Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football.

Established in 1932 as a sports association of the railway workers in the town, the football department of Lokomotiv have been playing at their current home ground, the Lokomotiv Stadium, since 1956. The club's main colours are black and white. Lokomotiv GO's longest spell in the top division was between 1987 and 1995. Lokomotiv's highest league finish in the top division is 8th, and was achieved three times during their 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1993–94 A Group campaigns.

The Club Has many small rivalries against some clubs, such as Etar Veliko Turnovo, beating Etar 1-0 in 2025-2024 and FC Sevlievo, beating Sevlievo 2-1 in April 2026.

It has been more of an unbelievable club, making historic wins, for example 5-4 vs PFC Beroe Stara Zagora and beating 5-0 vs FC Vereya.

History The club was established in 1932 as RSC - Railway Sports Club () by the railway workers at the Gorna Oryahovitsa railway station, a major railway junction in northern Bulgaria. In 1944 RSC merged with SC Borislav and was later renamed to RSC Borislav. The team finally became known by their current name Lokomotiv in 1945. Lokomotiv's best performance in the Bulgarian Cup came in 1947, when they lost to eventual winners Levski Sofia in the semi-final, a feat, which they would achieve again in 1987, but again losing to cup holders Levski Sofia. In the 1962–63 season, they won the B Group title, earning promotion to the A Group for the first time in their history. In their maiden top-tier season, Lokomotiv endured a difficult 1963–64 campaign. The team eventually finished the season last and was relegated back to the B Group after a single season.

In the 1986–87 season, Lokomotiv ranked second in the B Group and won promotion to the A Group after a 23-year absence. This began the golden age for Lokomotiv as the team spent eight consecutive seasons in the top division before being relegated in 1995. During the 1990–91 A Group season, Lokomotiv's forward Ivaylo Yordanov finished as the leading goalscorer of the A Group with a total of 21 goals and was later transferred to Portuguese club Sporting C.P..

After 21 years of absence from the top flight, in the 2015–16 B Group, Lokomotiv finished third in the final league table and was one of the clubs approved and promoted to the newly restructured Bulgarian First League, following the adoption of new licensing criteria by the Bulgarian Football Union. The long-awaited return to the elite for Lokomotiv proved to be challenging, as the team spent the majority of the season competing in the relegation zone. Lokomotiv was eventually relegated after one season spent in the top flight.

After four seasons in the Second League, Lokomotiv were then relegated to the Third League at the end of the 2020/2021 season. After three seasons in the third level, Lokomotiv earned promotion back to the Second League in 2024.

Seasons Season by season SeasonDivisionPlaceBulgarian Cup 1950 B PFG 6 DNQ 1951 V AFG ? DNQ 1952 V AFG 3 DNQ 1953 B PFG 7 DNQ 1954 B PFG 3 DNQ 1955 B PFG 2 DNQ 1956 B PFG 5 DNQ 1957 B PFG 10 DNQ 1958 B PFG 12 DNQ 1958–59 B PFG 5 DNQ 1959–60 B PFG 10 DNQ 1960–61 B PFG 5 DNQ 1961–62 B PFG 8 DNQ 1962–63 B PFG 1 DNQ 1963–64 A PFG 16 1/8 finals 1964–65 B PFG 4 DNQ 1965–66 B PFG 3 DNQ 1966–67 B PFG 4 Round of 16 1967–68 B PFG 11 DNQ 1968–69 B PFG 15 DNQ 1969–70 B PFG 11 DNQ 1970–71 B PFG 15 DNQ 1971–72 B PFG 11 DNQSeasonDivisionPlaceBulgarian Cup 1972–73 B PFG 8 Round of 16 1973–74 B PFG 3 DNQ 1974–75 B PFG 12 DNQ 1975–76 B PFG 3 Round of 16 1976–77 B PFG 9 Round of 32 1977–78 B PFG 9 Round of 16 1978–79 B PFG 6 Round of 32 1979–80 B PFG 10 Round of 32 1980–81 B PFG 6 Groups 1981–82 B PFG 6 Second round 1982-83 B PFG 5 Third round 1983–84 B PFG 16 First round 1984–85 V AFG 1 First round 1985–86 B PFG 3 First round 1986–87 B PFG 1 Semi-finals 1987–88 A PFG 13 Second round 1988–89 A PFG 12 Third round 1989–90 A PFG 8 First round 1990–91 A PFG 8 Second round 1991–92 A PFG 11 First round 1992–93 A PFG 9 Quarter-finals 1993–94 A PFG 8 Quarter-finals 1994–95 A PFG 14 First roundSeasonDivisionPlaceBulgarian Cup 1995–96 B PFG 13 First round 1996–97 B PFG 15 Semi-finals 1997–98 V AFG 14 DNQ 1998–99 V AFG 13 DNQ 1999–00 V AFG 12 DNQ 2000–01 V AFG 5 DNQ 2001–02 V AFG 6 DNQ 2002–03 V AFG 13 DNQ 2003–04 V AFG 1 DNQ 2004–05 B PFG 16 First round 2005–06 V AFG 9 DNQ 2006–07 V AFG 11 DNQ 2007–08 V AFG 7 DNQ 2008–09 V AFG 5 DNQ 2009–10 V AFG 7 DNQ 2010–11 V AFG 12 DNQ 2011–12 V AFG 9 First round 2012–13 V AFG 6 DNQ 2013–14 V AFG 2 DNQ 2014–15 B PFG 3 Quarter-finals 2015–16 B PFG 3 Quarter-finals 2016–17 First League 14 First round 2017–18 Second League 8 First roundSeasonDivisionPlaceBulgarian Cup 2018–19 Second League 9 First round 2019–20 Second League 9 First round 2020–21 Second League 15 First round

League positions

Recent seasons Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup2011–12 V AFG (III) 9 10 7 13 34 31 37 First round2012–13 V AFG 6 9 4 9 40 26 31 DNQ2013–14 V AFG 2 23 4 3 119 26 73 DNQ2014–15 B PFG (II) 3 18 5 7 60 34 56 Quarterfinals2015–16 B PFG 3 13 11 6 42 26 50 Quarterfinals2016–17First League (I) 14 7 9 16 32 51 30 First round2017–18Second League (II) 8 10 10 10 42 39 40 First round Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Honours Domestic First League: 8th place (3): 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94 Bulgarian Cup: Semi-finals (2): 1947, 1987 Second League: Winners (1): 1962–63 Third League: Winners (3): 1984–85, 2004–05, 2023–24 Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League: Winners (1): 2023

International Intertoto Cup: Group winner (1): 1992

European tournaments history Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate1992Intertoto CupGroup 10 Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 0–0 Group winners Argeș Pitești 2–0 0–5 Gloria Bistrita 2–0 1–1

Players Current squad

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2024.

Managers DatesNameHonours1952 Kostadin Bogdanov1954 Angel Bozev1957–1961 Kiril Chipev1961–1963 Yordan Tomov 1 B PFG title 1964 Atanas Konarov1964–1965 Penyu Petsev1965 Apostol Sokolov1966–1968 Hristo Hadzhiev1968 Zhelyazko Panev1969–1970 Angel Petrov1970 Marin Marinov1970–1971 Kiril Chipev1971–1973 Petar Patev1973–1975 Todor Velev1975–1978 Ivan Varbanov1978–1982 Petar Shatrov1982–1984 Georgi Velinov1984–1985 Ivan Varbanov 1 V AFG title 1985–1988 Dobromir Zhechev1988–1989 Todor Velev1989–1990 Kiril RabchevDatesNameHonours1990–1991 Petar Kirilov1991–1993 Nikola Velkov1994 Georgi Velkov1994 Tsenko Gavazov1994 Nikola Velkov1995 Georgi Velkov1995 Plamen Nikolov1995 Kiril Rabchev1996–1997 Tsenko Gavazov1997 Todor Todorov1997–1998 Angel Minchev2003–2005 Boyko Dimitrov 1 V AFG title 2006–2007 Valentin Ignatov2007–2010 Dimitar Pechikamakov2010–2011 Nasko Kostadinov2011–2013 Dimitar Pechikamakov 2014 Tsenko Gavazov2014–2016 Sasho Angelov2016 Aleksandar Tomash2016 Angel Chervenkov2016–2017 Ivan Kolev2017 Milcho Sirmov2017 Aleksandar Dimitrov2018 Todor Kiselichkov2018 Marin Baychev2019 Krasimir Mechev2019–2020 Milcho Sirmov2020– Georgi Ivanov

Notable stats Most appearances for the club #NameApps1 Dimitar Pechikamakov4582 Asan Abishev4213 Todoranov3624 Vasilev3515 Tsenko Gavazov349

Most goals for the club #NameGls1 Asan Abishev942 Dimitar Pechikamakov883 Vasilev584 Tsenko Gavazov565 Ushev48Most appearances in A group for the club #NameApps1 Dimitar Pechikamakov1892 Levent Gavazov1773 Nasko Kostadinov1244 Valeri Ganev1225 Sasho Angelov114

Most goals in A group for the club #NameGls1 Valentin Ignatov242 Ivaylo Yordanov233 Dimitar Pechikamakov204 Nasko Kostadinov175 Valeri Ganev15

External links

Bulgarian Clubs-Loko GO Intertoto Cup 1992

Genchev turns on Loko GO Soccerway profile