Finland announces squad

The Finish national team will face Macedonia in the friendly match with a squad of 24 players.

photo by MTV: the Finish players celebrate a goal in the 2018 WC qualifiers

Coach Markku Kanerva summoned mostly the regular players without any debutantes. Few will miss this gathering among which experienced defenders Markus Halsti and Jukka Raitala plus winger Riku Riski.

Lukáš Hrádecký – Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
Jesse Joronen – Horsens Denmark
Anssi Jaakkola – Reading England

Joona Toivio – Termalica Poland
Paulus Arajuuri – Brøndby Denmark
Jere Uronen – Genk Belgium
Juhani Ojala – Häcken Sweden
Sauli Väisänen – SPAL Italy
Juha Pirinen – HJK Finland
Kalle Taimi – Lahti Finland

Kasper Hämäläinen – Legia Poland
Tim Sparv – Midtjylland Denmark
Alexander Ring – New York City
Rasmus Schüller – Minnesota United
Robin Lod – Panathinaikos Greece
Thomas Lam – Twente Netherlands
Fredrik Jensen – Twente Netherlands
Pyry Soiri – Shakhtsyor Belarus
Moshtagh Yaghoubi – HJK Finland
Glen Kamara – Dundee Scotland
Robert Taylor – AIK Sweden

Teemu Pukki – Brøndby Denmark
Joel Pohjanpalo – Bayer Leverkusen Germany
Akseli Pelvas – HJK Finland

Finland and Macedonia will face each other on Friday the 23rd on neutral ground in the Turkish town of Belek, near Antalya. The popular Eagle-owls will three days later match Malta in another friendly, while Macedonia will take on Azerbaijan on the 27th. All games will the played in Turkey.

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