FC Lokomotiv Yerevan

FC Lokomotiv Yerevan (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Լոկոմոտիվ Երևան), is a defunct Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan.

Lokomotiv Yerevan

Full name	Football Club Lokomotiv Yerevan
Founded	2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Dissolved	2020; 4 years ago (2020)
Ground	Mika Stadium, Yerevan
Capacity	7,250
Owner	Hrach Kananyan
President	Hrach Kananyan
Manager	Anatoliy Piskovets
League	Armenian First League
2019–20	2nd
Home colours Away colours

History

During the Soviet rule, Lokomotiv Yerevan football team was formed in 1945 after World War II, representing the state railway department of the city of Yerevan. They won the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic championship in 1963.

The current FC Lokomotiv Yerevan was founded in 2002 and participated in the Armenian First League during the same year. However, the club was dissolved in 2005 prior to the kick-off of the First League season, due to financial difficulties.^[1]

In April 2018, it was announced that Lokomotiv Yerevan has returned to professional football, planning to take part in the 2018–19 Armenian First League championship; the 2nd tier of the Armenian football league system.^[2] After returning to professional football, Lokomotiv played a friendly on 1 May 2018, defeating FC Ararat-2 by 2–1. In 2020, after the 2019-2020 Armenian First League season was abandoned, Lokomotiv were disqualified and are no longer active in professional competitions.

League record

Year	Division	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	PTS	Notes
2002	Armenian First League	9	30	10	4	16	42	78	34
2003		4	22	12	3	7	46	33	39
2004		11	30	8	6	16	29	51	30
2005–2018	no participation
2018–19	Armenian First League	6	33	16	7	10	61	37	55
2019–20		2	27	22	4	1	76	23	70	[3]
2020–present	no participation

Current squad

As of 17 April 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  UKR Tymofiy Sheremeta 12 GK  UKR Mykyta Savchenko — GK  ARM Erik Khurshudyan — GK  ARM Anushavan Tarverdyan — GK  ARM Levon Ter-Minasyan* 4 DF  ARM Aghavard Petrosyan 5 DF  ARM Norayr Nikoghosyan* 20 DF  ARM Vazgen Saribekyan* — DF  ARM Vardan Safaryan 77 DF  ARM Rafael Ghazaryan 6 MF  ARM David Margaryan 8 MF  UKR Oleh Lutsenko

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 MF  ARM Arsen Hovhannisyan 11 MF  ARM Aram Sargsyan 12 MF  ARM Roman Mikaelyan* 17 MF  ARM Aram Khamoyan 18 MF  UKR Denys Bondarenko 19 MF  ARM Karen Nalbandyan* 90 MF  ARM David Aslanyan 89 MF  UKR Serhiy Dyachuk 99 MF  UKR Dmytro Horstka 7 FW  ARM Sevak Manucharyan 9 FW  ARM Karapet Manukyan (captain) 16 FW  ARM Gegham Tumbaryan

Managerial history

Managers of FC Lokomotiv Yerevan since the club revived in 2018:

• Vahe Gevorgyan (1 April 2018 – 15 December 2018)
• Anatoliy Piskovets (15 December 2018 – )

References

1. RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)
2. "Նորաբաց Երևանի Լոկոմոտիվի ծրագրերը. մանրամասնում է գլխավոր մարզիչ Վահե Գևորգյանը". Archived from the original on 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
3. Disqualified