On October the 2nd the coaching staff of Russian national team with Fabio Capello at the head named 24 players who will be called up to prepare to the qualifying matches of the World Championship-2014 against Portugal (October 12, Moscow, BSA «Luzhniki», 19.00) and Azerbaijan (October 16, Moscow, BSA «Luzhniki», 19.00), the official website of FUR reported.

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA), Vladimir Gabulov (FC «Anzhi»), Anton Shunin («Dynamo» M).

Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov, Renat Yanbaev (both - «Zenit»), Alexey Berezutskiy, Vasiliy Berezutskiy, Sergei Ignashevich (all - CSKA), Andrey Eschenko («Lokomotiv»), Vladimir Granat («Dynamo» M).

Midfielders: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Dmitriy Комбаров (both - «Spartak» M), Vladimir Bystrov, Igor Denisov, Viktor Fayzulin, Roman Shirokov (all - «Zenit»), Denis Glushakov, Aleksandr Samedov, Dmitry Tarasov (all - «Lokomotiv»), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA).

Forwards: Maxim Grigoriev («Lokomotiv»), Artem Dzyuba («Spartak» M), Aleksandr Kerzhakov (FC «Zenit»), Alexander Kokorin («Dynamo» M).

The schedule of preparation of a national team of Russia will be published later.