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CSKA Moscow
Full nameCentral Army Sports Club Moscow
Russian:Центральный спортивный клуб Армии
Founded1911;113 years ago(1911)
Based inMoscow,RussiaRussia
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WebsiteClub home page

CSKA Moscow(Russian:ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in theRussian Empireon base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during theSoviet era,it was the central part of theArmed Forces sports society,which in turn was associated with theSoviet Army;because of this, it was popularly referred to in the West as "Red Army"or" the Red Army team ". The historical CSKA sport club (a.k.a." Big CSKA ") is still a department of theRussian Defense Ministry.

Following the 2023 publication of theInternational Olympic Committee's criteria for the reinstatement of Russian athletes (they were suspended in February 2022 due to theRussian invasion of Ukraine), athletes affiliated with CSKA Moscow were officially prohibited from attending theOlympic Gamesuntil at least 2026.[1]

Composition

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The "Big CSKA" had several teams in many sports, but those which are still operating are all now private clubs:

Sport Teams
Football PFC CSKA Moscowformed in 1911.
WFC CSKA Moscowformed in 2016.
Ice hockey HC CSKA Moscowformed in 1946.
Basketball PBC CSKA Moscowformed in 1923.
WBC CSKA Moscowformed in 1923, disbanded in 2009.
Volleyball VC CSKA Moscowformed in 1946, disbanded in 2009.
WVC CSKA Moscowformed in 1936, disbanded in 2008.
Water Polo CSK VMF Moscowformed in 1924.
Futsal MFK CSKA Moscowformed in 1996.
Handball HBC CSKA Moscowformed in 1973, disbanded in 2001, re-launched in 2020.
HBC CSKA Moscow (women)formed in 2019.
Rugby RC CSKA Moscowformed in 2014.
WRC CSKA Moscowformed in 2014.
Bandy CSKA Moscowformed in 1923, disbanded in 1962.
Beach soccer BSC CSKA Moscowformed in 2010.
Sport wrestling CSKA Wrestling Clubformed in 1997.

The CSKA has also been home to manyfigure skaters,includingAdelina Sotnikova,Ekaterina GordeevaandSergei Grinkov.Elena Mukhina,the 1978 World Championartistic gymnast,Aliya MustafinaandYevgeniya Kanayeva,Olympic gold medalists in gymnastics,Sofya Velikaya,a sabre fencer,Olympic championsElena Vesnina,andViktor An.

Brief overview

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The club was created as the "Experimentally demonstrative Military Sports field ofVsevobuch"(OPPV) in February 1923 by the Central Administration of Military Training for workers based on the pre-revolutionary" Society of Ski Sports Amateurs "(OLLS). The field was located at theSokolniki Parkin Moscow. On April 29, 1923, the football team of the club has played its first game in the Moscow city championship. In February 1928 the club was included to the newly established the Frunze Central House of Red Army (CDKA) as a department of physical culture and sports. In October 1953 all sports centers of CDKA and Air Force of theMoscow Military Districtwere included in the Central Sports Club of Ministry of Defense (CSK MO), which in April 1960 it was renamed into its more common title - the Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces (CSKA), which the Moscow branch belonged as the flagship and most elite of all the clubs within the Soviet Armed Forces.[citation needed]

The club is active in more than 40 sports,[2]and produced 463Olympicchampions for theSoviet Unionand Russia, 11,000 champions in local Soviet and Russian championships, and 2629 golden medalists in European and world championships.[3]

In 1973 the CSKA sports society was awarded theOrder of Lenin.[citation needed]

Chiefs and presidents

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Period Chef / President
1923–1924 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicRebrik D. M.
1924–1938 Soviet UnionVernikovsky B. A.
1939–1940 Soviet UnionSretensky E. S.
1943–1947 Soviet UnionVasiljev D. M.
1948–1949 Soviet UnionAndreev V. A.
1950–1952 Soviet UnionHalkiopov P. V.
1952–1953 Soviet UnionSomov M. M.
1953–1956 Soviet UnionSysoev V. D.
1956–1961 Soviet UnionNovgorodov
1962–1969 Soviet UnionSchitov N. P.
1969–1970 Soviet UnionChanyshev A. H.
1970–1976 Soviet UnionTabunov I. D.
1976–1982 Soviet UnionPokusaev I. K.
1983–1987 Soviet UnionBludov Y. M.
1987–1989 Soviet UnionZaharov V. A.
1989–1992 Soviet UnionAkentjev A. V.
1992–1994 RussiaLagovsky S.M.
1994–1998 RussiaBaranovsky A.
1998–2002 RussiaMamiashvili M.
2002 RussiaNino N.
2002–2006 RussiaSmorodskaya O.
2006–2009 RussiaKuschenko S.
2009 RussiaPak A.
2009–2012 RussiaShlyachtin D.
RussiaOvsyannikov Y.
RussiaLukashov V.
2014–2017 RussiaBaryshev M.
2017–present RussiaGromov A.

References

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  1. ^IOC Backs Return of Russian Athletes as Individuals, No Timeline for Paris Olympics
  2. ^"Персоны ЦСКА".Archived fromthe originalon 2018-10-05.Retrieved2008-10-10.
  3. ^"CSKA.ru / История".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-10-24.Retrieved2008-10-10.