# FC Lokomotíva Košice

FC Lokomotíva Košice is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Košice and will be compete in the 3rd tier of Slovak football, 3. Liga (Slovakia). The club was founded in 1946 and played for 29 years in the Czechoslovak First League.
The club also had several appearances in Europe playing the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1977-78 and the UEFA Cup 1978-79.

## Club history

In 1951–1952 and 1977–1978 seasons, the club ranked 3rd in the Czechoslovak First League. In the 1977–1978 season the team also won the Czechoslovak Cup.
The last major success of the club until the present time was winning the Slovak Cup in the 1984–1985 season. Season 1985–1986 was the last for the club in the Czechoslovak First League. That season the team finished next to last, 15th place in the league and relegated to the 2nd division.
After the disintegration of Czechoslovakia, the club took part in the Corgoň Liga. In the 1993–1994 season took 8th place out of 12 participants. In the 1997–1998 season, finishing next to last, 15th place, relegated to the second league. In the 1999–2000 season in the second division championship club finished 17th place and relegated to the third division. In the 2003–2004 season was dropped to the 4th division.
They withdrew from the 2018-19 2. liga 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). Now Lokomotíva plays in small village Družstevná pri Hornáde 16 km far from city center of Košice. As of 2021, Lokomotíva plays in Barca, municipal district of Košice.

## 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

#### Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944–45 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.
| Year | Winner | G |
| 1972–73 | Ladislav Józsa | 21 |
| 1973–74 | Ladislav Józsa | 17$^1$ |
| 1976–77 | Ladislav Józsa | 18 |
    $^1$Shared award

## Results
### League and domestic cup history

Slovak League only (1993-present)
| Year | Division | Position | Domestic cup | Topscorer/goals |
| 1993–1994 | Mars superliga (I) | 8th | Round 3 | |
| 1994–1995 | Mars superliga | 9th | Round 2 | Štefan Kysela (17) |
| 1995–1996 | Mars superliga | 8th | Round 1 | Igor Popovec (8) |
| 1996–1997 | Mars superliga | 10th | Quarter-finals | |
| 1997–1998 | Mars superliga | 15th (relegated) | Semi-finals | Marcel Korínek (4) Milan Pecelj (4) |
| 1998–1999 | 2. liga (II) | – | Round 1 | Miloš Gallo (8) |
| 1999–2000 | 2. liga | – (relegated) | | |
| 2000–2001 | 3. liga (III) | – | Round 1 | |
| 2001–2002 | 3. liga | – | | |
| 2002–2003 | 3. liga | – | | |
| 2003–2004 | 3. liga | – (relegated) | | |
| 2004–2005 | 4. liga (IV) | – | | |
| 2005–2006 | 4. liga (IV) | 1st (promoted) | | |
| 2006–2007 | 3. liga (III) | – | | |
| 2007–2008 | 3. liga (III) | – | | |
| 2008–2009 | 3. liga (III) | 3rd | | |
| 2009–2010 | 3. liga (III) | 2nd | | |
| 2010–2011 | 3. liga (III) | 1st (promoted) | | |
| 2011–2012 | 3. liga (III) | 3rd | Round 1 | |
| 2012–2013 | Keno 10 3.liga (III) | 3rd | Round 3 | |
| 2013–2014 | TIPOS liga (III) | 8th (promoted) | Round 1 | |
| 2014–2015 | DOXXbet liga (II) | 1st (relegation round east) | Round 3 | Tomáš Labun (16) |
| 2015–2016 | DOXXbet liga (II) | 4th (champions round) | Round 3 | Adrián Leško (8) |
| 2016–2017 | DOXXbet liga (II) | 7th (champions round) | Round 4 | Róbert Jano (20) |
| 2017–2018 | DOXXbet liga (II) | 4th | Round 4 | Kamil Karaš (13) |
| 2018–2019 | II. Liga (II) | 11th | Round 5 | Róbert Jano (7) |
| 2019–2020 | V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V) | 2nd | Did not enter | Vladimír Beliš (9) |
| 2020–2021 | V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V) | 2nd | Round 3 | ? |
| 2021–2022 | V.liga Košicko-gemerská (V) | 1st | Round 3 | Adrián Pačinda (26) |
| 2022–2023 | V.liga juh (V) | 1st (promoted) | Did not enter | Martin Leško (26) |
| 2023–2024 | 4. Liga Východ (IV) | 2nd (promoted) | Round 3 | Michal Vilkovský (19) |
| 2024–2025 | 3. Liga Východ (III) | TBD | TBD | TBD |

### European competition history

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1969–70 | Mitropa Cup | 1.R | Radnicki Kragujevac | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| 1977–78 | Cup Winners' Cup | 1.R | Östers IF | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 (a) |
| 1977–78 | Cup Winners' Cup | 2.R | FK Austria Wien | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 (a) |
| 1978–79 | UEFA Cup | 1.R | A.C. Milan | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (p) |
| 1979–80 | Cup Winners' Cup | 1.R | FC Wacker Innsbruck | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 1979–80 | Cup Winners' Cup | 2.R | NK Rijeka | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 |

## Current squad

As of September 19, 2019.
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 | SVK | Samuel Knap |
| 22 | GK | SVK | Jozef Talian |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Nikolas Kriška |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Ľuboslav Pankovčin |
| 4 | DF | SVK | Richard Griglak |
| 5 | DF | SVK | Milan Miklušićák |
| 6 | DF | SVK | Samuel Jokeľ |
| 12 | DF | SVK | Michal Godina |
| 12 | DF | SVK | Kristián Šarkan |
| 13 | DF | SVK | Patrik Grega |
| 21 | DF | SVK | Adrián Tomašiak |
| 8 | MF | SVK | Jakub Tóth |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | SVK | Dávid Gabriel Matis |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Vladimír Beliš |
| 14 | MF | SVK | Matej Béreš |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Michal Beli |
| 19 | MF | SVK | Matej Ondrejkovič |
| 20 | MF | SVK | Martin Hloušek |
| 21 | MF | SVK | Gabriel Labuda |
| 8 | FW | SVK | Filip Korček |
| 11 | FW | SVK | Martin Šemrák |
| 14 | FW | SVK | Maroš Čeremeta |
| 18 | FW | SVK | Pavol Kozák |

### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Milan Lalkovič |
| Assistant coach | Jozef Talian |
| Assistant coach | Martin Hloušek |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jozef Talian |
| Masseur | Karol Orbán |
| Team Chef | Anton Zabavník |
| Youth Sports Director | |

## 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-)