Full name | Professional Football Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv Професионален Футболен Клуб Локомотив Пловдив | ||
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Nickname(s) | Черно-белите (The Black-Whites) Смърфовете (The Smurfs) Железничарите (The Railwaymen) | ||
Short name | LOKO PD, LPFC | ||
Founded | 25 July 1926 | as Sportclub Plovdiv||
Ground | Lokomotiv Stadium | ||
Capacity | 14,500[1] | ||
Chairman | Hristo Krusharski | ||
Head Coach | Dušan Kosič | ||
League | First League | ||
2023–24 | First League, 5th of 16 | ||
Website | lokomotivpd | ||
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PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgarian: ПФК Локомотив Пловдив),[2] commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and has a capacity of 14,500 spectators.
Founded on 25 July 1926, Lokomotiv is one of the most popular teams in Bulgaria and currently competes in the top-flight First Professional Football League, which they have won once (in 2004). Lokomotiv Plovdiv has won also 2 Bulgarian Cups, 2 Bulgarian Supercups and 1 Cup of the Soviet Army. The biggest success of the club in Europe is reaching the third round of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1965, after narrowly losing to the Italian Juventus in a play-off match.
Lokomotiv have a fierce local rivalry with fellow Plovdiv-based team Botev Plovdiv. Matches between the two sides are known as the Plovdiv derby.