PBC CSKA Moscow

CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow
Nickname	Армейцы (Army men); Кони (Horses); Красно-синие (Red-Blue)
Leagues	VTB United League; EuroLeague (suspended)
Founded	23 April 1923; 100 years ago
History	PBC CSKA Moscow; (1923–present)
Arena	Megasport Arena
Capacity	13,344
Location	Moscow, Russia
Team colors	Red, blue,white;
President	Andrey Vatutin
Head coach	Emil Rajković
Team captain	Semyon Antonov
Ownership	Norilsk Nickel
Affiliation(s)	CSKA Junior
Championships	8 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
Website	cskabasket.ru

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 titles 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[edit]

1923–1991[edit]

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).^{[citation needed]}

1992–2008[edit]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

2009–2021[edit]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

2022–present[edit]

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[edit]

Interior of the 5,500 seat Universal Sports Hall CSKA.
Interior of the 13,344 seat Megasport Arena.

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[edit]

Current roster[edit]

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CSKA Moscow roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SG	1	Mikhailovskii, Nikita	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	23 – (2000-09-10)10 September 2000
PG	2	Ware, Casper	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	34 – (1990-02-02)2 February 1990
C	3	Jekiri, Tonye	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	34 – (1990-01-17)17 January 1990
C	5	Gankevich, Aleksandr	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	28 – (1995-08-05)5 August 1995
PG	6	Trimble, Melo	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	29 – (1995-02-02)2 February 1995
SG	7	Ukhov, Ivan	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	28 – (1995-09-11)11 September 1995
SF	8	Astapkovich, Anton	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	30 – (1994-01-29)29 January 1994
SF	10	Ruzhentsev, Samson	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	22 – (2001-10-23)23 October 2001
PF	11	Antonov, Semyon (C)	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	34 – (1989-07-18)18 July 1989
C	17	Jean-Charles, Livio	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	30 – (1993-11-08)8 November 1993
SG	21	Hanlan, Olivier	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	31 – (1993-02-15)15 February 1993
PG	23	Kardanakhishvili, Anton	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	22 – (2002-03-19)19 March 2002
PF	24	M'Baye, Amath	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	34 – (1989-12-14)14 December 1989
C	27	Klyuev, Sergey	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	25 – (1998-05-13)13 May 1998
SF	41	Kurbanov, Nikita	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	37 – (1986-10-05)5 October 1986

Head coach

Andreas Pistiolis

Assistant coach(es)

Denis Godlevskiy
Oleg Bartunov
Sergey Tkachenko
Pavel Gerasimov
Aleksandar Bata

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: April 16, 2024

2023–24[edit]

Other players under contract


PG	2	Orekhov, Artem	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	22 – (2002-04-05)5 April 2002
C	5	Zakharov, Pavel	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	22 – (2001-05-03)3 May 2001

Out on loan

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

Depth chart[edit]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3	Inactive
C	Livio Jean-Charles	Tonye Jekiri	Aleksandr Gankevich	Sergey Klyuev	Pavel Zakharov
PF	Amath M'Baye	Semyon Antonov
SF	Anton Astapkovich	Samson Ruzhentsev	Nikita Kurbanov
SG	Ivan Ukhov	Olivier Hanlan		Nikita Mikhailovskii
PG	Casper Ware	Melo Trimble		Anton Kardanakhishvili	Artem Orekhov

Honours[edit]

Domestic competitions[edit]

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 (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

VTB United League

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

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

VTB United League Supercup

Winners (1): 2021

Runners-up (1): 2022

European competitions[edit]

EuroLeague

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

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[edit]

FIBA International Christmas Tournament (friendly, defunct)

Winners (1): 1998

VTB United League Promo-Cup

Winners (1): 2008

Gomelsky Cup

Winners (10): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020

Runners-up (2): 2009, 2017

Moscow tournament

Winners (1): 2006

Cologne tournament

Runners-up (1): 2006

Gloria Cup

Winners (2): 2014, 2019

Runners-up (1): 2018

Zadar Basketball Tournament

Runners-up (2): 2017, 2018

Vladimir Kondrashin and Alexander Belov Tournament

Winners (6): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010

Runners-up (2): 2021, 2022

Nikos Galis Cup

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[edit]

North European League (defunct)

Winners (1): 1999–00

Individual club awards[edit]

Double

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

Triple Crown

Winners (1): 2005–06

Season by season[edit]

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 Cup	C
1961–62	1	Premier	1	Champion		1 Champions Cup	SF
1962–63	1	Premier				1 Champions Cup	C
1963–64	1	Premier	1	Champion		Withdrew
1964–65	1	Premier	1	Champion		1 Champions Cup	RU
1965–66	1	Premier	1	Champion		1 Champions Cup	3rd
1966–67	1	Premier
1967–68	1	Premier	3	3rd place
1968–69	1	Premier	1	Champion		1 Champions Cup	C
1969–70	1	Premier	1	Champion		1 Champions Cup	RU
1970–71	1	Premier	1	Champion		1 Champions Cup	C
1971–72	1	Premier	1	Champion	Champion
1972–73	1	Premier	1	Champion	Champion	1 Champions Cup	RU
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 Cup	SF
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 Cup	SF
1981–82	1	Premier	1	Champion	Champion	1 Champions Cup	EF
1982–83	1	Premier	1	Champion		1 Champions Cup	SF
1983–84	1	Premier	1	Champion
1984–85	1	Premier	2	Runner-up		1 Champions Cup	SF
1985–86	1	Premier	2	Runner-up		2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF
1986–87	1	Premier	2	Runner-up		2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF
1987–88	1	Premier	1	Champion
1988–89	1	Premier	3	3rd place		1 Champions Cup	EF
1989–90	1	Premier	1	Champion		3 Korać Cup	SF
1990–91	1	Premier	4	Semifinalist		1 Champions Cup	T16
1991–92	1	Premier	1	Champion
1992–93	1	Superliga A	1	Champion		2 European Cup	QF
1993–94	1	Superliga A	1	Champion		1 European League	GS
1994–95	1	Superliga A	1	Champion		1 European League	EF
1995–96	1	Superliga A	1	Champion		1 European League	3rd
1996–97	1	Superliga A	1	Champion		1 EuroLeague	GS
1997–98	1	Superliga A	1	Champion		1 EuroLeague	EF
1998–99	1	Superliga A	1	Champion		1 EuroLeague	T16
1999–00	1	Superliga A	1	Champion		1 EuroLeague	T16
2000–01	1	Superliga A	4	4th place		1 SuproLeague	SF
2001–02	1	Superliga A	4	5th place		1 Euroleague	EF
2002–03	1	Superliga A	1	Champion	Runner-up	1 Euroleague	SF
2003–04	1	Superliga A	1	Champion	Runner-up	1 Euroleague	3rd
2004–05	1	Superliga A	1	Champion	Champion	1 Euroleague	SF
2005–06	1	Superliga A	1	Champion	Champion	1 Euroleague	C
2006–07	1	Superliga A	1	Champion	Champion	1 Euroleague	RU
2007–08	1	Superliga A	1	Champion	Runner-up	1 Euroleague	C
2008–09	1	Superliga A	1	Champion	3rd place	1 Euroleague	RU
2009–10	1	Superliga A	1	Champion	Champion	1 Euroleague	3rd
2010–11	1	PBL	2	Champion		1 Euroleague	GS
2011–12	1	PBL	1	Champion		1 Euroleague	RU
2012–13	1	PBL	2	Champion		1 Euroleague	3rd
2013–14	1	United League	2	Champion	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	SF
2014–15	1	United League	1	Champion	First round	1 Euroleague	3rd
2015–16	1	United League	1	Champion	First round	1 Euroleague	C
2016–17	1	United League	1	Champion	Eighthfinals	1 EuroLeague	3rd
2017–18	1	United League	1	Champion	First round	1 EuroLeague	SF
2018–19	1	United League	1	Champion	Eighthfinals	1 EuroLeague	C
2019–20	1	United League	–	–	Eighthfinals	1 EuroLeague	CX
2020–21	1	United League	4	Champion		1 EuroLeague	SF
2021–22	1	United League	1	Runner-up	Supercup Winner	1 EuroLeague	SP
2022–23	1	United League	1	3rd Place	Supercup Runner Up
Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions USSR / Russia	European Competitions USSR / Russia

Notable players[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

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

Dallas Moore

Armenia

Armenak Alachachian

Argentina

Rubén Wolkowyski

Australia

David Andersen

Belarus

Ivan Edeshko

Belgium

Tomas Van Den Spiegel

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Alec Peters

Canada

Kevin Pangos

Croatia

Cuba

Howard Sant-Roos

Denmark

Gabriel Lundberg

Estonia

France

Germany

Johannes Voigtmann

Georgia

Great Britain

Greece

Italy

Daniel Hackett

Kazakhstan

Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

Latvia

Lithuania

Nigeria

Russia

Serbia

Slovenia

Spain

Sergio Rodríguez

Sweden

Jonas Jerebko

Turkey

Mirsad Türkcan

Ukraine

United States

Venezuela

Óscar Torres

Team captains[edit]

Team Captain	Years As Team Captain
Evgeny Alekseev	1944–1953
Arkady Bochkaryov	1954–1960
Armenak Alachachian	1960–1966
Gennadi Volnov	1966–1970
Sergei Belov	1970–1980
Stanislav Yeryomin	1980–1985
Sergei Tarakanov	1985–1990
Viktor Berezhniy	1990–1991
Aleksandr Gusev	1991–1992
Maksim Astanin	1992–1994
Andrei Kornev	1994–1997
Valeri Tikhonenko	1997–2000
Igor Kudelin	2000–2001
Dmitri Domani	2001–2002
Evgeniy Pashutin	2002–2003
Sergei Panov	2003–2006
Zakhar Pashutin	2006–2008
Matjaž Smodiš	2008–2009
Victor Khryapa	2009–2018
Kyle Hines	2018–2020
Nikita Kurbanov	2020–2023
Semyon Antonov	2023–present

CSKA Moscow Club Hall of Fame[edit]

Player	Jersey Number	Date Honored
Vadim Kapranov	#8
Yuri Korneev	#11
Evgeniy Kovalenko	#14
Aleksandr Kulkov	#4
Andrey Lopatov	#8
Valery Miloserdov	#6
Yuri Selikhov	#6
Vladimir Tkachenko	#11
Aleksandr Travin	#9
Viktor Zubkov	#7
Gennadi Volnov	#13	26 November 2011
Sergei Belov	#10	11 August 2012
Ivan Edeshko	#9	11 August 2012
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov	#7	11 August 2012
Armenak Alachachian	#6	28 March 2013
Vladimir Andreev	#15	28 March 2013
Anatoly Astakhov	#5	28 March 2013
Arkady Bochkaryov	#8	15 November 2013
Mikhail Semyonov	#10	15 November 2013
Anatoly Myshkin	#12	16 April 2014
Stanislav Yeryomin	#4	16 April 2014
Viktor Pankrashkin	#12	3 April 2015
Sergei Tarakanov	#6	3 April 2015

Head coaches[edit]

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