CSKA Moscow backroom staff
We hold the names of 52 people on CSKA Moscow's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Fabio Celestini manages the first team. CSKA Moscow's is the joint 2nd longest staff list of the 17 Russian Premier League clubs we hold.
Coaching staff
The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 26 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabio Celestini | Manager | First team | 49 | Switzerland | - |
| Dmitry Igdisamov | Manager | Under-19s | 38 | Russia | - |
| Oleg Dolmatov | Assistant manager | Under-18s | 76 | Russia | - |
| Manel Expósito | Coach | First team | 43 | Spain |  |
| Maxim Bokov | Coach | Under-19s | 51 | Russia | - |
| Alexandr Grishin | Coach | Under-18s | 53 | Russia |  |
| Dmitry Protopopov | Coach | Under-18s | 37 | Russia | - |
| Igor Mendelev | Coach | Under-18s | 30 | Russia | - |
| Mikhail Shumilin | Coach | Under-18s | 49 | Russia | - |
| Mkhitar Davidyan | Coach | Under-18s | 47 | Russia |  |
| Platon Pchelkin | Coach | Under-18s | 30 | Russia | - |
| Sergey Dulyk | Coach | Under-18s | 45 | Russia | - |
| Sergey Shumilin | Coach | Under-18s | 35 | Russia | - |
| Soslan Beteev | Coach | Under-18s | 30 | Russia | - |
| Valery Minko | Coach | Under-18s | 53 | Russia | - |
| Vitaly Duvanov | Coach | Under-18s | 34 | Russia | - |
| Paolo Favaretto | Set-piece coach | First team | 58 | Italy |  |
| Dmitriy Kramarenko | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 50 | Azerbaijan | - |
| Oleg Yurchenko | Goalkeeping coach | Under-19s | 55 | Russia | - |
| Dmitriy Yekimov | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 54 | Belarus | |
| Gabriele Bagattini | Fitness coach | First team | 39 | Italy | - |
| Igor Axionov | Fitness coach | First team | 47 | Russia | - |
| Javi Noya | Fitness coach | First team | 43 | Spain |  |
| Jose Blesa | Fitness coach | First team | 37 | Spain | - |
| Alexandr Driga | Fitness coach | Under-19s | 42 | Russia | - |
| Margarita Sviridova | Fitness coach | Under-18s | 35 | - | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 10 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadjimurad Khizroev | Club doctor | First team | 55 | Russia | Fakel Voronezh before that Arsenal Tula |
| Philipp Chubarovskiy | Club doctor | First team | 36 | Russia | - |
| Sergey Izmailov | Club doctor | First team | 37 | Russia | - |
| David Tskhakaia | Club doctor | Under-19s | 64 | Russia | - |
| Omid Etemad Arroyo | Physio | First team | 38 | Spain | - |
| Pavel Grevtsov | Physio | First team | 50 | Russia | - |
| Vasily Demchenko | Physio | First team | 54 | Russia | - |
| Ryland Morgans | Head of sports science | Club-wide | 48 | Wales |  |
| Anton Yemanov | Sports scientist | First team | 45 | Russia | - |
| Eduard Bezuglov | Sports scientist | First team | 43 | Russia | |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 9 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandr Ryazantsev | Scout | Club-wide | 38 | Russia | - |
| Denis Mashkarin | Scout | Club-wide | 52 | Russia | - |
| Dmitry Andreev | Scout | Club-wide | 44 | Russia | FC Orenburg |
| Dmitry Demidov | Scout | Club-wide | 38 | Russia | - |
| Maksym Biletskyi | Scout | Club-wide | 45 | Ukraine | - |
| Alexey Shamin | Recruitment analyst | Club-wide | 36 | Russia | - |
| Evgeny Shevelev | Head performance analyst | Club-wide | 40 | Russia |  |
| Igor Pecheritsa | Performance analyst | First team | 36 | Russia |  |
| Andrey Gorokhov | Performance analyst | Under-19s | 27 | Russia | - |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oleg Kornaukhov | Head of youth development | 50 | Russia |
Owners and directors
Who owns CSKA Moscow and sits on its board
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxim Oreshkin | Owner | 42 | Russia |
| Evgeny Giner | Chair | 65 | Russia |
| Roman Babaev | Managing director | 47 | Russia |
| Alexandr Stelmakh | Director | 64 | Russia |
| Andrey Zarubjan | Director | 50 | Russia |
| Dmitry Yegorov | Director | 52 | Russia |
Backroom staff at every Russian Premier League club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
CSKA Moscow's list is the joint 2nd longest of the 17, against a median of 37 across the division. Spartak Moscow names the most, 54. Akron Togliatti names the fewest, 18.
CSKA Moscow against the Russian Premier League, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | CSKA MOSCOW | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 26 | 19 | 35 | |
| Medical and sports science | 10 | 7 | 10 |  |
| Scouting and analysis | 9 | 5 | 9 | |
| Football management | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owners and directors | 6 | 5 | 8 |  |
Backrooms the size of CSKA Moscow's, in every league
CSKA Moscow's 52 names make the joint 71st longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 |  | Championship | 54 |
| 64 |  | Super Liga | 53 |
| 64 |  | Serie B | 53 |
| 64 |  | Championship | 53 |
| 64 |  | Ligue 1 | 53 |
| 64 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 53 |
| 64 |  | Ligue 1 | 53 |
| 64 |  | La Liga | 53 |
| 71 |  | Serie A | 52 |
| 71 |  | Serie B | 52 |
| 71 | | Russian Premier League | 52 |
| 71 | | Russian Premier League | 52 |
| 71 |  | Süper Lig | 52 |
| 71 |  | Premier League | 52 |
| 71 |  | Serie B | 52 |
| 71 |  | La Liga | 52 |
| 79 | Calcio Padova | Serie B | 51 |
| 79 |  | Primeira Liga | 51 |
| 79 | HNK Hajduk Split | Croatian First League | 51 |
| 79 |  | Ekstraklasa | 51 |
| 79 |  | La Liga | 51 |
Where CSKA Moscow's staff come from
8 nationalities across the 51 staff whose nationality we hold
Russia supplies 40 of the 51, 78%. The median age is 45. The oldest is Oleg Dolmatov, assistant manager, at 76, and the youngest Andrey Gorokhov, performance analyst, at 27. 12 members of staff came from another club, most often Lokomotiv Moscow (3).
Where CSKA Moscow's former staff work now
On CSKA Moscow's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 14 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Rolan Gusev | Manager | |
| Vasily Berezutskiy | Manager |  |
| Oleg Yarovinskiy | Assistant manager |  |
| Murat Iskakov | Coach | Akron Togliatti |
| Victor Onopko | Coach |  |
| Alexey Nosnikov | Coach | |
| Igor Stepanov | Fitness coach | |
| Toni Tapia | Fitness coach |  |
| Alexandr Goncharov | Fitness coach | |
| Mikhail Butovskiy | Chief doctor | |
| Daniel Gomes | Physio |  |
| Alexandr Sorochinskiy | Scout | |
| Andrey Movsesjan | Head of youth development | |
| Sergey Ovchinnikov | Head of youth development | |
Frequently asked questions
Who is CSKA Moscow's manager?
Fabio Celestini is the CSKA Moscow first-team manager, aged 49.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at CSKA Moscow?
Dmitriy Kramarenko coaches the CSKA Moscow first-team goalkeepers.
How many backroom staff do CSKA Moscow have?
We hold the names of 52 people on CSKA Moscow's staff for 2025/26: 26 in coaching, 10 in medical and sports science, 9 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 6 owners and directors. That is the joint 2nd longest list of the 17 Russian Premier League clubs we hold, against a median of 37. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 71st longest of 815.
Where to next
For what CSKA Moscow pays its squad, see CSKA Moscow player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Fabio Celestini. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Russian Premier League wages.