A round-up of team news ahead of the weekend's Euro 2008 action.

Israel coach Dror Kashtan has made several changes to his squad for Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier with England at Wembley.

Ygal Antebi and Klemi Saban will bolster the Israeli defence while up front the visitors will be boosted by the return of Michael Zandberg.

Yaniv Katan and Pini Balili are also back in favour with the coach but QPR forward Ben Sahar has been omitted.

Israel are bidding to qualify for their first major tournament since the 1970 World Cup.

Goalkeepers: Aouate (Deportivo La Coruna), Davidovitch (Maccabi Haifa), Strauber (Maccabi Netanya); Defenders: Ben Haim (Chelsea), Benado (Beitar Jerusalem), Gershon (Beitar Jerusalem), Ziv (Beitar Jerusalem), Sprungin (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Saban (Maccabi Netanya), Strul (Maccabi Netanya), Antebi (Hapoel Tel Aviv); Midfielders: Benayoun (Liverpool), Badier (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Alberman (Beitar Jerusalem), Tal (Beitar Jerusalem), Zandberg (Beitar Jerusalem); Strikers: Yamuz (Beitar Jerusalem), Itzhaki (Beitar Jerusalem), Golan (Maccabi Petah-Tikva), Balili (Sivasspor), Collauti (Borussia Monchengladbah), Barda (Genk), Katan (Maccabi Haifa)

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Striker Mikael Forssell has been named in Finland's 25-man squad for the qualifiers against Serbia and Poland.

Forssell missed Finland's qualifier against Kazakhstan in August with a calf injury but was selected by coach Roy Hodgson on Monday for the matches against Serbia on September 8 and Poland four days later.

Finland are second in qualifying Group A on 17 points, two behind Poland. Serbia are fourth on 14 points.

Goalkeepers: Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton Wanderers), Mikko Kaven (Tampere United), Niki Maenpaa (FC Den Bosch). Defenders: Sami Hyypia (Liverpool), Hannu Tihinen (FC Zurich), Petri Pasanen (Werder Bremen), Toni Kuivasto (Djurgardens), Ari Nyman (FC Thun), Sampsa Timoska (Queens Park Rangers), Jari Ilola (IF Elfsborg). Midfielders: Alexei Eremenko Jr (FC Saturn), Roman Eremenko (Udinese Calcio), Jarkko Wiss (Tampere United), Markus Heikkinen (SK Rapid Wien), Joonas Kolkka (NAC Breda), Mika Nurmela (HJK), Mika Vayrynen (PSV Eindhoven), Teemu Tainio (Tottenham Hotspur). Strikers: Jari Niemi (Tampere United), Jonatan Johansson (Malmo), Shefki Kuqi (Fulham), Mikael Forssell (Birmingham City), Mika Aaritalo (TPS), Toni Kallio (BSC Young Boys), Daniel Sjolund (Djurgardens).

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Nuremberg striker Angelos Charisteas will miss Greece's Euro 2008 qualifier against Norway on September 12.

Charisteas was left out of coach Otto Rehhagel's 22-man squad after failing to recover from the muscle strain that ruled him out of the friendly match against Spain last month.

Midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos is also out of the side as he has still not recovered from a hernia operation.

Forward Ioannis Amanatidis, who also missed the Spain game through injury, returns to the squad.

European champions Greece are top of qualifying group C five points clear of Bosnia Turkey and Norway.

Goalkeepers: Antonis Nikopolidis (Olympiakos Piraeus), Costas Chalkias (Aris); Defenders: Giourkas Seitaridis (Atletico Madrid), Sotiris Kyrgiakos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens), Nikos Spyropoulos (Panionios), Loukas Vintra, Ioannis Goumas (both Panathinaikos), Michalis Kapsis (APOEL), Vassilis Torosidis, Paraskevas Antzas, Christos Patsatzoglou (all Olympiakos); Midfielders: Angelos Basinas (Mallorca), Alexandros Tziolis, Georgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos), Costas Katsouranis (Benfica); Forwards: Dimitris Salpigidis, Dimitris Papadopoulos (both Panathinaikos), Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens), Fanis Gekas (Bayer Leverkusen), Georgos Samaras (Manchester City), Ioannis Amanatidis (Eintracht Frankfurt)

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Denmark coach Morten Olsen has named a 23-man squad for the Euro 2008 Group F qualifiers against Sweden and Liechtenstein later this month.

Olsen selected Thomas Sorensen to replace Jesper Christiansen as Denmark's goalkeeper choice, despite the fact that the Aston Villa keeper has been injured.

"I said last week that I would not select Sorensen if he's not playing matches for his club. But now I chose [him]... because his injury time has been relatively short," Olsen stated.

The Danes, fourth in their group behind Northern Ireland and Spain, travel to Stockholm on September 8th to play group leaders Sweden. They host Liechtenstein four days later.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Thomas Sorensen (Aston Villa), Jesper Christiansen (FC Copenhagen), Stephan Andersen (Brondby); Defenders: Brian Priske (Brugge), Jan Kristiansen (Nuremberg), Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Leon Andreasen (Werder Bremen), Martin Laursen (Aston Villa), Michael Gravgaard (FC Copenhagen), Niclas Jensen (FC Copenhagen), Thomas Helveg (OB Odense);

Midfielders: Daniel Jensen (Werder Bremen), Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax), Ebsen Hansen (Kaiserslautern), Hjalte Norregaard (FC Copenhagen), Jonas Borring (OB Odense), Rasmus Wurtz (FC Copenhagen), Thomas Kahlenberg (AJ Auxerre); Forwards: Jesper Gronkjaer (FC Copenhagen), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Villarreal), Morten Nordstrand (FC Copenhagen),

Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal), Peter Lovenkrands (Schalke 04)

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Wayne Henderson and Alan O'Brien have pulled out of the Republic of Ireland squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Slovakia and Czech Republic. Preston goalkeeper Henderson has a back injury while Hibernian winger O'Brien injured his ankle over the weekend.

Rangers goalkeeper Roy Carroll has withdrawn from the Northern Ireland squad to face Latvia and Iceland in Euro 2008 qualifiers as he wants to work on rekindling his club career.

Nuremberg striker Robert Vittek has been ruled out of Slovakia 's next two Group D qualifying matches against Ireland and Wales because of a knee injury.

Roma goalkeeper Gianluca Curci has taken Christian Abbiati's place in Italy's squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against France on Saturday and Ukraine four days later. Atletico Madrid's Abbiati is unavailable because of a hand injury. Curci, who won his first call-up for last month's friendly against Hungary, will be understudy to Gianluigi Buffon and Marco Amelia.

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