National Team of Russia players list for the match against Costa-Rica

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.