Lokomotiv is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. The team is owned by OJSC Russian Railways, which is why the team got its name and nickname "railroad workers".

Lokomotiv Moscow is inferior in popularity and trophies to other Moscow clubs - Spartak and CSKA, being on the same level as Dynamo. Despite this, the club has something to brag about. Lokomotiv is a two-time winner of the USSR Cup, three-time champion of Russia, won nine times in the Cup and three times in the country's Super Cup.

Zheleznodorozhniki is one of the oldest football clubs in Russia. The team was founded in 1922. On July 23, the Kazanka football club was established. The founder was the Moscow-Kazan railway. At that time there was no USSR championship yet, and the "railroad workers" took part in the Moscow regional championship. This continued until 1936. At the same time, the club was named Lokomotiv.

The championship of the best football teams of the Soviet Union was created in 1936. Lokomotiv Moscow immediately got the right to play in the Major League. In the opening match of the USSR championship, the "railroad workers" lost to the Leningrad Dynamo - 1:3. However, the historic achievement belongs to the Muscovites. The first goal in the Major League was scored by Lokomotiv forward Viktor Lavrov.

The railwaymen finished their debut season in the elite of Soviet football in fifth place. In the same year, Lokomotiv won the USSR Cup, defeating one of the favorites of the competition, Dinamo Tbilisi, in the final - 2:0.

The rise of the glorious Moscow club began in 1952, when Lokomotiv returned to the Major League. At the same time, Minister of Railways Boris Beschev became the president of the club. It was he who brought the legendary Soviet coach Boris Arkadiev to the team, who brought Moscow Dynamo to the championship six times.

The Moscow derby with Spartak is considered one of the most ardent in Russia. The fans of the two clubs truly hate each other, which often leads to clashes at the stadium. During the matches of the teams of the sector with the fans, a large number of policemen are guarded, but even they are sometimes powerless in the face of the fury of the warring parties.

In Soviet times, the "railroad workers" did not "spoil" their fans with trophies, but with the collapse of the Union, Lokomotiv began a new story. The club has become a regular in European cups, won three championships and many cups in Russia. The fans are used to the team having to fight for the highest places.

If during the Soviet era Lokomotiv never competed in European competitions, then with the gaining of independence by Russia, the "railroad workers" became one of the regulars in European competitions. In recent years, the club has consistently played in the Champions League and Europa League.

If Semin is associated with the eternal coach of Lokomotiv, then Dmitry Loskov is the face of the club on the football field. The permanent captain played 422 matches for the railroad, in which he scored 122 goals. The midfielder has played 13 seasons with the team and is the club's top scorer and guard ever.

In 2017, Loskov hung up his boots and has been a member of the Lokomotiv coaching staff ever since.