In Irkutsk on City Day an unusual star football match will be held, with famous artists, footballers and city and regional officials on the field.

In the “star” team, such well-known performers as Vladimir Presnyakov Jr., Vadim Kazachenko, Viktor Saltykov, Kris Kelmi, Yuri Loza, Nikolai Trubach, the soloists of the group “Eks-BB,” dancer and participant in the “Eurovision-2009” show Sergey Vantsov will play. Along with the pop stars, 4 players from the Spartak football club (Yegor Titov, Yuri Gavrilov, Aleksandr Shirko, Vadim Evseev) and the striker of the Dynamo (Moscow) club Sergey Kiryakov will take the field.
The Irkutsk team is represented by Governor Sergey Eroshchenko, his deputy Vladimir Dorofeev, Minister of Sports Pavel Nikitin, Minister of Housing Policy, Energy and Transport Yevgeny Seledtsov, Chief Federal Inspector in the Irkutsk Region Petr Ogorodnikov, member of the Federation Council from the government of the Irkutsk Region Oleg Kankov, Mayor of Irkutsk Viktor Kondrashov, Vice Mayor Anton Logashov, head of the Department of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the city administration Dmitry Abramovich, deputies of the Irkutsk City Duma Aleksey Kolmakov and Yevgeny Stekachev, and Honored Artist of Russia Gennady Gushchin. Among the professional athletes of our team are players of the Baikal football club, director of the Baikal-Energiya hockey club Vasily Donskikh, and head coach of the Irkut basketball club Yuri Kovalev.
The match will be commented on by the legendary Viktor Gusev and AIST TV host Anton Chernyshov. In addition to the game itself, the sports festival program includes a master class for football players from Irkutsk youth sports schools from members of the Russian stars team and a penalty-kick contest, in which volunteer participants will take turns trying to score a penalty against a professional football player dressed in a penguin mascot costume. The “star” match is scheduled for 11 a.m., and during the break (around 12 p.m.) the team members will hold a briefing with representatives of the media. The friendly match will end by 1 p.m.
“I invite all Irkutsk residents to take part in celebrating City Day,” said Irkutsk Mayor Viktor Kondrashov. “Come to the city center, come watch the football match featuring your favorite pop stars, take part in the carnival and other events. Let us celebrate our common holiday together!”
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk Administration