On May 22, head coach of the Russian national team, Stanislav Cherchesov announced his preliminary squad for this summer’s Confederations Cup, which is of course being played in Russia.

The final squad will be announced on June 7 according to the official website of the Russian Football Union.

The squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: 

Igor Akinfeev (CSKA), Aleksandr Belenov (Ufa), Marinato Guilherme (Lokomotiv), Andrey Lunev (Zenit)

Defenders:

Viktor Vasin (CSKA), Georgy Dzhikiya (Spartak), Ruslan Kambolov (Rubin), Fedor Kudryashov (Rostov), Ilya Kutepov (Spartak), Roman Neustädter (Fenerbahce), Andrey Semenov (Terek), Roman Shishkin (Krasnodar)

Midfielders:

Yury Gazinsky (Krasnodar), Denis Glushakov (Spartak), Aleksandr Golovin (CSKA), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA), Aleksandr Erokhin (Rostov), Yury Zhirkov (Zenit), Roman Zobnin (Spartak), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak), Aleksey Miranchuk (Lokomotiv), Aleksandr Samedov (Spartak), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit), Dmitry Tarasov (Lokomotiv), Mario Fernandes (CSKA)

Strikers: 

Aleksandr Bukharov (Rostov), Artem Dzyuba (Zenit), Maksim Kanunnikov (Rubin), Dmitry Poloz (Rostov), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar)