CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow logo
NicknameАрмейцы (Army men)
Кони (Horses)
Красно-синие (Red-Blue)
LeaguesVTB United League
EuroLeague (suspended)
Founded23 April 1923 (1923-04-23)
HistoryPBC CSKA Moscow
(1923–present)
ArenaMegasport Arena
Capacity13,344
LocationMoscow, Russia
Team colorsRed, blue,white
     
PresidentAndrey Vatutin
Head coachEmil Rajković
Team captainNikita Kurbanov
OwnershipNorilsk Nickel
Affiliation(s)CSKA Junior
Championships8 EuroLeague
24 Soviet Championships
27 Russian Championships
4 Russian Cups
3 Soviet Cups
1 North European League
11 VTB United Leagues
1 VTB League Supercup
Websitecskabasket.ru
Third jersey
Team colours
Third

PBC CSKA Moscow[1] (Russian: ПБК ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian professional basketball team based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League, and was a member of the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended all Russian teams because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

CSKA won two titles between 2006 and 2008, as well as between 2016 and 2019, in Europe's principal club competition, the EuroLeague, making the final in all seasons these years, and in total has advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four 18 times in the 21st century.[2] CSKA is dominating in VTB United League, winning all but two title to date. With 8 EuroLeague championships, 1 NEBL championship, 51 home league championships, 7 home cups, 1 home Supercup and 10 VTB United League titles in total, CSKA is the most successful basketball team in Russia (former Soviet Union), and is also one of the most successful basketball teams in Europe.

In EuroLeague in 2006 CSKA won its first title in a long time, defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv 73–69 in the final in Prague. Next year the team lost in the 2007 final 93–91 to Panathinaikos on the Greens' home floor, the Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens. In 2008, they won a rematch of the 2006 final against Maccabi Tel Aviv 91–77 in Madrid. In 2009, they lost a rematch of the 2007 final against Panathinaikos 73–71 in Berlin. The club competed in eight consecutive EuroLeague Final Fours from 2003 to 2010, which is an all-time record. Later the team beat its own record by making it to nine consecutive Final Fours from 2012 to 2021 (with 2020 Final Four cancelled due to COVID-19 situation). CSKA then won its seventh title in 2016, after beating Fenerbahçe in the final by a score of 101–96 in overtime.[3] The last European title up-to-date was won in 2019, when CSKA defeated Anadolu Efes in the final in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Well-known players who have played for the club over the years include: Sergei Belov, Gennadi Volnov, Viktor Zubkov, Yuri Korneev, Vladimir Andreev, Anatoly Myshkin, Stanislav Yeryomin, Ivan Edeshko, Armenak Alachachian, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Heino Enden, Jaak Lipso, Sergei Tarakanov, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Vladimir Tkachenko, Sergei Bazarevich, Sasha Volkov, Andrei Kirilenko, Trajan Langdon, Darius Songaila, Gordan Giriček, Dragan Tarlać, Marcus Brown, Matjaž Smodiš, Sergei Panov, Aleksey Savrasenko, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Theo Papaloukas, Nenad Krstić, J. R. Holden, Sasha Kaun, Miloš Teodosić, Victor Khryapa, Nando de Colo, Kyle Hines, Cory Higgins, Sergio Rodriguez and Will Clyburn. Also, Alexander Gomelsky, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame basketball coach, worked in CSKA for more than 20 years. Nowadays, CSKA has the reputation for being one of the richest sports clubs in Europe, having been previously owned by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov,[4][5] and being currently owned by Norilsk Nickel.[2]

History

1923–1991

CSKA was founded on 29 April 1923,[6] then known as OPPV,[7] when on that day soldiers and sportsmen fought in football against each other for the first place of Moscow. "OPPV", which means Опытно-показательная военно-спортивная площадка всевобуча, a department in the General military education service, was the first central sports department of the Red Army. It was based on the pre-revolutionary "Community of Amateur Skiers".[6]

The first success of the basketball department came at the 1924 Soviet League championship, which was played between cities, not clubs. Two more titles followed in 1928 and 1935. In 1938, the Soviet League championship was played between clubs, and CSKA under the name CDKA (Центральный дом Красной Армии, Central House of the Red Army) debuted there. Stalin's son, Vasily, then founded the club VVS MVO (Военно-Воздушные Силы Московского Военного Округа), with CDKA merging with it. By the end of the Great Patriotic War, CSKA established itself as one of the most respected Soviet basketball teams.[6]

In 1953 and 1954, the club was renamed CDSA (Центральный дом Советской Армии, Central House of the Soviet Army), between 1955 and 1960, it was known as CSK MO, and finally in 1960, it received its current name CSKA (Центральный спортивный клуб Армии, Central Sports Club of the Army).[6]

CSKA won the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) title, in 1961, 1963, 1969, and 1971. They also won the Soviet League championship 24 times (1945, 1960–1962, 1964–1966, 1969–1974, 1976–1984, 1988, and 1990).

1992–2008

CSKA won the Russian League title every year from 1992 through 2000, and every year from 2003 to 2008. CSKA also made the 1996 EuroLeague Final Four. They also made the 2001 SuproLeague Final Four, the 2003 EuroLeague Final Four, the 2004 EuroLeague Final Four and the 2005 EuroLeague Final Four, before finally winning the EuroLeague championship at the 2006 EuroLeague Final Four.

In the 2004–05 season, CSKA eventually lost in the semifinals on their home court to Spanish League club TAU Cerámica, and to Panathinaikos, of the Greek League, in the third-place game. That sent them to the 2nd grade teams in the EuroLeague draw. That same year they also lost a game in the finals series of the Russian League, but they eventually got the Russian League crown.

In 2006, CSKA qualified for the 2004–05 EuroLeague Top 16, by finishing third in their group. They finished at the top of their Top 16 group, being denied a perfect record at Tau, in their final game. CSKA entered the 2006 EuroLeague Final Four on a roll, as the only club to sweep their best-of-three quarterfinal series, by defeating Turkish Super League power Efes Pilsen. They defeated Barça in the EuroLeague semis, before defeating the high-powered offense of Maccabi Tel Aviv, of the Israeli Basketball Super League, in the final, on April 30, even though the overall record of Maccabi's games with CSKA Moscow favored the Israeli club.

The following year, they faced Panathinaikos in the final, on the Greek team's home floor, OAKA Indoor Hall, which had been designated more than a year earlier as the site for that year's Final Four. Panathinaikos won. In 2008, their EuroLeague championship win at the 2008 EuroLeague Final Four, put them in sole possession of second place for overall top-tier level European-wide titles. On October 14, 2008, the team played an NBA preseason game against the Toronto Raptors, at Air Canada Centre, in Toronto.

2009–2021

Miloš Teodosić, club star in mid-2010s

CSKA won the Russian League title every year from 2009 through 2018, continuing to add to their streak of consecutive Russian League titles won every year since 2003 overall. Since the foundation of the VTB United League in 2008, CSKA has dominated the league, winning the title in 10 of its first 11 seasons (2010, 2012–2019, 2021), excluding the league's Promotional Cup in 2008.

EuroLeague success, however, continued to elude the team. From 2009, CSKA had played in the Final Four every single year except 2011. However, CSKA suffered multiple heartbreaks. CSKA struggled, in particular playing Olympiacos, who beat CSKA in the EuroLeague finals in 2012, and eliminated CSKA in 2013 and 2015. In 2014, CSKA lost a shocker to Maccabi Tel Aviv. CSKA won 3rd place in 2010, 2013 and 2015.

In the 2015–16 season, CSKA won its 7th EuroLeague championship. At the Berlin Final Four, CSKA Moscow defeated Fenerbahçe, by a score of 101–96, after overtime.[8] The star player of CSKA was Nando de Colo, who was named both the season EuroLeague MVP, and the EuroLeague Final Four MVP.[9][10] In 2016–2017, CSKA reached the Final Four again, but once again lost to Olympiacos in the semifinals. CSKA beat Real Madrid to win 3rd place.

In 2017-18 season CSKA finished with a 24–6 record. Qualifying to the Final Four, however, CSKA suffered a complete fiasco - losing to Real Madrid in the semifinals, and to BC Žalgiris in the 3rd place game. In the VTB United League, CSKA secured their 9th title after defeating Khimki 95:84 in the 2018 Final Four.

In the next season CSKA finished at the 2nd place of the regular season, securing its 17th Final Four appearance in the 21 century. In Vitoria-Gasteiz the club made a comeback during the semifinals against Real Madrid and beat Anadolu Efes in the final, achieving 8th title in club's history. CSKA also won the VTB United League, sweeping Khimki 3:0 in the finals.

There were changes in the 2019–20 season. Defending champion CSKA Moscow played steady until November, when they suffered four losses in a row, stepping down to the 6th position at worst. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CSKA and all other teams quit playing after the 28th round; there was no winner declared. At the time of the season's stopping, CSKA was behind Khimki in the VTB standings. The tournament was also stopped with no winner being announced.

In the 2020-2021 season, CSKA again lead in the EuroLeague standings for much of the season, before repeated conflicts by Itoudis, CSKA management, and Mike James resulted in James, team leader, leaving the team in March. While losing the first place in the standings to FC Barcelona, CSKA went all the way to the EuroLeague Final Four. CSKA, however, lost to Efes in the semifinals, and were beaten by EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in the third place game, thus finishing the season in disappointing 4th place. In the VTB United League, despite finishing the regular season in just 4th place, CSKA beat Nizhny Novgorod 2-1 in the quarterfinals, regular season winners Zenit Saint Petersburg 3-1 in the semifinals, and UNICS Kazan 3-0 in the finals to win the VTB United League once again.

2022–present

In early 2022, upon the outbreak of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Tornike Shengelia from Georgia (saying: "Everyone says it was a difficult or big decision, but it was not. First of all, I felt that my family was threatened, even though the war was not in Moscow. With war you never know what will occur, one second is enough for something to happen. The first thing I wanted to do was to send my family away and then I made the decision to depart too."), Johannes Voigtmann from Germany ("I can't reconcile myself playing for a Russian team.... The Russian president is responsible for a brutal war, because of which innocent people are dying in Ukraine. Millions of people have to flee their homes, and children, in particular, are losing their homes or even their lives. I just couldn't stay in Russia and carry on as if nothing had happened...."[11]), Gabriel Lundberg from Denmark, Marius Grigonis from Lithuania, Italian-American Daniel Hackett, and Russian-American Joel Bolomboy all left the team.[12][13][14] Canadian-Slovenian Kevin Pangos who signed with CSKA one day before the war started never joined the team. The team informed them all that the departure means violating of their contracts and reached the agreements on terminating the contracts with all but one player, Joel Bolomboy, who was given a letter of clearance by FIBA to sign for Olympiacos Piraeus when his CSKA contract expired in summer of 2022. CSKA informed about the intention to sue Bolomboy for breaching his CSKA agreement earlier.[15]

On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[16] On March 22, 2022, CSKA, UNICS Kazan, and Zenit St. Petersburg were disqualified from the EuroLeague. In October 2022, CSKA Moscow president Andrey Vatutin said: "Owners and sponsors are in crisis and are not interested in spending big money just to participate in the VTB league – therefore the budget is reduced. We have left the international scene, so CSKA’s role in world basketball is declining."[17]

In the VTB United League, CSKA made the finals once again. Despite leading 3-1 in the finals, CSKA lost the last three games to Zenit St. Petersburg, who won the VTB title with a 4-3 series win - for the first time since 2010-2011, CSKA did not win the competition. Greek head coach Dimitrios Itoudis left the team in June 2022, immediately after losing the final game to Zenit, with one year remaining on his contract.[18]

Home arenas

CSKA played all of its home games, both national domestic league games, and European league games, at the 5,500 seat Universal Sports Hall CSKA, from 1979 to 2015. They also played a home EuroLeague game at the 13,344 seat Megasport Arena, on January 23, 2008. Starting with the 2015–16 season, CSKA began regularly playing its home EuroLeague games at Megasport Arena, while still playing at CSKA Universal Sports Hall for VTB United League games. Kaliningrad's Yantarny Sports Palace was used as a substitute for their round of 16 and 17 home games during the 2019-20 EuroLeague season.[19]

Players

Current roster

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CSKA Moscow roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SG 1 Russia Mikhailovskii, Nikita 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 23 – (2000-09-10)10 September 2000
PG 2 United States Ware, Casper 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 33 – (1990-01-17)17 January 1990
C 3 Nigeria Jekiri, Tonye 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 29 – (1994-07-23)23 July 1994
PG 6 United States Trimble, Melo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1995-02-02)2 February 1995
SG 7 Russia Ukhov, Ivan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 28 – (1995-09-11)11 September 1995
SF 8 Russia Astapkovich, Anton 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – (1994-01-29)29 January 1994
SF 10 Russia Ruzhentsev, Samson 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – (2001-10-23)23 October 2001
PF 11 Russia Antonov, Semyon (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 34 – (1989-07-18)18 July 1989
C 17 France Jean-Charles, Livio 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 30 – (1993-11-08)8 November 1993
PG 23 Russia Kardanakhishvili, Anton 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 21 – (2002-03-19)19 March 2002
PF 24 France M'Baye, Amath 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 34 – (1989-12-14)14 December 1989
C 27 Russia Klyuev, Sergey 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 25 – (1998-05-13)13 May 1998
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Russia Oleg Bartunov
  • Serbia Marko Velickovic
  • North Macedonia Saso Todorovski
  • Russia Sergey Tkachenko
  • Russia Pavel Gerasimov
  • Serbia Aleksandar Bata

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: December 4, 2023

2023–24

Other players under contract

PG 2 Russia Orekhov, Artem 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 21 – (2002-04-05)5 April 2002
C 5 Russia Zakharov, Pavel 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 22 – (2001-05-03)3 May 2001
SF 41 Russia Kurbanov, Nikita 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 37 – (1986-10-05)5 October 1986

Out on loan

PG Russia Vladimir Karpenko Russia BC Enisey (until 30 June 2024)
PF Russia Filipp Gafurov Russia BC Nizhny Novgorod (until 30 June 2024)

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Inactive
C Livio Jean-Charles Tonye Jekiri Sergey Klyuev Pavel Zakharov
PF Amath M'Baye Semyon Antonov
SF Anton Astapkovich Samson Ruzhentsev Nikita Kurbanov
SG Ivan Ukhov Nikita Mikhailovskii
PG Casper Ware Melo Trimble Anton Kardanakhishvili Artem Orekhov

Honours

Domestic competitions

Winners (24): 1944–45, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1989–90
Runners-up (11): 1945–46, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1974–75, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
Winners (27): 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
Runners-up (1): 2021–22
Winners (11): 2008, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
Runners-up (2): 2010–11, 2021–22
Winners (3): 1971–72, 1972–73, 1981–82
Winners (4): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10
Runners-up (3): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08
Winners (1): 2021
Runners-up (1): 2022

European competitions

Winners (8): 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1970–71, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2018–19
Runners-up (6): 1964–65, 1969–70, 1972–73, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12
Semifinalists (1): 1961–62
3rd place (8): 1965–66, 1976–77, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17
4th place (8): 1982–83, 1984–85, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2020–21
Final Four (20): 1966, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Semifinalists (2): 1985–86, 1986–87
Semifinalists (1): 1989–90
3rd place (1): 1988

Other competitions

Winners (1): 1998
Winners (1): 2008
Winners (10): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Runners-up (2): 2009, 2017
Winners (1): 2006
Runners-up (1): 2006
  • Gloria Cup
Winners (2): 2014, 2019
Runners-up (1): 2018
Runners-up (2): 2017, 2018
Winners (6): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
Runners-up (2): 2021, 2022
Runners-up (1): 2014
  • Venice, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2008
  • Verona, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2008
  • Rossiiskie Zheleznye Dorogi Cup
Winners (1): 2011
  • Trofeo Città di Caserta
Winners (1): 2011
  • Moderna, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2012
  • Siena, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2013
  • Bologna, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2013
  • Patras, Greece Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2014
  • Moscow, Russia Invitational Game
Winners (5): 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • Çankaya, Turkey Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2015
  • Konya, Turkey Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2015
  • Thessaloniki, Greece Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2016
  • Shenzhen, China Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2016
  • Belek, Turkey Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2019
  • Neva Cup
Winners (1): 2020
  • Neofytos Chandriotis
Winners (1): 2021

Regional competitions

Winners (1): 1999–00

Individual club awards

Winners (7): 1971–72, 1972–73, 1981–82, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10
Winners (1): 2005–06

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Cup Competitions
USSR / Russia
European Competitions
USSR / Russia
CDKA
1937–38
1
Premier
12
12th place
1938–39
1
Premier
9
9th place
1939–40
1
Premier
13
13th place
1944–45
1
Premier
1
Champion
1945–46
1
Premier
2
Runner-up
1946–47
1
Premier
3
3rd place
1947–48
1
Premier
7
7th place
1948–49
1
Premier
3
3rd place
VVS MVO
1949–50
1
Premier
3
3rd place
1950–51
1
Premier
2
Runner-up
1951–52
1
Premier
1952–53
1
Premier
2
Runner-up
CDSA
1953–54
1
Premier
2
Runner-up
1954–55
1
Premier
2
Runner-up
CSK MO
1955–56
1
Premier
1956–57
1
Premier
2
Runner-up
1957–58
1
Premier
2
Runner-up
1958–59
1
Premier
1959–60
1
Premier
1
Champion
CSKA Moscow
1960–61
1
Premier
1
Champion 1 Champions CupC
1961–62
1
Premier
1
Champion 1 Champions CupSF
1962–63
1
Premier 1 Champions CupC
1963–64
1
Premier
1
Champion Withdrew
1964–65
1
Premier
1
Champion 1 Champions CupRU
1965–66
1
Premier
1
Champion 1 Champions Cup3rd
1966–67
1
Premier
1967–68
1
Premier
3
3rd place
1968–69
1
Premier
1
Champion 1 Champions CupC
1969–70
1
Premier
1
Champion 1 Champions CupRU
1970–71
1
Premier
1
Champion 1 Champions CupC
1971–72
1
Premier
1
Champion Champion
1972–73
1
Premier
1
Champion Champion 1 Champions CupRU
1973–74
1
Premier
1
Champion
1974–75
1
Premier
2
Runner-up
1975–76
1
Premier
1
Champion
1976–77
1
Premier
1
Champion 1 Champions CupSF
1977–78
1
Premier
1
Champion
1978–79
1
Premier
1
Champion
1979–80
1
Premier
1
Champion
1980–81
1
Premier
1
Champion 1 Champions CupSF
1981–82
1
Premier
1
Champion Champion 1 Champions CupEF
1982–83
1
Premier
1
Champion 1 Champions CupSF
1983–84
1
Premier
1
Champion
1984–85
1
Premier
2
Runner-up 1 Champions CupSF
1985–86
1
Premier
2
Runner-up 2 Cup Winners' CupSF
1986–87
1
Premier
2
Runner-up 2 Cup Winners' CupSF
1987–88
1
Premier
1
Champion
1988–89
1
Premier
3
3rd place 1 Champions CupEF
1989–90
1
Premier
1
Champion 3 Korać CupSF
1990–91
1
Premier
4
Semifinalist 1 Champions CupT16
1991–92
1
Premier
1
Champion
1992–93
1
Superliga A
1
Champion 2 European CupQF
1993–94
1
Superliga A
1
Champion 1 European LeagueGS
1994–95
1
Superliga A
1
Champion 1 European LeagueEF
1995–96
1
Superliga A
1
Champion 1 European League3rd
1996–97
1
Superliga A
1
Champion 1 EuroLeagueGS
1997–98
1
Superliga A
1
Champion 1 EuroLeagueEF
1998–99
1
Superliga A
1
Champion 1 EuroLeagueT16
1999–00
1
Superliga A
1
Champion 1 EuroLeagueT16
2000–01
1
Superliga A
4
4th place 1 SuproLeagueSF
2001–02
1
Superliga A
4
5th place 1 EuroleagueEF
2002–03
1
Superliga A
1
Champion Runner-up 1 EuroleagueSF
2003–04
1
Superliga A
1
Champion Runner-up 1 Euroleague3rd
2004–05
1
Superliga A
1
Champion Champion 1 EuroleagueSF
2005–06
1
Superliga A
1
Champion Champion 1 EuroleagueC
2006–07
1
Superliga A
1
Champion Champion 1 EuroleagueRU
2007–08
1
Superliga A
1
Champion Runner-up 1 EuroleagueC
2008–09
1
Superliga A
1
Champion 3rd place 1 EuroleagueRU
2009–10
1
Superliga A
1
Champion Champion 1 Euroleague3rd
2010–11
1
PBL
2
Champion 1 EuroleagueGS
2011–12
1
PBL
1
Champion 1 EuroleagueRU
2012–13
1
PBL
2
Champion 1 Euroleague3rd
2013–14
1
United League
2
Champion Quarterfinalist 1 EuroleagueSF
2014–15
1
United League
1
Champion First round 1 Euroleague3rd
2015–16
1
United League
1
Champion First round 1 EuroleagueC
2016–17
1
United League
1
Champion Eighthfinals 1 EuroLeague3rd
2017–18
1
United League
1
Champion First round 1 EuroLeagueSF
2018–19
1
United League
1
Champion Eighthfinals 1 EuroLeagueC
2019–20
1
United League
Eighthfinals 1 EuroLeagueCX
2020–21
1
United League
4
Champion 1 EuroLeagueSF
2021–22
1
United League
1
Runner-up Supercup Winner 1 EuroLeagueSP
Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Cup Competitions
USSR / Russia
European Competitions
USSR / Russia

Notable players

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Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
Albania
Armenia
Argentina
Australia
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canada
Croatia
Cuba
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Georgia
Great Britain
Greece
Italy
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Nigeria
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine
United States
Venezuela

Head coaches

Head Coach Years
Soviet Union Victor Grigoriev
1937–1948
Soviet Union Konstantin Travin
1948–1952
Soviet Union Evgeny Alekseev
1953–1959, 1960–1966
Soviet Union Vasily Kolpakov
1959–1960
Soviet Union Armenak Alachachian
1967–1969
Soviet Union Alexander Gomelsky
1969–1980, 1985–1986
Soviet Union Yuri Selikhov
1980–1981, 1982–1985, 1986–1989
Soviet Union Sergei Belov
1981–1982, 1989–1990
Soviet Union Ivan Edeshko
1990–1992
Russia Russia Stanislav Yeryomin
1992–2000
Russia Valeri Tikhonenko
2000–2002
Serbia and Montenegro Dušan Ivković
2002–2005
Italy Ettore Messina
2005–2009, 2012–2014
Russia Evgeniy Pashutin
2009–2010
Serbia Duško Vujošević
2010
Russia Dmitry Shakulin
2010–2011
Lithuania Jonas Kazlauskas
2011–2012
Greece Dimitrios Itoudis
2014–2022
North Macedonia Emil Rajković
2022–present

Matches against NBA teams

October 7, 2006
Los Angeles Clippers United States 7594 Russia CSKA Moscow
October 11, 2006
Philadelphia 76ers United States 8571 Russia CSKA Moscow
October 10, 2008
Orlando Magic United States 9466 Russia CSKA Moscow
October 14, 2008
Toronto Raptors Canada 8678 Russia CSKA Moscow
October 12, 2010
Miami Heat United States 9685 Russia CSKA Moscow
October 14, 2010
Oklahoma City Thunder United States 9789 Russia CSKA Moscow
October 16, 2010
Cleveland Cavaliers United States 8790 Russia CSKA Moscow
7 October 2013
Minnesota Timberwolves United States 106108 Russia CSKA Moscow
9 October 2013
San Antonio Spurs United States 9593 Russia CSKA Moscow

See also

References

  1. The club's full name is Professional Basketball Club Central Sport Club (Klub) of the Army Moscow, which is abbreviated as PBC CSKA Moscow
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