The football team has founded in 1934 in Kharkiv as part of the Soviet Officers' Club receiving the name UVO Kharkov. During the Soviet regime the team was part of the Soviet Armed Forces sports society. At the end of 1934 the team was transferred to Kiev during the transfer of republican capital. Its name has changed to DO Kiev. In 1947–1956 the team was called ODО 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. The year of 1957 is considered the official year of establishment of CSK ZSU. In 1957–1959 the Kievan army men football team was called SKVО Kiev and in 1960–1971 – SKA Kiev. In 1972, the team moved to Chernihiv and changed its name to SK Chernigov 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.
CSKA Kyiv (1992–1994)
FC CSKA Kyiv was created in place of the Soviet football team SKA Kiev on December 15, 1992 during the reorganization of the Ukrainian military. Its first season in 1992 the club finished under its old name SKA Kiev which was changed during the summer of 1992 to ZS – Oriana. In 1993 team changed its name to ZS – Oriana and then to CSK ZSU. The highest place it reached in the Ukrainian championships was the fifth in the First League.
Second team of CSKA-Borysfen & Arsenal (1994–2001)
In 1994, FC CSKA Kyiv while being in the Third League was promoted to the Second League. Borysfen Boryspil that was playing in the 1994–95 Ukrainian First League in the mid-season merged with the Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the name FC CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv. At that time the Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine obtained two professional teams, one in the Ukrainian First League, while the other in the Ukrainian Second League. FC CSKA Kyiv was kept as the Borysfen'ssecond team in the Second League. In 1995 FC CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv was promoted to the Ukrainian Higher League. Upon conclusion of the 1995-96 Ukrainian Premier League season Borysfen was omitted from the name and the reserve team, which coincidentally gained promotion to the First League now, automatically became CSKA-2 Kyiv. In 1997 Boryspil team was restored first on the Amateur Level and then gaining professional status once again. In 2001, the Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine sold the club. The first team was bought by the Kievan municipal administration and reformed into the new Kievan club "FC Arsenal Kyiv". In turn, the second team was sold to another owner and reverted to the name of CSKA Kyiv continuing to play in the Ukrainian First League.
CSKA Kyiv
Since 2001 FC CSKA Kyiv played in the Ukrainian First League until 2008 when it was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League. In 2009 FC CSKA Kyiv went bankrupt and the club disappeared from football.
After being split from CSKA-Borysfen, the new CSKA was owned by company Kiev–Donbas until in 2001 it was sold to the mayor of Kiev, Oleksandr Omelchenko.
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