FC Lokomotiv Mezdra

FC Lokomotiv Mezdra (ФК Локомотив Мездра) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, which currently playing in the Third League, the 3rd level of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium in Mezdra, with a capacity of 5,000. Team colours are red and black. The club's nickname is "The Irons from Mezdra", due to the city of Mezdra's connections with the railroad industry.

This article is about the original club from Mezdra. For the football club formed in 2011, see FC Lokomotiv 1929 Mezdra. For the team formed in 2012, see FC Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra.
Lokomotiv Mezdra
Full nameFC Lokomotiv Mezdra
Nickname(s)The irons from Mezdra
Founded1945 (1945)
2016 (2016) /refounded/
GroundLokomotiv Stadium,
Mezdra
Capacity5 000
ManagerValeri Tsvetanov
LeagueNorth-West Third League
2018–19North-West Third League, 12th

History

1945–2007

PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra was founded in 1945, under the name Iron sport club. The team, nicknamed The irons from Mezdra, counts 20 participations in the second division, and the best success in Bulgarian Cup is a quarter-final in 1945–46.

2007–2012: NADIN ownership

The turning point in the history of the club was in 2007. The company NADIN bought the club, and almost all of its players were released and a significant number of valuable players were signed. The team won the second division without difficulty, finishing more than 10 points ahead of the second team in the table and qualifying for the top flight for the first time in his history.

In the first year in the top division, Lokomotiv's owner decided to bring players with a lot of experience in the Bulgarian football, his first signing being ex-Levski Sofia's Saša Simonović, who arrived from Slavia Sofia for free. Radostin Stanev, Iliya Iliev and Strati Iliev were just a few players who soon followed, as the club also signed seven imports – Portuguese David Silva, Rui Miguel and Fausto, Serbian Zoran Cvetković, Austrian Milan Janković, Greek Aristeidis Lottas and Jiří Lenko from Czech Republic. The team coach was Viktorio Pavlov. The first top flight game was against Spartak Varna, a 0–2 loss. After the match, Pavlov decided to resign and Georgi Todorov was named in his place. In this season the team finished 11th in A PFG.

The club was dissolved in early August 2012 during big finance debt. Another two clubs was founded in Mezdra – Lokomotiv 1929 in 2011 and Lokomotiv 2012 in 2012.

2016–present: Refounding

The club was refounded in 2016, under the name FC Lokomotiv Mezdra, after the finantional failing of both Lokomotov 2012 and Lokomotiv 1929. In 2018, the new team managed to win the regional league of Vratsa and promoted to the Third League.

Honours

Domestic

Bulgarian A PFG

  • 8th place 2008–09

Bulgarian Cup

  • Twice 1/8 finalist 1946 and 2009–10

European

Current squad
As of 1 August 2019

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Ivaylo Saykov
2 DF Stanislav Sharliyski
3 DF Momchil Manchev
4 DF Martin Mihaylov
5 MF Kaloyan Karadzhinov
6 MF Mihael Paraskov
7 FW Valdemar Stoyanov (captain)
8 MF Mario Ivanov
10 FW Krasimir Georgiev
11 MF Martin Rashov
No. Position Player
12 GK Genadi Nenkov
13 MF Hristiyan Ivov
14 DF Simon Nikolov
15 MF Georgi Ivanov
16 MF Rosen Krumov
17 MF Antonio Yordanov
18 MF Brian Stoyanov
19 MF Svetoslav Valeriev
20 DF Stefan Georgiev
89 GK Petar Tsenov

Past seasons
Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup
2016–17A RFG (IV) – – – – – – –not qualified
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Most games with the club
  • 1. 267 – Atanas Atanasov
  • 2. 246 – Milcho Gergov
  • 3. 210 – Bonko Raykov

Most goals with the club
  • 1. 83 – Georgi Yashov
  • 2. 66 – Atanas Atanasov
  • 3. 42 – Vladimir Hinkov

Notable players
  • Tsvetan Genkov (born 8 August 1984 in Mezdra, Genkov began his career in Lokomotiv at the age of seventeen, previously having been an athlete. For Lokomotiv he played 84 matches and scored 41 goals)

References
  1. Визитка Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
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