PFC CSKA MOSCOW

'PFC CSKA Moscow' ( or Professional Football Club - Central Sports Club of Army (Moscow)) is the football section of the CSKA sports club of Moscow, Russia.
It won the Soviet championship seven times (1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991), the Soviet Cup five times (1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1991), the Russian Cup in 2002, 2005, and 2006, won the Russian Premier League champions title in 2003, 2005 and 2006, finishing second in 1998, 2002 and 2004, and the Russian Super Cup in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Recently, the club received a major financial infusion from a sponsorship deal with Sibneft, an oil company owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Abramovich will not take an ownership interest in the club as he is the current owner of English Premiership power Chelsea and UEFA rules allow only one club controlled by any one entity (person or corporation) to participate in European club competition in a given season.
In the season 2006 the club is sponsored by VTB.
CSKA Moscow won the 2005 UEFA Cup by beating Sporting Lisbon 3–1 in the Final on Sporting's home field in Lisbon. It became the first Russian club to win a major European title, as well as the first one to complete a treble.

Contents

Nickname

Previous Club Names

Honours

Current squad

Reserves squad

Noted former players

League and Cup History

References

External links

Nickname

Originally CSKA was nicknamed "Stables" (), presumably because their first training facilities were located in the building that previously was Prince Yusupov's stable.^[1] It was considered offensive, but later it was transformed into its consonant "Horses" (), and currently this nick used by players and fans as self-name, along with other variants such as "Army Men" () and "Red-Blues" ().

Previous Club Names

1911-1922 - Obshestvo Lyubiteley Lyzhnogo Sporta (OLLS) ''(Amateur Society of Skiing Sports)''

1923 - Opytno-Pokazatel'naya Ploschadka Vseobucha (OPPV) ''(Experimental & Demonstrational Playground of Military Education Association)''

1924-1927 - Opytno-Pokazatel'naya Ploschadka Voenveda (OPPV) ''(Experimental & Demonstrational Playground of Military Administration)''

1928-1950 - Sportivnyi Klub Tsentral'nogo Doma Krasnoy Armii (CDKA) ''(Sports Club of Central House of the Red Army)''

1951-1956 - Sportivnyi Klub Tsentral'nogo Doma Sovetskoy Armii (CDSA) ''(Sports Club of Central House of the Soviet Army)''

1957-1959 - Tsentral'nyi Sportivnyi Klub Ministerstva Oborony (CSK MO) ''(Central Sports Club of the Ministry of Defense)''

1960-Present - Tsentral'nyi Sportivnyi Klub Armii (CSKA) ''(Central Sports Club of Army)''

Honours

'Winners'

★ 'UEFA Cup: 1'
:: 2005

★ 'Russian Championship: 3'
:: 2003, 2005, 2006

★ 'Russian Cup: 3'
:: 2002, 2005, 2006

★ 'Russian Super Cup: 3 (record)'
:: 2004, 2006, 2007

★ 'USSR Championship: 7'
:: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991

★ 'USSR Cup: 5'
:: 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1991
'Runners-Up'

★ 'UEFA Super Cup: 1'
:: 2005

★ 'Russian Championship: 3'
:: 1998, 2002, 2004

★ 'Russian Cup: 3'
:: 1993, 1994, 2000

★ 'Russian Super Cup: 1'
:: 2003

★ 'USSR Championship: 4'
:: 1938, 1945, 1949, 1990

★ 'USSR Cup: 3'
:: 1944, 1967, 1992

Current squad

''As of 1 September 2007'', according to the Russian Premier League official site.
''As of September 1, 2007. Players in 'bold' have international caps.

Reserves squad

The following players are listed by club's website as reserve players. They are eligible to play for the first team.

Noted former players

★ Albert Shesternev ★ Sergei Ignashevich ★ Aleksei Berezutskiy ★ Vasili Berezutskiy ★ Yuri Zhirkov ★ Evgeni Aldonin ★ Rolan Gusev ★ Igor Akinfeev

League and Cup History

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Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	1st	'5'	26	13	7	6	46	29	'33'	Runner-Up	ECL	Group stage
1993	1st	'9'	34	12	6	16	43	45	'42'	Runner-Up
1994	1st	'10'	30	8	10	12	30	32	'26'	Round of 16	CWC	Qualifying
1995	1st	'6'	30	16	5	9	56	34	'53'	Quarterfinals
1996	1st	'5'	34	20	6	8	58	35	'66'	Round of 16	UC	Round of 64
1997	1st	'12'	34	11	9	14	31	42	'42'	Quarterfinals
1998	1st	'2'	30	17	5	8	50	22	'56'	Semifinals
1999	1st	'3'	30	15	10	5	56	29	'55'	Runner-Up	ECL	Qualifying
2000	1st	'8'	30	12	5	13	45	39	'41'	Round of 16	UC	1st Round
2001	1st	'7'	30	12	11	7	39	30	'47'	Winner
2002	1st	'2'	30	21	3	6	60	27	'66'	Round of 32	UC	2nd Round
2003	1st	'1'	30	17	8	5	56	32	'59'	Quarterfinals	ECL	Round of 32
2004	1st	'2'	30	17	9	4	53	22	'60'	Winner	UC	Winner	ECL - Group Stage
2005	1st	'1'	30	18	8	4	48	20	'62'	Winner	UC	Group Stage
2006	1st	'1'	30	17	7	6	47	28	'58'	Round of 16	UC	Round of 32	ECL - Group Stage

References

1. Interview with Vladimir Fedotov in Soviet Sport, 2007-04-24

External links

★ Official website