Lokomotiv Veltem

 Lokomotiv Veltem (72913)

Managed by Pelotas
Club information
Location	Vlaams Brabant, Belgium
Arena	De Gulden Snede
Fan Club	Veltemse Treinconducteurs & Co.

Lokomotiv Veltem is a Belgian team, founded January 1st 2002. Lokomotiv Veltem was the very first team in Belgium, it was lead by Pelotas. Lokomotiv Veltem started in division II.1 and has grown out to a so-called -division 1,5 team- because of their constant promotion and relegation to and from the Eerste Klasse, the highest division in Belgium.

Lokomotiv Veltem will quit Hattrick on December 21st 2005.

Important moments

15-09-2001, 17:22 Pelotas applies for a team in Belgium after giving up his team in USA, The Brave Soldiers. The belgian league is created, but due to an error however, there is never a Season 1 in Belgium and the team is not created before the first of January, 2002.

01-01-2002 Pelotas gets his team, named 'fc de sjotters', a namechange is requested and after about two weeks of the team's existance the name is finally changed to Lokomotiv Veltem. Note: the inventor of this name is Pelotas' dad.

16-01-2002 After two easy matches there is a loss, unfortunately the first match under the name of Lokomotiv Veltem. The team that caused this loss is a bot-team under the name of Standard Namur. Reason for the loss is the change from 4-4-2 to 3-5-2.

17-02-2002 It's as good as sure that the title will be won by Lokomotiv Veltem or sc wielsbeke as both teams are leading with a maximum of 15 points. On the 17th Lokomotiv beats wielsbeke 3-1 with goals from Henry Rey, Ulf Andreasson and Peter Persson and takes the lead in the league. However, a MOTS was needed to win, and due to this, Lokomotiv only manages a 0-0 away to 'kils' the week after. In the return leg against wielsbeke, Lokomotiv gets clobbered 4-0 and never gets back on top of the table.

16 and 23-06-2002 Lokomotiv Veltem again has a very good season in which no less than ten matches are won and only two lost. Some great teams have joined the league, of which Bertem Shadownears and RSC Ostend manage to keep some of the points at home in their matches against Lokomotiv but are no match at The Gulden Snede. The decision for the title however happens on the 7th and 8th day of the league, when Lokomotiv Veltem meets De inheemse struiktegels. First a loss away to De inheemse struiktegels on the 16th folowed by a draw at home on the 23rd puts Lokomotiv in the second place for the second time in a row.

more to come...

Trophies

• Belgium Cup Winners in season 4
• Champion of division II.1 in season 5
• Champion of division II.3 in season 7
• Champion of division II.3 in season 10
• Champion of division II.3 in season 12

Achievements

• 2^nd in II.1 in season 2, 2^nd round in the Belgium Cup
• 2^nd in II.1 in season 3, 6^th round in the Belgium Cup
• 5^th in II.1 in season 4, Belgium Cup WINNERS!
• 1^st in II.1 in season 5, 5^th round in the Belgium Cup
• 5^th in Eerste Klasse in season 6, 9^th round in the Belgium Cup
• 1^st in II.3 in season 7, 8^th round in the Belgium Cup
• 4^th in Eerste Klasse in season 8, 7^th round in the Belgium Cup
• 8^th in Eerste Klasse in season 9, 11^th round in the Belgium Cup
• 1^st in II.3 in season 10, 6^th round in the Belgium Cup
• 7^th in Eerste Klasse in season 11, 11^th round in the Belgium Cup
• 1^st in II.3 in season 12, 6^th round in the Belgium Cup
• 6^th in Eerste Klasse in season 13, 15^th round in the Belgium Cup (Finalists)