John Toshack’s Wales squad to face Russia has been boosted by the return of captain Craig Bellamy, midfielder Jason Koumas and the defensive pairing of James Collins and Danny Gabbidon for the FIFA World Cup home qualifier at the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday 9 September (ko 7.45pm).

The squad (announced today) is as follows: Wayne Hennessey, Boaz Myhill, Lewis Price, James Collins, Neal Eardley, Danny Gabbidon, Chris Gunter, Craig Morgan, Lewin Nyatanga, Sam Ricketts, Ashley Williams, Jack Collison, David Cotterill, David Edwards, Jason Koumas, Joe Ledley, Aaron Ramsey, Brian Stock, Craig Bellamy, Simon Church, Ched Evans, Robert Earnshaw, Sam Vokes.

The Millennium Stadium has staged all of Wales’ World Cup and European Championship qualifiers since 2000 and last met Russia here in November 2003 losing out by one goal to nil in front of 73,062 fans.

Fans wanting to support their national team can still purchase tickets priced from £5 for children and £15 for adults from Ticketline on Westgate Street until 4pm on matchday and from Gates 2/3 & 6/7 at the Millennium Stadium on a cash only basis after that time.

Wales record at Millennium Stadium from 2000 – 2009
Wales record in competitive matches 

P W D L F A
25 8 7 10 31 30

Wales record in friendly matches 

P W D L F A
9 3 4 2 11 8

Wales record in ALL matches at Millennium Stadium 

P W D L F A
32 11 11 12 42 38

Wales matches at Millennium Stadium
1. Friendly 29.03.2000 L WALES 1 Finland 2
2. Friendly 23.05.2000 L WALES 0 Brazil 3
3. WC Q 2002 07.10.2000 D WALES 1 Norway 1
4. WC Q 2002 28.03.2001 D WALES 1 Ukraine 1
5. WC Q 2002 02.06.2001 L WALES 1 Poland 2
6. WC Q 2002 01.09.2001 D WALES 0 Armenia 0
7. WC Q 2002 06.10.2001 W WALES 1 Belarus 0
8. Friendly 13.02.2002 D WALES 1 Argentina 1
9. Friendly 27.03.2002 D WALES 0 Czech Republic 0
10. Friendly 14.05.2002 W WALES 1 Germany 0
11. EURO Q 16.10.2002 W WALES 2 Italy 1
12. Friendly 12.02.2003 D WALES 2 Bosnia Herzegovina 2
13. EURO Q 29.03.2003 W WALES 4 Azerbaijan 0
14. EURO Q 10.09.2003 D WALES 1 Finland 1
15. EURO Q 11.10.2003 L WALES 2 Serbia & Montenegro 3
16. EURO Q 19.11.2003 L WALES 0 Russia 1
17. Friendly 18.02.2004 W WALES 4 Scotland 0
18. WC Q 2006 08.09.2004 D WALES 2 Northern Ireland 2
19. WC Q 2006 13.10.2004 L WALES 2 Poland 3
20. Friendly 09.02.2005 W WALES 2 Hungary 0
21. WC Q 2006 26.03.2005 L WALES 0 Austria 2
22. WC Q 2006 03.09.2005 L WALES 0 England 1
23. WC Q 2006 12.10.2005 W WALES 2 Azerbaijan 0
24. Friendly 01.03.2006 D WALES 0 Paraguay 0
25. EURO Q 07.10.2006 L WALES 1 Slovakia 5
26. EURO Q 11.10.2006 W WALES 3 Cyprus 1
27. EURO Q 26.03.2007 W WALES 3 San Marino 0
28. EURO Q 02.06.2007 D WALES 0 Czech Republic 0
29. EURO Q 08.09.2007 L WALES 0 Germany 2
30. EURO Q 17.11.2007 D WALES 2 Republic of Ireland 2
31. WC Q 2010 06.09.2008 W WALES 1 Azerbaijan 0
32. WC Q 2010 04.10.2008 W WALES 2 Leichtenstein 0
33. WC Q 2010 28.03.2009 L WALES 0 Finland 2
34. WC Q 2010 01.04.2009 L WALES 0 Germany 2

Goals (42 scored by Wales at Millennium Stadium)
9 Robert Earnshaw
7 John Hartson
6 Craig Bellamy
5 Ryan Giggs
4 Jason Koumas
2 Nathan Blake, Simon Davies, Gareth Bale
1 Gary Speed, Gareth Taylor, Sam Vokes, David Edwards, Ched Evans 

Last time Wales played Russia at the Millennium Stadium
Euro 2004 Play-off
19 November, 2003 Millennium Stadium (73,062)
Wales (0) 0 Russia (1) 1
Wales; Paul Jones; Mark Delaney, Andrew Melville, Danny Gabbidon, Darren Barnard; Jason Koumas (Nathan Blake 73), Andy Johnson (Robert Earnshaw 57), Gary Speed, Robbie Savage; Ryan Giggs, John Hartson
Russia; V Malafeev; V Evseev, V Onopko, S Ignashevich, D Sennikov; A Smertin, D Alenichev, R Gusev, E Titov (V Radimov 59); D Bulykin, M Izmailov
Scorer; V Evseev 21
Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain)