FC CSKA Kyiv

Infobox Football club
clubname = CSCA Kyiv


fullname = FC Central Sports Club of the Army Kyiv
nickname = "Armymen", "Cadets"
founded = 1934
ground = CSCA, Kyiv
capacity = 12,000
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league = Ukrainian Second League
season = 2007-08
position = Persha Liha, 19^th (relegated)|)
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FC CSKA Kyiv ( _uk. "ЦСКА Київ" "?S? Kyiv", in 1957-1959 – "S?V? Kyiv", in 1960-1971 – "SKA Kyiv".

History

In 1972 the team moved to Chernihiv and did not have a name other than the Chernigiv's team. In 1976, it returned to Kyiv. In 1981-1982, the team had had its last Pervaya Liga 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.

* In 1994 CSCA Kyiv while being in the Third League, but gaining promotion to the Second League (by default), merged with Borysfen Boryspil which gained the promotion to the First League and became CSCA-Borysfen Kyiv taking Borysfen Boryspil place in the Ukrainian First League(Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League for the 1995/96 season): FC CSCA Kyiv was kept as the "Borysfen's" reserve team in lower leagues.

*In 1995 a lot of players got transferred to the more successful, but going through financial difficulties, club at this time "FK CSCA-Borysfen". FC CSCA Kyiv soon were promoted to the First League for the 1996/97 season.

*In 1996 till 2001 CSCA-Borysfen Kyiv was using the name CSCA Kyiv because the partnership was discontinued with Borysfen and the "original" CSCA Kyiv became known as "CSCA-2 Kyiv" (as it was the reserve team).

*FC Borysfen continued its operations from 1996/1997 season as a separate club the Amateur League and gaining prfessional status once again few years later.

*In 2002 on the base of that pseudo "CSCA" (the Former CSCA-Borysfen Kyiv) was reestablished as the new Kyivan club "FC Arsenal" under the official municipal ownership as the team lost its military sponsorship and, in turn, "CSCA-2 Kyiv" regained its name of "CSCA Kyiv".Colours are red shirts and shorts.The club colors are red and black.

Honours

*UkrainianSSR Champions: 4:: 1949, 1951, 1980, 1983
*The Third League:: 1^st 1995
*The Second League:: 1^st 1996(Gr. A)

League and Cup History

CSCA Kyiv

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CSCA-2 Kyiv (1996-2001)

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ee also

FC Arsenal Kyiv
FC Borysfen Boryspil

External links

* [http://www.redblackarmy.narod.ru/ Unofficial site of the Army club]