Stadium Subculture - Lokomotiv Plovdiv (2024)

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Home sector: Bessica The sector holds around 4000 people. There are 4 ultra/hooligan groups under the name of Lauta Army. There are more groups in the sector but they are not part of Lauta Army.

The two biggest matches at home are the city derby against Botev and the matches against Cska-Sofia. These two matches attract all groups in full force as it’s big rivalry.

Away match: Our biggest away matches are obviously the derby and Cska-Sofia. For these matches Lauta Army normally get a hooligan group of around 120-150 people from all 4 groups. Then there are of course other groups but not so active on the hooligan scene. For away matches depending on the rival, match day and time we can have from 2000 to 50/100 supporters. Back in the years we used to go by trains but now we use cars or vans.

Friendships: We have nearly 20 years of strong friendship with Curva A Napoli. The friendship started with Mastiffs and now is with all groups in Curva A. They come to our matches and we go there at least few times a year. For the last derby last month Napoli came with 40 people from all groups of Curva A. It’s a very strong relationship. Also we have a friendship with Banda Tuki from Spartak Moscow. We have mutual respect with Levski Sofia but it’s not an official friendship.

Enemies: Biggest enemies in Bulgaria are Botev Plovdiv and Cska-Sofia. We also have rivalry with Spartak Varna as they are friends with Botev. We play very seldom in Europe but we always bring a good group to our away matches. We would like to fight Aris, PSV or Inter if they ever come to Plovdiv as they are friends with Botev. We asked PSV for a forest fight but they refused.

Groups: Lauta Army include 4 hooligan groups: Lauta Hools also known as The Usual Suspects which is the oldest organized group in Bulgaria since 1992, Napoletani Ultras Plovdiv, Gott mit Uns and Lauta Frontline with total of around 150 hooligans.