A struggling team looking forward to the mega event with a strong vision, but their practical worth is not quite charming. Brazil finished at 6^th position going up from the 3^rd position, but the Dunga has been appointed as a new coach to improve the performance. After being appointed the new coach, Brazil have won 10 straight matches just before entering in the World Cup 2018.

There is still a question mark on Neymar attitude, as he was bit disappointed in the game against Edcuador as he got a yellow card in the mid of game and that was due to crucial fouls and he also missed four games because of suspension. He still need to get on track on mature’ behavior.

Brazil World Cup 2018 Friendlies

Brazil played a tremendous game against Russia on 23^rd March, 2018 and won by 3-0, while they also defeated Germany on 27^th March, 2018. Yet they have to face Croatia on 3^rd June and 10^th June will be day when Brazil will face Austria.

• 23rd March – Brazil vs Russia (won 3-0)
• 27th March- Brazil vs Germany (won 1-0)
• 3rd June – Croatia vs Brazil
• 10th June – Austria vs Brazil

Brazi Schedule World Cup 2018

This team is going to face some of the dangerous teams of its group like Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia as per the schedule that is mentioned below.

17th June – Switzerland vs Brazil
22nd June- Costa Rica vs Brazil
27th June – Serbia vs Brazil

Coach of Brazil 2018 World Cup

The new coach that was appointed in June 2016, quite a talented and an intelligent coach with a big success rate. The Brazilian team won many matches since his appointment as coach. He also knows the depth of Football in Europe.

Brazil World Cup Squad 2018

Being the best player Brazil, the team is not still dependent on Neymar on behalf of his attitude. Beside his dazzling behavior, Neymar is still part of the Brazlian team squad for World Cup 2018. On the other side, passing through different controversies, Paulinho has been recalled, but the coach Tite is well aware of Paulinho’ fitness.

• Goalkeepers – Alisson, Cassio, Ederson
• Defenders – Alex Sandro, Dani Alves, Fagner, Pedro Geromel, Marcelo, Marquinhos, Miranda, Thiago Silva
• Midfielders – Renato Augusto, Casemiro, Coutinho, Douglas Costa, Fernandinho, Fred, Paulinho, Willian
• Forwards – Roberto Firmino, Gabriel Jesus, Neymar, Taison

Gabriel Jesus, the young man and centre-forward player is going to make his debut on the basis of his excellent performance like scoring 7 goals. Ederson is also expected to make his appearance in the World Cup.

Nigeria is one of the best and dangerous team from Africa, they have also qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2018 easily. Beside qualifying for the world cup, they are also improving their game as well. The Nigerian football team consists of young players and totally changed from the squad that wen in the World Cup held in Brazil. While Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi are still part of the squad and the nation is expecting a lot.

After losing against South Africa at home during the National Cup Qualifiers, Gernot Rohr is holding an important designation of coach of the team.

Nigeria World Cup Friendlies 2018 Schedule & Fixtures

This team played a game against Poland on 23^rd March, 2018 which they lost by 1-0, while Serbia also defeated Nigeria on 27^th March. Now they would face DR Congo and England on 28^th May and 2^nd June respectively.

• 23rd March – Nigeria vs Poland (lost 1-0)
• 27th March – Nigeria vs Serbia (lost 2-0)
• 28th May – DR Congo vs Nigeria
• 2nd June – England vs Nigeria

Nigeria World Cup 2018 Schedule & Fixtures

Nigeria would play against the toughest teams of event like Croatia, Iceland and Aregntina. As you can see in the schedule given below.

• 16th June – Croatia vs Nigeria
• 22nd June – Nigeria vs Iceland
• 26th June – Argentina vs Nigeria

Gernot Rohr – Coach Nigeria – World Cup 2018

Rohr was appointed as coach of Nigeria back in 2016 on 2-Year contract basis. He is a well known football player from Bayern Munich and he has also played for Bordeaux for 12 years. The team also went in the UEFA Cup Final 1996.

Nigeria World Cup 2018 Squad & Line Up

Victor Moses, the super start from Nigeria will be part of official squad, while the midfielder John Obi Mikel. Leon Balogun is also going with playing squad for the World Cup 2018 Russia. On the other side, Carl Ikeme won’t be able to play for the team as he is struggling with acute Leukemia.

• Goalkeepers – Daniel Akpeyi, Vincent Enyeama, Ikechukwu Ezenwa
• Defenders – Shehu Abdullahi,Ola Aina, Chidozie Awaziem, Leon Balogun, Elderson Echiejile, Stephen Eze, Kenneth Omeruo, William Troost-Ekong
• Midfielders – Oghenekaro Etebo, John Obi Mikel, Wilfred Ndidi, Joel Obi, John Ogu, Ogenyi Onazi, Moses Simon
• Forwards – Odion Ighalo, Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi, Victor Moses, Ahmed Musa

 

Finally, the Iceland team has also successfully managed to reach in the World Cup 2018 finishing lower in their group. In the beginning, this team was quite in hurry, but then they made their attitude a bit professional and mature in order to minimizing their mistakes since they made an appearance in the Euro Cup 2016. During their Euro 2016 journey, they were unbeaten throughout the event, but they lost a match against France in quarter final. Iceland played 10 matches and won 7 out of them including their at home games.

After getting rid of Euro 2016, they had a normal schedule in September 2017 where they lost a game against Finland by 1-0. While they made a recover in the next month of same year by beating Turkey away home.

Heimir Hallgrimsson – Iceland Coach – World Cup 2018

Qualified team for the World Cup, Iceland will be playing the mega event under coaching of Heimir Hallgrimsson. He has don a great job in his career as coach, providing his services to Lars Lagerback as assistant, but now he made progress too. Iceland had two mutual managers in form of Heimir and Lagerback, but being failed in qualifying the World Cup 2014, the Icelanders higher officials gave the coaching solely to Hallgrimsson.

Iceland World Cup 2018 Friendlies – Schedule

Iceland played against Indonesia during World Cup friendlies on 14^th January, 2018 which they won by 4-1. They also played against Mexico and Per on 24 and 2th March, 2018 which ended as Draw in result. Now they would face Norway on 2^nd June, 2018.

• 14th January – Iceland vs Indonesia (won 4-1)
• 24th March – Mexico vs Iceland
• 28th March – Peru vs Iceland
• 2nd June – Iceland vs Norway

Iceland World Cup 2018 Schedule& Fixtures

Being the member of Group D, Iceland would face some of the toughest teams like Argentina, Nigeria and Croatia respectively on 16^th, 22^nd and 26^th June, 2018.

• 16th June – Argentina vs Iceland
• 22nd june – Nigeria vs Iceland
• 26th June – Croatia vs Iceland

Iceland Squad World Cup 2018 – Official Lineups

This team is having few of the dangerous players in their attacking and midfield. Gylfi Sigurdsson is added in the squad and probably he had to as he finished as top goal scorer in the World Cup qualifying campaign. While on the other side, Iceland team would be captained by Aron Einar Gunnarsson and he will be staying in the midfield position.

• Goalkeepers – Hannes Halldorsson, Runar Runarsson, Frederik Schram
• Defenders – Karl Arnason, Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson, Jon Fjoluson, Sverrir Ingi Ingson, Hordur Magnusson, Birkir Saevarsson, Ragnar Sigurdsson, Ari Skulason
• Midfielders – Birkir Bjarnason, Theodor Bjarnason, Rurik Gislason, Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Aron Gunnarsson, Emil Hallfredsson, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Olafur Skulason
• Forwards – Jon Dadi Bodvarsson, Alfred Finnbogason, Albert Gudmundsson, Bjorn Bergmann Sigudarson

Like many players from different teams, the Icelander forward player Kolbeinn Sigthorsson won’t be able to play for his team in the World Cup due to his knee injury that he got back in September 2016.

Karl Arnason, Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson and Jon Fjluson will be staying in the defense. On the other side, Birkir Bjarnson and Theodor Bjarnason will be staying in the midfield along with Rurik Gislason and Johann.

The team faced too many hurdle in just reaching in the World Cup 2018 is Denmark as they have played pretty tough games, but yet they have proved them as a tough competitor.  This team was one of the toughest and dangerous teams in the world once, like back in 1998 and 1986, they made them able to reach in final and quarter final. Christian Eriksen is one of the legendary players for Denmark, and now they are looking for the same.

Denmark Coach – World Cup 2018

Age Hareide, the current coach of Denmark is looking forward to this mega event as head coach. He is 2^nd most long serving after Morten Olsen. He has a strong profile that insisted the management to replace the longest serving Denmark coach back in 2016.

World Cup Friendlies – Denmark

Denmark would playing against some toughest teams in the World Cup friendly scenario as they will face Sweden and Mexico respectively on 2^nd and 9^th June, 2018.

• 22nd March – Denmark vs Panama (won 1-0)
• 27th March – Denmark vs Chile (drew 0-0)
• 2nd June – Sweden vs Denmark
• 9th June – Mexico vs Denmark

World Cup 2018 Schedule – Denmark

They will open their World Cup account by playing against Peru on 16^th June, 2018. They will face Australia on 21^st June, 2018 and France on 26^th of the same month.

• 16th June – Peru vs Denmark
• 21st June – Australia vs Denmark
• 26th June – Denmark vs France

Denmark Official Team Squad – World Cup 2018 – Possible Lineups

Main asset and master weapon of Denmark, Christian Eriksen would be dominating the team in the World Cup 2018. He has scored 11 goals during the World Cup qualifying rounds and proved him an international asst too. He also registered his hat-trick in the final play-off match. Beside the Denmark team, he also represents Tottenham Hotspur.

• Goalkeepers – Jonas Lossl, Frederik Ronnow, Kaspar Schmeichel
• Defenders – Peter Ankersen, Nicolai Boilesen, Andreas Christensen, Henrik Dalsgaard, Riza Durmisi, Mathias Jorgensen, Simon Kjaer, Jens Larsen
• Midfielders – Thomas Delaney, Christian Eriksen, Mike Jenson, William Kvist, Lukas Lerager, Lasse Schone, Pione Sisto
• Forwards – Niklas Bendtner, Martin Braithwaite, Andres Cornelius, Nicolai Jorgensen, Yussuf Poulsen

Kasper Schmeichel, the goal keeper of this team would be making his appearance once again holding the same designation. While on the other side, William Kvist is also added back in the squad. Peter Ankersen, Nicolai, Simon and Jens are place at defenders position.

On the other side, Thomas Delaney, Christian Eriksen, Mike Jenson and Lukas Lerager are also in the team and will be dominating the midfield position. Yussuf Poulsen, Andres and Martin will be staying at forwards side of the field.

Peru has repeated their history which they made 78 years ago by winning 10 games consecutively. They have also got the best reward of playing 10 un-beaten games in form of title of Copa America as well as a place in the World Cup after 36 years. They made their last appearance in the World Cup back in 1982. It was quite difficult for them to make their appearance in the event, but they have tried and finally made sure too.

Peru – World Cup 2018 Friendlies

Peru’s first World Cup Friendly 2018 was played on 24^th March against Croatia which they won by 2-0 and then against Iceland on 28^th March, 2018 and that they won too by 3-1. Peru would play their next match against Scotland on 29^th May, 2018 and Saudi Arabia on 3^rd June, 2018, while the last World Cup friendly match to be played against Sweden on 9^th June, 2018.

• 24th March – Peru vs Croatia (won 2-0)
• 28th March – Peru vs Iceland (won 3-1)
• 29th May – Peru vs Scotland
• 3rd June – Peru vs Saudi Arabia
• 9th June – Peru vs Sweden

Peru Schedule – World Cup 2018

This team is placed in a dangerous group where France, Denmark and Australia are already there. Peru will face Denmark in their inaugural match on 16^th June, 2018, while France on 21^st and Australia on 26^th June, 2018.

• 16th June – Peru vs Denmark
• 21st June – Peru vs France
• 26th June – Peru vs Australia

Coach of Peru – Ricardo Garece – World Cup 2018

The former Argentinian player is currently head coach of Peru since 2015. He has developed a tough team in history of Peru. He has managed a young team squad of Peru for the World Cup 2018.

23-Man Peru Team Squad & Possible Lineups – World Cup 2018

The big super star and most successful football player of Peru, Edison Flores would be there in the team squad as he has been selected for the domination and will be acquiring the position in the midfielder who has scored five goals, the more by any Peru player in a single match.

Jefferson Farfan missed the board, but he made his comeback for the final rounds and picked by the selectors for World Cup 2018 replacing Paolo Guerrero. The skipper and Centre-Forward player Geurrero is expected to rejoin as he was forced to sit back after the positive drug test results.

On the other side, Renato Tapia would be making his debut for the team. He would be playing as midfielder.

The most strongest and harder campaign being run by Australian team for the World Cup 2018 among other participants for the same event to be held in Russia in June 2018. This team has played total 11 games and lost only two games out of they have played. There are so many matches too that went result less and draw in result including a match against Saudi Arabia. They have secured a home victory against Honduras in front of about 80,000 spectators in Sydney.

Australia World Cup Friendlies 2018

They have played against Norway on 23^rd March which they won by 4-1. On 27^th March, 2018 they played against Colombia which was drawn in result.

1. 23rd March – Norway (lost 4-1)
2. 27th March – Colombia (drew 0-0)

Australia Fixtures/Schedule World Cup 2018 (Official)

Being the member of Group C, this team would play against France, Denmark and Peru on 16^th,21^st and 26^th June, 2018 respectively.

• 16th June – France vs Australia
• 21st June – Denmark vs Australia
• 26th June – Peru vs Australia

Coach of Australia – World Cup 2018

One of the finest football players that history has witnessed, Bert van Marwijk would be coaching Australian team during the World Cup 2018. This man has done a great job during his coaching responsibilities for the Dutch side that helped the Netherlands to reach in final match of World Cup 2010. He is now officially head coach of Australian team for the World Cup 2018.

Australia Squad – 2018 World Cup

The Australian official team squad is fully in form as they have done a lot of practice in many games in short times. Aaron Mooy is currently the finest Australian player and he is also added back in the squad for the World Cup. Mile Jedinak is also going represent Australia after making his comeback from the injury he faced in a match against Honduras.

Tim Cahill, the 38 years old football player of Australia won’t be a part of Australia for the World Cup, its a solid question mark on his appearance in the World Cup for the fourth time. According to Tim, he is still a better player and can perform up to the mark, but the selectors have yet to make a confirmation.

Matt Jurman is looking forward to make his debut for the World Cup, he has played some excellent games recently in away leg for the AFC play-off against Syria.

Morocco’ team squad is officially announced and now they are looking forward to the international friendly matches as well as the FIFA World Cup 2018 warm ups to test the playing XI side too. Morocco is another African side that would be appearing in the mega event. Morocco played the final match of World Cup back in 1998 and once again they are eyeing to reach in the final.

International Friendly (Morocco)

This team played their friendly match on 23^rd March, 2018 which they have won along with a match against Uzbekistan on 27^th March, 2018 and they won too.

• 23rd March, 2018 – Morocco vs Serbia (won 2-1)
• 27th March, 2018 – Uzbekistan vs Morocco (won 2-0)

Morocco World Cup Schedule 2018

They will play their inaugral match against Iran on 15^th June, 2018, while Portugal will be their next opposition on 20^th June, 2018, while they will play against Spain on 25^th June, 2018.

• 15th June, 2018 – Iran vs Morocco
• 20th June, 2018 – Portugal vs Morocco
• 25th June, 2018– Morocco vs Spain

Coach of Morocco (Herve Renard)

Herve Renard, the legendary player would be coaching the Morocco team for the FIFA World Cup 2018. He started his career of coaching and assistance by starting as Assistant of Ghana in 2008. He has also provided his services for the different teams including Zambia who won the title of African Nations Cup under his coaching in 2012. Ivory Coast also got Herve Renard in 2015 and now he coach of Morocco.

FIFA World Cup Morocco Squad 2018

This team has some sort of internationally renowned players like Mehdi Benatia who play for Juventus and have a kind of potential profile in his club. The midfielders Mbark Boussoufa and Younes Belhanda, both are super stars of Morocco and they are eyeing to dominate the mega event too.

Karim El Ahmadi and Sofiane Boufal, both of these players are also added in the squad and both of these along with Hakim Ziyech will be staying the attacking lineup of Morocco. Manuel Da Cost and striker Youssef El Arabi would not be able to join their team because of some injuries they are facing.

The most attractive and one of the famous football teams in the world, Portugal would be lead by super star Cristiano Ronaldo in the FIFA World Cup 2018 (Russia). The skipper Ronaldo is actual power of Portugal team, he has scored 15 goals recently in 9 games of WC Qualifying round. His team won 9 matches out of 10 they have played under his captaincy. While on the other side, Fernando Santos, the coach is looking forward to make his team more progressive and stronger.

You can watch all the matches of Portugal live stream of FIFA World Cup 2018 online here. Keep visiting our website for live information.

This time, Portugal have some unique lineup for the World Cup 2018. Pep, Jose Fonte & Bruno Alves are there in the team staying in the central defenders. Portugal have been placed in Group B along with their arch rival, Spain, Morocco and Iran.

Portugal World Cup Qualifying & International Friendly

Before entering direct into the world cup 2018, the Portugal team would play some international friendly matches. 2 matches of the same campaign are to be played in the month of March, 1 match on 28^th May, 2018 against Tunisia. Portugal would play their two matches in the month of June, 1^st against Belgium and 2^nd one vs Algeria.

Portugal Schedule FIFA World Cup 2018

Being a member of Group B, Portugal would start its season of World Cup 2018 playing against Spain on 15^th June, 208. Morocco would be their next competitor on 20^th June, 2018 while Iran is the 3^rd opposition for Portugal on 25^th June, 2018.

Coach of Portugal World Cup 2018

The Portugal team will have Fernando Santos as their coach who is been replaced by Paulo Bento. The officials have given him a chance and he has also proved the decision right he is the right man and best coach in the history of Portugal. He would be Coach of Portugal till 2020.

Portugal Team Squad World Cup 2018

Andre Silva, the rising star is also of this team for the mega tour, he has scored 9 goals and making a brutal partnership with the captain Ronaldo. Pepe will be also in, but staying at defence, on the other side Ricardo Quaresma, Joao Moutinho will also play a vital role in the team.

Raphael Guerreiro, he won’t be able to make his appearance for his team in the mega event, while Goncalo Guedes will be making his debut for the Portugal team. He has played only two matches ini 2015 and now he is in World Cup at age of 18. Rest of the squad is given below.

	PLAYER	CLUB	AGE	POSITION
1	Rui Patrício	Sporting CP	32	GK
2	Anthony Lopes	Lyon	27	GK
3	José Sá	FC Porto	30	GK
4	Nélson Semedo	Barcelona	24	Defender
6	Pepe	Beşiktaş	35	Defender
7	Luís Neto	Fenerbahçe	29	Defender
8	Vitorino Antunes	Getafe	30	Defender
9	Cédric Soares	Southampton	26	Defender
10	Raphaël Guerreiro	Borussia Dortmund	24	Defender
11	João Cancelo	Inter Milan	23	Defender
12	Ricardo Pereira	FC Porto	24	Defender
13	Rúben Neves	Wolverhampton	20	Midfielder
14	Bernardo Silva	Manchester City	25	Midfielder
15	João Moutinho	AS Monaco	30	Midfielder
16	André Gomes	Barcelona	24	Midfielder
17	Danilo Pereira	FC Porto	26	Midfielder
18	Manuel Fernandes	Lokomotiv Moscow	32	Midfielder
19	João Mário	West Ham United	25	Midfielder
20	André Silva	AC Milan	22	Forward
21	Gonçalo Guedes	Valencia	21	Forward
22	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	33	Forward
23	Nani	Lazio	31	Forward

The FIFA World Cup 2018 is about to be kicked off and this is going to be a historic world cup after 4 years as Russia is going to host the FIFA World Cup, while the defending champion Germany is eager to keep the title of championship along with them. World Cup 2018 Russia live streaming of matches of host Russia will be available here 30 minutes before the match.

Russian team has a vast record in the FIFA history as they has been quit dominated as a member of FIFA and besides all the events, Russia have appeared in total 10 World Cups. Russia is also a solid member of UEFA and they were the pioneer champion of UEFA Champions League played back in 1960.

FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia Matches

Russia would be playing three matches in the FIFA World Cup 2018, Saudi Arabia will be it’s first opposition in the 1^st game on 14^th June, 2018, while they will play their 2^nd match against Uruguay and 3^rd vs Egypt.

1. Russia vs Saudi Arabia– 14 June 2018

2. Russia vs Egypt– 19 June 2018

3. Uruguay vs Russia – 25 June 2018

This is going to be the excellent showoff by host as they have been quite in form, while the lineups are also settled in a stronger way that could damage the opposition’ expectations.

Russian legendary manager Pavel Sayrin helped the team to win too many titles. After making too many changes and giving chance to many players, the Russian National Football team’ officials have finalized the list of players who will represent Russia during FIFA World Cup 2018.

FIFA World Cup 2018 Preparation:

The officials in Russian top federation have made many important changes in the squad and kit before the World Cup starts. The official team kits including home and away home are now being made by Adidas as they have ended up the contract with Nike back in 2008. After the breaking up with Soveit Union, the Russian team made some sort massive replacements all over the leagues. They started from Nill after breaking up with the soviet union, first of all they made their own identity in form of kits and then the new players were introduced which gradually made rapid progress.

Name	Tenure	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win {2c57283f43f9b3b7e6eaef82251cdaa74f0a0183bf679d77fcdffc6e96ea4b45}
Sadyrin, Pavel Sadyrin	1992–1994	23	12	6	5	52.17
Romantsev, OlegOleg Romantsev	1994–1996, 1998–2002	60	36	14	10	60
Ignatyev, Boris Ignatyev	1996–1998	20	8	8	4	40
Byshovets, Anatoliy Byshovets	1998	6	0	0	6	0
Gazzaev, Valery Gazzaev	2002–2003	9	4	2	3	44.44
Yartsev, Georgi Yartsev	2003–2005	19	8	6	5	42.11
Semin, Yuri Semin	2005	7	3	4	0	42.86
Borodyuk, Aleksandr Borodyuk (caretaker)	2006	2	0	1	1	0
Hiddink, Guus Hiddink	July 2006 – June 2010	39	22	7	10	56.41
Advocaat, Dick Advocaat	July 2010 – July 2012	24	12	8	4	50
Capello, Fabio Capello	July 2012 – July 2015	33	17	11	5	51.52
Slutsky, Leonid Slutsky	August 2015 – June 2016	13	6	2	5	46.15
Cherchesov, Stanislav Cherchesov	August 2016 – Present	18	5	5	8	27.77

Russian Coaches: Too many international legends of their times managed the coaching duties of Russia with time to time. Stanislave Cherchesov is head coach of Russia, while Miro Romaschenko is Assistant coach of this team.

Position	Name
Head coach	Stanislav Cherchesov
Assistant coach	Miroslav Romaschenko
Goalkeeping coach	Gintaras Staučė
Fitness coach	Vladimir Panikov

 

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Igor Akinfeev (Captain)	(1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 32)	104	0	CSKA Moscow
12	1GK	Aleksandr Selikhov	(1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 24)	0	0	Spartak Moscow
99	1GK	Andrey Lunyov	(1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 (age 26)	3	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
	1GK	Vladimir Gabulov	(1983-10-19) 19 October 1983 (age 34)	10	0	Club Brugge
3	2DF	Roman Neustädter	(1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 30)	6	0	Fenerbahçe
4	2DF	Ilya Kutepov	(1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 24)	6	0	Spartak Moscow
5	2DF	Andrei Semyonov	(1989-03-24) 24 March 1989 (age 29)	6	0	Akhmat Grozny
13	2DF	Fyodor Kudryashov	(1987-04-05) 5 April 1987 (age 31)	17	0	Rubin Kazan
14	2DF	Vladimir Granat	(1987-05-22) 22 May 1987 (age 30)	11	1	Rubin Kazan
18	2DF	Yuri Zhirkov	(1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 (age 34)	82	2	Zenit Saint Petersburg
23	2DF	Dmitri Kombarov	(1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 (age 31)	47	2	Spartak Moscow
28	2DF	Igor Smolnikov	(1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 29)	25	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
	2DF	Konstantin Rausch	(1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 (age 28)	5	0	Dynamo Moscow
	2DF	Vladislav Ignatyev	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 31)	3	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
	2DF	Ruslan Kambolov	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 28)	2	0	Rubin Kazan
6	3MF	Anton Shvets	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 24)	1	0	Akhmat Grozny
8	3MF	Denis Glushakov	(1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 (age 31)	57	5	Spartak Moscow
10	3MF	Alan Dzagoev	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 27)	55	9	CSKA Moscow
16	3MF	Anton Miranchuk	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 22)	4	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
17	3MF	Aleksandr Golovin	(1996-05-30) 30 May 1996 (age 21)	17	2	CSKA Moscow
19	3MF	Aleksandr Samedov	(1984-07-19) 19 July 1984 (age 33)	46	6	Spartak Moscow
21	3MF	Aleksandr Yerokhin	(1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 28)	17	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
27	3MF	Denis Cheryshev	(1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 27)	10	0	Villarreal
47	3MF	Roman Zobnin	(1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 24)	10	0	Spartak Moscow
	3MF	Daler Kuzyayev	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 25)	4	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
11	4FW	Fyodor Smolov	(1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 28)	30	12	Krasnodar
15	4FW	Aleksei Miranchuk	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 22)	16	4	Lokomotiv Moscow
24	4FW	Anton Zabolotny	(1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 26)	5	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg

Russia have announced their official 23-Man team squad for FIFA World Cup 2018 just 2 months before the event. According to the newly announced Igor, Vladmir and Andrey Lunyov are picked finally as Goal Keeper, while Andrey Lunyov is captain of this team.

	PLAYER	CLUB	AGE	POSITION
1	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA Moscow	31	GK
2	Vladimir Gabulov	Brugge	34	GK
3	Andrey Lunyov	Zenit Saint Petersburg	26	GK
4	Yuri Zhirkov	Zenit Saint Petersburg	34	Defender
6	Dmitri Kombarov	Spartak Moscow	31	Defender
7	Igor Smolnikov	Zenit Saint Petersburg	29	Defender
8	Vladislav Ignatyev	Lokomotiv Moscow	31	Defender
9	Konstantin Rausch	Fenerbahçe	30	Defender
10	Ilya Kutepov	Spartak Moscow	24	Defender
11	Viktor Vasin	CSKA Moscow	29	Defender
12	Georgi Dzhikiya	Spartak Moscow	24	Defender
13	Magomed Ozdoyev	Zenit Saint Petersburg	25	Midfielder
14	Dmitri Tarasov	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	Midfielder
15	Denis Glushakov	Spartak Moscow	31	Midfielder
16	Alan Dzagoev	CSKA Moscow	27	Midfielder
17	Aleksandr Samedov	Spartak Moscow	33	Midfielder
18	Aleksandr Golovin	CSKA Moscow	21	Midfielder
19	Aleksandr Yerokhin	West Ham United	28	Midfielder
20	Aleksandr Kokorin	Zenit Saint Petersburg	26	Forward
21	Fyodor Smolov	Krasnodar	28	Forward
22	Aleksei Miranchuk	Lokomotiv Moscow	22	Forward
23	Artem Dzyuba	Arsenal Tula	29	Forward