Lokomotiv fired the head coach after three consecutive defeats in the RPL
Lokomotiv on November 6 at home lost to Rubin with a score of 0: 1, suffering a third consecutive dry defeat in the RPL. The team with 11 points in 14 matches fell into the relegation zone
Mikhail Galaktionov left the post of head coach of Lokomotiv. This was announced at a press conference by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lokomotiv Yuri Nagornykh.
I want to apologize for the first half of the season. We are not playing the game we are waiting for. I'm sure the club will fix the situation. I would like to announce the decision of the Board of Directors on the early termination of the contract with Galaktionov. I would like to thank him for his four years at the club, Match TV quoted Nagornykh as saying.
On Friday, November 6, Lokomotiv lost to Rubin (0: 1) for the third consecutive match in the RPL and fell into the relegation zone. The team has 11 points in 14 matches and 15th place.
Galaktionov headed the club since November 2022.
Last season, Lokomotiv took third place in the RPL and won bronze medals. In the summer transfer window, Lokomotiv sold several of the club’s leading players at once, including Alexei Batrakov (he left for Galatasaray), Dmitry Vorobyov (Krasnodar) and Artem Karpukas (Zenit).
Earlier, the 42-year-old Galaktionov coached the Grozny “Akhmat”, “Paris Nizhny Novgorod”, various youth and youth team of Russia.
