FC CSKA Kyiv

FC CSCA Kyiv (Ukrainian: "ЦСКА Київ") was a Ukrainian association football club that competed in the Ukrainian Second League. The team withdrew from the professional league 4 September 2009.^[1]

History

The club was originally founded in 1934 in Kharkiv under the name UVO Kharkiv and had moved a year later to Kiev and renamed BO (Budynok ofitseriv) Kiev. In 1947–1956 the team was called OBО Kiev and in 1952, under this name, the team reached the semifinal stage of the Soviet National Cup. In 1957 the team played under the name ОSK Kiev, in 1957–1959 – SKVО Kiev and in 1960–1971 – SKA Kiev. In 1972 the team moved to Chernihiv and changed its name to SK Chernihiv and had moved back to Kiev in 1976 as SKА. In 1981–1982, the team had its last Soviet First League stint at the second level of Soviet football. In 1993 team changed its name to ZS – Oriana (Armed Forces – Oriana) and then to CSK ZSU (Central Sport Club of Armed Forces of Ukraine). The highest place it reached in the Ukrainian championships was the fifth in the First League.

In the mid 90s a lot of football franchises in Ukraine went through all kinds of "shady" transactions: FC Metalurh Donetsk, FC Arsenal Kyiv, FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk, and many others. Rearrangement of the Ukrainian Second League also played a big role in creating this confusion which brought all kinds of new and successful franchises out of nowhere. Such strange substitution keep on happening in case of the new FC Lviv, FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk, and FC Podillya Khmelnytskiy. They directly contradict the rules of the Fair Play.

CSCA-Borysfen Kyiv (1994–2001)

• In 1994 CSCA Kyiv while being in the Third League, but gaining promotion to the Second League, merged with Borysfen Boryspil. Borysfen Boryspil at that time place second in the First League and gained the promotion to the top level. The merger made CSKA-Borysfen and let the Boryspil's team move to Kiev.

FC CSCA Kyiv was kept as the Borysfen's reserve team in the Second League.

• Upon conclusion of the season Borysfen was omitted from the name and the reserve team, which coincidentally gained promotion to the First League, automatically became CSCA-2 Kyiv.

• In 1997 Boryspil team was restored first on the Amateur Level and then gaining professional status once again.

2001–present

• In 2002 going into bankruptcy, the first team of CSCA was bought by the Kievan municipal administration and reformed as the new Kievan club "FC Arsenal Kyiv". In turn, CSCA-2 Kyiv reverted to the name of CSCA Kyiv.

Honours

• Ukrainian SSR Champions: 4

1949, 1951, 1980, 1983

• The Third League

1st 1995

• The Second League

1st 1996(Gr. A)

Runner-Up

• Ukrainian Cup: 2

1998, 2001

League and cup history

CSCA Kyiv

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	2nd "A"	14	26	3	3	20	14	45	9	1/32 finals			Relegated[2]
1992–93	3rd	18	34	9	7	18	27	50	25	1/64 finals			Relegated[3]
1993–94	4th	11	34	14	4	16	45	42	32	Did not qualify
1994–95	4th	1	42	32	5	5	81	28	101	1/32 finals			Promoted[4]
1995–96	3rd "A"	1	40	27	7	9	61	27	89	1/16 finals			Promoted[5]
1996–97	1st	11	30	9	8	13	33	35	35	1/2 finals
1997–98	1st	13	30	9	6	15	30	35	33	Runner-up
1998–99	1st	7	30	11	10	9	37	35	43	1/8 finals	CWC	1st round
1999-00	1st	10	30	9	8	13	31	36	35	1/4 finals
2000–01	1st	6	26	10	10	6	30	23	40	Runner-up
2001–02	2nd	14	34	10	9	15	33	38	41	1/32 finals			[6]
2002–03	2nd	14	34	10	11	13	33	38	41	1/32 finals
2003–04	2nd	11	34	12	6	16	29	39	42	1/16 finals
2004–05	2nd	7	34	15	6	13	28	38	51	1/8 finals
2005–06	2nd	15	34	8	8	18	25	52	32	1/16 finals
2006–07	2nd	16	36	10	8	18	24	44	38	1/32 finals
2007–08	2nd	19	38	7	6	25	36	74	27	1/32 finals			Relegated
2008–09	3rd "A"	4	32	18	3	11	38	23	57	1/16 finals
2009–10	3rd "A"									1/16 finals			Withdrew[1]

CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv (1995–96)

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
Previous	Refer to FC Boryspil
1995–96	1st	4	34	15	11	8	47	27	56	1/16 finals

CSCA-2 Kyiv (1996–2001)

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1996–97	2nd	19	46	15	9	22	37	56	54
1997–98	2nd	12	42	18	5	19	56	44	59
1998–99	2nd	11	38	14	10	14	45	48	52
1999-00	2nd	5	34	16	6	12	38	26	54
2000–01	2nd	8	34	15	1	18	36	43	46

Notes and references

Notable players

• Serhiy Popov
• Timerlan Huseinov

See also

FC Arsenal Kyiv
FC Borysfen Boryspil
FC Boryspil

External links

• Unofficial site of the Army club