FC Locomotive Tbilisi, commonly referred to as Lokomotivi or simply Loco, is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi. The club competes in the Liga 3, the third tier of Georgian football.

During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. The club has strong connections with the Georgian Railways.

History

Locomotive was founded on 14 August 1936 as a part of Lokomotiv sports society. The club won Georgian championship in 1937, which gave them the permission to participate in USSR Top League. Their debut season in the highest level of the Soviet football championship came in 1938, where the club took 24th place out of 26 and got relegated. However, the Tbilisi-based club managed to get another promotion during the following season and participated in 1940 Soviet Top League. But they were eventually disqualified from the tournament. These were the only seasons when Locomotive managed to take part in the top league.

Since the post-Soviet era, Locomotive is one of the regular members of Erovnuli Liga. However, the club failed to win the championship. They were runners-up twice: in 2000-01 and in 2001–02 Umaglesi Liga. The club won Georgian Cup three times: in 2000, in 2002 and in 2005.

Some notable players of the club are: Levan Kenia, Levan Tskitishvili, Zurab Khizanishvili, Giorgi Arabidze, Giorgi Aburjania, Valeri Abramidze, Juan Diego González-Vigil, Giorgi Mamardashvili and Endika Bordas.

Honours

  • Erovnuli Liga
  • Winners (3): 1937, 1945, 1956
  • Runners-up (3): 1943, 2000-01, 2001-02
  • Georgian Cup
  • Winners (3): 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2004–05
  • Runners-up (2): 2000-01, 2019
  • Georgian Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2005

European cups

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! Season

! Competition

! Round

! Country

! Club

! Home

! Away

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|rowspan=2|1999–00

|rowspan=2|UEFA Cup

|QR

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|Linfield

| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–0

| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–1

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|1R

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|PAOK

| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–7

| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–2

|-

|2000–01

|UEFA Cup

|QR

|

|Slovan

| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–2

| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–2

|-

|2001–02

|UEFA Cup

|QR

|

|Birkirkara

| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–1

| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|0–0

|-

|2002–03

|UEFA Cup

|QR

|

|Copenhagen

| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|1–4

| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|1–3

|-

|2005–06

|UEFA Cup

|1R

|

|Banants

| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–2

| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|3–2

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|2008

|UEFA Intertoto Cup

|1Q

|

|Etzella

| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|2–2

| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|0–0

|-

|rowspan=3|2020–21

|rowspan=3|UEFA Europa League

|1Q

|

|Universitatea Craiova

| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|2–1

|

|-

|2Q

|

|Dynamo Moscow

| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|2–1

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|-

|3Q

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| Granada

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| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–2

|-

|}

Players

Current squad

As of 28 May 2026.

Reserve team

Lokomotive II — participant in a number of seasons in the second and third most important leagues in Georgia. Reached the final of the 2022 Georgian Cup as a fourth league team.

Personnel

Current technical staff

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! Position

! Staff

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| Head coach || Giorgi Khidesheli

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| rowspan="2"|Assistant coaches|| Giorgi Kakhelishvili

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| Lasha Simonia

|-

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| Fitness coach || Demi Gogiashvili

|}

  • Last updated: 28 May 2026
  • Source:

Management

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! Position

! Staff

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| President || Alex Topuria

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| General Director || Davit Kipiani

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| Director and Chief security officer || Erekle Chotalishvili

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| Academy Director || Alexander Goshadze

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| Sport Director || Tamaz Bokeria

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| Financial Manager || Gia Rapava

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| Financial Consultant || Maia Sarajishvili

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| Lawyer, licensing and Transfers Manager || Nino Kutateladze

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| Media Manager|| Tamar Gogoladze

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| Financie Specialist|| Lia Mandzulashvili

|}

  • Last updated: 28 May 2026
  • Source:

References

  • Soccerway statistics
  • Locomotive Tbilisi Results