Advocaat names Russian squad

Credit:

The 21-man Russian squad that will travel to Dublin to face the Republic of Ireland in next Friday's crunch Euro 2012 qualifier at the Aviva Stadium has been revealed.

Having surprisingly lost to Slovakia last time out, Dick Advocaat's selection includes seven members of Russian league leaders Zenit St. Petersburg's side, alongside more familiar names such as Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin, Chelsea's Yuriy Zhirkov, Totteham's Roman Pavlyuchenko, and Everton's Diniyar Bilyaletidinov.

    Goalkeepers:

Igor AKINFEEV (CSKA Moscow)
Vladimir GABULOV (Dinamo Moscow)
Vyacheslav MALAFEEV (Zenit St. Petersburg)


    Defenders:

Alexander ANYUKOV (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Alexey BEREZUCKY (CSKA Moscow)
Vasily BEREZUCKY (CSKA Moscow)
Sergey IGNASHEVICH (CSKA Moscow)
Yuriy ZHIRKOV (Chelsea)
Sergey PARSHIVLYUK (Spartak Moscow)


    Midfielders:

Diniyar BILYALETDINOV (Everton)
Igor DENISOV (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Konstantin ZYRYANOV (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Roman SHIROKOV (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Pavel MAMAEV (CSKA Moscow)
Igor SEMSHOV (Dinamo Moscow)


    Forwards:

Andrey ARSHAVIN (Arsenal)
Vladimir BYSTROV (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Alexander KERZHAKOV (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Alan DZAGOEV (CSKA Moscow)
Roman PAVLYUCHENKO (Tottenham Hotspur)
Pavel POGREBNYAK (Stuttgart)

    About Alan Dooley

    is one of Extratime's longest serving contributors. Based in County Galway, Alan has been following the League of Ireland since the mid-1980s. His first memory of the drama of domestic football was Vinny Arkins, then … View Full Profile