1963–64 FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa season

Lokomotiv GO
1963–64 season
ManagerBulgaria Yordan Tomov
A PFG16th
Soviet Army Cup1/8 finals
Top goalscorerBulgaria Todor Marinov (9)
Biggest win5:2 (vs Botev Plovdiv)
3:0 (vs Lokomotiv Ruse)
3:0 (vs Levski Sofia)
Biggest defeat0:4 (vs CSKA Sofia)
1:5 (vs Marek Dupnitsa)

The 1963–64 season[1] is FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa's 1st season in A PFG.

First-team squad

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
— GK Bulgaria BUL Boyko Vanchev 27/0
— GK Bulgaria BUL Marin Marinov 5/0
— DF Bulgaria BUL Zarko Georgiev 30/0
— DF Bulgaria BUL Zhelyazko Kolev 28/0
— DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Varbanov 26/0
— DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Atanasov 14/1
— MF Bulgaria BUL Yordan Tsenov 30/0
— MF Bulgaria BUL Atanas Bogdanov 20/0
— MF Bulgaria BUL Hristo Paskalev 10/0
— MF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Marinovski 10/0
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Bulgaria BUL Dobri Blaskov 28/3
— FW Bulgaria BUL Bojin Bojinov 27/5
— FW Bulgaria BUL Todor Marinov 26/9
— FW Bulgaria BUL Vasil Simeonov 23/4
— FW Bulgaria BUL Iliya Bojilov 21/2
— FW Bulgaria BUL Marin Kushev 15/3
— FW Bulgaria BUL Nikola Popov 9/1
— FW Bulgaria BUL Petar Simov 3/0
— FW Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Milev 2/1
— FW Bulgaria BUL Nikola Asparuhov 1/0

Fixtures

League

The team is finished 16th after 30 games in his first "A"group's season.[2]

11 August 1963 Round 1 Spartak Pleven 2 – 1 Lokomotiv GO Lovech
Marin Kushev
18 August 1963 Round 2 Lokomotiv GO 1 – 0 Sliven Gorna Oryahovitsa
Nikola Popov
Round 3 Levski 2 – 0 Lokomotiv GO Sofia
Round 4 Lokomotiv GO 5 – 2 Botev Plovdiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
Marin Kushev 30'
Bojin Bojinov 42'
Marin Kushev 47'
Todor Marinov 50'
Dimitar Milev 89'		 Asparuhov 31'
Belchev 87'
Round 5 Spartak Varna 1 – 1 Lokomotiv GO Varna
Round 6 Lokomotiv GO 1 – 0 Marek Gorna Oryahovitsa
Round 7 Spartak Plovdiv 2 – 1 Lokomotiv GO Plovdiv
Round 8 Lokomotiv GO 2 – 1 Slavia Gorna Oryahovitsa
Round 9 CSKA 4 – 0 Lokomotiv GO Sofia
Round 10 Lokomotiv GO 0 – 1 Beroe Gorna Oryahovitsa
Round 11 Cherno more 3 – 0 Lokomotiv GO Varna
Round 12 Lokomotiv GO 0 – 0 Spartak Sofia Gorna Oryahovitsa
Round 13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2 – 1 Lokomotiv GO Plovdiv
Round 14 Lokomotiv GO 2 – 1 Lokomotiv Sofia Gorna Oryahovitsa
Round 15 Dunav Ruse 3 – 1 Lokomotiv GO Ruse
Round 16 Lokomotiv GO 2 – 1 Spartak Pleven Gorna Oryahovitsa
Round 17 Sliven 2 – 0 Lokomotiv GO Sliven
Round 18 Lokomotiv GO 1 – 2 Levski Gorna Oryahovitsa
Round 19 Botev Plovdiv 2 – 1 Lokomotiv GO Plovdiv
Round 20 Lokomotiv GO 1 – 0 Spartak Varna Gorna Oryahovitsa
Round 21 Marek 5 – 1 Lokomotiv GO Dupnitsa
Round 22 Lokomotiv GO 1 – 1 Spartak Plovdiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
Round 23 Slavia 4 – 1 Lokomotiv GO Sofia
Round 24 Lokomotiv GO 1 – 0 CSKA Gorna Oryahovitsa
Ivan Atanasov
Round 25 Beroe 1 – 0 Lokomotiv GO Stara Zagora
Round 26 Lokomotiv GO 1 – 1 Cherno more Gorna Oryahovitsa
Round 27 Spartak Sofia 2 – 0 Lokomotiv GO Sofia
Round 28 Lokomotiv GO 3 – 2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
Round 29 Lokomotiv Sofia 2 – 0 Lokomotiv GO Sofia
Round 30 Lokomotiv GO 0 – 0 Dunav Ruse Gorna Oryahovitsa

Cup

Only luck saved Levski Sofia from early elimination in Bulgarian Cup[3] against Lokomotiv GO, after the outcome of the game was decided by penalties.

1/16 finals

1963 Lokomotiv Ruse 0 – 3 Lokomotiv GO Ruse
1963 Lokomotiv GO 2 – 1
(5–1 agg.)		 Lokomotiv Ruse Lokomotiv GO

1/8 finals

1963 Lokomotiv GO 3 – 0 Levski Sofia Gorna Oryahovitsa
1963 Levski Sofia 3 – 0
(3–3 agg.)
(4–0 p)		 Lokomotiv GO Sofia

League standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Spartak Sofia 30 8 9 13 28 40 −12 25
13 Sliven 30 8 9 13 29 41 −12 25
14 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 8 8 14 28 38 −10 24
15 Spartak Varna (R) 30 9 6 15 34 52 −18 24 Relegation to 1964–65 B Group
16 Lokomotiv GO (R) 30 9 5 16 29 49 −20 23
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

References

  1. ^ "A PFG Statistics". wildstat.com.
  2. ^ "Standings and Results 1963-64". www.loko-gorna.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  3. ^ "Bulgarian Cup Statistics". www.bulgarian-football.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2011-12-19.