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| Full name | FC Lokomotíva Košice | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Loky | ||
| Founded | 1946 | ||
| Ground | Štadión Lokomotívy, Košice  | ||
| Capacity | 9000 | ||
| Owner | Vladislav Zvara | ||
| Head coach | Dušan Ujhely | ||
| League | 4. liga | ||
| 2021–22 | 5. liga, 1st | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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FC Lokomotíva Košice is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Košice. 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
 Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovak First League (1925–93)
 - 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 Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944–45 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.
| Year | Winner | G | 
|---|---|---|
| 1972–73 | 21 | |
| 1973–74 | 171 | |
| 1976–77 | 18 | 
- 1Shared award
 
Results
League and domestic cup history
Slovak League only (1993-present)
| Year | Division | Position | Domestic cup | Topscorer/goals | 
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| 1993–1994 | Mars superliga (I) | 8th | Round 3 | |
| 1994–1995 | Mars superliga | 9th | Round 2 | |
| 1995–1996 | Mars superliga | 8th | Round 1 | |
| 1996–1997 | Mars superliga | 10th | Quarter-finals | |
| 1997–1998 | Mars superliga | 15th (relegated) | Semi-finals | |
| 1998–1999 | 2. liga (II) | – | Round 1 | |
| 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 | |
| 2015–2016 | DOXXbet liga (II) | 4th (champions round) | Round 3 | |
| 2016–2017 | DOXXbet liga (II) | 7th (champions round) | Round 4 | |
| 2017–2018 | DOXXbet liga (II) | 4th | Round 4 | |
| 2018–2019 | II. Liga (II) | 11th | Round 5 | |
| 2019–2020 | V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V) | 2nd | Did not enter | |
| 2020–2021 | V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V) | 2nd | Round 3 | ? | 
| 2021–2022 | V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V) | 1st | Round 3 | |
| 2022–2023 | V.liga juh (V) | 1st (promoted) | Did not enter | 
European competition history
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | 
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| 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.
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Technical staff
| Position | Staff | 
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| Head coach | |
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| Assistant coach | |
| Goalkeeping coach | |
| Masseur | |
| Team Chef | |
| Youth Sports Director | 
Player records
Most appearances
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Most goals
 
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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.
 Ján Polgár
 Bohumil Andrejko
 Pavol Biroš
 Ivan Čabala
 Matúš Čonka
 Pavol Diňa
 Gejza Farkaš
 František Feczko
 Anton Flešár
 Milan Gigler
 Miroslav Greskovics
 Andrej Iľko
 Július Holeš
 Ladislav Józsa
 Karol Kisel
 Ján Kozák sr.
 František Kunzo
 Ján Luža
 František Matys
 Jozef Móder
 Martin Obšitník
 Erik Pačinda
 Ladislav Putyera
 Stanislav Seman
 Adolf Scherer
 Viliam Schrojf
 Miroslav Sovič
 Stanislav Strapek
 Anton Šoltis
 Peter Štyvar
 Rudolf Urban
 Blažej Vaščák
 Rudolf Zibrínyi
 Ľudovít Žitňár
Notable managers
 Michal Baránek (1972)
 Ladislav Kačáni (1972-1974)
 Jozef Jankech (1975-1976)
 Michal Baránek (1976-1978)
 Jozef Jankech (1978-1980)
 Jozef Jankech (1983-1985)
 Michal Baránek (1985-1986)
 Jaroslav Galko (2013-2014)
 Dušan Ujhely (2014-2015)
 Branislav Sokoli (2015-2016)
 Albert Rusnák (2016-2018)
 Ľuboš Benkovský (2018-2019)
 Dušan Ujhely (2019-2020)
 Milan Lalkovič (2020-)
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)
 
