FC Locomotive Tbilisi

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FC Locomotive Tbilisi, commonly referred to as Lokomotivi or simply Loco, is a Georgian professional football club based Tbilisi. The club competes in the Erovnuli Liga 2, the second tier of Georgian football.

During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. The club has strong connections with the Georgian Railways.

History

Locomotive was founded on 14 August 1936 as a part of Lokomotiv sports society.[1] The club won Georgian championship in 1937, which gave them the permission to participate in USSR Top League. Their debut season in the highest level of the Soviet football championship came in 1938, where the club took 24th place out of 26 and got relegated. However, the Tbilisi-based club managed to get another promotion during the following season and participated in 1940 Soviet Top League. But they were eventually disqualified from the tournament. These were the only seasons when Locomotive managed to take part in the top league.[1]

From the following years until the dissolution of USSR, the club moved between the lower divisions, played in the second the third divisions of the Soviet football championship.

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: Levan Kenia, Levan Tskitishvili, Zurab Khizanishvili, Giorgi Arabidze, Giorgi Aburjania, Valeri Abramidze, Juan Diego González-Vigil, Giorgi Mamardashvili and Endika Bordas.

Honours

European cups

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away
1999–00 UEFA Cup QR Template:Flagicon Linfield 1–0 1–1
1R Template:Flagicon PAOK 0–7 0–2
2000–01 UEFA Cup QR Template:Flagicon Slovan 0–2 0–2
2001–02 UEFA Cup QR Template:Flagicon Birkirkara 1–1 0–0
2002–03 UEFA Cup QR Template:Flagicon Copenhagen 1–4 1–3
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1R Template:Flagicon Banants 0–2 3–2
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1Q Template:Flagicon Etzella 2–2 0–0
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1Q Template:Flagicon Universitatea Craiova 2–1 —
2Q Template:Flagicon Dynamo Moscow 2–1 —
3Q Template:Flagicon Granada — 0–2

Players

Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Template:Fba/core Tornike Molashvili
5 MF Template:Fba/core Sandro Shetsiruli
6 MF Template:Fba/core Frank Chileshe
10 MF Template:Fba/core Luka Kekelidze
11 FW Template:Fba/core Lasha Kalandadze
12 GK Template:Fba/core Luka Khelashvili
14 MF Template:Fba/core Dennis Amoako
16 MF Template:Fba/core Sandro Shashiashvili
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Template:Fba/core Aleksandre Turkia
18 MF Template:Fba/core Ioane Tabatadze
22 DF Template:Fba/core Davit Bukia
26 MF Template:Fba/core Gegi Geguchadze
30 MF Template:Fba/core Lasha Menteshashvili
36 MF Template:Fba/core Bonephaneso Phiri
40 DF Template:Fba/core Rati Mchedlishvili
— MF Template:Fba/core Givi Mukbaniani

Reserve team

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Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Template:Flagicon Giorgi Geguchadze Jr.
Assistant coaches Template:Flagicon Davit Babuadze
Template:Flagicon Dachi Popkhadze
Chief Analyst Template:Flagicon Dimitri Topuridze
Fitness coach Template:Flagicon Tamaz Babilodze

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  • Last updated: 11 January 2024
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Management

Position Staff
President Alex Topuria
Technical Director Giorgi Kipiani
Academy Manager Davit Kipiani
Director and Chief security officer Erekle Chotalishvili
Financial Manager Gia Rapava
Financial Consultant Maia Sarajishvili
Match Manager Shota Gogitauri
Media Officer Tsotne Kinkladze
Fan and Public Relations Officer Levan Chotalishvili
Financier Lia Mandzulashvili
Licensing and Transfers Manager Nino Kutateladze
Academy head coach Giorgi Minashvili

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  • Last updated: 11 January 2024
  • Source:[7]

References

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External links


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