| Founded | Moscow, Russia (1923) |
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| Website | http://www.cska.ru |
CSKA Moscow (Russian: ЦСКА Москва; full name: English: Central Sports Army Club Moscow, Russian: Федеральное государственное учреждение Министерства обороны Российской Федерации Центральный спортивный клуб Армии) is a major Russian sports club based in Moscow. It is popularly referred to in the West as "Red Army" or "the Red Army team" because during the Soviet era, it was a part of the Armed Forces sports society, which in turn was associated with the Soviet Army. Now the historical CSKA sport club (aka "Big CSKA") still is a department of Russian Defense Ministry.
The "Big CSKA" had several teams in many sports, but now all of them are private clubs:
The CSKA has also been home to many elite figure skaters, including Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov. Elena Mukhina, a world champion artistic gymnast, was also a club member.
The club is active in more than 40 sports,[1] and produced 463 Olympic champions for the Soviet Union and Russia, 11000 champions in local Soviet and Russian championships, and 2629 golden medalists in European and world championships.[2]