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
Jesse Joronen – Horsens
Anssi Jaakkola – Reading
Joona Toivio – Termalica
Paulus Arajuuri – Brøndby
Jere Uronen – Genk
Juhani Ojala – Häcken
Sauli Väisänen – SPAL
Juha Pirinen – HJK
Kalle Taimi – Lahti
Kasper Hämäläinen – Legia
Tim Sparv – Midtjylland
Alexander Ring – New York City
Rasmus Schüller – Minnesota United
Robin Lod – Panathinaikos
Thomas Lam – Twente
Fredrik Jensen – Twente
Pyry Soiri – Shakhtsyor
Moshtagh Yaghoubi – HJK
Glen Kamara – Dundee
Robert Taylor – AIK
Teemu Pukki – Brøndby
Joel Pohjanpalo – Bayer Leverkusen
Akseli Pelvas – HJK
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.