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Locomotive Tbilisi

Full name

Football Club Lokomotive Tbilisi

Nickname(s)

Railroaders

Founded

August 14, 1936; 88 years ago

Ground

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Mikheil Meskhi 2 Stadium
Tbilisi, Georgia

Capacity

27,223
2,000

Chairman

Alex Topuria

Manager

Revaz Gotsiridze

League

Erovnuli Liga 2

2022

10th in Erovnuli Liga, relegated

Website

http://www.fcloco.ge/

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

FC Locomotive Tbilisi is a Georgian football club from the capital, Tbilisi. 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

Erovnuli Liga
- Winners (3): 1937, 1945, 1956
- Runners-up (3): 1943, 2000-01, 2001-02
Georgian Cup
- Winners (3): 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2004–05
- Runners-up (2): 2000-01, 2019
Georgian Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2005

European cups

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

Current squad

As of 11 November, 2024.^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GEO	Soso Kopaliani
3	DF	GEO	Tornike Molashvili
4	DF	GEO	Nika Tchanturia
5	MF	GEO	Sandro Shetsiruli
6	MF	ZAM	Frank Chileshe
7	MF	GEO	Nikoloz Basheleishvili
8	MF	GEO	Davit Samurkasovi
9	FW	GEO	Lasha Ozbetelashvili
10	MF	GEO	Luka Kekelidze
11	FW	GEO	Lasha Kalandadze
12	GK	GEO	Luka Khelashvili
13	DF	GEO	Guram Kharebava
14	MF	GHA	Dennis Amoako
16	MF	GEO	Sandro Shashiashvili


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	GEO	Aleksandre Turkia
18	MF	GEO	Ioane Tabatadze
19	FW	GEO	Mamia Gavashelishvili
20	MF	GEO	Gabriel Khutsishvili
21	DF	GEO	Mikheil Basheleishvili
22	DF	GEO	Davit Bukia
26	MF	GEO	Gegi Geguchadze
27	DF	GEO	Giorgi Gabadze (captain)
29	GK	GEO	Levan Shovnadze
30	MF	GEO	Lasha Menteshashvili
35	MF	GEO	Luka Tsulukidze
36	MF	ZAM	Bonephaneso Phiri
38	DF	GEO	Roman Chachua
40	DF	GEO	Rati Mchedlishvili

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GEO	Givi Mukbaniani (at FC Sioni Bolnisi until 31 December 2024)

Reserve team

Lokomotive II — participant in a number of seasons in the second and third most important leagues in Georgia.^[4] Reached the final of the 2022 Georgian Cup as a fourth league team.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The history of FC Locomotive Tbilisi". FCloco.ge. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
^ Locomotive Tbilisi managers (in Russian)
^ "Lokomotivi Tbilisi roster". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
^ Локомотиви-2 Тбилиси (in Russian)
^ "მეოთხე ლიგაში მოთამაშე "ლოკომოტივი-2" საქართველოს თასის ფინალში გავიდა". radiotavisupleba.ge (in Georgian). 2 November 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-11-02.

External links

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