Russia's leading player announces Euro 2012 squad

Russia may become the first team to announce the squad that will be featured at the 2012 European Cup. 
Dick Advocaat released 23 players who will carry the name of competing in Polandand Ukraine from the beginning until the end of June.

Roman Shishkin and Vasily Berezutsky including the top Russian players are notincluded in the squad Advocaat as both an injury.

Other players who did not enter the Spartak Moscow striker Artem Dzyuba anddefender minimal experience Magomed internasinal Ozdoev. While CSKA Moscow Kirillright back Nababkin retained as a reserve player.

Advocaat announced skuatnya friendly against Uruguay after the match, which ended in a draw yesterday. Russia still will play two other games, namely against Lithuaniaand Italy, both in Switzerland, before flying to Poland for their group matches.


The composition of the Russian squad:
Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moskwa), Vyacheslav Malafeyev (Zenit St Petersburg), Anton Shunin (Dynamo Moskwa), Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg), Alexei Berezutsky (CSKA Moskwa), Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moskwa), Roman Sharonov (Rubin Kazan), Vladimir Granat (Dynamo Moskwa), Kirill Nababkin (CSKA Moskwa), Igor Denisov (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Shirokov (Zenit St Petersburg), Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit St Petersburg), Yuri Zhirkov (Anzhi Makhachkala), Alan Dzagoyev (CSKA Moskwa), Igor Semshov (Dynamo Moskwa), Denis Glushakov (Lokomotiv Moskwa), Marat Izmailov (Sporting), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak Moskwa), Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal), Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Lokomotiv Moskwa), Alexander Kokorin (Dynamo Moskwa), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham).