Squad of U21 national team for the game against Norway is named

Coaching staff of Russian U21 national team headed by Nicolay Pisarev decided on a list of players who will be called to train for a match of the Challenge Cup Кубка against Norway that will be held on 7 February in La Manga, Spain. In total there are 23 football players in the list.

Goalkeepers: Николай Заболотный («Rostov»), Cтанислав Крицюк ("Academia" Toliatti), Александр Фильцов («Lokomotiv» M).

Defenders: Maksim Belyaev («Rostov»), Sergey Bryzgalov («Spartak» M), Taras Burlak («Lokomotiv»), Maksim Zhestkov («Rubin»), Ivan Knyazev («Kuban»), Arseny Logashov («Anji»), Ibragim Tsalagov («Krylia Sovetov»), Nikita Chicherin («Dynamo» M), Georgy Schennikov (CSKA).

Midfielders: Nikita Bezlikhotnov («Torpedo»), Shota Bibilov («Volga» NN), Aleksandr Zotov («Tom»), Yuri Kirillov ("Ufa"), Ravil Netfullin (CSKA), Sergey Petrov («Krasnodar»), Anton Sosnin («Kuban»), Oleg Shatov («Anji»).

Forwards: Maksim Kanunnikov («Amkar»), Denis Cheryshev ("Real" Madrid, Spain), Pavel Yakovlev («Spartak» M).

On 3 February the football players of Russian U21 national team depart to Spain. The semifinal game of the Challenge Cup against Norway will be held at  “La Manga Club Football Centre” stadium, it starts at 19.00 local time (22.00, MSK), the RFS official site says.