Russia's first-ever FIFA World Cup will get underway at 6:00 p.m. local time (15:00 GMT) on Thursday with the match between the hosts and Saudi Arabia at Moscow's 81,000-seater Luzhniki Stadium.

Russia's starting eleven:

Goalkeeper: Igor Akinfeev;

Defenders: Mario Fernandes, Ilya Kutepov, Sergei Ignashevich, Yuri Zhirkov;

Midfielders: Roman Zobnin, Aleksandr Samedov, Aleksandr Golovin, Alan Dzagoev, Yury Gazinsky;

Striker: Fedor Smolov.

The FIFA World Cup will continue through July 15, with the he matches set to take place at 12 stadiums across 11 cities.