The national team coach of Ireland named 29 players for the EURO 2012 qualifying game against Macedonia and the friendly against Uruguay among which are Robbie Keane, John O’Shea and Damien Duff.

Giovanni Trapattoni called two debutants and other eight players with less than 5 caps but they will most probably play in the friendly against Uruguay which is 3 days after the important qualifying game against Macedonia. Number one goalkeeper Shay Given remains out with an injury.

Goalkeepers:
Keiren Westwood – Coventry, England
Darren Randolph – Motherwell, Scotland
David Forde – Milwall, England

Defenders:
Kevin Foley – Wolverhampton, England
John O’Shea – Manchester United, England
Ciaran Clark – Aston Villa, England
Séamus Coleman – Everton, England
Richard Dunne – Aston Villa, England
Sean St. Ledger – Preston North End, England
Stephen Kelly – Fulham, England
Darren O’Dea – Celtic, Scotland

Midfielders:
Kevin Kilbane – Huddersfield, England
Marc Wilson – Stoke, England
Darron Gibson – Manchester United, England
Glenn Whelan – Stoke, England
Paul Green – Derby County, England
Liam Lawrence – Portsmouth, England
James McCarthy – Wigan, England
Aiden McGeady – Spartak Moskva, Russia
Keith Treacy – Preston North End, England
Keith Andrews – Blackburn, England
Keith Fahey – Birmingham, England
Damien Duff – Fulham, England

Attackers:
Robbie Keane – West Ham, England
Jonathan Walters – Stoke, England
Kevin Doyle – Wolverhampton, England
Shane Long – Reading, England
Leon Best – Newcastle, England
Andy Keogh – Bristol City, England

Making the announcement, the Trapattoni said: “Macedonia is a big match for us in our aim to qualify for EURO 2012. Playing at home in the Aviva Stadium is important and we will be keen to build on our recent home performance against Wales. Three days later we will take on Uruguay who have announced a full strength squad to come to Dublin, including Forlán and Suárez. This will be a very good challenge for our players, particularly after Uruguay’s strong performance in South Africa last summer.”

The game Ireland – Macedonia will be played on 26th of March at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Macedonia will announce the squad on Wednesday.