Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA)

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Russian sports organization Soviet sports organization multi-sport club sports society

Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA) is a major Soviet and Russian multi-sport club historically associated with the armed forces and renowned for its elite ice hockey, football, and other sports teams.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
CSKA sports society	4
CSKA Moscow football club	3
CDKA Moscow (football)	1
CSKA Moscow (athletics)	1
CSKA Moscow (football)	1
CSKA Moscow multi-sport club	1
CSKA Moscow sports club	1
Central Red Army (CSKA Moscow)	1
Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA) canonical	1
ЦСКА	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6026429 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA)
Context triple: [Anatoli Tarasov, employer, Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA)]

A. Spartak Moscow
Spartak Moscow is one of Russia’s most successful and popular football clubs, historically known as the “people’s team” and a major force in the Soviet and Russian leagues.
B. FC Krylia Sovetov Moscow
FC Krylia Sovetov Moscow was a Soviet-era football club based in Moscow that competed in the USSR football league system.
C. Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a prominent Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, historically known for developing elite players such as Alex Ovechkin.
D. PFC CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia is a prominent Bulgarian professional football club based in Sofia, known for its historic domestic success and participation in European competitions.
E. FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow is one of Russia’s oldest and most storied football clubs, based in Moscow and historically known for its strong domestic and European performances.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA)
Target entity description: Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA) is a major Soviet and Russian multi-sport club historically associated with the armed forces and renowned for its elite ice hockey, football, and other sports teams.

A. Spartak Moscow
Spartak Moscow is one of Russia’s most successful and popular football clubs, historically known as the “people’s team” and a major force in the Soviet and Russian leagues.
B. FC Krylia Sovetov Moscow
FC Krylia Sovetov Moscow was a Soviet-era football club based in Moscow that competed in the USSR football league system.
C. Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a prominent Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, historically known for developing elite players such as Alex Ovechkin.
D. PFC CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia is a prominent Bulgarian professional football club based in Sofia, known for its historic domestic success and participation in European competitions.
E. FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow is one of Russia’s oldest and most storied football clubs, based in Moscow and historically known for its strong domestic and European performances.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian sports organization ⓘ Soviet sports organization ⓘ multi-sport club ⓘ sports society ⓘ
affiliation	Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ⓘ Ministry of Defence of the USSR ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Defense of the USSR
associatedWith	Russian Armed Forces ⓘ Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ linked to: Soviet armed forces
basedIn	Moscow ⓘ
colors	blue ⓘ gold ⓘ red ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
developed	many European champions ⓘ many Olympic champions ⓘ many world champions ⓘ
foundedAs	army sports club ⓘ
hasSection	CSKA Moscow (athletics) ⓘ linked to: Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA) CSKA Moscow (football) ⓘ linked to: Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA) CSKA Moscow (handball) ⓘ linked to: CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (volleyball) ⓘ linked to: CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow (ice hockey) ⓘ linked to: CSKA Moscow ice hockey club PBC CSKA Moscow (basketball) ⓘ linked to: CSKA Moscow
historicalRole	main army sports club of the USSR ⓘ
leagueParticipation	Kontinental Hockey League ⓘ Russian Premier League (football) ⓘ linked to: Russian Premier League Soviet Championship League (ice hockey) ⓘ linked to: Soviet Championship League Soviet Top League (football) ⓘ linked to: Soviet Top League VTB United League ⓘ
locationCountry	Russia ⓘ
nickname	Army Men ⓘ
notableFor	elite basketball team ⓘ elite football team ⓘ elite ice hockey team ⓘ
region	Eastern Europe ⓘ
reputation	one of the leading football clubs in Russia ⓘ one of the most decorated ice hockey clubs in Europe ⓘ one of the most successful Soviet sports clubs ⓘ
shortName	CSKA ⓘ linked to: CSKA Moscow
sport	athletics ⓘ basketball ⓘ football ⓘ handball ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ volleyball ⓘ

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