Poland V Finland

Roy Hodgson has gone for experience in his 23-man squad to face Poland away in Bydgoszcz on the 2nd September and then Helsinki at home the following week.

Teemu Tainio who plies his trade for Spurs and Jari Litmanen who now plays for Malmo are back in the group after being out with injury.

Finland squad:

Goalkeepers:
Jussi Jääskeläinen (Bolton Wanderers FC)
Mikko Kavén (Tampere United)
Magnus Bahne (FC International Turku)

Defenders:
Petri Pasanen (Werder Bremen)
Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool FC)
Hannu Tihinen (FC Zürich
Ari Nyman (FC International Turku)
Toni Kallio (Molde FK)
Markus Heikkinen (Luton Town FC)
Juha Pasoja (Ham-Kam Fotball)

Midfielders:
Joonas Kolkka (Feyenoord)
Jari Ilola (IF Elfsborg)
Aki Riihilahti (FC Kaiserslautern)
Mika Väyrynen (PSV Eindhoven)
Aleksei Eremenko Jr (FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast)
Jarkko Wiss (Tampere United)
Mika Nurmela (HJK Helsinki)
Teemu Tainio (Tottenham Hotspur FC)
Pekka Lagerblom (FC Köln)

Forwards:
Jari Litmanen (Malmö FF)
Jonatan Johansson (Malmö FF)
Shefki Kuqi (Blackburn Rovers FC)
Mikael Forssell (Birmingham City FC)