Some of the most notable players of the team promoted were Humberto Maschio, Vladislao Cap, Omar Sívori and Antonio Angelillo who would later win the 1957 South American Championship with the Argentina national team.
Omar Sharif | Omar Khadr | Don Omar | Omar Bradley | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | Omar Khayyám | Omar Karami | Omar Rodríguez-López | Omar | Omar al-Bashir | Omar Abdel-Rahman | Ahmed Omar Abu Ali | Omar Suleiman | Omar Epps | Omar Barghouti | Omar Ayub Khan | Omar Ahmad Omar al-Hubishi | Mohammed Omar | Misha Omar | Abu Omar al-Kurdi | Said Ali bin Said Omar of Grande Comore | Omar Vizquel | Omar Sy | Omar Sívori | Omar Lye-Fook | Omar Little | Omar Khyam | Omar Khayyam | Omar Khan | Omar Faruk Tekbilek |
Upon their arrival in Italy, Angelillo and his countrymen Omar Sivori and Humberto Maschio acquired the nickname The Angels with Dirty Faces (an ironic reference to the then-celebrated Angels with Dirty Faces movie), on account of their typically South American colour and flair.
In season 1964-65, Lokomotiv Plovdiv reaches the quarter-final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where after two draws with the legendary team of Juventus with Omar Sívori, Luis del Sol and Sandro Salvadore in their squad (each ending with a score 1:1), a third play-off match is chosen by UEFA to be played in Torino.