Full name Football Club Lokomotiv
Nizhny Novgorod
Founded 1916
Ground Lokomotiv Stadium,
Nizhny Novgorod
(Capacity 17,856)
League none
2005 Russian Second Division,
Ural-Povolzhye zone, 9th
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League.
The team of the railway workers was founded in Nizhny Novgorod in 1916. Later it was known as Chervonka (1918-1922), Spartak (1923-1930), Tyaga (1931), Zheleznodorozhniki (1932-1935). In 1936 the team was renamed Lokomotiv and retained this name until 2002, when it was renamed Lokomotiv-NN. During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society.
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Названия:
1916—1917 — Команда станции Нижний Новгород
1918 — «Червонка»
1923—1930 — КЖ «Спартак»
1931 — «Тяга»
1932—1935 — «Железнодорожники»
1987—1991 — «Локомотив»
1992 — «Локомотив-Эрэтиспорт»
1993 — «Локомотив-Спортсмен»
1994—2001 — «Локомотив»
2002 — «Локомотив-ГЖД»
2002—2005 — «Локомотив-НН»