Editing PFC CSKA Moscow (section)

===Soviet period===
====Until 1970: Peaks and troughs====
The club had its most successful period immediately after the end of the [[Second World War]]. At this time, one of the best players in its history and the best scorer in the history of the team, [[Grigory Fedotov]], played for the club. The army men were runners-up in the first edition of the resumed [[Soviet Top League|Vysschaya Liga]] in 1945. 
[[File:CDKA Moskva.jpg|thumb|left|100px|CDKA emblem]][[Three-peat|Three consecutive championship titles]] followed for the first time in league history, including club's first [[Double (association football)|double]] in 1948. This year the army team won their second [[Soviet Cup|USSR Cup]]. In the semifinals, as a result of a replay, CDKA snatched victory from [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]], and in the final they defeated the current cup holders, [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]. By that time the main army team became dubbed as the "Team of Lieutenants" ({{langx|ru|«Команда Лейтенантов»}}). After finishing second in 1949, in 1950, the army team became champions again, and in 1951, playing under the new name CDSA (Central House of the Soviet Army), they won a double again, winning both the championship and the cup. The history of the football department from this time is closely linked to the [[ice hockey]] department of the club, [[HC CSKA Moscow]], because the leading players like [[Vsevolod Bobrov]] played both sports in parallel.
[[File:Arkadyev.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Boris Arkadyev]], CDKA coach]]
After successful times [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games 1952]] in Helsinki marked the beginning of the decline of CDSA Moscow. The club's players formed the core of the [[Soviet Union national football team|national team]], which, after tough negotiations, joined [[FIFA]] shortly before the Olympic football tournament. [[Boris Arkadiev]] became the coach of both the national team and the army club. The first meeting between the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]] and [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] in football is still amongst the most famous matches. On the political level, the Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]] and the Yugoslav leader [[Josip Broz Tito|Josip Tito]] [[Tito–Stalin Split|split in 1948]], which resulted in [[Yugoslavia]] being excluded from the [[Informbiro period|Communist Information Bureau]]. Before the match, both Tito and Stalin sent telegrams to their national teams, which showed just how important it was for the two head of states. Yugoslavia led 5–1, but a Soviet comeback in the last 15 minutes resulted in a 5–5 draw. The match was replayed, Yugoslavia winning 3–1. The defeat to the archrivals hit Soviet football hard, especially CDSA and its players. After just three games played in the season, CDSA was forced to withdraw from the [[Soviet Top League|league]] and later disbanded. Furthermore, Boris Arkadiev was stripped of his [[Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia|Merited Master of Sports]] of the USSR title.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Piskor |first1=Tommy | title=USSR – Yugoslavia, the Story of Two Different Football Conceptions| work=russianfootballnews.com | url=http://russianfootballnews.com/ussr-yugoslavia-the-story-of-two-different-football-conceptions/ | date=December 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170424080019/http://russianfootballnews.com/ussr-yugoslavia-the-story-of-two-different-football-conceptions/ |archive-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref> For intelligence chief [[Lavrentiy Beria]], the Olympic elimination was the perfect opportunity to eliminate the successful city rival.  As head of the [[KGB]], he was also honorary president of [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] - the main rival of CDSA.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
[[File:Albert Shesternyov (1967).png|thumb|left|170px|[[Albert Shesternyov]], one of the best Soviet players and CDSA captain]]
After two seasons of oblivion and after Stalin's death in the spring of 1953 CDSA Moscow was re-established in 1954 on the initiative of then [[Soviet Defense Minister]] [[Nikolai Bulganin]]. Shortly thereafter, the team won the [[Soviet Cup]] in 1955, defeating Dynamo Moscow in the final with the legendary goalkeeper [[Lev Yashin]] being sent off. The fans had to wait 15 years for the next trophy.  In [[1970 Soviet Top League|1970 season]], CSKA became Soviet champions for the sixth time, gaining the same number of points with Dynamo. The first gold match held on December 5, 1970 in [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic|Uzbek SSR]] ended without goals. The next day CSKA won the second match against Dynamo 4:3 after 1:3 deficit. By winning the championship, CSKA qualified for the first round of the [[1971–72 European Cup|European Cup]]. CSKA defeated Turkish club [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]] in the first round, but lost to Belgian champion [[Standard Liège]] in the second round and was eliminated from the tournament.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

====1971 to 1991: Two decades drought====
With only 19 points out of a possible 68 in the [[1984 Soviet Top League|1984 season]], the club had to endure the first ever relegation to the [[Soviet First League|second division]], where CSKA spent two seasons. After returning to the Higher league, the club did not manage to stay in it for a long time, and in the [[1987 Soviet Top League|1987 season]], a second relegation followed. Nevertheless CSKA was able to fight its way back after two seasons in the First League, immediately secured the runner-up and even won the last edition of the football championship of the Soviet Union in the [[1991 Soviet Top League|1991 season]]. Having also won the [[1990–91 Soviet Cup|Soviet cup]], the club thus secured the last golden double in the history of the USSR football. With the championship title from the 1991 season, CSKA Moscow qualified for the first round of the [[1992–93 UEFA Champions League]], where they defeated the Icelandic team [[Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur|Víkingur Reykjavík]]. In the second round the Spanish top club [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] with coach [[Johan Cruyff]] was defeated. The opponents in Group A were the current Champions League winners [[Olympique Marseille]], [[Rangers F.C.|Glasgow Rangers]] and [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]]. CSKA was unable to build on the results of the matches with Barcelona, becoming the fourth in the group with two draws and four defeats, and was eliminated from the tournament.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}