Russia’s national team head coach, Valery Karpin, has released a 31-man squad for the upcoming June international window, which includes friendly matches against Nigeria and Belarus.
The marquee fixture will see Russia host three-time African champions Nigeria at Moscow’s historic Luzhniki Stadium on June 6, with kickoff set for 18:00 Nigerian time.
The squad comprises four goalkeepers, eleven defenders, thirteen midfielders, and three forwards. Notably, Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Matvey Safonov and Sion midfielder Anton Miranchuk are the only players in the team currently based outside Russia.
Originally, Zenit St. Petersburg goalkeeper Evgeny Latyshonok was included in the squad, but he has been ruled out with a muscle injury. In response, Lokomotiv Moscow’s Anton Mitryushkin has been called up as his replacement.
The squad will begin training on May 31 at the national team’s base in Novogorsk, as Karpin begins preparations for the double-header.
Goalkeepers: Matvey Safonov (Paris Saint-Germain, Paris), Andrey Lunev (Dynamo Moscow), Anton Mitryushkin (Lokomotiv Moscow), Stanislav Agkatsev (Krasnodar).
Defenders: Yuri Gorshkov (Zenit Saint Petersburg), Ilya Vakhaniya, Viktor Melokhin, Maxim Osipenko (all from Rostov, Rostov-on-Don), Danil Krugovoy, Dzhamalutdin Abdulkadyrov (both from CSKA Moscow), Alexander Silyanov (Lokomotiv, Moscow), Valentin Paltsev (Dynamo Makhachkala), Ilya Rozhkov (Rubin Kazan), Arsen Adamov, Turpal-Ali Ibishev (both from Akhmat Grozny).
Midfielders: Kirill Shchetinin (Rostov, Rostov-on-Don), Dmitry Barinov, Alexey Batrakov, Sergey Pinyaev (all Lokomotiv Moscow), Danil Prutsev (Spartak Moscow), Danil Glebov, Yaroslav Gladyshev (both Dynamo Moscow), Ivan Oblyakov, Matvey Kislyak (both CSKA Moscow), Maxim Glushenkov, Andrey Mostovoy (both Zenit St. Petersburg), Lechi Sadulaev (Akhmat Grozny), Anton Miranchuk (Sion).
Forwards: Dmitry Vorobyov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Ivan Sergeev (Krylya Sovetov, Samara), Nikolay Komlichenko (Rostov, Rostov-on-Don).
