The coaching staff of the Russian National team headed by Stanislav Cherchesov announced the list of players who will be called for the preparation to the friendly match against Costa-Rica (9 October, Krasnodar), as the FUR website informs. 

The list includes 23 players.

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (PFC CSKA Moscow), Soslan Dzhanaev (FC Rostov, Rostov-on-Don), Stanislav Kritsyuk (FC Krasnodar).

Defenders: Vasily Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Yury Zhirkov, Ivan Novoseltsev, Igor Smolnikov (FC Zenit, Saint-Petersburg), Fedor Kudryashov (FC Rostov, Rostov-on-Don), Ilya Kutepov (FC Spartak, Moscow), Sergey Petrov (FC Krasnodar), Andrey Semenov (FC Terek, Grozny), Roman Shishkin (FC Lokomotiv, Moscow).

Midfielders: Yury Gazinsky (FC Krasnodar), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow), Alexander Erokhin (FC Rostov, Rostov-on-Don), Roman Zobnin (FC Spartak, Moscow), Magomed Ozdoev (FC Rubin, Kazan), Alexey Miranchuk, Alexander Samedov (both – FC Lokomotiv, Moscow), Oleg Shatov (FC Zenit, Saint-Petersburg).

Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (FC Zenit, Saint-Petersburg), Maxim Kanunnikov (FC Rubin, Kazan), Fedor Smolov (FC Krasnodar).

Two more players will be invited to join the training camp of the team ahead to the match – defender Victor Vasin (FC Ufa) and midfielder Pavel Mogilevets (FC Zenit, Saint-Petersburg).

Please be aware that the above players’ list might be subject to some amendments.

Stanislav Cherchesov’s charges will start the preparation to the friendly match on 4 October in Krasnodar.