Supporters and Rivalries
Lokomotiv Sofia supporters make an important part of the club's image on the domestic and on the European scene. They are commonly referred as The Iron Brigades. The groups presence is mostly signaled by their banners: Red'n Black Mladost Fans, The Pain Train, Delta Force, Brigate Sofia, Fanatics Fans and many more. The official National Fan Club of Lokomotiv was established legally at the end of 1999 and to this moment is the biggest fan organization of the club.
From a historic point of view, Lokomotiv's traditional city rival is Slavia Sofia. On a national basis, Lokomotiv Sofia has also rivalries with CSKA and Levski from the capital. Outside Sofia, Lokomotiv's main rivals are Lokomotiv from Plovdiv. The derby between the two Lokomotiv sides is referred to as The Railway Derby.
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“The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters. For his supporters will push him to disaster unless his opponents show him where the dangers are. So if he is wise he will often pray to be delivered from his friends, because they will ruin him. But though it hurts, he ought also to pray never to be left without opponents; for they keep him on the path of reason and good sense.”
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)