The final squad of the Russian national team for the October 2022 World Cup qualifiers has been announced

The official website of the RFU announced the final composition of the Russian national team for the October qualification matches of the World Cup-2022.

Goalkeepers: Marinato Guilherme (Lokomotiv Moscow), Yuri Dupin (Rubin Kazan), Andrey Lunev (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Matvey Safonov (Krasnodar).

Defenders: Igor Diveev (CSKA Moscow), Georgy Dzhikia (Spartak Moscow), Maxim Osipenko (Rostov), ​​Alexey Sutormin, Dmitry Chistyakov (both Zenit St. Petersburg), Ilya Samoshnikov (Rubin Kazan), Sergey Terekhov (Sochi), Fedor Kudryashov (Antalyaspor Turkey).

Midfielders: Dmitry Barinov, Rifat Zhemaletdinov (both Lokomotiv Moscow), Alexander Golovin (Monaco), Alexander Erokhin, Daler Kuzyaev (both Zenit St. Petersburg), Alexey Miranchuk (Atalanta Bergamo), Arsen Zakharyan, Daniil Fomin (both – Dynamo Moscow), Alexey Ionov (Krasnodar), Denis Glushakov (Khimki), Denis Makarov (Dynamo Moscow).

Forwards: Fedor Smolov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Anton Zabolotny (CSKA Moscow), Hamid Agalarov (Ufa).

Compared to extended list dropped out of the final application: Stanislav Kritsyuk, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Stanislav Magkeev, Maxim Mukhin, Zelimkhan Bakaev, Anton Zinkovsky, Konstantin Tyukavin, Artyom Dzyuba.

The Russian national team will play two matches of the qualifying tournament of the 2022 World Cup in October. On October 8, the Russians will host rivals from Slovakia, and on October 11, they will play on a visit with Slovenia.

The Russian national team takes 2nd place in the standings of Group H, gaining 13 points in six matches. The Croatian national team has the same points, which takes 1st place by additional indicators.

Group winners will receive direct tickets to the final stage of the tournament. The runner-up teams will play in the play-offs.