Footballers of Krasnodar Academy prepare for FIFA tournament in Baku

Three pupils of the Krasnodar Football Club Academy joined the expanded Russian youth team under 15 to prepare for the FIFA tournament in Azerbaijan. This was announced on October 14 by the Russian Football Union.

The head coach of the team Denis Pervushin included in the list of 18 players three players of Krasnodar: goalkeeper Alexander Gorodov, defender Daniil Kohn and midfielder Anatoly Tsimin. In the team called athletes born in 2011.

The training camp will begin in Moscow on October 17-18, 2026. Then, on October 21, the team will go to Baku. The tournament will be held from October 22 to 31 on the fields of the new sports complex in the village of Govsan.

191 national teams will take part in the competition. Matches will be held in 8v8 format according to simplified rules. For Russian players, this will be the first official tournament under the auspices of FIFA since 2022, in which they will be able to perform under the national flag and anthem.

At the preliminary stage, the Russian team will play in group AE with teams from Afghanistan, Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Turkey. The final bid for the tournament will include 14 players.

Recall that the head coach of Krasnodar Murad Musayev became the winner of the Simonyan Prize.