Football Club Lokomotyv Poltava (); was a Ukrainian Soviet football team based in Poltava, Ukraine. It is the Poltava Oblast club with the most titles with nine championships and eleven cup wins. History. Football club was formed in Poltava during 1912 under the name Podilska Poltava. In 1920 it was renamed and club was one of four teams who organized Poltava football league. New name was Podil Poltava. Two years later it was renamed to Yuzhraion Poltava. Four years later it was again renamed to Zalizhnychnyk (Zheldor) Poltava. In 1931 club was renamed Lokomotyv and began representing the steam locomotive repair plant. 1953 was the best year for the club. In 1994 club was dissolved. A newspaper published by the factory gives the date 1996. Honours. Cup of the Ukrainian SSR Runners-up (1): 1953 Poltava Oblast Championship Winners (9): 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1980 Runners-up (7): 1956, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1972, 1983, 1986 Third place (5): 1938, 1939, 1940, 1979, 1993 Poltava Oblast Cup Winners (11): 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1982 Runners-up (8): 1960, 1961, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1979, 1985 Poltava Championship Winners (9): 1936, 1937 Fall, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1956 (reserves), 1957, 1960, 1961 Runners-up (1): 1956 Poltava Cup Winners (11): 1939, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1971, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1982 Runners-up (3): 1953, 1955, 1961