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This article is about the women's professional football team. For the men's team associated to the same club, see PFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora. Football club

WFC Lokomotiv

Full name

WFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora

Founded

1989; 35 years ago (1989)
2018; 6 years ago (2018) (refounded)

Ground

Lokomotiv Stadium

Capacity

12 000

Manager

Yanko Valkanov

League

Bulgarian Women's League

2023-24

2nd

Home colours

Away colours

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

Honours

Bulgarian Women's League

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

First-team squad

As of 8 September 2023

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	BUL	Aleksandra Hristova
2	DF	BUL	Petya Petkova
3	DF	BUL	Yanitsa Ivanova
4	DF	UKR	Oleksandra Babiuk
5	DF	BUL	Nora Dimitrova
6	DF	BUL	Maria Dikelova
7	MF	BUL	Yana Dineva
9	FW	BUL	Yuliana Aleksandrova
10	FW	BUL	Bilyana Pencheva
12	GK	BUL	Roksana Shahanska
13	DF	BUL	Pamela Raycheva
15	FW	SVK	Lenka Wienerová


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	BUL	Kristiyana Minkova
17	MF	BUL	Ekaterina Zheleva
18	DF	BUL	Zhasmina Atanasova
19	FW	BUL	Mariya Dimitrova
20	MF	BUL	Teodora Yordanova
21	MF	BUL	Nina Georgieva
22	MF	BUL	Katerina Maria Ravnachka
23	MF	UKR	Anastasiia Skorynina
27	DF	BUL	Nikoleta Boycheva
41	DF	BUL	Mariela Nedeva
90	MF	UKR	Yulia Gnydyuk

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season	League											Bulgarian Cup	Other competitions
Season	Division	Level	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos	Bulgarian Cup	Other competitions
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											UEFA Women's Champions League	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	Dinamo-BGU Minsk
2022–23		Qualifying Round 1	5–1	ŽFK Ljuboten
2023–24		Qualifying Round 1	0–5	Brann
2023–24		Qualifying Round 1	0–0 (1–3 p.)	Katowice

References

External links

v t e Football in Bulgaria
League competitions	First League Second League Third League (4 divisions) Regional Groups Bulgarian Women's League
Cup competitions	Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup Cup of AFL Bulgarian Women's Cup
Defunct competitions	State Championship (1924–1936, 1941–1945) Tsar's Cup (1924–44) National Football Division (1937–1940) Republic Championship (1945–1948) Cup of the Soviet Army (1983–90) BFU's Cup (1990–91) PFL's Cup (1994–97) Doubles Group (2008–2010) A Group (1948–2016)
National teams	Men Women Olympic team (U-23) Under-21 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17
Regional Amateur Football Groups	Blagoevgrad Burgas Dobrich Gabrovo Haskovo Kardzhali Kyustendil Lovech Montana Pazardzhik Pernik Pleven Plovdiv Razgrad Ruse Shumen Silistra Sliven Smolyan Sofia City Sofia (province) Stara Zagora Targovishte Varna Veliko Tarnovo Vidin Vratsa Yambol
Lists	Clubs Stadiums Foreign players National team results Clubs in European competitions Bulgarian club rivalries
Awards	Footballers' Footballer of the Year
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