Editing PFC CSKA Moscow (section)

{{Short description|Russian professional football club}}
{{Redirect|PFC CSKA|the Bulgarian football club|PFC CSKA Sofia|other uses|CSKA (disambiguation){{!}}CSKA}}
{{For|the whole sports club|CSKA Moscow}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = CSKA Moscow
| image = PFK CSKA Logo.svg
| upright = 0.65
| alt = Club crest
| current = 2024–25 PFC CSKA Moscow season
| fullname = Профессиональный <br /> футбольный клуб ЦСКА
| nickname = ''Koni'' (Horses)<br /> ''Krasno-sinie'' (Red-blues)<br /> ''Armeitsy '' (Army Men)
| founded = {{Start date and age|1911|Aug|27|df=yes}}
| ground = [[VEB Arena]]
| capacity = 30,457
| owner = [[VEB.RF]]
| chairman = [[Yevgeni Giner|Evgeniy Giner]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Jemberga |first=Sanita |url=https://en.rebaltica.lv/2017/05/latvian-financier-said-to-act-as-a-go-between-to-get-russian-loan-for-le-pen/ |title=Latvian financier said to act as a go-between to get Russian loan for Le Pen |work=[[Re:Baltica]] (rebaltica.lv) |date=2 May 2017 |access-date=21 July 2021 |quote=[[Yevgeni Giner]]'s son Vadim is the legal owner of CSKA. |archive-date=22 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722032936/https://en.rebaltica.lv/2017/05/latvian-financier-said-to-act-as-a-go-between-to-get-russian-loan-for-le-pen/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Грузинова |first1=Ирина |last2=Васильев |first2=Иван |last3=Петрова |first3=Ольга |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/business/articles/2016/08/01/651172-na-chem-zarabativaet-prezident-tsska-evgenii-giner |title=На чем зарабатывает президент ЦСКА Евгений Гинер: "Новые Лужники", новые офисы, СП с госкомпаниями, но главный актив – хорошая репутация |trans-title=What makes the president of CSKA Evgeny Giner: "Novye Luzhniki", new offices, a joint venture with state-owned companies, but the main asset is a good reputation |language=ru |work=[[Vedomosti]] |date=31 July 2016 |access-date=21 July 2021 |archive-date=22 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722032947/https://www.vedomosti.ru/business/articles/2016/08/01/651172-na-chem-zarabativaet-prezident-tsska-evgenii-giner |url-status=live }}</ref>
| chrtitle = President
| manager = [[Marko Nikolić (football manager)|Marko Nikolić]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| league = [[Russian Premier League]]
| season = [[2024–25 Russian Premier League|2024–25]]
| position = [[Russian Premier League]], 3rd of 16
| website = {{URL|https://en.pfc-cska.com/}}
| pattern_la1 = 
| pattern_b1 = 
| pattern_ra1 = 
| pattern_sh1 = 
| pattern_so1 = 
| leftarm1 = 
| body1 = 
| rightarm1 = 
| shorts1 = 
| socks1 = 
| pattern_la2 = 
| pattern_b2 = 
| pattern_ra2 = 
| pattern_sh2 = 
| pattern_so2 = 
| leftarm2 = 
| body2 = 
| rightarm2 = 
| shorts2 = 
| socks2 = 
| pattern_la3 = 
| pattern_b3 = 
| pattern_ra3 = 
| pattern_sh3 = 
| pattern_so3 = 
| leftarm3 = 
| body3 = 
| rightarm3 = 
| shorts3 = 
| socks3 = 
}}
{{CSKA Moscow sections}}
'''Professional Football Club CSKA''' ({{langx|ru|link=yes|Профессиональный футбольный клуб&nbsp;– ЦСКА}}, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', [[English language|English]]: ''Central Sports Club of the Army''), commonly referred to as '''CSKA Moscow''' or ''CSKA Moskva'' outside of [[Russia]], or simply as '''CSKA''' ({{IPA|ru|tsɛ ɛs ˈka|pron}}), is a Russian professional [[association football|football]] club. It is based in [[Moscow]], playing its home matches at the 30,000-capacity [[VEB Arena]]. It plays in red and blue colours, with various plain and striped patterns having been used.

Founded in 1911, CSKA is one of the oldest football clubs in Russia and it had its most successful period after [[World War II]] with five titles in six seasons. It won a total of 7 [[Soviet Top League]] championships and 5 [[Soviet Cup]]s, including the [[Double (association football)|double]] in the last season in [[1991 Soviet Top League|1991]]. The club has also won 6 [[Russian Premier League]] titles as well as 8 [[Russian Cup (football)|Russian Cup]]s.

CSKA Moscow became the first club in Russia to win one of the European cup competitions, the [[2004–05 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]], after defeating [[Sporting CP]] in the final in [[Lisbon]] in 2005.

CSKA was the official team of the [[Soviet Army]] during the communist era. Since the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] it has become privately owned. In 2012, the Ministry of Defence sold all of its shares (24,94%) to Bluecastle Enterprises Ltd,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cskainfo.com/51546/|title=Акционеры ПФК ЦСКА выкупили у Министерства обороны четверть акций клуба за 353 тысячи долларов|website=cskainfo.com|access-date=2019-04-09|archive-date=2020-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204125117/http://cskainfo.com/51546/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|In 1991, MacAsyng Holding BV was registered at the same address as RijnHove Groep's Amsterdam offices which is a law firm established in 1989 with offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Curaçao, and Bonaire specializing in trust and fiduciary services, accounting outsourcing, and tax consulting. MacAsyng Holding has as its director Alexander Rene Garez, who was born in 1968, lives in Paris, and has the same telephone number as the Moscow law firm  "Sieberg Shtabright Garez". Alexander Garez has represented the British firm Bluecastle Enterprises Ltd since 5 October 2000 and Parkhage BV since 14 November 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nl.linkedin.com/in/frans-m-j-vanrijn|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210721042559/https://nl.linkedin.com/in/frans-m-j-vanrijn|archive-date=2021-07-21|url-status=dead|title=Frans M J van Rijn - Company Owner InnoGroup BV - UDG energy &#124; LinkedIn|access-date=2021-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2007/07/20/vistra-takes-over-monterey/|title=Vistra takes over Monterey|website=jerseyeveningpost.com|date=20 July 2007 |access-date=2021-07-21|archive-date=2021-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721052749/https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2007/07/20/vistra-takes-over-monterey/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vistra.com/about-us/history|title=History|website=Vistra|access-date=2021-07-21|archive-date=2021-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721052747/https://www.vistra.com/about-us/history|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rijnhove.nl/english/default_EN.htm |title=PROFILE RIJNHOVE GROEP BV |work=RijnHove Group website (rijnhove.nl) |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=16 November 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011116132117/http://www.rijnhove.nl/english/default_EN.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rijnhove.nl/dutch/default_NL.htm |title=PROFIEL RIJNHOVE GROEP BV |language=nl |work=RijnHove Group website (rijnhove.nl) |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=16 November 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011116125559/http://www.rijnhove.nl/dutch/default_NL.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Вайсберг |first1=Валерий (Weisberg, Valery) |last2=Ходорковский |first2=Анатолий (Khodorkovsky, Anatoly) |url=http://www.russianfocus.ru/n_91/dvigenie_kapitala/1.shmtl |title=Мамут тайно покупает ЦСКА: Олигархи, подымем армейский футбол! |trans-title=Mamut secretly buys CSKA: Oligarchs, let's raise army football! |language=ru |work=Русский фокус (russianfocus.ru) |date=17 March 2003 |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629035414/http://www.russianfocus.ru/ }} [http://www.compromat.ru/page_12917.htm Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330060715/https://www.compromat.ru/page_12917.htm |date=2023-03-30 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.compromat.ru/page_16267.htm |title=Мамутная связь: Как делать деньги на нефти без нефти |access-date=2021-07-21 |archive-date=2023-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330060654/https://www.compromat.ru/page_16267.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>}} a conglomerate owning 100% of the club since then. On 13 December 2019, state-owned development corporation [[VEB.RF]] announced they will take control of over 75% of club shares that were  used as collateral by previous owners for the VEB Arena financing.<ref name="VEBOwners">{{cite journal|publisher=[[Kommersant]]|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4195772|title=Армейцы обрели государственность|journal=Коммерсантъ|language=ru|date=13 December 2019|access-date=16 December 2019|archive-date=16 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216180917/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4195772|url-status=live}}</ref> Russian businessman [[Roman Abramovich]]'s [[Sibneft]] corporation was a leading sponsor of the club from 2004 to 2006.