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WFC Lokomotiv
Full nameWFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989)
2018; 6 years ago (2018) (refounded)
Ground Lokomotiv Stadium
Capacity12 000
Manager Yanko Valkanov
League Bulgarian Women's League
2022/231st (Champions)

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. [1] The team qualified for UEFA Women's Champions League for first time in their history. [2] On 18 August 2022 they lost their opening match against Dinamo-BGU Minsk. [3] On 11 July 2023 Loko won their second conservative title. [4]

Honours

Bulgarian Women's League

  • : Winners (3): 1991–92, 2021–22; 2022–23

First-team squad

As of 8 September 2023 [5] [6]

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

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

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season League Bulgarian Cup Other competitions
Division Level P W D L F A GD Pts Pos
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 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 Belarus Dinamo-BGU Minsk
5–1 North Macedonia ŽFK Ljuboten
2023–24 Qualifying Round 1 0–5 Norway Brann
0–0 (1–3 p.) Poland Katowice

References

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