:FC Lokomotíva Košice

{{Short description|Slovak association football club}}

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| fullname = FC Lokomotíva Košice

| nickname = Loky

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1946}}

| ground = Štadión Lokomotívy,
Košice

| capacity = 9000

| owner = Vladislav Zvara

| chairman =

| chrtitle = President

| manager = Milan Lalkovič

| mgrtitle = Head coach

| league = 3 . liga

| season = 2023–24

| position = 4. liga, 2nd (promoted)

| website = http://www.fclokomotiva.sk

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FC Lokomotíva Košice is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Košice and will be compete in the 3rd tier of Slovak football, 3. Liga (Slovakia). The club was founded in 1946 and played for 29 years in the Czechoslovak First League.

The club also had several appearances in Europe playing the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1977-78 and 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 Corgoň Liga. 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 2018-19 2. liga 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 Lokomotíva Stadium in the Čermeľ district for most of its history (until 1997). Now Lokomotíva plays in small village Družstevná pri Hornáde 16 km far from city center of Košice. As of 2021, Lokomotíva plays in Barca, municipal district of Košice.

Honours

=Domestic=

{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Czechoslovakia

{{flagicon|SVK}} Slovakia

==Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer==

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944–45 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.

class="wikitable"

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"|Year

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"|Winner

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"|G

1972–73

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Ladislav Józsa

21
1973–74

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Ladislav Józsa

171
1976–77

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Ladislav Józsa

18

:1Shared award

Results

=League and domestic cup history=

Slovak League only (1993-present)

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align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Year

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Division

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Position

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Domestic cup

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Topscorer/goals

align="center"

| 1993–1994

| align="left"| Mars superliga (I)

| 8th

|Round 3

|

align="center"

| 1994–1995

| align="left"| Mars superliga

| 9th

|Round 2

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Štefan Kysela (17)

align="center"

| 1995–1996

| align="left"| Mars superliga

| 8th

|Round 1

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Igor Popovec (8)

align="center"

| 1996–1997

| align="left"| Mars superliga

| 10th

|Quarter-finals

|

align="center"

| 1997–1998

| align="left"| Mars superliga

|bgcolor=red| 15th (relegated)

|Semi-finals

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Marcel Korínek (4)
{{flagicon|Bosnia}} Milan Pecelj (4)

align="center"

| 1998–1999

| align="left"| 2. liga (II)

| –

|Round 1

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Miloš Gallo (8)

align="center"

| 1999–2000

| align="left"| 2. liga

|bgcolor=red| – (relegated)

|

|

align="center"

| 2000–2001

| align="left"| 3. liga (III)

| –

|Round 1

|

align="center"

| 2001–2002

| align="left"| 3. liga

| –

|

|

align="center"

| 2002–2003

| align="left"| 3. liga

| –

|

|

align="center"

| 2003–2004

| align="left"| 3. liga

|bgcolor=red| – (relegated)

|

|

align="center"

| 2004–2005

| align="left"| 4. liga (IV)

| –

|

|

align="center"

| 2005–2006

| align="left"| 4. liga (IV)

|bgcolor=green| 1st (promoted)

|

|

align="center"

| 2006–2007

| align="left"| 3. liga (III)

| –

|

|

align="center"

| 2007–2008

| align="left"| 3. liga (III)

| –

|

|

align="center"

| 2008–2009

| align="left"| 3. liga (III)

| 3rd

|

|

align="center"

| 2009–2010

| align="left"| 3. liga (III)

| 2nd

|

|

align="center"

| 2010–2011

| align="left"| 3. liga (III)

|bgcolor=green| 1st (promoted)

|

|

align="center"

| 2011–2012

| align="left"| 3. liga (III)

| 3rd

|Round 1

|

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| 2012–2013

| align="left"| Keno 10 3.liga (III)

| 3rd

|Round 3

|

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| 2013–2014

| align="left"| TIPOS liga (III)

|bgcolor=green| 8th (promoted)

|Round 1

|

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| 2014–2015

| align="left"| DOXXbet liga (II)

| 1st (relegation round east)

|Round 3

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Tomáš Labun (16)

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| 2015–2016

| align="left"| DOXXbet liga (II)

| 4th (champions round)

|Round 3

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Adrián Leško (8)

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| 2016–2017

| align="left"| DOXXbet liga (II)

| 7th (champions round)

|Round 4

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Róbert Jano (20)

align="center"

| 2017–2018

| align="left"| DOXXbet liga (II)

| 4th

|Round 4

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Kamil Karaš (13)

align="center"

| 2018–2019

| align="left"| II. Liga (II)

| 11th

|Round 5

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Róbert Jano (7)

align="center"

| 2019–2020

| align="left"| V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V)

| 2nd

|Did not enter

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Beliš (9)

align="center"

| 2020–2021

| align="left"| V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V)

| 2nd

|Round 3

|?

align="center"

| 2021–2022

| align="left"| V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V)

|bgcolor| 1st

|Round 3

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Adrián Pačinda (26)

align="center"

| 2022–2023

| align="left"| V.liga juh (V)

|bgcolor=green| 1st (promoted)

|Did not enter

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Martin Leško (26)

align="center"

| 2023–2024

| align="left"| 4. Liga Východ (IV)

|bgcolor=green| 2nd (promoted)

|Round 3

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Michal Vilkovský (19)

align="center"

| 2024–2025

| align="left"| 3. Liga Východ (III)

|TBD

|TBD

|TBD

=European competition history=

{{Main|Slovak football clubs in European competitions}}

class="wikitable"

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Season

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Competition

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Round

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Country

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Club

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Home

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Away

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Aggregate

1969–70

|Mitropa Cup

|1.R

|{{flagicon|YUG}}

|Radnicki Kragujevac

|1–0

|0–2

|1–2

rowspan="2"|1977–78

|rowspan="2"|Cup Winners' Cup

|1.R

|{{flagicon|SWE}}

|Östers IF

|0–0

|2–2

|2–2 (a)

2.R

|{{flagicon|AUT}}

|FK Austria Wien

|1–1

|0–0

|1–1 (a)

1978–79

|UEFA Cup

|1.R

|{{flagicon|ITA}}

|A.C. Milan

|1–0

|0–1

|1–1 (p)

rowspan="2"|1979–80

|rowspan="2"|Cup Winners' Cup

|1.R

|{{flagicon|AUT}}

|FC Wacker Innsbruck

|2–1

|1–0

|3–1

2.R

|{{flagicon|YUG}}

|NK Rijeka

|2–0

|0–3

|2–3

Current squad

As of September 19, 2019.

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{{Fs player|no= 22|nat=SVK|name=Jozef Talian|pos=GK|other=}}

{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=SVK|name=Nikolas Kriška|pos=DF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=SVK|name=Ľuboslav Pankovčin|pos=DF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=SVK|name=Richard Griglak|pos=DF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=SVK|name=Milan Miklušićák|pos=DF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=SVK|name=Samuel Jokeľ|pos=DF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=SVK|name=Michal Godina|pos=DF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=SVK|name=Kristián Šarkan|pos=DF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=SVK|name=Patrik Grega|pos=DF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=SVK|name=Adrián Tomašiak|pos=DF|other=}}{{Fs player|no=8|nat=SVK|name=Jakub Tóth|pos=MF|other=}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=SVK|name=Dávid Gabriel Matis|pos=MF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=SVK|name=Vladimír Beliš|pos=MF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=SVK|name=Matej Béreš|pos=MF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=SVK|name=Michal Beli|pos=MF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=SVK|name=Matej Ondrejkovič|pos=MF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=SVK|name=Martin Hloušek|pos=MF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=SVK|name=Gabriel Labuda|pos=MF|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=SVK|name=Filip Korček|pos=FW|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=SVK|name=Martin Šemrák|pos=FW|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=SVK|name=Maroš Čeremeta|pos=FW|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=SVK|name=Pavol Kozák|pos=FW|other=}}

{{Fs end}}

=Technical staff=

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style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Position

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Staff

Head coach{{flagicon|SVK}} Milan Lalkovič
Assistant coach{{flagicon|SVK}} Jozef Talian
Assistant coach{{flagicon|SVK}} Martin Hloušek
Goalkeeping coach{{flagicon|SVK}} Jozef Talian
Masseur{{flagicon|SVK}} Karol Orbán
Team Chef{{flagicon|SVK}} Anton Zabavník
Youth Sports Director

Player records

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=Most appearances=

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style="color:white; background:#333366;"| #

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Nat.

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| Name

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"| App.

1

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

| Gejza Farkaš

| 344

2

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

| František Feczko

| 300

3

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

| Jozef Móder

| 289

4

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

| Jozef Suchánek

| 269

5

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

| Stanislav Seman

| 225

{{col-2}}

=Most goals=

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style="color:white; background:#333366;"|#

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"|Nat.

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"|Name

! style="color:white; background:#333366;"|Goals

1

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

| Ladislav Józsa

| 104

2

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

|František Feczko

| 78

3

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

| Gejza Farkaš

| 70

4

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

| Jozef Móder

| 66

5

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

| Ján Kozák sr.

| 44

6

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

| Pavol Ondo

| 40

7

| {{flagicon|TCH}}

| Dušan Ujhely

| 30

{{col-end}}

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.

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Notable managers

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References

{{Reflist}}

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