Russia World Cup 2014 Squad: Player-by-Player Guide

Russia manager Fabio Capello has named his provisional squad for next month’s World Cup Finals in Brazil, and there is no place for ex-Arsenal man Andrey Arshavin or midfielder Dmitri Tarasov.

There is, however, a surprise call-up for Reading forward Pavel Pogrebnyak, who has been with the Championship club for almost two years following a brief stint at Fulham.

The 30-year-old has not represented his country since Euro 2012, but received the nod from Capello ahead of former Tottenham Hotspur striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.

Tarasov’s omission owes much to a cruciate ligament injury suffered earlier this year, while Pavlyuchenko’s exclusion is perhaps the biggest shock of all.

They booked their place at the South American showcase after finishing top of their qualifying Group, and they will face South Korea, Belgium and Algeria once the competition is underway.

With a squad made up of mostly Russian-based players, Bleacher Report goes through the entire 30, starting with the goalkeepers.

Name: Igor Akinfeev

Date of Birth: 08/04/1986

Birthplace: Vidnoye

Position: Goalkeeper

Caps: 66

Club: CSKA Moscow

Name: Yury Lodygin

Date of Birth: 26/05/1990

Birthplace: Vladimir

Position: Goalkeeper

Caps: 1

Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg

Name: Sergey Ryzhikov

Date of Birth: 19/09/1980

Birthplace: Shebekino

Position: Goalkeeper

Caps: 1

Club: Rubin Kazan

Name: Alexander Anyukov

Date of Birth: 28/09/1982

Birthplace: Kuibyshev

Position: Defender

Caps: 77

Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg

Name: Alexei Berezutsky

Date of Birth: 20/06/1982

Birthplace: Moscow

Position: Defender

Caps: 51

Club: CSKA Moscow

Name: Vasiliy Berezutskiy

Date of Birth: 20/06/1982

Birthplace: Moscow

Position: Defender

Caps: 75

Club: CSKA Moscow

Name: Sergei Ignashevich

Date of Birth: 14/07/1979

Birthplace: Moscow

Position: Defender

Caps: 94

Club: CSKA Moscow

Name: Georgi Shchennikov

Date of Birth: 27/04/1991

Birthplace: Moscow

Position: Defender

Caps: 3

Club: PFC CSKA Moscow

Name: Vladimir Granat

Date of Birth: 22/05/1987

Birthplace: Ulan-Ude

Position: Defender

Caps: 4

Club: Dynamo Moscow

Name: Aleksei Kozlov

Date of Birth: 16/11/1986

Birthplace: Petrozavodsk

Position: Defender

Caps: 8

Club: Dynamo Moscow

Name: Andrei Yeschenko

Date of Birth: 09/02/1984

Birthplace: Irkutsk

Position: Defender

Caps: 9

Club: Anzhi Makhachkala

Name: Andrei Semyonov

Date of Birth: 24/03/1989

Birthplace: Moscow

Position: Defender

Caps: 0

Club: Terek Grozny

Name: Dmitry Kombarov

Date of Birth: 22/01/1987

Birthplace: Moscow

Position: Defender

Caps: 20

Club: Spartak Moscow

Name: Igor Denisov

Date of Birth: 17/05/1984

Birthplace: Leningrad

Position: Midfielder

Caps: 41

Club: Dynamo Moscow

Name: Yuri Zhirkov

Date of Birth: 20/08/1983

Birthplace: Tambov

Position: Midfielder

Caps: 60

Club: Dynamo Moscow

Name: Alan Dzagoev

Date of Birth: 17/06/1990

Birthplace: Beslan

Position: Midfielder

Caps: 30

Club: CSKA Moscow

Name: Yury Gazinsky

Date of Birth: 20/07/1989

Birthplace: Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Position: Midfielder

Caps: 0

Club: FC Krasnodar

Name: Roman Shirokov

Date of Birth: 06/07/1981

Birthplace: Dedovsk

Position: Midfielder

Caps: 41

Club: FC Krasnodar

Name: Denis Glushakov

Date of Birth: 27/01/1987

Birthplace: Millerovo

Position: Midfielder

Caps: 25

Club: Spartak Moscow

Name: Pavel Mogilevets

Date of Birth: 25/01/1993

Birthplace: Kingisepp

Position: Midfielder

Caps: 0

Club: Rubin Kazan

Name: Viktor Fayzulin

Date of Birth: 22/04/1986

Birthplace: Nahodka

Position: Midfielder

Caps: 16

Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg

Name: Oleg Shatov

Date of Birth: 29/07/1990

Birthplace: Nizhny Tagil

Position: Midfielder

Caps: 4

Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg

Name: Artem Dzyuba

Date of Birth: 22/08/1988

Birthplace: Moscow

Position: Forward

Caps: 3

Club: Rostov

Name: Alexander Kerzhakov

Date of Birth: 27/11/1982

Birthplace: Kingisepp

Position: Forward

Caps: 78

Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg

Name: Vladimir Bystrov

Date of Birth: 31/01/1984

Birthplace: Luga

Position: Forward

Caps: 47

Club: Anzhi Makhachkala

Name: Alexei Ionov

Date of Birth: 18/02/1989

Birthplace: Kingisepp

Position: Forward

Caps: 3

Club: Dynamo Moscow

Name: Alexander Kokorin

Date of Birth: 19/03/1991

Birthplace: Valuyki

Position: Forward

Caps: 19

Club: Dynamo Moscow

Name: Maxim Kanunnikov

Date of Birth: 14/07/1991

Birthplace: Nizhny Tagil

Position: Forward

Caps: 0

Club: Amkar Perm

Name: Pavel Pogrebnyak

Date of Birth: 08/11/1983

Birthplace: Moscow

Position: Forward

Caps: 33

Club: Reading

Name: Alexander Samedov

Date of Birth: 19/07/1984

Birthplace: Moscow

Position: Forward

Caps: 14

Club: Lokomotiv Moscow