The national team of Russia will play three qualifying encounters of the 2022 World Cup against Croatia (September 1, Moscow), Cyprus (September 4, Nicosia) and Malta (September 7, Moscow).
Arsen Zakharyan was previously called up to the Euro 2020 preparation camp of the Russian national team, but he did not enter the final squad due to a sore throat. Konstantin Tyukavin received his first call-up to the senior national team. Denis Makarov and Daniil Fomin were in the Russia's squad for the European Championship.
The full squad of the Russian national team is the following:
Goalkeepers: Marinato Guilherme (Lokomotiv), Yuri Dyupin (Rubin), Alexander Maksimenko (Spartak), Sergey Pesyakov (Rostov).
Defenders: Georgy Dzhikiya (Spartak), Igor Diveyev, Mario Fernandez (both from CSKA), Vyacheslav Karavayev, Dmitry Chistyakov (both from Zenit), Fyodor Kudryashov (Antalyaspor), Stanislav Magkeyev (Lokomotiv), Maxim Osipenko (Rostov), Ilya Samoshnikov (Rubin), Sergey Terekhov (Sochi).
Midfielders: Zelimkhan Bakayev, Roman Zobnin (both from Spartak), Dmitry Barinov, Rifat Zhemaletdinov (both from Lokomotiv), Alexander Golovin (Monaco), Alexander Erokhin, Daler Kuzyayev (both from Zenit), Arsen Zakharyan, Denis Makarov, Daniil Fomin (all from Dynamo), Alexey Ionov (Krasnodar), Alexey Miranchuk (Atalanta), Maxim Mukhin (CSKA), Denis Cheryshev (Valencia).
Forwards: Anton Zabolotny (CSKA), Fyodor Smolov (Lokomotiv), Konstantin Tyukavin (Dynamo).