The coaching staff of the Russian national team, led by Valery Karpin, named candidates for a call-up to the national team for the March training camp, during which it will play in Moscow with Zambia.
The expanded composition of the Russian national team included 42 players:
Goalkeepers
Evgeny Staver (Rubin), Andrey Lunev (Dynamo), Alexander Maksimenko (Spartak), Evgeny Latyshonok (Zenit), Stanislav Agkatsev (Krasnodar).
Defenders
Ilya Vakhania, Maxim Osipenko (both from Rostov), Arsen Adamov, Turpal-Ali Ibishev (both from Akhmat), Alexander Silyanov, Yevgeny Morozov (both from Lokomotiv), Igor Diveev, Danil Krugovoy (both from CSKA Moscow), Valentin Finger (Dynamo Makhachkala), Alexander Soldatenkov (Krylia Sovetov), Ruslan Litvinov (Spartak), Yuri Gorshkov, Douglas Santos (both Zenit).
Midfielders
Danil Glebov, Daniil Fomin (both Dynamo), Alexander Chernikov, Nikita Krivtsov (both Krasnodar), Nail Umyarov, Danil Prutsev (both Spartak), Anton Miranchuk (Sion), Alexey Miranchuk (Atlanta United), Matvey Kislyak, Ivan Oblyakov (both from CSKA), Alexey Batrakov, Dmitry Barinov, Ilya Samoshnikov, Sergey Pinyaev (all from Lokomotiv), Ivan Komarov (Rostov), Maxim Glushenkov, Andrey Mostovoy (both from Zenit), Lechi Sadulaev (Akhmat), Zelimkhan Bakaev (Khimki").
The attackers
Dmitry Vorobyov (Lokomotiv), Tamerlan Musaev (CSKA), Nikolai Komlichenko (Rostov), Alexander Koksharov (Pari NN).