The list of players called for the preparation to the friendly matches against Qatar (10 November, Doha) and Romania (15 November, Grozny) has been amended. PFC CSKA players Vasily Berezutsky, Alexander Golovin and Mario Fernandes as well as FC Rubin forward Maxim Kanunnikov will not be able to join the team due to various injuries. FC Dinamo Moscow forward Kirill Panchenko and FC Rubin midfielder Denis Tkachuk were called to the team.

Thus, the amended players’ list is as follows:

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

Defenders: Victor Vasin (FC Ufa), Georgy Dzhikiya (FC Amkar, Perm), Ivan Novoseltsev (FC Zenit, Saint-Petersburg), Fedor Kudryashov (FC Rostov, 
Rostov-on-Don), Ilya Kutepov (FC Spartak, Moscow), Andrey Semenov (FC Terek, Grozny), Roman Shishkin (FC Lokomotiv, Moscow).

Midfielders: Yury Gazinsky (FC Krasnodar), Alexander Erokhin (FC Rostov, Rostov-on-Don), Denis Glushakov, Roman Zobnin, Dmitry Kombarov (all - FC Spartak, Moscow), Magomed Ozdoev, Denis Tkachuk  (FC Rubin, Kazan), Alexey Miranchuk, Alexander Samedov (both – FC Lokomotiv, Moscow), Yury Zhirkov, Pavel Mogilevets (FC Zenit, Saint-Petersburg).

Forwards: Alexander Kokorin (FC Zenit, Saint-Petersburg), Kirill Panchenko (FC Dinamo, Moscow), Dmitry Poloz (FC Rostov, Rostov-on-Don).

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 matches on 7 November in Doha.

The planning of the Russian National team can be found at FUR official website here.