Russia U17 squad for Sirius Cup preparations

In Novogorsk, a training camp for the under 17 Russian national team has started ahead of the upcoming U17 Sirius Cup which will take place in Sochi.

These following players and coaches are involved:

Goalkeepers: Pyotr Andreyanov (CSKA), Matvei Karbainov (SKA), Viktor Levchenko (Dynamo Saint Petersburg).

Defensemen: Maxim Agafanov, Bogdan Pestretsov, Daniil Skvortsov (all CSKA), Sebastyan Afanasyev, Eduard Bondar, Ivan Stefanishin (all SKA-Strelna), Mikhail Gamzakov (Avto-Spartakovets), Kurban Limatov (Dynamo Moscow), Yaroslav Matyev (Amur), Maxim Shestakov (Yugra).

Forwards: Ivan Arkhipov, Maxim Ilin, Ivan Ryabkin, Yanush Kheybatov (all Dynamo Moscow), Vyacheslav Vasiliev, Arseniy Ilin (both SKA-Strelna), Kirill Emelyanov, Dmitry Yakutsenak (both Lokomotiv), Nikita Esipov, Roman Rizvanov (both CSKA), Artyom Kulyabin (Traktor), Yegor Murashev (Yugra), Daniil Petrenko (Salavat Yulaev), Yegor Potapov (Ak Bars), Makar Timashkov (SKA).

Coaching staff:

Head coach: Dmitry Mikhailov.

Coaches: Igor Shchadilov, Igor Znarok.

Goalkeeping coach: Sergei Shchukin.

The camp will be staged between the 25th and 30th of June, before the team will subsequently travel to the Sirius Educational Centre where the training process will continue. The competition is scheduled to begin on July 14.

Here is the full tournament schedule:

July 14

Ural - Belarus U17, 09:15*
Central - Volga, 12:00
Russia U17 - Moscow, 16:15

July 15

Saint Petersburg - Central, 09:15
Russia U17 - Ural, 12:00
Volga - Moscow, 16:15

July 17

Ural - Volga, 09:15
Belarus U17 - Russia U17, 12:00
Moscow - Saint Petersburg, 16:15

July 18

Volga - Belarus U17, 09:15
Saint Petersburg - Ural, 12:00
Central - Moscow, 16:15

July 20

Belarus U17 - Saint Petersburg, 09:15
Russia U17 - Volga, 12:00
Ural - Central, 16:15

July 21

Central - Belarus U17, 09:15
Saint Petersburg - Russia U17, 12:00
Moscow - Ural, 16:15

July 23

Volga - Saint Petersburg, 09:15
Belarus U17 - Moscow, 12:00
Russia U17 - Central, 15:15

*All times in accordance with Moscow time