It was one of the best football clubs from Cherkasy Oblast and it still holds the record for the number of wins in the regional championship and cup competitions.
[1] The club became a successor of FC Kharchovyk Smila that participated in the regional championship of Kiev Oblast[1] (Note: Cherkasy Oblast was created in 1954).
Lokomotyv holds a record of being the champion 10 times, while its closest pursuer Temp Cherkasy (4 wins) does not exist any longer.
[1] Sometime in the beginning of 2000s the club was dissolved, but in 2005 it was revived at first as a farm club FC Dnipro Cherkasy under the name Dnipro-2 Smila.
In 2006 it was reorganized into an independent club as FC Yavir Smila and continues to compete in the regional championships.