Midfielder Ilzat Akhmetov called up to the Russian national team for the World Cup 2022 qualifying matches.

Ilzat Akhmetov called up to the Russian national team for the World Cup 2022 qualifying matches

The coaching staff of the Russian national team, led by Stanislav Cherchesov, has finalized the list of players for the March matches of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

The Russian national team will play its first match away against Malta on March 24. The team will face Slovenia in Sochi on March 27, and on March 31, they will play away against Slovakia.

Goalkeepers: Anton Shunin (“Dynamo”), Soslan Dzhanaev (“Sochi”), Yuri Dyupin (“Rubin”).

Defenders: Georgy Dzhikiya (“Spartak”), Yuri Zhirkov, Vyacheslav Karavaev (both “Zenit”), Andrey Zhirov (“Sandhausen”), Fedor Kudryashov (“Antalyaspor”), Roman Neustadter (“Dynamo”), Ilya Samoshnikov (“Rubin”), Andrey Semyonov (“Akhat”), Igor Smolnikov (“Krasnodar”), Mario Fernandes (CSKA)

Midfielders: Ilzat Akhmetov (CSKA), Alexander Golovin (“Monaco”), Rifat Jemaletdinov (“Lokomotiv”), Roman Zobnin (“Spartak”), Alexey Ionov (“Krasnodar”), Daler Kuzyaev, Andrey Mostovoy, Magomed Ozdoev (all “Zenit”), Reziuan Mirzov (“Khimki”), Alexey Miranchuk (“Atalanta”), Daniil Fomin (“Dynamo”)

Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (“Zenit”), Anton Zabolotny (“Sochi”), Alexander Sobolev (“Spartak”)