PBC CSKA Moscow

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]

Sergei Belov, voted the best FIBA Player ever, in 1991.

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 1955–60, 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.

Theo Papaloukas, club star and EuroLeague Legend.

In the 2004–05 season, the team became the first in the history of the EuroLeague to go through the regular-season phase undefeated, during the 2004–05 EuroLeague season, and before the 2005 EuroLeague Final Four, it had only lost to one team: FC Barcelona. Though 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, although they finished the league with the best record. 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 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 nearly repeated as EuroLeague champions, but wound up facing 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 a closely fought battle. 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. Only Real Madrid, with eight titles (ten now), had won more than CSKA's six titles at the time (and seven now). On October 14, 2008, the team played an NBA preseason game against the Toronto Raptors, at Air Canada Centre, in Toronto.

2009–present

Miloš Teodosić, club star.

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 9 of its first 10 seasons, including the league's Promotional Cup in 2008.

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 2017-18 season CSKA guaranteed its first place of the regular season, beating Olympiacos at home on March 22 with a score of 89:81. In VTB United League CSKA secured their 9th title after defeating Khimki 95:84 in the 2018 Final Four.

Current roster

CSKA Moscow roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 7000100000000000000♠1 de Colo, Nando 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 31 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 F/C 7000300000000000000♠3 Bolomboy, Joel 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002105000000000000♠105 kg (231 lb) 24 – (1994-01-28)28 January 1994 F 7000500000000000000♠5 Peters, Alec 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002107000000000000♠107 kg (236 lb) 23 – (1995-04-13)13 April 1995 G 7000700000000000000♠7 Ukhov, Ivan 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001760000000000000♠76 kg (168 lb) 23 – (1995-09-11)11 September 1995 F 7001110000000000000♠11 Antonov, Semyon 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 29 – (1989-07-18)18 July 1989 PG 7001130000000000000♠13 Rodríguez, Sergio 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001800000000000000♠80 kg (176 lb) 32 – (1986-06-12)12 June 1986 PF 7001200000000000000♠20 Vorontsevich, Andrey 7000206999999999999♠2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002107000000000000♠107 kg (236 lb) 31 – (1987-07-17)17 July 1987 F 7001210000000000000♠21 Clyburn, Will 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1990-05-17)17 May 1990 G/F 7001220000000000000♠22 Higgins, Cory 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1989-06-14)14 June 1989 G 7001230000000000000♠23 Hackett, Daniel 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001960000000000000♠96 kg (212 lb) 30 – (1987-12-19)19 December 1987 G 7001300000000000000♠30 Kulagin, Mikhail 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 24 – (1994-08-04)4 August 1994 F 7001410000000000000♠41 Kurbanov, Nikita 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001990000000000000♠99 kg (218 lb) 32 – (1986-10-05)5 October 1986 C 7001420000000000000♠42 Hines, Kyle (C) 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7002111000000000000♠111 kg (245 lb) 32 – (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 C 7001440000000000000♠44 Hunter, Othello 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002107000000000000♠107 kg (236 lb) 32 – (1986-05-28)28 May 1986	Head coach Dimitrios Itoudis Assistant coach(es) Darryl Middleton Andreas Pistiolis Anton Yudin Athletic trainer(s) Kostas Chatzichristos Eugeniy Burin Physiotherapist(s) Roberts Zirdzins Aleksandar Bata Aleksandr Selyavkin Team manager Alexander Gugunishvili Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 8, 2018

Depth chart

Squad changes for the 2018-2019 season

In

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

No. Position Player G Daniel Hackett (from Brose Bamberg) F Alec Peters (from Phoenix Suns) G Ivan Ukhov (from Parma Basket) C Joel Bolomboy (from Milwaukee Bucks)

Out

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

No. Position Player PF Victor Khryapa (to free agent) SG Vitaly Fridzon (to Lokomotiv Kuban) PF Pavel Korobkov (to free agent) C Alan Makiev (to free agent) PF Victor Rudd (to Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino) PG Léo Westermann (to BC Žalgiris)

On loan

CSKA Moscow players out on loan
Nat.	Player	Position	Team	On loan until
	Alexander Gudumak	PF	Enisey	June 2018

Domestic competitions

• USSR Premier League (defunct)

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

• Russian League

Winners (25): 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

• VTB United League

Winners (9): 2008, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

Runners-up (1): 2010–11

• USSR Cup (defunct)

Winners (3): 1971–72, 1972–73, 1981–82

• Russian Cup

Winners (4): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10

Runners-up (3): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08

European competitions

• EuroLeague

Winners (7): 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1970–71, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2015–16

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 (7): 1982–83, 1984–85, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2017–18

Final Four (18): 1966, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

• FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)

Semifinalists (2): 1985–86, 1986–87

• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Semifinalists (1): 1989–90

• European Super Cup (semi-official, defunct)

3rd place (1): 1988

Other competitions

• FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct)

Winners (1): 1998

• Gomelsky Cup

Winners (8): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018

Runners-up (2): 2009, 2017

Regional competitions

• North European League (defunct)

Winners (1): 1999–00

Individual club awards

• Double

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

• Triple Crown

Winners (1): 2005–06