On Thursday, 1 February, U-21 team of Russia left for the first training camp in the new year in Spain.

During this training camp our team under the guidance of Evgeny Bushmanov will play three test matches – on 3 February against Chinese Super League Tianjin (kick-off - 19.00 Moscow time), on 6 February against Hungarian Videoton (18.00 Moscow time) and on 8 February against Bayern-2 Munich U-23 (18.00 Moscow time). The return flight is planned for 9 February, as the FUR website informs.

U-21 players list for the training camp in Spain:

Goalkeepers: Igor Leschuk (Dynamo Moscow), Alexander Melikhov (Tom Tomsk), Igor Obukhov (Arsenal Tula).

Defenders: Alexander Dovbnya (Pathos Cyprus), Nikita Kalugin (Dynamo Moscow), Alexander Likhachev, Shamsiddin Shanbiev (both – Spartak-2 Moscow), Ilya Samoshnikov (Ararat Moscow), Vitaly Stezhko (Krasnodar-2), Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov (Dynamo St.Petersburg), Nikita Chernov (Ural Ekaterinburg), Pavel Shakuro (Tyumen).

Midfields: Igor Bezdenezhnykh, Ivan Oblyakov (both - Ufa), Alexander Zuev (Rostov Rostov-on-Don), Ilya Zhigulev (Krasnodar), Ilya Kamyshev (Zenit-2 St.Petersburg), Igor Konovalov (Kuban Krasnodar), Alexander Makarov (CSKA Moscow), Andrey Mostovoy (Khimki Moscow Region), Vladislav Panteleev  (Spartak-2 Moscow), Roman Tugarev (Kazanka Moscow).

Forwards: Georgy Melkadze (Tosno Leningrad Region), Alexander Sobolev (Krylia Sovetov Samara).