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CSKA beats Rubin to win Russian Premier League title

The Russian Football Union revealed the news on their website.

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Regular captain Roman Shirokov is included despite recent speculation in the Russian media that he would not make the cut after dropping out of league champion CSKA Moscow’s first team.

Attacking midfielder Dzagoev completed the full 90 minutes against Rubin, but complained about pain in his foot afterwards and consequently underwent further examination on Sunday, which have shown a fractured metatarsal.

The 2016 UEFA European Championship, usually referred to as Euro 2016, takes place in France between June 10 and July 10.

Russian Federation begins its tournament against England on 11 June, before facing fellow Group B opponents Slovakia on 15 June and Wales on 20 June.

Defensive midfielders: Aleksey and Vasili Berezutski, Sergey Ignashevich and Georgy Shchennikov (PFC CSKA Moscow), Igor Smolnikov (FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Roman Neustadter (German FC Schalke), Dmitry Kombarov (FC Spartak Moscow), Roman Shishkin (FC Lokomotiv Moscow).

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Rostov won 2-0 at Terek with goals from Christian Noboa and Aleksandr Yerokhin to end two points behind CSKA.

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