman. It was a big shock for all the fans of Lokomotiv at the beginning of the 1992/93 season in the "B" group. Just several hours before the start of the season the club was renamed as "Korabostroitel" (Shipbuilder) and the traditional red-black colours were replaced by unacceptable white-blue just like city rivals of FC Dunav. The fans continue called the team "Loko" and supported the team. "Korabostroitel" played very good with attractive attacking style. This was no doubt due to the philosophy of the coaches - Nikola Hristov for the first part of the season and Asparuh Nikodimov for the rest of the season. Season 1994/95 in "B" group was more than remarkable - the team finished at 5th position. According to many experts "Korabostroitel" was the best team in the North "B" group. The team recorded impressive home wins (for example 6:0 against Cherno more Varna), and played very successful as a guest too. The striker Ivo Georgiev was an unrelenting "goal-machine" and became a top scorer with 26 goals in 30 games. The Shipbuilders team had the best attack in the group - 67 goals. Despite all the chance to promotion to the "A" group (top level) was omitted. Several rounds before the end of the season a cruel discovery was made. There were missing 15 000 000 BGN of Rousse Shipyard. The company was declared bankrupt and president Penko Dimitrov was arrested, so the team had to finish the season with no finance whatsoever. The "Korabostroitel" era at Locomotive Stadium finished with 5th place at the end of the season in "B" group. The coach and some of the star players left at the summer break.
Last Yearsedit
The summer of 1995 was again time for changes. After the "Korabostroitel" era the new aim for the club not to be relegated and if possible - to play attractively in 'B' group. The name 'Locomotiv' was again restored, and the traditional colours of the team - red and black were restored, too. The new elected chairman of FC Lokomotiv (Ruse) was Orlin Tanov - businessman of dubious reputation, like most football bosses in Bulgaria. 1995/96 season was very successful for the railways team. Two managers - Remzi Nuriev and the famous former goalkeeper Georgi Velinov, who later took the charge at Lokomotiv (Ruse) not only saved the team from relegation, but also made it more impressive with victories at home over all strong teams in the league, including the new champion of 'B' group Maritsa (Plovdiv). The sweetest victory was over the city rivals Dunav (Ruse) - historical 1:0 in a real thriller. The referee tried to help Dunav and awarded a penalty kick and showed three (3) red cards to Lokomotiv players. Ultimately derby ended in victory for the railways team inspired by a late goal from a big distance in 86 minutes. The scorer was Viktor Nankov. Next season (1996/97) was the last for the team in "B" division and the team was relegated to "V" group (third tier). The next 5 years the team battled hard to survive in "V" group. All the players in the first three years have been youngsters from the academy of the team. The last two years of that period the experienced Blagovest Georgiev, Miroslav Enev, Samir Mastanov, Tzanko Serafimov and other former Lokomotiv players return to the club. In 2000/01 Lokomotiv finished 2nd. At the summer break it became clear that the team had fallen into serious financial crisis. In order to survive, Lokomotiv unified with another third-tier team from Ruse - "Chicago". With that for the new 2001/02 season the name of the club is changed into "Lokomotiv - Chicago". But this step did not save the team from financial troubles as the team still had a lot of debts. Despite the fact, that year the team became champions of "V" group and won promotion for "B" group.
On 5 July 2002 the owners of the club declared that the team had no money to start the season so that it could not afford to play in "B" group. Both presidents - Orlin Tanov and Ventsislav Angelov started negotiations with local businessmen but in vain. On 29 July 2002 Orlin Tanov declared, that he was abolishing the team. All the contracts with players and coaches were terminated. Soon after that (in 2004) the club base was given to a new club from Ruse - FC Ariston. This team renovated the base and started to play at "Lokomotiv" stadium. In 2012 Ariston declared plans to build a new stadium at the place of the former "Lokomotiv" stadium.
2016–present: Refoundingedit
In the beginning of August 2016, Marisan Ruse merged with FA Ruse under the name Lokomotiv Ruse with the idea to restore the club. The club joined the newly reformed Bulgarian Third League.[1]
Honoursedit
Winner of the Cup of the Railways (1936)
Quarterfinal in the Bulgarian National Championship (1943)
Champion of Rousse regional championship (1942, 1943, 1946,1947,1948)
5th place in the B group (1955, 1995)
Semi-finalist in Cup of Bulgaria (1946)
Semi-finalist in Soviet Army Cup (1989)
1/4-final in Soviet Army Cup (1985)
1/4-final in Cup of Bulgaria (1986)
3rd place at World Railways championship in Duisburg, Germany (1991).
Playersedit
Current squadedit
As of 6 March 2024[update]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
^Русенският „Локомотив“ се връща в играта след 14 години пауза
External linksedit
Official website
bgclubs profile
January 01, 1970
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Lokomotiv Ruse is a Bulgarian football club founded in 1930 currently competing in the Northeast Third League third tier of Bulgarian football It was disbanded in 2002 due to financial difficulties In 2016 FC Marisan Ruse renamed to Lokomotiv thus restoring the Lokomotiv brand and name although the team has no legal link with the previous team named Lokomotiv Lokomotiv RuseFull nameFC Lokomotiv RuseNickname s The Reilwaymen The Red BlacksFounded4 December 1930 93 years ago 1930 12 04 as Railways Sports ClubGroundStadion Lokomotiv RuseCapacity12 000ChairmanYavor KirilovManagerSvilen KasabovLeagueThird League 3rd tier 2022 23North East Third League 13thWebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway colours Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years 1 2 At Communist Era 1 3 Post Communist times 1 4 Last Years 1 5 2016 present Refounding 2 Honours 3 Players 3 1 Current squad 4 Managers 5 Past seasons 5 1 League positions 6 Notable players 7 References 8 External linksHistory editEarly years edit Lokomotiv Ruse is one of the first railwaymen sport clubs in Bulgaria It was formed in 1928 1929 from railwaymen workers at Locomotive and Wagon factory in Ruse Lokomomotiv Ruse was registered and licensed by The Bulgarian National Sport Federation at 4 December 1930 as ZhSK Zheleznicharski sporten klub in English Railways Sports Club in Bulgarian Zheleznicharski sporten klub ZhSK Ruse joined Ruse Regional Championship in 1931 In Second World War period ZhSK reached its first major success Railway team won Ruse Regional Championship five times 1942 1943 1946 1947 1948 In those years ZhSK Ruse recorded their participation at the highest level of Bulgarian football State Championship The best ranking was in the 1943 quarterfinal At Communist Era edit In 1945 the name was changed from ZhSK to Lokomotiv after the reorganization of the Bulgarian sport movement at the beginning of the Communist era During the period 1946 1948 Lokomotiv Ruse was the best team in Ruse and in 1946 reached another remarkable success semi final in National Cup then Cup of the Soviet Army In 1948 1949 there was another reorganization of the Bulgarian sport movement Many of the city clubs were merged into only one team in Ruse Lokomotiv was merged along with Dinamo founded in 1944 and Rusenets founded in 1947 into City Society for Physical Culture and Sport Dunav at 16 February 1949 The tradition was continued in the new Ruse Railways sports team for the next three years In 1952 a new total reorganization of the National Sport Movement in Bulgaria was made As the USSR s Voluntary Sports organizations in Bulgaria have been created many DSO Voluntary Sports organizations One of that was DSO Lokomotiv Ruse Railwaymen team restarted in Bulgarian football Championship from the lowest level and just for a year gained a promotion to B group second level in Bulgarian football pyramid When at the end of the 1950s the new reorganization of Bulgarian sport was made in Ruse there were only two football teams Dunav and Lokomotiv The local bureau of the Communist party decided to give Dunav the role of a first team of the city and Lokomotiv was considered to be the second best team in Ruse for many years ahead The team played for 20 times at second level B group and several times was relegated into V group third level Lokomotiv was notable for its very good youth setup This was due to the fact that many young prospect from the football academy of Lokomotiv played along with some veterans in the first team In 1980s Lokomotiv Ruse had several successes in the two major cup tournaments in Bulgaria Cup of Bulgaria and Cup of the Soviet Army Post Communist times edit Political changes in Bulgaria after 1989 happened when Lokomotiv Ruse played in Northeast V group third tier In 1991 92 season the team reached promotion to B football group second level The financial crisis and the withdrawal of local management of Bulgarian Railway Company away from the club brought to the Locomotive Stadium new people in charge The president of Ruse Shipyard Company Penko Dimitrov was elected as the new club chairman It was a big shock for all the fans of Lokomotiv at the beginning of the 1992 93 season in the B group Just several hours before the start of the season the club was renamed as Korabostroitel Shipbuilder and the traditional red black colours were replaced by unacceptable white blue just like city rivals of FC Dunav The fans continue called the team Loko and supported the team Korabostroitel played very good with attractive attacking style This was no doubt due to the philosophy of the coaches Nikola Hristov for the first part of the season and Asparuh Nikodimov for the rest of the season Season 1994 95 in B group was more than remarkable the team finished at 5th position According to many experts Korabostroitel was the best team in the North B group The team recorded impressive home wins for example 6 0 against Cherno more Varna and played very successful as a guest too The striker Ivo Georgiev was an unrelenting goal machine and became a top scorer with 26 goals in 30 games The Shipbuilders team had the best attack in the group 67 goals Despite all the chance to promotion to the A group top level was omitted Several rounds before the end of the season a cruel discovery was made There were missing 15 000 000 BGN of Rousse Shipyard The company was declared bankrupt and president Penko Dimitrov was arrested so the team had to finish the season with no finance whatsoever The Korabostroitel era at Locomotive Stadium finished with 5th place at the end of the season in B group The coach and some of the star players left at the summer break Last Years edit The summer of 1995 was again time for changes After the Korabostroitel era the new aim for the club not to be relegated and if possible to play attractively in B group The name Locomotiv was again restored and the traditional colours of the team red and black were restored too The new elected chairman of FC Lokomotiv Ruse was Orlin Tanov businessman of dubious reputation like most football bosses in Bulgaria 1995 96 season was very successful for the railways team Two managers Remzi Nuriev and the famous former goalkeeper Georgi Velinov who later took the charge at Lokomotiv Ruse not only saved the team from relegation but also made it more impressive with victories at home over all strong teams in the league including the new champion of B group Maritsa Plovdiv The sweetest victory was over the city rivals Dunav Ruse historical 1 0 in a real thriller The referee tried to help Dunav and awarded a penalty kick and showed three 3 red cards to Lokomotiv players Ultimately derby ended in victory for the railways team inspired by a late goal from a big distance in 86 minutes The scorer was Viktor Nankov Next season 1996 97 was the last for the team in B division and the team was relegated to V group third tier The next 5 years the team battled hard to survive in V group All the players in the first three years have been youngsters from the academy of the team The last two years of that period the experienced Blagovest Georgiev Miroslav Enev Samir Mastanov Tzanko Serafimov and other former Lokomotiv players return to the club In 2000 01 Lokomotiv finished 2nd At the summer break it became clear that the team had fallen into serious financial crisis In order to survive Lokomotiv unified with another third tier team from Ruse Chicago With that for the new 2001 02 season the name of the club is changed into Lokomotiv Chicago But this step did not save the team from financial troubles as the team still had a lot of debts Despite the fact that year the team became champions of V group and won promotion for B group On 5 July 2002 the owners of the club declared that the team had no money to start the season so that it could not afford to play in B group Both presidents Orlin Tanov and Ventsislav Angelov started negotiations with local businessmen but in vain On 29 July 2002 Orlin Tanov declared that he was abolishing the team All the contracts with players and coaches were terminated Soon after that in 2004 the club base was given to a new club from Ruse FC Ariston This team renovated the base and started to play at Lokomotiv stadium In 2012 Ariston declared plans to build a new stadium at the place of the former Lokomotiv stadium 2016 present Refounding edit In the beginning of August 2016 Marisan Ruse merged with FA Ruse under the name Lokomotiv Ruse with the idea to restore the club The club joined the newly reformed Bulgarian Third League 1 Honours editWinner of the Cup of the Railways 1936 Quarterfinal in the Bulgarian National Championship 1943 Champion of Rousse regional championship 1942 1943 1946 1947 1948 5th place in the B group 1955 1995 Semi finalist in Cup of Bulgaria 1946 Semi finalist in Soviet Army Cup 1989 1 4 final in Soviet Army Cup 1985 1 4 final in Cup of Bulgaria 1986 3rd place at World Railways championship in Duisburg Germany 1991 Players editCurrent squad edit As of 6 March 2024 update 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 nbsp BUL Aleksandar Angelov 2 DF nbsp BUL Zhivko Donchev 3 DF nbsp BUL Syuleyman Salim 4 MF nbsp BUL Anzhelo Dimitrov 5 DF nbsp BUL Blagovest Koynov 6 DF nbsp BUL Martin Angelov 7 FW nbsp BUL Aykut Ademov 9 FW nbsp BUL Kristian Danailov 10 MF nbsp ROU Dragos Firtulescu 11 MF nbsp BUL Dinko Stanchev No Pos Nation Player 13 MF nbsp BUL Kristian Varbanov 15 MF nbsp BUL Daniel Mitev 16 MF nbsp BUL Georgi Nikolov 17 DF nbsp BUL Georgi Petkov 20 MF nbsp BUL Preslav Velikov 22 GK nbsp BUL David Pasev 23 MF nbsp BUL Daniel Gidolov 77 DF nbsp BUL Martin Ivanov 99 MF nbsp BUL Dani BratoevManagers editDates Name Honours 2016 nbsp Borislav BogomilovPast seasons editSeason League Place GP W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup 2016 17 Third League III 6 28 8 11 9 32 30 35 Did not qualify 2017 18 Third League 3 30 15 6 9 49 31 51 Did not qualify 2018 19 Third League 7 30 13 6 11 48 43 45 Did not qualify Green marks a season followed by promotion red a season followed by relegation League positions editNotable players editIvo Georgiev Marian Todorov Nikola Yordanov Stefan Yurukov Martin KerchevReferences edit Rusenskiyat Lokomotiv se vrsha v igrata sled 14 godini pauzaExternal links editOfficial website bgclubs profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FC Lokomotiv Ruse amp oldid 1215186597, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
