Fabio Capello announced the final squad of the Russian national team

The coaching staff of the Russian national team headed by Fabio Capello approved a final list of players who can be called for preparation to a qualifying game of World Cup 2014 against Northern Ireland (22 March, Belfast, Windsor Park stadium, 23.45 Msk) and a friendly game against Brazil (25 March, London, Stamford Bridge stadium, 23.30 Msk), the FUR official site says.

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov (Anji Makhachkala), Sergey Ryzhikov (Rubin Kazan).

Defenders: Aleksander Anyukov (Zenit), Aleksey Berezutskiy, Vasily Berezutskiy, Sergey Ignashevich, Kirill Nababkin (all - CSKA), Vladimir Granat (Dynamo Moscow), Andrey Escshenko, Arseny Logashov (both - Anji), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak Moscow).

Midfielders: Igor Denisov, Viktor Fayzulin, Roman Shirokov (all - Zenit), Denis Glushakov, Maksim Grigorie, Dmitry Tarasov (all - Lokomotiv).

Forwards: Vladimir Bystrov, Aleksander Kerzhakov (both - Zenit), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA), Yury Zhirkov, Oleg Shatov (both - Anji), Aleksander Kokorin (Dynamo M), Aleksander Samedov (Lokomotiv M).