PFC CSKA Moscow

For the whole sports club, see CSKA Moscow.

CSKA

Full name	Профессиональный футбольный клуб ЦСКА Москва (Professional Football Club Central Sports Club of Army Moscow)
Nickname(s)	Koni (Horses) Krasno-sinie (Red-blue) Armeytsy (Army men) Armeytsy Moskvy (Army men of Moscow)
Founded	27 August 1911; 100 years ago (27 August 1911)
Ground	Arena Khimki (Capacity: 18,636)
Chairman	Yevgeni Giner
Manager	Leonid Slutsky
League	Russian Premier League
2010	Russian Premier League, 2nd
Home colours Away colours
Current season

CSKA (Russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, or English: Professional Football Club — Central Sports Club of Army (Moscow)) is a Russian professional football club based in the Russian capital city of Moscow.

History

Officially, CSKA is a professional club and thus no longer a section of the Russian military's CSKA sports club. However, the Russian Ministry of Defense is a PFC CSKA shareholder, and the central club claims them as their own (see CSKA Moscow). The Moscow Army men won their 10th national title back in 2006 and they are one of the most successful clubs in the Russian football, having an extensive legacy in the Soviet football as well. CSKA won the Soviet championship seven times (1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991), silver – 1938, 1945, 1949, 1990, bronze – 1939, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1964, 1965; the Soviet Cup five times (1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1991); the Russian Cup in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2011; won the Russian Premier League champions title in 2003, 2005 and 2006, finishing second in 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2010, bronze 1999, 2007, and the Russian Super Cup in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009. Back in 2004, the club received a major financial infusion from a sponsorship deal with Sibneft, an oil company owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Abramovich did not take an ownership interest in the club, as he was the 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. The partnership with Sibneft lasted until 2006, when VTB became the sponsor of the club. CSKA started 2009 without a shirt sponsor.

СDKA,СDSA

1945,1948,1951,1955 Soviet Cup final.

CSKA won the 2005 UEFA Cup by beating Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–1 in the Final at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon. It became the first Russian club to win a major European title, as well as the first one to complete a treble.

In 2013, the club is due to move into a new stadium.

On 16 March 2010, CSKA qualified for the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League after defeating Sevilla 3–2 on aggregate.

Nickname

Originally, CSKA was nicknamed Horses, 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 The Horses, and currently this nickname is used by players and fans as the name, along with other variants such as Army Men (Russian: армейцы) and Red-Blues (Russian: красно-синие ).

CSKA Moscow team in 2011

Previous names of the club

Previous CSKA logo

1911–1922 – Obshestvo Lyubiteley Lyzhnogo Sporta (OLLS) (Russian: Общество Любителей Лыжного Спорта) (Amateur Society of Skiing Sports)
1923 – Opytno-Pokazatel'naya Ploschadka Vseobucha (OPPV) (Russian: Опытно-Показательная Площадка Всеобуча) (Experimental & Demonstrational Playground of Military Education Association)
1924–1927 – Opytno-Pokazatel'naya Ploschadka Voenveda (OPPV) (Russian: Опытно-Показательная Площадка Военведа) (Experimental & Demonstrational Playground of Military Administration)
1928–1950 – Sportivnyi Klub Tsentral'nogo Doma Krasnoy Armii (CDKA) (Russian: Спортивный Клуб Центрального Дома Красной Армии) (Sports Club of Central House of the Red Army)
1951–1956 – Sportivnyi Klub Tsentral'nogo Doma Sovetskoy Armii (CDSA) (Russian: Спортивный Клуб Центрального Дома Советской Армии) (Sports Club of Central House of the Soviet Army)
1957–1959 – Tsentral'nyi Sportivnyi Klub Ministerstva Oborony (CSK MO) (Russian: Центральный Спортивный Клуб Министерства Обороны) (Central Sports Club of the Ministry of Defense)
1960–Present — Tsentral'nyi Sportivnyi Klub Armii (CSKA) (Russian: Центральный Спортивный Клуб Армии) (Central Sports Club of Army)

Stadium

CSKA has its own stadium called "Light-Athletic Football Complex CSKA" and abbreviated as LFK CSKA. Its capacity is very small for a club of its stature; no more than 4,600 spectators. This is one of the primary reasons the club uses other venues in the city. Their new stadium broke ground in 2008 and is due to be completed in 2013. In the meantime, CSKA has been playing in Arena Khimki since 2010. They are currently sharing the stadium with rivals FC Dynamo Moscow, as they too are awaiting the completion of their own new stadium.

Honours

CSKA Moscow fans

European

• UEFA Cup
  • Winners: 2005
• UEFA Super Cup
  • Runners-up: 2005

Russia

• Russian Premier League
  • Winners: 2003, 2005, 2006
  • Runners-Up: 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010

• Russian Cup
  • Winners: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
  • Runners-Up: 1993, 1994, 2000

• Russian Super Cup
  • Winners: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
  • Runners-Up: 2003, 2010, 2011

Soviet Union

• Soviet Top League
  • Winners: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991
  • Runners-Up: 1938, 1945, 1949, 1990

• Soviet Cup
  • Winners: 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1991
  • Runners-Up: 1944, 1967, 1992

Pre-Season Tournaments

• Channel One Cup
  • Winners: 2007
• Copa del Sol
  • Winners: 2010

Current squad

As of 19 August 2011, according to the Russian Premier League official site.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sergei Chepchugov 2 DF Deividas Šemberas 4 DF Sergei Ignashevich 5 DF Viktor Vasin 6 DF Aleksei Berezutski 7 MF Keisuke Honda 8 FW Seydou Doumbia 9 FW Vágner Love 10 MF Alan Dzagoev 11 MF Mark González 14 DF Kirill Nababkin 15 DF Chidi Odiah

No. Position Player 17 MF Pavel Mamayev 19 MF Aleksandrs Cauņa 21 MF Zoran Tošić 22 MF Evgeni Aldonin 24 DF Vasili Berezutski 25 MF Elvir Rahimić 26 MF Sekou Oliseh 30 GK Vladimir Gabulov (on loan from Anzhi) 35 GK Igor Akinfeev (captain) 42 DF Georgi Schennikov 89 FW Tomáš Necid

Retired numbers

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man);

16 – Serhiy Perkhun, Goalkeeper, 2001.

For recent transfers, see List of Russian football transfers winter 2010–11.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Artur Nigmatullin (on loan to FC Mordovia) DF Anton Vlasov (on loan to FC Gazovik) DF Andrei Vasyanovich (on loan to FC Zhemchuzhina) DF Uroš Ćosić (on loan to Red Star Belgrade) MF Luboš Kalouda (on loan to PFC Oleksandria)

No. Position Player FW Dmitri Ryzhov (on loan to FC Mordovia) FW Dawid Janczyk (on loan to PFC Oleksandria) FW Ouwo Moussa Maazou (on loan to Zulte Waregem) FW Ricardo Jesus (on loan to Ponte Preta) FW Anton Zabolotny (on loan to FC Ural)

Technical staff

As of 12 March 2011, according to the Official PFC CSKA Moscow website

Name	Role
Leonid Slutsky	Head Coach
Viktor Onopko	Assistant Coach
Sergey Shustikov	Assistant Coach
Vyacheslav Chanov	Goalkeeping Coach
Paulino Granero	Physiotherapist

Reserves squad

The following players are listed by club's website as reserve players. They are registered with the Russian Premier League and are eligible to play for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 23 MF Nika Piliyev 34 DF Aleksei Nikitin 36 MF Yegor Ivanov 37 GK Ivan Skripnik 38 GK Vyacheslav Isupov 39 DF Vyacheslav Karavayev 48 MF Artyom Popov 49 MF Aleksandr Vasilyev 50 FW Sergei Seredin 52 MF Ravil Netfullin 53 DF Andrei Semyonov 55 MF Batraz Khadartsev 56 MF Suleiman Abdullin 57 MF Aleksandr Vasyukov

No. Position Player 58 FW Mukhommad Sultonov 59 DF Semyon Fedotov 61 FW Serder Serderov 70 MF Armen Ambartsumyan 71 FW Konstantin Bazelyuk 77 DF Pavel Drozdov 80 MF David Khurtsidze 88 MF Leonid Rodionov 90 DF Anton Polyutkin 92 DF Pyotr Ten 93 MF Gela Zaseyev 95 GK Sergei Revyakin 99 MF Yevgeni Kobzar

The CSKA reserves squad or better known as CSKA's double played professionally as FC CSKA-d Moscow (Russian Second League in 1992–1993, Russian Third League in 1994–1997) after the dissolution of the Soviet Top League of doubles. Along with its doule the base CSKA also kept its second team FC CSKA-2 Moscow that also participated in the competitions of the lower leagues (Soviet Second League in 1986–1989, Soviet Second League B in 1990–1991, Russian Second League in 1992–1993 and Russian Third League in 1994). In 1989 that CSKA-2 was named as Chaika-CSKA. From 1998 the both reserve teams were united as CSKA-2 and with the recreation of the Russian Premier League double championship in 2001 entered the league.

Technical staff

As of 11 March 2011

Name	Role
Aleksandr Grishin	Senior Coach
Valeri Minko	Assistant Coach
Andrey Samorukov	Goalkeeping Coach

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for CSKA.

Club records

As of 22 June 2011 (2011 -06-22)^[update]

Most league appearances for CSKA

1. Vladimir Fedotov: 381
2. Vladimir Polikarpov: 341
3. Dmitri Bagrich: 312
4. Dmitri Galiamin: 292
5. Dmitri Kuznetsov: 291
6. Vladimir Kaplichny: 288
7. Sergei Semak: 282
8. Albert Shesternyov: 278
9. Yuri Chesnokov: 252
10. Aleksandr Tarkhanov: 249
11. Valeri Novikov: 245
12. Mikhail Kolesnikov: 244
13. Sergei Fokin / Valeri Minko: 242
14. Deividas Semberas: 236
15. Aleksei Grinin: 234
16. Elvir Rahimić: 233
17. Vladimir Astapovsky: 226
18. Boris Kopeikin: 223
19. Aleksei Berezutski: 228
20. Igor Akinfeev: 208

Most league goals for CSKA

1. Grigory Fedotov: 126
2. Vladimir Fedotov: 93
3. Vsevolod Bobrov: 82
4. Vladimir Dyomin: 81
5. Valentin Nikolayev: 79
6. Aleksei Grinin: 76
7. Vladimir Polikarpov: 74
8. Vágner Love: 73
9. Valeri Masalitin: 73
10. Yuri Chesnokov: 72
11. Boris Kopeikin: 71
12. Sergei Semak: 68
13. Aleksandr Tarkhanov: 61
14. Yuri Belyayev: 52
15. Dmitri Kuznetsov: 49
16. Igor Korneev / Vladimir Kulik: 48
17. Vladimir Tatarchuk: 44
18. Oleg Sergeyev: 43
19. German Apukhtin: 41

Bold Active

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes	Top Scorer	Head Coach
1936(s)	1st	4	6	2	1	3	13	18	11	-				Shelagin – 3	Khalkiopov
1936(a)	1st	8	7	2	0	5	9	20	11	Round of 32				Mitronov/Isaev – 2	Khalkiopov
1937	1st	9	16	3	1	12	18	43	23	Semifinals				Kireev – 5	Rutshinsky
1938	1st	2	25	17	3	5	52	24	37	Round of 64				G.Fedotov – 20	Zhiboedov
1939	1st	3	26	14	4	8	68	43	32	Quarterfinals				G.Fedotov – 21	Zhiboedov
1940	1st	4	24	10	9	5	46	35	29	-				G.Fedotov – 21	Bukhteev
1941	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-					Bukhteev
1942	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1943	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1944	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Runner-Up					Nikishin/Arkadyev
1945	1st	2	22	18	3	1	69	23	39	Winner				Bobrov – 24	Arkadyev
1946	1st	1	22	17	3	2	55	13	37	Quarterfinals				Nikolayev – 16	Arkadyev
1947	1st	1	24	17	6	1	61	16	40	Semifinals				Nikolayev/Bobrov – 14	Arkadyev
1948	1st	1	26	19	3	4	82	30	41	Winner				Bobrov – 23	Arkadyev
1949	1st	2	34	22	7	5	86	30	51	Semifinals				G.Fedotov – 18	Arkadyev
1950	1st	1	36	20	13	3	91	31	53	Semifinals				Koverznev – 21	Arkadyev
1951	1st	1	28	18	7	3	53	19	43	Winner				Grinin/Solovyov – 10	Arkadyev
1952	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-					Arkadyev
1953	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	1st	6	24	8	8	8	30	29	24	Quarterfinals				Fyodorov – 6	Pinaichev
1955	1st	3	22	12	7	3	35	20	31	Winner				Yemyshev/Belyaev – 8	Pinaichev
1956	1st	3	22	10	5	7	40	32	25	-				Belyaev – 15	Pinaichev
1957	1st	5	22	12	2	8	51	31	27	Semifinals				Buzunov – 16	Pinaichev
1958	1st	3	22	9	9	4	40	25	27	Round of 16				Apukhtin – 10	Arkadyev
1959	1st	9	22	8	3	11	29	27	19	-				Apukhtin – 9	Arkadyev
1960	1st	6	30	15	2	13	45	35	32	Round of 16				Streshniy – 12	Pinaichev
1961	1st	4	30	16	6	8	61	43	38	Round of 64				Mamykin – 18	Beskov
1962	1st	4	32	14	12	6	39	22	40	Round of 32				V.Fedotov – 6	Beskov
1963	1st	7	38	14	17	7	39	27	45	Round of 32				V.Fedotov – 8	Solovyov
1964	1st	3	32	16	11	5	49	23	43	Quarterfinals				V.Fedotov – 16	Solovyov/Nikolayev
1965	1st	3	32	14	10	8	38	24	38	Round of 16				Kazakov – 15	Nikolayev
1966	1st	5	36	16	9	11	60	45	41	Round of 32				Kazakov – 15	Shaposhnikov
1967	1st	9	36	12	12	12	35	35	36	Runner-Up				Shulyatitsky – 6	Shaposhnikov/Kalinin/Bobrov
1968	1st	4	38	20	10	8	50	30	50	Round of 16				Polikarpov – 10	Bobrov
1969	1st	6	32	13	11	8	25	18	37	Semifinals				Abduraimov – 7	Bobrov
1970	1st	1	32	20	5	7	46	17	45	Round of 16				Kopeikin – 15	Nikolayev
1971	1st	12	30	7	12	11	34	36	26	Round of 16	EC	R2		Kopeikin – 8	Nikolayev
1972	1st	5	30	15	4	11	37	33	34	Semifinals				Polikarpov/Dorofeev/Tellinger – 6	Nikolayev
1973	1st	10	30	10	9	11	33	36	25	Quarterfinals				Dorofeev – 9	Nikolayev
1974	1st	13	30	7	12	11	28	33	26	Round of 16				V.Fedotov/Smirnov – 5	Agapov
1975	1st	13	30	6	13	11	29	36	25	Semifinals				Kopeikin – 13	Tarasov
1976(s)	1st	7	15	5	5	5	20	16	15	-				Kopeikin – 6	Mamykin
1976(a)	1st	7	15	5	5	5	21	16	15	Quarterfinals				Kopeikin – 8	Mamykin
1977	1st	14	30	5	17	8	28	39	27	Round of 16				Chesnokov – 12	Mamykin/Bobrov
1978	1st	6	30	14	4	12	36	40	32	Round of 16				Belenkov – 8	Bobrov
1979	1st	8	34	12	8	14	46	46	32	Semifinals				Chesnokov – 16	Shaposhnikov
1980	1st	5	34	13	12	9	36	32	36	Round of 16				Tarkhanov – 14	Bazilevich
1981	1st	6	34	14	9	11	39	33	37	Round of 16	UC	R1		Chesnokov – 9	Bazilevich
1982	1st	15	34	10	9	15	41	46	29	Qualifying				Tarkhanov – 16	Bazilevich/Shesternev
1983	1st	12	34	11	12	11	37	33	32	Semifinals				Kolyadko – 13	Shesternev
1984	1st	18	34	5	9	20	24	55	19	Quarterfinals			Relegated	Shtromberger – 4	Morozov
1985	2nd	2	42	21	14	7	81	37	56	Quarterfinals				Shmarov – 29	Morozov
1986	2nd	1	47	27	9	11	65	35	63	Round of 32			Promoted	Berezin – 19	Morozov
1987	1st	15	30	7	11	12	26	35	24	Round of 32			Relegated	Tatarchuk – 6	Morozov
1988	2nd	3	42	23	10	9	69	35	56	Round of 16				Masalitin – 16	Shaposhnikov
1989	2nd	1	42	27	10	5	113	28	64	Round of 128			Promoted	Masalitin – 32	Sadyrin
1990	1st	2	24	13	5	6	43	26	31	Semifinals				Masalitin/Korneev – 8	Sadyrin
1991	1st	1	30	17	9	4	57	32	43	Winner	CWC	R1		Kuznetsov – 12	Sadyrin
1992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Runner-Up					Sadyrin

Russia

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes	Top Scorer	Head Coach
1992	1st	5	26	13	7	6	46	29	33	Runner-Up	ECL	Group stage		Grishin – 10	Sadyrin/Kostylev
1993	1st	9	34	12	6	16	43	45	42	Runner-Up				Fayzulin/Sergeev – 8	Kostylev/Kopeikin
1994	1st	10	30	8	10	12	30	32	26	Round of 16	CWC	Qualifying		Fayzulin/Sergeev – 5	Kopeikin/Tarkhanov
1995	1st	6	30	16	5	9	56	34	53	Quarterfinals				Karsakov – 10	Tarkhanov
1996	1st	5	34	20	6	8	58	35	66	Round of 16	UC	Round of 64		Khokhlov/Gerasimov – 10	Tarkhanov
1997	1st	12	34	11	9	14	31	42	42	Quarterfinals				Kulik – 9	Sadyrin
1998	1st	2	30	17	5	8	50	22	56	Semifinals				Kulik – 14	Sadyrin/Dolmatov
1999	1st	3	30	15	10	5	56	29	55	Runner-Up	ECL	Qualifying		Kulik – 14	Dolmatov
2000	1st	8	30	12	5	13	45	39	41	Round of 16	UC	1st Round		Kulik – 10	Dolmatov/Sadyrin
2001	1st	7	30	12	11	7	39	30	47	Winner				Ranđelović – 8	Sadyrin/Kuznetsov
2002	1st	2	30	21	3	6	60	27	66	Round of 32	UC	2nd Round		Gusev/Kirichenko – 15	Gazzaev
2003	1st	1	30	17	8	5	56	32	59	Quarterfinals	ECL	Qualifying		Gusev – 9	Gazzaev
2004	1st	2	30	17	9	4	53	22	60	Winner	UC	Winner	ECL — Group Stage	Olić/Vagner/Kirichenko – 9	Artur Jorge/Gazzaev
2005	1st	1	30	18	8	4	48	20	62	Winner	UC	Group Stage		Olić – 10	Gazzaev
2006	1st	1	30	17	7	6	47	28	58	Round of 16	UC	Round of 32	ECL — Group Stage	Jô – 14	Gazzaev
2007	1st	3	30	14	11	5	43	24	53	Winner	ECL	Group Stage		Jô/Vagner – 13	Gazzaev
2008	1st	2	30	16	8	6	53	24	56	Winner	UC	Round of 16		Vagner – 20	Gazzaev
2009	1st	5	30	16	4	10	48	30	52	Round of 32	ECL	Round of 8		Krasić, Necid – 9	Zico / Juande Ramos / Leonid Slutsky
2010	1st	2	30	18	8	4	51	22	62	Round of 16	EL	Round of 32		Vagner – 9	Leonid Slutsky

References

Bibliography

• Marc Bennetts, 'Football Dynamo – Modern Russia and the People's Game,' Virgin Books, (March 2009), 0753513196

External links

• Official website

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