FC Lokomotyv Kyiv

Founded in 1919, as ZhelDor (, abbr. Railroad), soon after joining the Soviet Lokomotiv sports society it changed its name twice, to Lokomotiv in 1936 and Lokomotiv Yuga in 1940. The team played its home games at its own stadium. Their best record of competition was the 17th place in the 1938 Soviet Top League. Also, the club was multiple winner of the Kyiv championships. In 1947 the team was disbanded, by transferring team players to the Lokomotiv Moscow club. The club is now known for good training of young talent and selling them to domestic and European clubs. The most successful players among them are Andriy Yarmolenko and Oleksandr Yakovenko, who played for Belgian side Anderlecht. The club participated in the Second League. == Current squad ==

• Kyiv city (1st tier) • Winners (5): 1945-46, 1946-47, 1949-50, 1950-51, 2016–17 ==League history==

Soviet Union / Ukrainian SSR : Ukraine : Notes: ==Notable players==

• Makar Honcharenko • Kostyantyn Fomin • Mikhail Tovarovsky • Viktor Melnyk • Yuriy Klymchuk • Kyrylo Romanyuk • Yevheniy Shevchenko • Viktor Sakhnyuk • Oleh Kozishkurt == Head coaches ==

• –2023 Valeriy Havrylov • 2023 Ruslan Umanets • 2023–2025 Vadym Lazorenko • 2025 Nazar Kozak (acting) • 2025– Serhiy Karpenko ==Lokomotyv football academy==

Notable alumni • Andriy Yarmolenko (youth) • Oleksandr Yakovenko (youth) • Kyrylo Kovalets (youth) • Anton Kanibolotskyi (youth) • Oleksiy Dovhyi (youth) • Oleh Synyohub (youth) • Serhiy Shapoval (youth) • Serhiy Herasymets (youth) • Yuriy Shevel (youth) • Roman Yalovenko (youth) • Oleksandr Shevchenko (youth) • Mahomed Mameshev (youth) == References ==