The Russian national football team, led by head coach Valery Karpin, announced an expanded squad for the March training camp. This update comes from the official site of the Russian Football Union.
The roster includes forty-one players, featuring several who play for clubs abroad. Notably, Anton Miranchuk is with Torino in Italy, and Alexander Golovin is with Monaco in France’s Ligue 1.
Goalkeepers: Anton Shunin of Dynamo, Alexander Selikhov of Spartak, Matvey Safonov of Krasnodar, Sergei Pesyakov of Rostov, Soslan Dzhanaev of Sochi, and Ilya Pomazun of Ural.
Defenders: Vyacheslav Karavaev and Danil Krugovoy, both from Zenit; Daniil Khlusevich, Georgy Dzhikia, Daniil Denisov, and Nikita Chernov from Spartak; Maxim Osipenko of Rostov; Artem Makarchuk of Sochi; Alexander Soldatenkov of Soviet Wings; Mingiyan Beveev of Ural; Igor Diveev of CSKA; and Stanislav Magkeev of Lokomotiv.
Midfielders: Dmitry Barinov, Artem Karpukas, Anton Miranchuk, and Sergey Pinyaev, all from Lokomotiv; Danil Glebov of Rostov; Daler Kuzyaev and Andrey Mostovoy, both with Zenit; Ilzat Akhmetov of Krasnodar; Alexander Kovalenko of Wings of the Soviets; Daniil Fomin and Arsen Zakharyan from Dynamo; Anton Zinkovsky, Danil Prutsev, Ruslan Litvinov, and Mikhail Ignatov, all from Spartak; Ivan Oblyakov of CSKA; and Alexey Miranchuk with Torino, alongside Alexander Golovin from Monaco.
Forwards: Fedor Chalov of CSKA, Nikolai Komlichenko of Rostov, Alexander Sobolev of Spartak, Vladimir Pisarsky of Soviet Wings, and Konstantin Tyukavin of Dynamo.
Earlier, the Russian Football Federation announced a friendly match in Tehran scheduled for March 23 between the national teams of Iran and Russia. Reports also indicate a March 27 friendly against Iraq at Fisht Stadium in Sochi.
Historically, in the spring of 2022, both FIFA and UEFA decided to suspend Russia from participation in competitions under their control, affecting the national team and all Russian clubs. Former Russian international Andrey Kanchelskis has criticized the performance of the national team under then head coach Stanislav Cherchesov, who led the team through a difficult period after a disappointing showing at the 2020 European Championship held in 2021. Cherchesov later took a coaching role with Ferencváros in Hungary as part of his coaching career.