Russian national team final squad announced for September 2022 World Cup qualifiers

29 players were included in the final squad of the Russian national team for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Croatia, Cyprus and Malta.

Goalkeepers: Guilherme (Lokomotiv), Yuri Dyupin (Rubin), Aleksandr Maksimenko (Spartak), Andrey Lunev (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Sergey Pesyakov (Rostov)

Defenders: Igor Diveev, Mario Fernandes (both CSKA), Stanislav Magkeev (Lokomotiv), Sergey Petrov (Krasnodar), Georgi Dzhikia (Spartak), Maksim Osipenko (Rostov), Vyacheslav Karavaev (Zenit), Ilya Samoshnikov (Rubin)

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

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

Zenit defender Dmitry Chistyakov, Antalyaspor defender Fedor Kudryashov, Dynamo midfielder Denis Makarov and Sochi midfielder Sergei Terekhov were cut from the preliminary list. Andrey Lunev of German side Bayer leverkusen is included amongst the goalkeepers.

The Russia vs Croatia match will take place on 1 September in Moscow and starts at 21:45 Moscow time. Cyprus vs Russia will be held in Nicosia on 4 September and will start at 19:00. Russia vs Malta is scheduled for 7 September in Moscow, starting at 21:45.