Croatia coach Slaven Bilic yesterday named a 23-man squad for their March 26 Euro 2012 Group F qualifier against Georgia in Tbilisi and the March 29 friendly against France in Paris.
Croatia lead Group F with 10 points from four matches, two ahead of Greece whose next match is away to Malta on March 26. Malta are still without a point after four games.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Runje (Lens), Pletikosa (Tottenham), Subasic (H. Split).
Defenders: Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vrsaljko (D. Zagreb), Corluka (Tottenham), Simunic (Hoffenheim), Lovren (Lyon), Schindelfeld (Sturm Graz), Strinic (Dnepropetrovsk).
Midfielders: Pranjic (Bayern Munich), Vukojevic (D. Kiev), Dujmovic (D. Moscow), Modric (Tottenham), Rakitic (Sevilla), Badelj (D. Zagreb), Perisic (FC Bruges), Kranjcar (Tottenham).
Strikers: Ilicevic (Kaiserslautern), Petric (Hamburg), Eduardo (Shakhtar Donetsk), Kalinic (Blackburn), Jelavic (Rangers).