NK Lokomotiva

Lokomotiva

Full name

Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb

Nickname(s)

Lokosi

Founded

1 May 1914
as ŽŠK Victoria

Ground

Stadion Kranjčevićeva

Capacity

8,850

Chairman

Tin Dolički

Manager

Sreten Ćuk

League

Croatian First League

2014–15

4th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

NK Lokomotiva is a Croatian football club based in Zagreb, currently competing in the Prva HNL, the country's top division. Founded in 1914, the club's only period of success came in the late 1940s and early 1950s before spending most of the following five decades as lower-level minnows.

In the mid-2000s Lokomotiva was turned into Dinamo Zagreb's farm team and between 2007 and 2009 they won three consecutive promotions which saw them rise from fourth level to first level in the Croatian football league system. They hosted their home matches at Dinamo's Stadion Maksimir for a couple of years before moving to NK Zagreb Stadion Kranjčevićeva, as their own ground in the Novi Zagreb's Kajzerica neighbourhood is unsuitable for top level football. They remain Dinamo's unofficial feeder club even when playing against them in 1.HNL, thus sparking numerous controversies.

History

NK Lokomotiva was founded originally as ŽŠK Victoria (Željezničarski športski klub "Victoria") in 1914.

After World War I name of the club was changed to Željezničar, under which they compeated between the two wars. At that time they were mostly in the shadow of the city's bigger clubs Građanski, Concordia and HAŠK.

In 1945. the club was renamed Lokomotiva and soon their most productive years followed. They continuously played for 8 season (1947.-1955.) in the Yugoslav First League with best league result in 1952, when they finished third, behind Hajduk and Red Star Belgrade.^[1] Some of the players at that time were Vladimir Čonč, Vladimir Firm, Drago Hmelina, Franjo Beserdi and Oto Bobek, younger brother of legendary Stjepan Bobek. They were relegated again from the First League in the summer of 1957 and never returned to the top flight again.

After Croatian independence and the formation of the 1. HNL in 1991, Lokomotiva played in the lower leagues of Croatian football, mostly spending their time in the Treća HNL. In 2006, after relegation to the fourth division, Lokomotiva became the Feeder team for Dinamo Zagreb. This sparked a story of one of the most incredible rises through the leagues ever in Croatian football. Lokomotiva gained promotion in each of the next three season, finishing 1st in the 4.HNL in 2006/2007, 2nd in the 3.HNL in 2007/2008, and 3rd in the 2.HNL in 2008/2009.

The promotion from the second to the first division of Croatian football in 2009 meant that in the 2009/10 season, Lokomotiva would be back in the top flight for the first time in 52 years. The side recovered from a poor start in the league and finished in a respectable 8th position out of 16 teams, with notable victories 4:2 away against NK Zagreb, home 3:0 vs Rijeka and 2:1 vs Hajduk Split. Their top scorer, Nino Bule, finished with 14 goals.

In the 2010/11 season, Lokomotiva endured a tough run, eventually finishing third last and qualifying for relegation back to the second division. That did not, however, eventuate, as not enough sides in the second division were handed a first division licence and so Lokomotiva kept their place in the first division. The next season was set to be a big one for the side as a restructuring of football in Croatia meant the number of sides in the first division was being reduced and so five sides were set to be relegated from the sixteen side competition. With their poor performance last season, many pundits said that Lokomotiva would be one of the first sides relegated. However, Lokomotiva instead gave great performances and ended up in 7th place, just eight points of a European place.

The next season, the 2012/13 season, was the best in recent history for Lokomotiva. They finished in second place ahead of clubs such as HNK Rijeka, HNK Hajduk Split and RNK Split. Young star Andrej Kramarić, on loan from Dinamo, finished second in the scoring charts with 15 goals. This qualified them for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

In their first ever European encounter, the side faced FC Dinamo Minsk, unfortunately losing on the away goals rule after winning 2–1 away from home but losing 3–2 at home. The side enjoyed another strong showing in the 1. HNL, which was reduced to 10 teams for the 13/14 season. The Zagreb based side finished in fifth place.

In the 2014/15 season, Lokomotiva finished in fourth place, behind Dinamo, Rijeka and Hajduk, but still qualified for the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. In the 15/16 Europa League qualifying, the Lokosi beat Airbus UK Broughton F.C. 5–3 on aggregate, but then lost to PAOK FC, winning the first leg 2–1, but were thoroughly beat 6–0 away from home.

Due to rules against second sides being in the same division, they legally split their connection to Dinamo, but the clubs continue good relations with number of Dinamo's players coming to Lokomotiva on loan every season. To meet the criteria for 1.HNL they play their games at Maksimir Stadium, although the club's base and youth teams area at Kajzerica.

Name changes

ŽŠK Victoria (1914–1919)
ŠK Željezničar (1919–1941)
HŽŠK (1941–1945)
FD Lokomotiva (1945–1946)
FD Crvena Lokomotiva (1946–47)
NK Lokomotiva (1947–present)

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Oliver Zelenika
12	GK	Ivan Filipović
33	GK	Marko Mikulić

2	DF	Karlo Bartolec
3	DF	Borna Barišić
5	DF	Tomislav Mrčela
11	DF	Karlo Bručić
13	DF	Matej Rodin
15	DF	Dino Perić
19	DF	Herdi Prenga
26	DF	Fran Karačić
31	DF	Luka Capan

8	MF	Luka Begonja
10	MF	Ivan Fiolić
13	MF	Robert Janjiš
16	MF	Josip Ćorić
17	MF	Endri Çekiçi
18	MF	Eros Grezda
24	MF	Franko Andrijašević
27	MF	Jerko Leko
28	MF	Zvonko Pamić
30	MF	Ivan Šunjić

9	FW	Ante Aralica
21	FW	Jan Doležal
22	FW	Mirko Marić
25	FW	Marko Kolar

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	QR2	Dinamo Minsk	2–3	2–1	4–4 (a)
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	QR1	Airbus UK Broughton	2–2	3–1	5–3
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	QR2	PAOK	2–1	0–6	2–7

Achievements

Croatian First League

Runners-up: 2012–13

Croatian Second League

Third place: 2008–09

Yugoslav First League

Third place: 1952

Yugoslav Second League

Winners: 1955–56
Runners-up: 1957–58, 1958–59

Croatian Football Cup

Runners-up: 2012–13

Manager history

Ilija Lončarević (Jan 1, 2009 – March 6, 2009)
Željko Pakasin (C) (March 7, 2009 – April 29, 2009)
Roy Ferenčina (April 29, 2009 – Oct 3, 2010)
Ljupko Petrović (Oct 3, 2010 – March 14, 2011)
Krunoslav Jurčić (March 14, 2011 – May 26, 2011)
Marijo Tot (June 1, 2011 – Oct 29, 2011)
Ante Čačić (Oct 31, 2011 – Dec 23, 2011)
Tomislav Ivković (Dec 23, 2011 – May 11, 2015)
Marko Pinčić (May 11, 2015 – June 3, 2015)
Ante Čačić (June 3, 2015 – Sep 21, 2015)
Sreten Ćuk (Sep 21, 2015 – )

References

↑ "povijest" (in Croatian). NK Lokomotiva.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to NK Lokomotiva.

Official website (Croatian)
Lokomotiva profile at UEFA.com
Lokomotiva profile at Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
Lokomotiva profile at Nogometni magazin (Croatian)

Croatian First Football League

2015–16 teams	Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo RNK Split NK Zagreb

Former teams	Belišće Cibalia Croatia Sesvete Čakovec Dubrava Dubrovnik Hrvatski Dragovoljac Istra Pula Kamen Ingrad Karlovac Lučko Marsonia Međimurje Mladost 127 Neretva Orijent Pazinka Pomorac Primorac Radnik Velika Gorica Samobor Segesta Šibenik TŠK Topolovac Varaždin Vukovar '91 Zadar

Statistics and awards	Players Top scorers Hat-tricks Player awards: Večernji list Sportske novosti Slobodna Dalmacija Tportal

Associated competitions	Croatian Cup Croatian Super Cup Second League Third League Academy League Women's League

Seasons	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Croatian Second Football League

2015–16 teams	Cibalia Dinamo Zagreb II Dugopolje Gorica Hrvatski Dragovoljac Imotski Lučko Rudeš Segesta Sesvete Šibenik Zadar

Seasons	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Yugoslav First League

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923–1940)

Seasons	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

Former clubs	Bačka BASK BSK Belgrade Concordia Crnogorac Građanski Niš Građanski Skoplje Građanski Zagreb Hajduk Split HAŠK Ilirija Ljubljana Jedinstvo Beograd Jugoslavija Krajišnik Banja Luka Ljubljana Mačva NAK Novi Sad Pobeda Skoplje Primorje Ljubljana Radnički Kragujevac SAŠK SAND Subotica Slavija Osijek Slavija Sarajevo Slavija Varaždin Somborski SK Sparta Zemun Viktorija Zagreb Vojvodina ŽAK Subotica ŽAK Velika Kikinda

FPR Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

Seasons	1945 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Former clubs	14. Oktobar Bor Borac Budućnost Crvenka Čelik Dinamo Vinkovci Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Iskra Lokomotiva Mačva Maribor Nafta Napredak Naša Krila Novi Sad OFK Belgrade Olimpija Osijek Partizan Pelister Ponziana Priština Proleter Rabotnički Rad Radnički Belgrade Radnički Kragujevac Radnički Niš Red Star Belgrade Rijeka Sarajevo Sloboda Spartak RNK Split Sutjeska Teteks Trepča Trešnjevka Vardar Velež Vojvodina NK Zagreb Zemun Željezničar

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