FC Lokomotíva Košice is a Slovak football club, based in Košice and competing in the 3rd tier of Slovak football, 3. liga. The club was founded in 1946 and spent 25 seasons playing in the Czechoslovak First League.
The club also had several appearances in Europe, playing the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1978–79 UEFA Cup.
Club history In 1951 and the 1977–1978 season, the club finished 3rd in the Czechoslovak First League. The club won the Czechoslovak Cup in the 1976–77 and 1978–79 seasons, beating Teplice and Baník Ostrava, respectively, with both finals held in Prague.Jeřábek, p. 234. In the 1970s, striker Ladislav Józsa was the First League's top scorer three times: in 1972–73 outright with 21 goals, in 1973–74 shared with Přemysl Bičovský (17 goals each), and again outright in 1976–77 with 18 goals.Jeřábek, p. 232.
The last major success of the club was winning the Slovak Cup in the 1984–1985 season. The 1985–86 season was the last for the club in the Czechoslovak First League.Jeřábek, p. 96. That season the team finished next to last, 15th place in the league and were relegated to the 2nd division.
After the disintegration of Czechoslovakia, the club took part in the Corgoň Liga. In the 1993–1994 season they took 8th place out of 12 participants. In the 1997–1998 season, finishing next to last, 15th place, they were relegated to the second league. In the 1999–2000 season in the second division championship, the club finished in 17th place and were relegated to the third division. In the 2003–2004 season they dropped to the 4th division.
They withdrew from the second league after the 2018-19 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). Lokomotíva played in a small village named Družstevná pri Hornáde 16 km far from city center of Košice. As of 2022, Lokomotíva returned to its home ground Lokomotíva Stadium.
Honours
Domestic Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak First League (1925–93) Third place (2): 1951, 1977–78 Czechoslovak Cup (1961–1993) Winners (2): 1977, 1979 Slovakia Slovak Cup (1961–) Winners (3): 1977, 1979, 1985 Runners-up (2): 1961, 1992
European European Railways Cup Runners-up (3): 1976, 1979, 1983
Results
League and domestic cup history Slovak League only (1993-present) Year Division Position Domestic cup Topscorer/goals 1993–94 Mars superliga (I) 8thRound 3 1994–95 Mars superliga 9thRound 2 Štefan Kysela (17) 1995–96 Mars superliga 8thRound 1 Igor Popovec (8) 1996–97 Mars superliga 10thQuarter-finals 1997–98 Mars superliga 15th (relegated)Semi-finals Marcel Korínek (4) Milan Pecelj (4) 1998–99 2. liga (II) –Round 1 Miloš Gallo (8) 1999–2000 2. liga – (relegated) 2000–01 3. liga (III) –Round 1 2001–02 3. liga – 2002–03 3. liga – 2003–04 3. liga – (relegated) 2004–05 4. liga (IV) – 2005–06 4. liga (IV) 1st (promoted) 2006–07 3. liga (III) – 2007–08 3. liga (III) – 2008–09 3. liga (III) 3rd 2009–10 3. liga (III) 2nd 2010–11 3. liga (III) 1st (promoted) 2011–12 3. liga (III) 3rdRound 1 2012–13 Keno 10 3.liga (III) 3rdRound 3 2013–14 TIPOS liga (III) 8th (promoted)Round 1 2014–15 DOXXbet liga (II) 1st (relegation round east)Round 3 Tomáš Labun (16) 2015–16 DOXXbet liga (II) 4th (champions round)Round 3 Adrián Leško (8) 2016–17 DOXXbet liga (II) 7th (champions round)Round 4 Róbert Jano (20) 2017–18 DOXXbet liga (II) 4thRound 4 Kamil Karaš (13) 2018–19 II. Liga (II) 11thRound 5 Róbert Jano (7) 2019–20 V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V) 2ndDid not enter Vladimír Beliš (9) 2020–21 V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V) 2ndRound 3? 2021–22 V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V) 1stRound 3 Adrián Pačinda (26) 2022–23 V.liga juh (V) 1st (promoted)Did not enter Martin Leško (26) 2023–24 4. Liga Východ (IV) 2nd (promoted)Round 3 Michal Vilkovský (19) 2024–25 3. Liga Východ (III)9thRound 3 Jakub Škovran (21) 2025-26 3. Liga Východ (III)10thRound 3 Mikuláš Demjanovič (5)
European competition history
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate1969–70Mitropa Cup1.RRadnicki Kragujevac1–00–21–21977–78Cup Winners' Cup1.RÖsters IF0–02–22–2 (a)2.RFK Austria Wien1–10–01–1 (a)1978–79UEFA Cup1.RA.C. Milan1–00–11–1 (p)1979–80Cup Winners' Cup1.RFC Wacker Innsbruck2–11–03–12.RNK Rijeka2–00–32–3
Current squad As of September 19, 2019.
Technical staff Position StaffHead coach Milan LalkovičAssistant coach Jozef TalianAssistant coach Martin HloušekGoalkeeping coach Jozef TalianMasseur Karol OrbánTeam Chef Anton Zabavník
Player records
Most appearances # Nat. Name App. 1 Gejza Farkaš 344 2 František Feczko 300 3 Jozef Móder 289 4 Jozef Suchánek 269 5 Stanislav Seman 225
Most goals
#Nat.NameGoals 1 Ladislav Józsa 104 2 František Feczko 78 3 Gejza Farkaš 70 4 Jozef Móder 66 5 Ján Kozák sr. 44 6 Pavol Ondo 40 7 Dušan Ujhely 30
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 (2020-2024) Martin Juhar (2025-2026) Ondrej Desiatnik (2026-)
References
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