RC Lokomotiv Moscow

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RC Lokomotiv Moscow
Names
Full name Rugby Club Lokomotiv Moscow
Nickname(s) Lokomotiv
Entry Details
Founded 1937
Current Details
Ground(s) Lokomotiv Stadium (30,000)
CEO(s) Image:Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Klebanov
Coach Image:Flag of Russia.svg Igor Ovchinnikov
Competition Russian Championship
2006 1st

RC Lokomotiv Moscow is a Russian rugby league club based in Moscow, Russia. The team plays in the Russian Super League and is one of the oldest teams in Russia. Originally a club for those who worked on the railways, they participated in the first USSR rugby union championship in 1937. Lokomotiv were Soviet Championship winners in 1983. During the existence of the USSR RC Lokomotiv Moscow club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society.

In 1991, following York and Fulham’s tour to the country, they switched from rugby union to rugby league, owing mostly to rugby union's amateur status at the time, and the desire by players to be paid. Lokomotiv have gone on to dominate Russian rugby league. They have won seven Championships, including league and cup doubles in 2002-2005. Twelve players from the club were in the Russian national team in 2005.

Lokomotiv had their best season ever in 2005, winning the league and cup double in Russia, winning 21 out of 22 matches and scoring 1,560 points in the process. However, they have not yet transferred this success over to the Rugby League Challenge Cup. In their three previous games in this competition, they have failed to register a win.

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[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player
Image:Flag of Russia.svg HK Roman Ovchinnikov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg LK Nikolay Zagoskin
Image:Flag of Russia.svg SR Andrey Dumalkin
Image:Flag of Russia.svg PR Alexandr Lysenkov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg HB Artem Grigoryan
Image:Flag of Russia.svg PR Andrey Koltikhov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg WG Valentin Baskakov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg HB Igor Gavrilin
Image:Flag of Russia.svg FE Viktor Nechaev
Image:Flag of Russia.svg FE Denis Meshkov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg HB Denis Korolev
Image:Flag of Russia.svg CE Sergey Dobrinin
Image:Flag of Russia.svg SR Vitaly Gusev
Image:Flag of Russia.svg LK Vladimir Odnosumov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg FB Irakli Chkhikvadze
Image:Flag of Russia.svg HK Igor Mokryakov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg WG Robert Ilyasov
No. Position Player
Image:Flag of Russia.svg LK Yan Gvozdev
Image:Flag of Russia.svg FE Andrey Zdobnikov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg SR Alexsey Bogdanov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg WG Dmitri Ainetdinov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg FB Roman Firsov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg FE Alexsei Volkov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg FB Alexsei Ruban
Image:Flag of Russia.svg SR Andrey Medvedev
Image:Flag of Russia.svg WG Vadim Fedchuk
Image:Flag of Russia.svg PR Georgy Vinogradov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg CE Igor Chuprin
Image:Flag of Russia.svg SR Oleg Zhukov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg WG Andrey Varyachev
Image:Flag of Russia.svg HB Artem Zelenin
Image:Flag of Russia.svg SR Andrey Goryachev
Image:Flag of Russia.svg FB Vladimir Krylov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg PR Anton Timonin

[edit] International players


[edit] Honours

  • Russian Championship: 7
1983*, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Russian Cup: 9
1978*, 1986*, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 
*Rugby union honours

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