PBC CSKA Moscow
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| CSKA Moscow | |
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| Arena | CSKA Universal Sports Hall Moscow, Russia |
| Club colours | Red and Blue |
| President | Sergey Kushchenko |
| Head coach | Ettore Messina |
| Assistant coach(es) | Eugeny Pashutin |
| Website | [www.cskabasket.com] |
CSKA has had a long history of success. They won the European Cup, the predecessor to today's Euroleague, in 1961, 1963, 1969, 1971; won the Soviet championship 25 times; and won the Russian title every year from 1992 through 2000, plus 2003 through 2005. CSKA also made the Final Four of the Euroleague in 1996, 2004 and 2005 before winning the Euroleague in 2006.
The 2004-05 team became the first in the history of the Euroleague to go through the regular-season phase undefeated, and before the final tour it had only lost to one team: Barcelona. Though CSKA eventually lost in the semifinals on their home court to Spanish club TAU Cerámica and to Panathinaikos on 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. This year they also lost a game in the finals series of the Russian league, but they eventually got the crown.
In 2006, CSKA qualified for the Euroleague 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 power Efes Pilsen. They defeated Barça in the Euroleague semis before throttling the normally high-powered Maccabi offense in the final on April 30.
Current roster
| CSKA Moscow ЦСКА Москва
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| 4 | Theodoros Papaloukas | Point guard
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| 5 | Nikita Kurbanov | Small forward/Power forward
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| 6 | Sergei Panov | Small forward
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| 7 | Vassily Zavoruev | Shooting guard
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| 8 | Matjaz Smodis | Small forward
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| 9 | David Vanterpool | Small forward
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| 10 | John-Robert Holden | Point guard/Shooting guard
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| 11 | Zakhar Pashutin | Small forward
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| 12 | Vladimir Dyachok | Power forward
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| 13 | David Andersen | Center
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| 14 | Aleksey Savrasenko | Center
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| 15 | Anatoliy Kashirov | Center
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| 21 | Trajan Langdon | Shooting guard
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| 22 | Thomas van den Spiegel | Center
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See also
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