FC Lokomotyv Kyiv

Lokomotiv Kyiv
Full nameFootball Club Lokomotiv Kyiv
NicknameLOKO
Founded1919 as ZhelDor
GroundLokomotyv Stadium, Kyiv
Capacity1,631
OwnerSouthwestern Railways
ChairmanOleksandr Yehorov
Head coachVadym Lazorenko
LeagueUkrainian Second League
2024–25Second League, 3rd (Group B)
Websitehttps://lokomotyv.com/
Lokomotyv Stadium in Kyiv

Football Club Lokomotiv Kyiv (Ukrainian: ФК Локомотив Київ) is a football club from Kyiv, Ukraine, owned by the South Western Railway. It currently participates in various Kyiv city football competitions. It also fields several of its junior teams in the Ukrainian youth league.

History

One of the first photos, 1919

Founded in 1919, as ZhelDor (Russian: ЖелДор, 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

As of 2 March 2026

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  UKR Daniil Sadovoy
4 DF  UKR Vladyslav Blazun
5 DF  UKR Mykola Syrash
7 MF  UKR Bohdan Mordas
8 MF  UKR Artem Pyatybrat
10 MF  UKR Bohdan Koziy
11 MF  UKR Oleksiy Sakhnenko
12 GK  UKR Dmitry Panchenko
13 MF  UKR Artem Yesaulov
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF  UKR Bohdan Yatsyna
15 FW  UKR Yan Karanha
16 DF  UKR Mykola Marchenko
18 DF  UKR Vadym Hordiychuk
27 MF  UKR Oleh Kozishkurt
44 DF  UKR Tymur Titarenko
60 MF  UKR Denys Yanchuk
71 GK  UKR Mykhaylo Abramov
88 MF  UKR Ivan Melnychenko (on loan from Kudrivka)
FW  UKR Illya Zubkov

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
No. Pos. Nation Player

Honours

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

League history

Soviet Union / Ukrainian SSR

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P All-Union Cup Republican Cup Europe Notes

Ukraine

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
2025–26 3rd Group B
(Druha Liha)
3/11 13 9 2 2 26 9 29 Quarter-finals (1/4)

Notes:

Notable players

Head coaches

Lokomotyv football academy

Notable alumni

References