The coaching staff of the Russian National team headed by Stanislav Cherchesov announced the list of players who will be invited for the preparation to the friendly matches against Cote d'Ivoire  (24 March , Krasnodar, 19.00) and Belgium (28 March , Sochi, 19.00), as the official FUR website informs.

The extended list includes 27 players.

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (PFC CSKA Moscow), Alexander Belenov (FC Ufa), Stanislav Kritsyuk (FC Krasnodar).

Defenders: Victor Vasin (PFC CSKA Moscow), Georgiy Dzhikiya, Ilya Kutepov (FC Spartak, Moscow), Fedor Kudryashov (FC Rostov, Rostov-on-Don), Roman Neustadter (FC Fenerbahce, Turkey), Andrey Semenov (FC Terek, Grozny), Roman Shishkin (FC Krasnodar).

Midfields: Yury Gazinsky (FC Krasnodar), Denis Glushakov, Roman Zobnin, Dmitry Kombarov, Alexander Samedov (all - FC Spartak, Moscow), Alexander Golovin, Alan Dzagoev, Mario Fernandes (PFC CSKA, Moscow), Alexander Erokhin (FC Rostov, Rostov-on-Don), Yury Zhirkov (FC Zenit, Saint-Petersburg), 
Alexey Miranchuk (FC Lokomotiv, Moscow), Magomed Ozdoev (FC Terek, Grozny).

Forwards: Alexander Bukharov, Dmitry Poloz (FC Rostov, Rostov-on-Don), Artem Dzyuba (FC Zenit, Saint-Petersburg), Maxim Kanunnikov (FC Rubin, Kazan), Fedor Smolov (FC Krasnodar).

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

Players of Stanislav Cherchesov will start the preparation to the friendly matches on 20 March in Krasnodar.