The match will be held at the 45,000-seater Samara Arena on Sunday.

"We estimate the number of fans who will come from abroad to the first [World Cup] match [to be held in Samara] as more than 10,000... The fans have already started to arrive. Fans from Serbia... have purchased about 1,000 tickets. Several more thousands tickets have been bought by fans from Costa Rica," Fetisov told journalists.

He added that the local authorities were providing assistance to foreign fans coming to Samara through cooperation with fans' associations, travel agencies and embassies.

Russia's first-ever FIFA World Cup will take place between June 14 and July 15 at 12 stadiums across 11 cities. The  45,000-seater Samara Arena will host four group-stage matches, including the clash between hosts Russia and Uruguay on June 25, a round of 16 fixture and a quarter-final.