Russia have announced a 31-man squad for their upcoming friendlies against Nigeria and Belarus in June.
Head coach Valery Karpin included four goalkeepers, 13 defenders, 13 midfielders and three forwards for the BetBoom national team matches scheduled for June 6 and 10.
Among the notable names in the Russian squad are Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Matvey Safonov and Anton Miranchuk of Swiss side Sion. The rest of the players are based in the Russian Premier League.
The Super Eagles are expected to use the match as part of their preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers resuming later in June.
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Eagles coach Eric Chelle last week released a 21-man list in the squad to face the Russian team.
Full Russian squad:
Goalkeepers: Matvey Safonov (PSG), Andrey Lunev (Dynamo Moscow), Evgeny Latyshonok (Zenit), Stanislav Agkatsev (Krasnodar)
Defenders: Yuri Gorshkov (Zenit), Ilya Vakhaniya, Viktor Melokhin, Maxim Osipenko (Rostov), Danil Krugovoy, Dzhamalutdin Abdulkadyrov (CSKA Moscow), Alexander Silyanov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Valentin Paltsev (Dynamo Makhachkala), Ilya Rozhkov (Rubin Kazan), Arsen Adamov, Turpal-Ali Ibishev (Akhmat Grozny)
Midfielders: Kirill Shchetinin (Rostov), Dmitry Barinov, Alexey Batrakov, Sergey Pinyaev (Lokomotiv), Danil Prutsev (Spartak Moscow), Danil Glebov, Yaroslav Gladyshev (Dynamo Moscow), Ivan Oblyakov, Matvey Kislyak (CSKA), Maxim Glushenkov, Andrey Mostovoy (Zenit), Lechi Sadulayev (Akhmat), Anton Miranchuk (Sion)
Forwards: Dmitry Vorobyov (Lokomotiv), Ivan Sergeev (Wings of the Soviets), Nikolay Komlichenko (Rostov)
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