PBC CSKA Moscow

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CSKA Moscow
League	Russian Basketball Super League
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

PBC CSKA Moscow (Professional Basketball Club (PBC) Central Sports Army Club (CSKA) Moscow, in Russian: Профессиональый Баскетбольный Клуб (ПБК) Центральный Спортивный Клуб Армии (ЦСКА) Москва) is a Russian basketball club, often referred to as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. They are the reigning Euroleague champions, having defeated two-time defending champions Maccabi Tel Aviv 73–69 in the 2006 final at Sazka Arena in Prague.

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.

[edit] Current roster

CSKA Moscow ЦСКА Москва
4	Theodoros Papaloukas	Point guard
5	Nikita Kurbanov	Small forward/Power forward
8	Matjaz Smodis	Small forward
9	David Vanterpool	Small forward
10	John-Robert Holden	Point guard/Shooting guard
11	Zakhar Pashutin	Small forward
13	David Andersen	Center
14	Aleksey Savrasenko	Center
15	Anatoliy Kashirov	Center
17	Oscar Torres	Small forward
18	Anton Ponkrashov	Point guard/Shooting guard
20	Andrey Vorontsevich	Power forward
21	Trajan Langdon	Shooting guard
22	Thomas van den Spiegel	Center