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 and 2005, finishing second in 2002 and 2004, and the Russian Super Cup in 2004 and 2006.

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.

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.

Nickname

The nickname "Koni" (horses) appeared soon after the club was founded, as the players signed for the team were assigned to cavalry units.

Previous Club Names

1911-1922 - Obshestvo Lyubiteley Lyzhnogo Sporta (OLLS) (Amateur Society of Skiing Sports)
1923 - Opyutno-Pokazatel'naya Ploschadka Vseobucha (OPPV)
1924-1927 - Opytno-Pokazatel'naya Ploschadka Voenveda (OPPV)
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)

Squad

''As of 28 April 2006, according to the Russian Premier League official website.

• Midfielder Osmar Ferreyra is on loan to PSV Eindhoven until June 2006.
• Defender Bohdan Shershun is on loan to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

External links

• Official website

1911 establishments | CSKA Moscow | Russian football clubs | Sport in Moscow

ПФК ЦСКА (Москва) | ZSKA Moskau | PFC CSKA Moscú | CSKA Moscou | CSKA Moskva NK | PFC CSKA Mosca | צסק"א מוסקבה (כדורגל) | CSKA Moskou | CSKAモスクワ | CSKA Moskwa | ЦСКА Москва (футбольный клуб) | PFK TsSKA Moskova | 莫斯科中央陆军足球俱乐部