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Thursday, September 27, 2007

PFC CSKA Moscow 2007-08


PFC CSKA Moscow or Professional Football Club - Central Sports Club of Army (Moscow) is the football section of the CSKA sports club of Moscow, Russia
It won the Soviet championship seven times (1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991), the Soviet Cup five times (1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1991), the Russian Cup in 2002, 2005, and 2006, won the Russian Premier League champions title in 2003, 2005 and 2006, finishing second in 1998, 2002 and 2004, and the Russian Super Cup in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Recently, the club received a major financial infusion from a sponsorship deal with Sibneft, an oil company owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Abramovich will not take an ownership interest in the club as he is the current owner of English Premiership power Chelsea and UEFA rules allow only one club controlled by any one entity (person or corporation) to participate in European club competition in a given season.



Since season 2006 the club is sponsored by VTB. Originally CSKA was nicknamed "Stables" presumably because their first training facilities were located in the building that previously was Prince Yusupov's stable. It was considered offensive, but later it was transformed into its consonant "Horses", and currently this nick used by players and fans as self-name, along with other variants such as "Army Men" and "Red-Blues".
CSKA Moscow part of Group G stage UEFA Champions League 2007-08 with Inter, PSV and Fenerbahce.

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