ZFK CSKA Moscow

WFC CSKA
Full nameWFC CSKA Moscow
Founded1990 / 2016
GroundNovye Khimki Stadium, Khimki
Capacity3 066
ChairmanDmitry Sablin
ManagerMaksim Zinovyev
LeagueRussian Championship
20242nd
Websitehttps://wfccska.ru/

WFC CSKA Moscow (Russian: ЖФК ЦСКА Москва) is the women's team of Russian football club PFC CSKA Moscow, itself a branch of sports society CSKA Moscow. The club participates in the Russian Women's Football Championship, the top division of Russian women football.

History

The section first competed in 1991, in the short-lived Soviet Championship's second level, as CSKA-Transexpo.[1] Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union that same year, it registered in the Russian Supreme Division, where it competed for two seasons before it folded.

Two decades later, CSKA again registered in the second-tier Russian First League (women's football), but it was again disbanded after just one season. However, following the disbanding of Zorky Krasnogorsk near the end of the 2015 Top Division, FK Rossiyanka filled its vacancy for the next season and the new team was registered as CSKA in the 2016 championship. Its first game, a 1–1 draw against FK Chertanovo, coincided with the 93rd anniversary of the men's CSKA's first football match.[2] CSKA ended the championship second-to-last, while Rossiyanka won its fifth title.

For the 2017 season, several key Rossiyanka players moved to the team, which rose to top-table positions.[3] In July, during the inter-season summer pause, it became a CSKA official section.[4] Two months later the team won its first title after defeating Chertanovo 1–0 in the Russian Cup final.

In recent years CSKA Women won two Russian championships in a row, in 2019 and 2020 and made their debut in UEFA Women's Champions League.

Season-by-season

List of WFC CSKA Moscow seasons

Titles

Current squad

As of 31 January 2021.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
74 GK  RUS Elizaveta Shcherbakova
1 GK  RUS Elvira Todua
27 DF  RUS Maria Alekseeva
23 DF  RUS Olga Chernova
15 DF  KAZ Yulia Myasnikova
22 DF  RUS Kseniya Kovalenko
63 MF  RUS Valeria Bespalikova
8 MF  RUS Karina Baklanova
70 MF  RUS Margarita Chernomyrdina
5 DF  SRB Tijana Janković
14 MF  RUS Tatiana Petrova
10 MF  RUS Nadezhda Smirnova
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  RUS Daria Yakovleva
7 FW  CMR Gabrielle Onguéné
20 FW  RUS Valeria Bizenkova
29 GK  RUS Anastasiia Ananjeva
21 FW  RUS Lyubov Yashchenko
93 MF  RUS Ekaterina Bratko
65 MF  RUS Marina Kiskonen
6 DF  SRB Nevena Damjanović
18 FW  NGA Francisca Ordega
FW  CMR Tatiana Ewodo Ekogo

See also

References

  1. ^ RSSSF.
  2. ^ WFC CSKA Moscow
  3. ^ Soccerway
  4. ^ CSKA Moscow
  5. ^ "Russia - PFK CSKA Moskva - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Women Soccerway".