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Russia is in Group A alongside Uruguay, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Head coach Stanislav Cherchesov has selected his official squad for Russia’s home World Cup, and the hosts will hope the roster will be good enough after they suffered injuries to key guys like Kokorin, Vasin, Dzhikiya or Kambolov.
| Player | Position | Age | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Akinfeev (c) | Keeper | 32 | 106 | 0 | CSKA Moscow 🇷🇺 |
| Vladimir Gabulov | Keeper | 34 | 10 | 0 | Club Brugge 🇧🇪 |
| Andrey Lunyov | Keeper | 26 | 3 | 0 | Zenit St Petersburg 🇷🇺 |
| Igor Smolnikov | Right back | 29 | 27 | 0 | Zenit St Petersburg 🇷🇺 |
| Mario Fernandes | Right back | 27 | 5 | 0 | CSKA Moscow 🇷🇺 |
| Sergei Ignashevich | Centre back | 38 | 122 | 8 | CSKA Moscow 🇷🇺 |
| Andrei Semyonov | Centre back | 29 | 6 | 0 | Akhmat Grozny 🇷🇺 |
| Vladimir Granat | Centre back | 31 | 12 | 1 | Rubin Kazan 🇷🇺 |
| Ilya Kutepov | Centre back | 24 | 7 | 0 | Spartak Moscow 🇷🇺 |
| Fyodor Kudryashov | Left back | 31 | 19 | 0 | Rubin Kazan 🇷🇺 |
| Yuri Gazinskiy | Midfielder | 28 | 6 | 0 | FC Krasnodar 🇷🇺 |
| Roman Zobnin | Midfielder | 24 | 12 | 0 | Spartak Moscow 🇷🇺 |
| Aleksandr Samedov | Midfielder | 33 | 48 | 7 | Spartak Moscow 🇷🇺 |
| Daler Kuzyayev | Midfielder | 25 | 6 | 0 | Zenit St Petersburg 🇷🇺 |
| Aleksandr Yerokhin | Midfielder | 28 | 17 | 0 | Zenit St Petersburg 🇷🇺 |
| Yuri Zhirkov | Midfielder | 34 | 84 | 2 | Zenit St Petersburg 🇷🇺 |
| Denis Cheryshev | Midfielder | 27 | 11 | 0 | Villarreal 🇪🇦 |
| Aleksandr Golovin | Midfielder | 22 | 19 | 2 | CSKA Moscow 🇷🇺 |
| Alan Dzagoev | Midfielder | 27 | 57 | 9 | CSKA Moscow 🇷🇺 |
| Anton Miranchuk | Midfielder | 22 | 6 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow 🇷🇺 |
| Aleksey Miranchuk | Forward | 22 | 18 | 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow 🇷🇺 |
| Artem Dzyuba | Forward | 29 | 23 | 11 | Arsenal Tula 🇷🇺 |
| Fyodor Smolov | Forward | 28 | 32 | 12 | FC Krasnodar 🇷🇺 |
Potential Russia starting XI (3-5-2):
Akinfeev – Granat, Kutepov, Kudryashov – Samedov, Golovin, Kuzyaev, Zobnin, Zhirkov – Dzyuba, Smolov
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