Russia squad announced for 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Croatia, Cyprus and Malta

The coaching staff of the Russian national team have announced a list of players who will prepare for the 2022 World Cup qualifyiers with Croatia, Cyprus and Malta.

The main list includes 31 players:

Goalkeepers: Guilherme (Lokomotiv), Yuri Dupin (Rubin), Aleksandr Maksimenko (Spartak), Sergey Pesyakov (Rostov)

Defenders: Igor Diveev, Mario Fernandes (both CSKA), Stanislav Magkeev (Lokomotiv), Georgy Dzhikia (Spartak), Dmitry Chistyakov, Vyacheslav Karavaev (both Zenit), Maksim Osipenko (Rostov), Fedor Kudryashov (Antalyaspor, Turkey), Ilya Samoshnikov (Rubin), Sergey Terekhov (Sochi)

Midfielders: Dmitry Barinov, Rifat Zhemaletdinov (both Lokomotiv), Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco, France), Maksim Mukhin, (CSKA), Roman Zobnin, Zelimkhan Bakaev (both Spartak), Aleksey Ionov (Krasnodar), Aleksandr Erokhin, Daler Kuzyaev, (both Zenit), Aleksey Miranchuk (Atalanta, Italy), Daniil Fomin, Arsen Zakharyan, Denis Makarov (all Dynamo), Denis Cheryshev (Valencia, Spain)

Forwards: Fedor Smolov (Lokomotiv), Anton Zabolotny (CSKA), Konstantin Tyukavin (Dynamo)

The game against Croatia will take place on 1 September in Moscow and starts at 21:45 Moscow time. Then Russia will travel to Nicosia on 4 September to take on Cyprus at 19:00, before hosting Malta on 7 September in Moscow at 21:45.