Pehrsson Names Squad for Lithuania, England Games
Estonian national football team head coach Magnus Pehrsson has named the 23 players he will take to Lithuania for the Euro 2016 qualifier on October 9, and for the game against England three days later in Tallinn.
Estonia won its first game of the qualifying tournament against Slovenia, and is gunning for at least a third place, which would mean play-off games in the enlarged competition. Estonia finished second in its group four years ago, which would earn an automatic first ever qualifying sport for the tournament, as 24, not 16 teams qualify this time around. As England and Switzerland are seen as the heavy favorites, Estonia's best chance is against Slovenia and Lithuania.
The team for the following two matches are (including birth date, club team, games played for the national team/goals scored):
Goalkeepers
Mihkel Aksalu (07.11.1984) – Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (FIN) 12/0
Sergei Pareiko (31.01.1977) – FC Volga Nižni Novgorod (RUS) 59/0
Pavel Londak (14.05.1980) – FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR) 24/0
Defenders
Artjom Artjunin (24.01.1990) – Tallinna FC Levadia 3/0
Alo Bärengrub (12.02.1984) – Nõmme Kalju FC 45/0
Enar Jääger (18.11.1984) – no club 107/0
Ken Kallaste (31.08.1988) – Nõmme Kalju FC 10/0
Gert Kams (25.05.1985) – Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (FIN) 36/2
Ragnar Klavan (30.10.1985) – FC Augsburg (GER) 97/3
Igor Morozov (27.05.1989) – Debreceni VSC (HUN) 26/0
Taijo Teniste (31.01.1988) – Sogndal Fotball (NOR) 33/0
Midfield players and strikers
Henri Anier (17.12.1990) – FC Erzgebirge Aue (GER) 17/5
Ilja Antonov (05.12.1992) – Tallinna FC Levadia 9/0
Aleksandr Dmitrijev (18.02.1982) – Tallinna FC Levadia 86/0
Rimo Hunt (05.11.1985) – FC Kaisar Kõzõlorda (KAZ) 6/1
Dmitri Kruglov (24.05.1984) – Tallinna FC Levadia 91/3
Joel Lindpere (05.10.1981) – FC Baník Ostrava (CZE) 94/7
Karol Mets (16.05.1993) – Tallinna FC Flora 9/0
Henrik Ojamaa (20.05.1991) – Motherwell FC (SCO) 18/0
Ats Purje (03.08.1985) – Kuopion Palloseura (FIN) 46/5
Sergei Zenjov (20.04.1989) – Blackpool FC (ENG) 35/7
Konstantin Vassiljev (16.08.1984) – Piast Gliwice (POL) 71/17
Martin Vunk (21.08.1984) – Nõmme Kalju FC 65/1