History. What does the star on the football club emblem mean? How many times has a locomotive become a champion

Sooner or later, any real football fan begins to be interested in the question of what the star on the emblem means football club... Most fans thought it was just a logo design element, but it is far from the case.

Not many football fans know that the star on a football club's emblem is assigned by the football federation of the country in which the club is playing. In order for the five-pointed star to appear at the top of the emblem, you must win the championship title 5 times.

For example, until recently, the most titled football club in Russia, Spartak, had only one star. He won the Russian championship 9 times since 1991 and before the coveted second star he needed only one victory, which happened in 2017.

But, on the emblem of "Spartacus" there are 4 stars. This was due to changes in the calculation, which was approved by the RFU. Spartak was credited with his 12 victories in the USSR championship and at the end of the 2016/2017 season, Spartak has 22 championship titles. It is they who give the right to 4 stars above the emblem.

Stars on the emblems of football clubs in other countries

It is worth noting that almost every country in which football is the number one sport has its own rules for assigning stars to symbols. For example, in Italy in Serie A, a star is awarded for every 10 wins. Amazing fact the refusal of the most titled club in the country from drawing stars remains. Juventus won Serie A - 31 times and was entitled to three stars, but due to scandals with match-fixing was stripped of 2 titles, which deprived him of the right to third star. The team expressed their protest and completely refused to put stars on the emblem.

In the Bundesliga, the most "star" football team is Bayern Munich. They have 23 championship titles in their assets - that's 4 stars if you count according to Russian requirements. But in Germany everything is different. The first star is awarded for 3 wins, the second for five, the third for ten, the fourth for twenty, the fifth for thirty. Thus, the Bavarians need to win 7 more times to get the fifth star on the emblem.

The most "stellar" champions

The leader in the number of stars above the emblem is the football club from Scotland - "Glasgow Rangers". They rightfully have 10 stars on their emblem. The team has become the champion of the country 54 times, they have one victory to the cherished 11th star. They are 10 wins ahead of Celtic, which has two stars less.

Let's remind that the most titled football club in Russia is FC "Spartak", which in the entire history of the club became the 21-time winner of the national championship.

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The club was founded on July 23, 1922 - it was on this day that the team of the Moscow-Kazan Railway Kazanka played their first match against the Izmailovsky Sports Club.

Over the years of its existence football team Moscow Lokomotiv won many awards. In 1936, Lokomotiv became the first winner of the USSR Cup. In 1957, the railroad workers repeated their success. Two years later, for the first time in its history, Lokomotiv won silver medals in the USSR championship.

For the first and Olympic teams Soviet Union over the years, many players of our team have played: Valentin Bubukin, Vladimir Maslachenko and Yuri Kovalev (all three - European Cup winners 1960), Igor Zaitsev, Victor Voroshilov, Victor Sokolov, Sergey Gorlukovich (Olympic champion-1988), Ivan Morgunov, Valery Gazzaev, Valentin Granatkin, Andrey Kalaychev.

Several players of the team were awarded the title of "Honored Master of Sports": Valentin Granatkin, Ivan Stankevich, Mikhail Sushkov, Gabriel Kachalin, Valentin Bubukin, Victor Voroshilov, Vladimir Maslachenko, Sergey Gorlukovich, Victor Lakhonin, Vladimir Moshkarkin, Victor Novikov, Mikhail Antonevich, Vasily Panfilov, Nikolay Ilyin, Vasily Kartsev, Alexey Sokolov, Ivan Stankevich, Zaur Kaloev, Arvydas Yanonis and Arminas Narbekov.

Our team's footballers received the title of "master of sports of international class": Vasily Danilov, Vladimir Basalaev, Vladimir Eshtrekov, Givi Nodia, Vladimir Kozlov, Pyotr Slobodyan, Valery Petrakov, Yuri Chesnokov, Igor Gurinovich, Valery Gazzaev, Vyacheslav Sukristov, Arminas Nardambekovas, , Arvydas Yanonis, Dmitry Chugunov.

During the Soviet period, the leading coaches of the country worked with Lokomotiv: Boris Arkadiev, Gabriel Kachalin, Konstantin Beskov, Evgeny Eliseev, Nikolay Morozov, Mikhail Sushkov, Valentin Bubukin, Mikhail Yakushin, Alexander Sevidov, Evgeny Rogov.

In the Russian period, Lokomotiv became one of the strongest teams country. Railway workers three times (2002, 2004, 2017/2018) became champions of Russia. The team won the Russian Cup eight times (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2019). Twice (1998 and 1999) Lokomotiv was a semi-finalist in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Country Russia

Moscow city

Full title: Closed joint-stock company"Football club" Lokomotiv "

Nicknames: Loko, railway workers, steam locomotives, red-green

Date of foundation: 01.01.1923

Stadium:

Official site: http://www.fclm.ru/

Primary colors: red, green

Team history

Sixty-six years have passed since the formation of “Lokomotiv” and that sweet moment for all fans of “railway workers”, when the club won the gold medals of the championship for the first time in history. Journalists surrounded Yuri Pavlovich Semin, his phone was torn off by calls from relatives and friends, and Semin himself only happily waved his hands to everyone - he understood that his work was not in vain. The transformation that took place in the team after the end of one era and the beginning of another is inexplicable. From a team that staggers from division to division, Lokomotiv has become one of the leaders of national football. The wind of change had a positive effect on the vector of development of the “red-green”.

When in 1936 Lokomotiv entered big arena, it was not created from scratch. The forefathers of the capital club were KOR (Club named after the October Revolution) and Kazanka. KOR enthusiasts built their own sports ground for the first sports association railway workers. Historians testify that the place of the first "stadium" of the founders of the KOR was the square between Olkhovskaya and Novoryazanskaya streets. Three stations were located nearby (Leningradsky, Kazansky and Yaroslavsky). On August 12, 1923, the debut game of the KOR took place. The team's first kits were light blue jerseys and white shorts. In those days, the team included football players who were involved in the Moscow national team - Nikolai Artyomov, Mikhail Mayorov, Ivan Khrustalev, Nikolai Chestnov and others.
In 1931, instead of KOR, the good old "Kazanka" came. In 1932, a team of railway workers took first place in the regional championship (there was simply no city championship that season due to reforms). On November 3, 1935, on the pages of the newspaper "Krasny Sport" there were reports that a single Voluntary Sports Society called "Lokomotiv" would soon be created on the railway transport. A month later, with a small special Resolution of the Central Committee of the Unions of Railways and the People's Commissar of Railways, the Charter of Lokomotiv was approved. Soon it was announced that the official date of the creation of the team would henceforth be considered the twelfth of January 1936. First Secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee Alexander Kosarev wished Lokomotiv the following: "I am sure that in the near future Lokomotiv will take a leading place among other sports societies of the Union and will be worthy of its organizer, the best companion of the great Stalin's friend of athletes - Lazar Moiseevich Kaganovich."

On May 22, 1936, Dynamo Leningrad and Lokomotiv Moscow opened the very first USSR championship! Almost twelve thousand spectators attended the Dynamo stadium in Leningrad. The support of the fans helped Dynamo win the very first match with a score of 3: 1. Note that the core of Loko's roster was made up of Kazanka's players, as well as newcomers from Electrozavod, ZiF, ZiS and Hammer and Sickle. Fans of other Moscow clubs love to "prick" Lokomotiv fans on occasion about the not glorious Soviet period of history, but the "red-greens" can be proud that not only opened the great championship, but also became the authors of the very first ball in the history of the USSR championships. No one remembers who scored in the matches of the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, but the initials of the Frenchman Lucien Laurent - the author of the debut ball of the Mundiale - are engraved in everyone's mind. At “Lokomotiv” there was a hero in the person of Viktor Lavrov, who opened an account in Leningrad already in the fifth minute of the meeting. Alexander Semyonov broke through on the right edge and shot at Dynamo's goal, goalkeeper Kuzminsky hit the ball into the center of the penalty area, and Lavrov, making a false swing in front of the grown defender, sent the ball into the net of the home team without hindrance.

The team performed great in the very first USSR Cup. Lokomotiv was stronger than eighty-two clubs that took part in the tournament. "Railwaymen" won the final on May 28, 1936, the Tbilisi Dynamo team with a score of 2: 0. The balls of Sokolov and Lavrov brought the team the very first official high-profile title. In April 1937, the first foreign coach, therefore, those who consider Slavoljub Muslin the first “Varangian” on the coaching bridge are fundamentally wrong. The Frenchman Jules Limbeck did not win big laurels in Moscow, but he still went down in history. In the first post-war championship, “Lokomotiv” was the hardest of all: the backbone of the team was either age or quite young, the coaches were just right to grab their heads when thirteen players became newcomers at once. It was then that the “railroad workers” parted with the top division for the first time.

In 1957, Lokomotiv achieved victory in the USSR Cup for the second time, beating Spartak Moscow in the final largely thanks to the successful play of its goalkeeper Vladimir Maslachenko. Two years later, the "railroad workers" for the first and last time for themselves won the second place in the USSR championship. “Lokomotiv” could climb to the very top, but offensive missed the ball from the capital “Dynamo” left the club in second place. The already mentioned Maslachenko, as well as Evgeny Rogov, Mikhail Afonin, Valentin Bubukin and others forged glory to the team. Top scorer with fourteen balls was Viktor Sokolov. The game was supervised by the mentor Yevgeny Eliseev, who achieved the highest result among all other Loko mentors for the entire Soviet period.

At the "helm" of the team were such monsters of the coaching department as Boris Arkadiev and Konstantin Beskov, but none of them managed to achieve victories named after Eliseev. The 70s and 80s can be called a period of stagnation for “Lokomotiv”, but it was in 1975 that Yuri Semin and Vladimir Eshtrekov joined the team as a duet. Later, their coaching line will lead “Lokomotiv” to the highest results. By the way, Yuri Pavlovich managed to play for Lokomotiv together with the nimble and technical Valery Gazzaev. Minister of the Ministry of Railways Boris Beschev did his best to protect the team from difficulties, but the departure of the official affected the fate of the "railroad workers".

In 1986, when Lokomotiv began to be associated with the second division, Minister of Railways Nikolai Semyonovich Konarev invited Yuri Semin, who headed the Pamir Dushanbe, to the post of head coach of the team. The issue with Semin was decided at the very "top" - even the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Party of Tajikistan, Nabiev, took part. The philosophy of stability of Yuri Pavlovich consisted of trust in the players, and they paid the mentor good results... Already in the second year of being in Semin's team, Lokomotiv achieved a promotion. Moreover, even on the very the highest level“Locomotive” is not lost: the seventh place left the “railroad” one step away from the European competition. Losses in 1989 (Cherchesov, Bazulev and Gorlukovich) again sent the team to the first division. In 1990, one of the very first legionnaires appeared in the Lokomotiv national football- American Dale Mulholland.

Soon for one year under contract in New Zealand went to Yuri Semin, the club was temporarily received by Valery Filatov. The first game in the Russian championship, the "railroad workers" played on April 3, 1992 against the "Ocean" from Nakhodka. The guests managed to quickly open an account (in the second minute, Oleg Garin opened the gate of the young Sergei Ovchinnikov), but in the fourth minute, Alexander Rychkov equalized the score, and winning goal played from the penalty spot by Sergei Podpaly. Offensive new era had a wonderful effect on the team. “Lokomotiv” from the very first games ceased to be a loser, and the famous reputation of “the fifth wheel in the cart of Moscow football” gradually began to become irrelevant.

“Lokomotiv” twice made it to the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, was the only club in the late 90s who even tried, and successfully, to impose competition on the capital “Spartak”. The year 2000 was a pivotal year, when Lokomotiv beat the red and whites on aggregate, and Ruslan Nigmatullin, in the presence of the overcrowded Luzhniki stadium, who was wholly and completely rooting for Spartak, reflected in the last seconds of the meeting a penalty from Andrey Tikhonov. Two years later, “Loko” became the champion, beating Valery Gazzaev in the “golden match” of CSKA. The winning goal was scored in the opening of the meeting by Dmitry Loskov - the man - the legend of the “railroad”. Two years later, the “red-greens” repeated their achievement (in the victorious game in Yaroslavl, Dmitry Sychev and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov scored), and in 2007 for the fifth time in a short period of time they won the Russian Cup. / p>

Who would have guessed that this cup will remain the only one for long goals. After 2007, Lokomotiv not only never managed to win a trophy, but also never was in the top three at the end of the season in the Premier League. In 2008, Rashid Rakhimov became the head coach of Lokomotiv, but the ex-coach of Amkar failed to show anything in such a responsible position. His replacement, Vladimir Maminov, who defended the colors of Lokomotiv on the football field for a long time, turned out to be only a temporary coach. The management of “Lokomotiv” decided to return Yuri Semin, who, in addition to the coaching position, entered the team's board of directors.

In 2010, instead of Nikolai Naumov, Olga Smorodskaya became the new president of Lokomotiv, and this decision is still criticized by the fans of the “red-greens”. She is in as soon as possible got rid of Semin, and then from Yuri Krasnozhan, who did not even really have time to work as the head coach of “Locomotive”. The results of the “railroad workers” left much to be desired, and no change of coaches helped the team. At first, Jose Couceiro tried his hand in Moscow, but he failed to rise above seventh place. Then the famous Croatian specialist Slaven Bilic became the "steer" of the "Locomotive". But he did not succeed either. “Red-greens” settled on the ninth line. Now all hopes of Lokomotiv are connected with Leonid Kuchuk, who coached Kuban very successfully.

Major achievements

Silver medalist of the USSR Championship - 1959
USSR Cup Winner - 1936, 1957
Finalist of the USSR Cup - 1990
Participant 1/2 of the USSR Cup - 1937, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1978, 1991, 1992.
Champion of Russia 2002, 2004
Silver medalist of the Russian Championship - 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001
Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship - 1994, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2013/14
Winner of the Russian Cup - 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007
Russian Cup finalist - 1998
Winner of the Russian Super Cup - 2003, 2005
The winner of the "Commonwealth Cup" tournament - 2005

Country Russia

Moscow city

Full title: Closed Joint Stock Company Football Club Lokomotiv

Nicknames: Loko, railway workers, steam locomotives, red-green

Date of foundation: 01.01.1923

Stadium:

Official site: http://www.fclm.ru/

Primary colors: red, green

Team history

When Lokomotiv entered the big arena in 1936, it was not created from scratch. The forefathers of the capital club were KOR (Club named after the October Revolution) and Kazanka. KOR enthusiasts were building their own sports ground for the first sports association of railway workers. Historians testify that the place of the first "stadium" of the founders of the KOR was the square between Olkhovskaya and Novoryazanskaya streets. Three stations were located nearby (Leningradsky, Kazansky and Yaroslavsky). On August 12, 1923, the debut game of the KOR took place. The team's first kits were light blue jerseys and white shorts. In those days, the team included football players who were involved in the Moscow national team - Nikolai Artyomov, Mikhail Mayorov, Ivan Khrustalev, Nikolai Chestnov and others.
In 1931, instead of KOR, the good old "Kazanka" came. In 1932, a team of railway workers took first place in the regional championship (there was simply no city championship that season due to reforms). On November 3, 1935, on the pages of the newspaper "Krasny Sport" there were reports that a single Voluntary Sports Society called "Lokomotiv" would soon be created on the railway transport. A month later, with a small special Resolution of the Central Committee of the Unions of Railways and the People's Commissar of Railways, the Charter of Lokomotiv was approved. Soon it was announced that the official date of the creation of the team would henceforth be considered the twelfth of January 1936. First Secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee Alexander Kosarev wished Lokomotiv the following: "I am sure that in the near future Lokomotiv will take a leading place among other sports societies of the Union and will be worthy of its organizer, the best companion of the great Stalin's friend of athletes - Lazar Moiseevich Kaganovich."

The team performed great in the very first USSR Cup. Lokomotiv was stronger than eighty-two clubs that took part in the tournament. "Railwaymen" won the final on May 28, 1936, the Tbilisi Dynamo team with a score of 2: 0. The balls of Sokolov and Lavrov brought the team the very first official high-profile title. In April 1937, the first foreign coach appeared in Lokomotiv, so those who consider Slavoljub Muslin the first Varangian on the coaching bridge are fundamentally wrong. The Frenchman Jules Limbeck did not win big laurels in Moscow, but he still went down in history. In the first post-war championship, “Lokomotiv” was the hardest of all: the backbone of the team was either age or quite young, the coaches were just right to grab their heads when thirteen players became newcomers at once. It was then that the “railroad workers” parted with the top division for the first time.

In 1957, Lokomotiv achieved victory in the USSR Cup for the second time, beating Spartak Moscow in the final largely thanks to the successful play of its goalkeeper Vladimir Maslachenko. Two years later, the "railroad workers" for the first and last time for themselves won the second place in the USSR championship. “Lokomotiv” could climb to the very top, but offensive missed the ball from the capital “Dynamo” left the club in second place. The already mentioned Maslachenko, as well as Evgeny Rogov, Mikhail Afonin, Valentin Bubukin and others forged glory to the team. Viktor Sokolov became the top scorer with fourteen goals. The game was supervised by the mentor Yevgeny Eliseev, who achieved the highest result among all other Loko mentors for the entire Soviet period.

In 1986, when Lokomotiv began to be associated with the second division, Minister of Railways Nikolai Semyonovich Konarev invited Yuri Semin, who headed the Pamir Dushanbe, to the post of head coach of the team. The issue with Semin was decided at the very "top" - even the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Party of Tajikistan, Nabiev, took part. The philosophy of stability of Yuri Pavlovich consisted of trust in the players, and they paid the mentor with good results. Already in the second year of being in Semin's team, Lokomotiv achieved a promotion. Moreover, even at the highest level, “Lokomotiv” was not lost: the seventh place left “railroad workers” one step away from European competition. Losses in 1989 (Cherchesov, Bazulev and Gorlukovich) again sent the team to the first division. In 1990, one of the very first legionnaires in Russian football, American Dale Mulholland, joined Lokomotiv.

Soon Yuri Semin went to New Zealand for one year under a contract, the club was temporarily received by Valery Filatov. The first game in the Russian championship, the "railroad workers" played on April 3, 1992 against the "Ocean" from Nakhodka. The guests managed to quickly open an account (in the second minute, Oleg Garin opened the gate of the young Sergei Ovchinnikov), but in the fourth minute, Alexander Rychkov equalized the score, and Sergei Podpalyy scored the winning goal from the penalty spot. The arrival of a new era had a miraculous effect on the team. “Lokomotiv” from the very first games ceased to be a loser, and the famous reputation of “the fifth wheel in the cart of Moscow football” gradually began to become irrelevant.

In 2010, instead of Nikolai Naumov, Olga Smorodskaya became the new president of Lokomotiv, and this decision is still criticized by the fans of the “red-green”. She quickly got rid of Semin, and then from Yuri Krasnozhan, who did not even really have time to work as the head coach of “Locomotive”. The results of the “railroad workers” left much to be desired, and no change of coaches helped the team. At first, Jose Couceiro tried his hand in Moscow, but he failed to rise above seventh place. Then the famous Croatian specialist Slaven Bilic became the "steer" of the "Locomotive". But he did not succeed either. “Red-greens” settled on the ninth line. Now all hopes of Lokomotiv are connected with Leonid Kuchuk, who coached Kuban very successfully.