PFC CSKA Moscow
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| Full name | Professional Football Club Central Sports Club of Army Moscow | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Koni (Horses), red-blue | ||
| Founded | 1911 | ||
| Ground | Dinamo Stadium, Moscow | ||
| Capacity | 36,000 | ||
| Chairman |  Evgeny Giner | ||
| Manager | Valery Gazzaev | ||
| League | Russian Premier League | ||
| 2007 | RPL, 3rd | ||
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PFC CSKA Moskva (Template:Lang-ru 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 CP 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.
Nickname
Originally CSKA was nicknamed "Stables" (Template:Lang-ru), 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" (Template:Lang-ru), and currently this nick used by players and fans as self-name, along with other variants such as "Army Men" (Template:Lang-ru) and "Red-Blues" (Template:Lang-ru).
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
- 2007
- 2003, 2005, 2006
- Russian Cup: 3
- 2002, 2005, 2006
- Russian Super Cup: 3 (record)
- 2004, 2006, 2007
- 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991
- USSR Cup: 5
- 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1991
Runners-Up
- 2005
- 1998, 2002, 2004
- Russian Cup: 3
- 1993, 1994, 2000
- 2003
- 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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserves squad
The following players are listed by club's website as reserve players. They are eligible to play for the first team. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers 2007-2008
In:
- Nikolay Zajtsev - FC Kuban Krasnodar
- Dmitri Protopopov - FK Ryazan
- Sergey Grichenkov - FC Sodovik Sterlitamak was on loan
- Aleksandr Salugin - FC Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo was on loan
Out:
- Oleg Malyukov - FC Sportakademklub Moscow on loan
- Kirill Kochubey - Spartak Nalchik
- Sergey Pravosud - FC SKA-Energia Khabarovsk on loan
- Igor Kuzmin - FC Saturn Moscow Oblast
- Dmitry Tikhonov - FC Sportakademklub Moscow on loan
Noted former players
League and Cup History
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 2007 1st 3 30 14 11 5 43 24 53 ECL Round of 32
References
- ^ Interview with Vladimir Fedotov in Soviet Sport, 2007-04-24