According to Kirillov, Saudi Arabia will arrive in St. Petersburg on June 9, followed by Croatia on June 11 and by Costa Rica, England and South Korea, all of whom are expected to arrive on June 12.

The Iranian national team landed in Moscow on Tuesday becoming the first team to arrive in Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Russia’s first-ever FIFA World Cup will take place from June 14 to July 15 in 11 cities across the country, Moscow, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi and Yekaterinburg.