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PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball club, often referred to as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. They have won two of the last three titles in Europe's principal club competition, the Euroleague, making the final in all three seasons. In 2006, they defeated two-time defending champions Maccabi Tel Aviv 73–69 in the final at Sazka Arena in Prague. They lost in the 2007 final 93–91 to Panathinaikos on the Greens' home floor, the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens. In 2008, they won a rematch of the 2006 final against Maccabi 91-77 in Madrid.
[edit] Team Info
CSKA has had a long history of success. They won the European Cup, the predecessor to today's Euroleague, in 1961, 1963, 1969 and 1971; won the Soviet championship 25 times (including 16 in a row from 1969 to 1984); and won the Russian League title every year from 1992 through 2000 and 2003 through 2007. CSKA also made the Final Four of the Euroleague in 1996, 2004 and 2005 before winning the Euroleague in 2006.
The team became the first in the history of the Euroleague to go through the regular-season phase undefeated during the Euroleague 2004-05 season, and before the final four it had only loss to one team: 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 3rd-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 Euroleague 2005-06 Top 16 by finishing third in their group. They finished top of their Top 16 group, being denied a perfect record at TAU in their final match. CSKA entered the Final Four on a roll as the only club to sweep their best-of-three quarterfinal series defeating, Turkish League, Efes Pilsen. They defeated Barca in the Euroleague semis before throttling the normally high-powered offense of Maccabi Tel-Aviv of the Israeli League in the final on April 30.
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, 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 win put them in sole possession of second place for overall European titles. Only Real Madrid, with eight titles (all in the European Champions Cup era), have won more than CSKA's six.
[edit] Trophies and Titles
- USSR Champion: 1945, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990.
- USSR Cup Winner: 1972, 1973, 1982.
- Russian Basketball Super League Champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
- Russian Cup Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007
- Russian Basketball Super League Regular Season Champion: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
- CSKA took the second place in: 1946, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1975, 1985, 1987.
- Russian Cup Finalist: 2003, 2004, 2008.
- European Champions Cup Winner: 1961, 1963, 1969, 1971, 2006, 2008
- European Champions Cup Finalist: 1965, 1970, 1973, 2007
- Euroleague Semifinals: 1996, 2001 (Suproleague), 2003, 2004, 2005
- Euroleague Final Four:1996, 2001 (Suproleague), 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- North European Basketball League Champion: 2000
[edit] Current Roster
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| Players |
Coaches |
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Nat. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
| 1.0 PG |
4 |
Greece  |
Papaloukas, Theodoros |
2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) |
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| 2.0 SG |
6 |
Greece |
Zisis, Nikos |
1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
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| 5.0 C |
7 |
Russia  |
Kashirov, Anatoly |
2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) |
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| 4.0 PF |
8 |
Slovenia  |
Smodiš, Matjaž |
2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) |
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| 3.0 SF |
9 |
Lithuania  |
Šiškauskas, Ramūnas |
1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
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| 1.0 PG |
10 |
USA  |
Holden, Jon Robert |
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
|
| 2.0 SG |
11 |
Russia |
Pashutin, Zakhar |
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
|
| 5.0 C |
13 |
Australia  |
Andersen, David |
2.13 m (6 ft 12 in) |
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| 4.0 PF |
15 |
Russia |
Zabelin, Artem |
2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) |
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| 4.0 PF |
20 |
Russia |
Vorontsevich, Andrey |
2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) |
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| 2.0 SG |
21 |
USA |
Langdon, Trajan |
1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
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| 4.0 PF |
22 |
USA |
Goree, Marcus |
2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) |
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| 2.0 SG |
23 |
Russia |
Shved, Alexey |
1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
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| 5.0 C |
24 |
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Van Den Spiegel, Thomas |
2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) |
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| 4.0 PF |
31 |
Russia |
Khryapa, Viktor |
2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) |
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- Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Evgeniy Pashutin
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (*) Playing only in Euroleague
 Injured
Roster • updated 2008-05-05
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[edit] Current Depth Chart
[edit] Notable Former Players
[edit] See Also
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PBC CSKA Moscow 1968-69 Euroleague Champions |
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Belov | Volnov | Lipso | Andreev | Selikhov | Kapranov | Kulkov | Sidjakin | Astakhov | Nesterov | Kovyrkin | Blik | Coach Alachachian
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PBC CSKA Moscow 1970-71 Euroleague Champions |
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Ettore Messina
