Portugal's 23;
Goalkeepers: Ricardo (Bétis), Quim (Benfica), Rui Patrício (Sporting)

Defenders: Bosingwa (F.C. Porto), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Miguel (Valência), Jorge Ribeiro (Boavista), Fernando Meira (Stuttgart), Ricardo Carvalho (F.C. Porto), Pepe (Real Madrid), Bruno Alves (F.C. Porto)

Midfielders: Petit (Benfica), Deco (Barcelona), Miguel Veloso (Sporting), João Moutinho (Sporting), Raul Meireles (F.C. Porto)

Forwards: Simão Sabrosa (Atl. Madrid), Nani (Manchester United), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Quaresma (F.C. Porto), Nuno Gomes (Benfica), Hélder Postiga (Panathinaikos), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen)

This from www.maisfutebol.iol.pt

The Swiss preliminary squad of 26 (www.football.ch).

Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio, Fabio Coltorti, Pascal Zuberbühler

Defenders: Valon Behrami, Philipp Degen, Johan Djourou, Mario Eggimann, Stéphane Grichting, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Ludovic Magnin, Patrick Müller, Philippe Senderos, Christoph Spycher, Steve von Bergen.

Midfielders: Tranquillo Barnetta, Ricardo Cabanas, Gelson Fernandes, Daniel Gygax, Benjamin Huggel, Gökhan Inler, Hakan Yakin, Johan Vonlanthen.

Forwards: Eren Derdiyok, Alex Frei, Blaise Nkufo, Marco Streller.

Sweden have revealed their squad of 23, complete with squad numbers: fromwww.svenskfotboll.se

1 Andreas Isaksson
2 Mikael Nilsson
3 Olof Mellberg
4 Petter Hansson
5 Fredrik Stoor
6 Tobias Linderoth
7 Niclas Alexandersson
8 Anders Svensson
9 Fredrik Ljungberg
10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
11 Johan Elmander
12 Rami Shaaban
13 Johan Wiland
14 Daniel Majstorovic
15 Andreas Granqvist
16 Kim Källström
17 Henrik Larsson
18 Sebastian Larsson
19 Daniel Andersson
20 Marcus Allbäck
21 Christian Wilhelmsson
22 Markus Rosenberg
23 Mikael Dorsin

rowdy elements wrote:

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17 Henrik Larsson

!!!

This is now his third comeback from international retirement to appear in a tournament finals. He's still playing regular first team football back in Sweden, but this is an aging squad, and furthermore, it seems that Larsson will be first choice if Sweden play 4-4-2.

The Czech 23, minus Nedved, but with Vlcek and Matejovský instead(www.fotbal.cz).

Goalkeepers: Cech, Blazek, Zítka

Defenders: Grygera, Jankulovski, Kadlec, Kovác, Pospech, Rozehnal, Sivok, Ujfalusi

Midfielders: Galásek, Jarolím, Matejovský, Plasil, Pudil, Polák, Sivok, Vlcek

Forwards: Baros, Fenin, Koller, Sverkos

No Rosicky?

He's injured. He's out with a knee injury.

Russia's 25 man initial squad here:www.rfs.ru

Goalkeepers: Malafeev, Akinfeev, Gabulov.

Defenders: Aleksei Berezutskiy, Vasiliy Berezutskiy, Ignashevich, Anyukov, Shirokov, Kolodin, Yanbayev.

Midfield: Zyryanov, Pavlenko, Bystrov, Zhirkov, Semshov, Bilyaletdinov, Torbinskiy, Semak, Saenko, Oleg Ivanov.

Forwards: Arshavin, Pogrebnyak, Pavlyuchenko, Adamov, Sychov.

Last month, Autstrian coach Josef Hickersberger picked a 31-man training squad. Here they are, with clubs, caps, and, if any, goals.
(Cut and pasted from www.oefb.at)

Goalkeepers: Christian Gratzei (SK Sturm Graz/0)
Alexander Manninger (AC Siena/26)
Jürgen Macho (AEK Athen/13)
Helge Payer (SK Rapid Wien/15)

Defenders: Andreas Dober (SK Rapid Wien/3)
György Garics (SSC Napoli/11/1)
Ronald Gercaliu (FK Austria Wien/10)
Martin Hiden (SK Austria Kärnten (48/1)
Andreas Ibertsberger (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim/12/1)
Markus Katzer (SK Rapid Wien/10)
Jürgen Patocka (SK Rapid Wien/2)
Emanuel Pogatetz (FC Middlesbrough/25/1)
Sebastian Prödl (SK Sturm Graz/8/2)
Franz Schiemer (FK Austria Wien/4)
Martin Stranzl (Spartak Moskau/43/2)

Midfielders: Rene Aufhauser (Red Bull Salzburg/49/10)
Christian Fuchs (SV Mattersburg/16)
Martin Harnik (SV Werder Bremen/7/1)
Andreas Ivanschitz (Panathinaikos Athen/37/6)
Ümit Korkmaz (SK Rapid Wien/0)
Christoph Leitgeb (Red Bull Salzburg/17)
Jürgen Säumel (SK Sturm Graz/9)
Joachim Standfest (FK Austria Wien/29/2)
Ivica Vastic (LASK Linz/46/12)
Markus Weissenberger (Eintracht Frankfurt/29/1)

Forwards: Erwin Hoffer (SK Rapid Wien/2)
Marc Janko (Red Bull Salzburg/3)
Roman Kienast (Ham-Kam/3)
Sanel Kuljic (FK Austria Wien/20/3)
Roland Linz (SC Braga/29/5)
Stefan Maierhofer (SK Rapid Wien/0)

oooh 46 goals between them. 8 goals by the forwards. This looks like a quality squad.

Romania have also announced their preliminary squad, in two parts; their domestic based players have gone to Turkey for pre-tournament training, their foreign based squad members should join them on completion of their season. www.frf.ro

Goalkeepers: Lobont, Coman, Popa.

Defenders: Contra, Rat, Radu, Tamas, Chivu, Sapunaru, Goian, Ghionea, Radoi, Moti.

Midfielders: Florentin Petre, Codrea, Cocis, Ovidiu Petre, Dica, Nicolita.

Forwards: Mutu, Marica, Daniel Niculae, Marius Niculae, Cristea, Bratu, Deac.

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oooh 46 goals between them. 8 goals by the forwards. This looks like a quality squad.

Take into account that twelve of those have come from Ivica Vastic, veteran of the last Austrian side to qualify for a major finals tournament in 1998. Nearly 39 now, he hasn't played international football since the summer of 2005.

fuck me. They are so screwed its unreal

They will almost certainly have to rely on Andreas Ivanschitz, apparently labelled the Austrian David Beckham, who has been on loan with Panathinaikos for a couple of seasons.

Austria are crap, likely the worst side ever to participate in the final stages of this tournament. And yet they somehow built a 3-0 lead against the Oranje a month ago, which is one of the many things that worries those of us who support Holland.

And serious thanks to Rowdy for all of the work he/she is putting in here.

Yes, thanks rowdy. Excellent stuff.