# WFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora

Women Football Club Lokomotiv Stara Zagora (Bulgarian: Женски Футболен Клуб Локомотив Стара Загора), is a Bulgarian women's football club from Stara Zagora, founded in 1989. The club currently competes in the top tier of Bulgarian Bulgarian Women's League football, Bulgarian Women's League. The team have won the league 3 times.

## History

PFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora started their women division in 1989 and joined in the Bulgarian Women's Football Championship, winning the title in 1991–92. Shortly after that, the team was dissolved along most of female teams in Bulgaria.
In 2018 a women's team was re-established after Beroe's folding of the women's league. The team slowly solidified in the league and in 2022 they become champions, ending FC NSA Sofia hegemony after 17 conservative championships. The team qualified for UEFA Women's Champions League for first time in their history. On 18 August 2022 they lost their opening match against Dinamo-BGU Minsk. On 11 July 2023 Loko won their second conservative title.

## Honours

Bulgarian Women's League
* : Winners (3): 1991–92, 2021–22; 2022–23

## First-team squad

As of 8 September 2023
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 | BUL | Aleksandra Hristova |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Petya Petkova |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Yanitsa Ivanova |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Oleksandra Babiuk |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Nora Dimitrova |
| 6 | DF | BUL | Maria Dikelova |
| 7 | MF | BUL | Yana Dineva |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Yuliana Aleksandrova |
| 10 | FW | BUL | Bilyana Pencheva |
| 12 | GK | BUL | Roksana Shahanska |
| 13 | DF | BUL | Pamela Raycheva |
| 15 | FW | SVK | Lenka Wienerová |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | BUL | Kristiyana Minkova |
| 17 | MF | BUL | Ekaterina Zheleva |
| 18 | DF | BUL | Zhasmina Atanasova |
| 19 | FW | BUL | Mariya Dimitrova |
| 20 | MF | BUL | Teodora Yordanova |
| 21 | MF | BUL | Nina Georgieva |
| 22 | MF | BUL | Katerina Maria Ravnachka |
| 23 | MF | UKR | Anastasiia Skorynina |
| 27 | DF | BUL | Nikoleta Boycheva |
| 41 | DF | BUL | Mariela Nedeva |
| 90 | MF | UKR | Yulia Gnydyuk |

## Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season :
| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Bulgarian Cup | Other competitions | Other competitions |
| Season | Division | Level | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Bulgarian Cup | Other competitions | Other competitions |
| 2018–19 | Bulgarian Women's Championship | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 33 | –9 | 18 | 8th | QR |
| 2019–20 | Bulgarian Women's Championship | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 23 | 4th | not held |
| 2020–21 | Bulgarian Women's Championship | 1 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 116 | 17 | +99 | 60 | 3rd | Quarterfinals |
| 2021–22 | Bulgarian Women's League | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 3 | +107 | 45 | 1st | Runner-up |
| 2022–23 | Bulgarian Women's League | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 3 | +180 | 72 | 1st | not held | UEFA Women's Champions League | QR1 |
| 2023–24 | Bulgarian Women's League | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | UEFA Women's Champions League | QR1 |

### Key

| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |

## European record

    As of match played 10 September 2023
| Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| UEFA Women's Champions League | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 025.00 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 025.00 |

### Matches

| Season | Competition | Stage | Result | Opponent |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Women's Champions League | Qualifying Round 1 | 0–5 | Dinamo-BGU Minsk |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Women's Champions League | Qualifying Round 1 | 5–1 | ŽFK Ljuboten |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Women's Champions League | Qualifying Round 1 | 0–5 | Brann |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Women's Champions League | Qualifying Round 1 | 0–0 (1–3 p.) | Katowice |