Lokomotiv Moscow backroom staff
We hold the names of 50 people on Lokomotiv Moscow's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Mikhail Galaktionov manages the first team, with Oleg Levin as assistant manager. Lokomotiv Moscow's is the 4th longest staff list of the 17 Russian Premier League clubs we hold.
Coaching staff
The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 27 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikhail Galaktionov | Manager | First team | 41 | Russia |  |
| Dmitry Khokhlov | Manager | Under-19s | 49 | Russia |  |
| Alexandr Borodyuk | Manager | Under-18s | 62 | Russia | - |
| Oleg Levin | Assistant manager | First team | 50 | Russia | - |
| Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | Assistant manager | Under-19s | 40 | Russia | Rodina Moscow |
| Dmitry Loskov | Coach | First team | 51 | Russia | - |
| Oleg Pashinin | Coach | First team | 50 | Uzbekistan | - |
| Alexey Nosnikov | Coach | Under-18s | 46 | Russia |  |
| Andrey Dudnik | Coach | Under-18s | 44 | Russia | - |
| Anton Kaloshin | Coach | Under-18s | 39 | Russia | - |
| Denis Yevsikov | Coach | Under-18s | 44 | Russia |  |
| Dmitry Gorkov | Coach | Under-18s | 60 | Russia | - |
| Dmitry Vyazmikin | Coach | Under-18s | 52 | Russia | - |
| Gennady Grishin | Coach | Under-18s | 60 | Russia | - |
| Mikhail Lysov | Coach | Under-18s | 27 | Russia | - |
| Tagir Saidov | Coach | Under-18s | 39 | Russia | - |
| Yury Axionov | Coach | Under-18s | 51 | Kazakhstan |  |
| Alexey Botvinjev | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 44 | Russia | |
| Zaur Khapov | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 60 | Russia | - |
| Evgeny Plotnikov | Goalkeeping coach | Under-19s | 52 | Russia |  |
| Alexey Polyakov | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 51 | Uzbekistan | - |
| David Ikanovich | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 36 | Russia | - |
| Guilherme | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 39 | Russia | - |
| Valery Kleimenov | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 59 | Russia | - |
| Kirill Zhinkin | Fitness coach | First team | 40 | Russia | - |
| Alexandr Goncharov | Fitness coach | Under-19s | 40 | Russia | |
| Anton Piskunov | Fitness coach | Under-18s | 36 | Russia | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 8 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Kalyuzhny | Chief doctor | Club-wide | 37 | Russia |  |
| Alexandr Rodionov | Club doctor | First team | 41 | Russia | |
| Alexey Miglo | Club doctor | First team | 44 | Russia | |
| Artem Radetskiy | Club doctor | Under-19s | 39 | Russia | - |
| Andrey Osmanov | Physio | First team | 57 | Russia | - |
| Juan Alberto Piñar Sans | Physio | First team | 40 | Spain | - |
| Sergey Semakin | Physio | First team | 50 | Russia | - |
| Nadezhda Smirnova | Sports scientist | First team | 30 | - |  |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 8 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Litvinov | Chief scout | Club-wide | 36 | Russia | Rodina Moscow before that FK Khimki |
| Anton Zhirovkin | Scout | Club-wide | 43 | Russia | - |
| Dmitry Kraitor | Scout | Club-wide | 42 | Russia | |
| Andrey Ankudimov | Performance analyst | First team | 38 | Russia | - |
| Vladimir Savchenko | Performance analyst | First team | 53 | Russia | - |
| Victor Testoedov | Performance analyst | Under-19s | 32 | Russia | |
| Igor Manannikov | Performance analyst | Under-18s | 38 | Russia |  |
| Maxim Mosin | Performance analyst | Under-18s | 43 | Russia |  |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 2 people
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Kuznetsov | Technical director | 47 | Russia | |
| Sergey Ovchinnikov | Head of youth development | 54 | Russia | |
Owners and directors
Who owns Lokomotiv Moscow and sits on its board
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yury Nagornykh | Chair | 53 | Russia | - |
| Boris Rotenberg | Managing director | 39 | Finland | - |
| Dmitry Balashov | Director | 56 | Russia |  |
| Dmitry Uljanov | Director | 54 | Russia | |
| Valery Filatov | Director | 74 | Russia | - |
Backroom staff at every Russian Premier League club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
Lokomotiv Moscow's list is the 4th longest of the 17, against a median of 37 across the division. Spartak Moscow names the most, 54. Akron Togliatti names the fewest, 18.
Lokomotiv Moscow against the Russian Premier League, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 27 | 19 | 35 |  |
| Medical and sports science | 8 | 7 | 10 | |
| Scouting and analysis | 8 | 5 | 9 | |
| Football management | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owners and directors | 5 | 5 | 8 | |
Backrooms the size of Lokomotiv Moscow's, in every league
Lokomotiv Moscow's 50 names make the joint 86th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Calcio Padova | Serie B | 51 |
| 79 |  | Primeira Liga | 51 |
| 79 | HNK Hajduk Split | Croatian First League | 51 |
| 79 |  | Ekstraklasa | 51 |
| 79 |  | La Liga | 51 |
| 79 |  | Ligue 1 | 51 |
| 79 |  | Serie A | 51 |
| 86 |  | Belgian Pro League | 50 |
| 86 | FC Tokyo | J1 League | 50 |
| 86 |  | Premier League | 50 |
| 86 | | Russian Premier League | 50 |
| 86 |  | Serie B | 50 |
| 86 |  | Serie B | 50 |
| 92 |  | Ekstraklasa | 49 |
| 92 |  | Primeira Liga | 49 |
| 92 |  | Serie B | 49 |
| 92 | | Russian Premier League | 49 |
| 96 |  | Premier League | 48 |
| 96 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 48 |
| 96 |  | Eredivisie | 48 |
| 96 |  | Championship | 48 |
Where Lokomotiv Moscow's staff come from
5 nationalities across the 49 staff whose nationality we hold
Russia supplies 44 of the 49, 90%. The median age is 44. The oldest is Valery Filatov, director, at 74, and the youngest Mikhail Lysov, coach, at 27. 22 members of staff came from another club, most often FK Khimki (5).
Where Lokomotiv Moscow's former staff work now
On Lokomotiv Moscow's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 18 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Lars Kornetka | Manager |  |
| Marko Nikolić | Manager |  |
| Alexandr Vasiljev | Manager | |
| Alexey Rebko | Manager | Fakel Voronezh |
| Radoje Smiljanić | Assistant manager | |
| Alexandr Grishin | Coach | |
| Dmitriy Yekimov | Goalkeeping coach | |
| Goran Basarić | Fitness coach | |
| Vladimir Zelenovskiy | Fitness coach | |
| Artem Veselov | Fitness coach | |
| Gleb Chernov | Club doctor | |
| Yury Kuklin | Club doctor | Rodina Moscow |
| Nikita Karlitskiy | Club doctor | |
| Iván López | Physio |  |
| Eduard Bezuglov | Sports scientist | |
| Alexandr Samedov | Chief scout | Fakel Voronezh |
| Willi Kronhardt | Scout |  |
| Tomas Zorn | Managing director |  |
Frequently asked questions
Who is Lokomotiv Moscow's manager?
Mikhail Galaktionov is the Lokomotiv Moscow first-team manager, aged 41. Oleg Levin is the assistant manager.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at Lokomotiv Moscow?
Alexey Botvinjev and Zaur Khapov coach the Lokomotiv Moscow first-team goalkeepers.
Who is Lokomotiv Moscow's chief scout?
Sergey Litvinov is chief scout at Lokomotiv Moscow.
Who is Lokomotiv Moscow's technical director?
Sergey Kuznetsov is technical director at Lokomotiv Moscow.
How many backroom staff do Lokomotiv Moscow have?
We hold the names of 50 people on Lokomotiv Moscow's staff for 2025/26: 27 in coaching, 8 in medical and sports science, 8 in scouting and analysis, 2 in football management and 5 owners and directors. That is the 4th longest list of the 17 Russian Premier League clubs we hold, against a median of 37. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 86th longest of 815.
Where to next
For what Lokomotiv Moscow pays its squad, see Lokomotiv Moscow player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Mikhail Galaktionov. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Russian Premier League wages.