Trapattoni Names Irish Soccer Squad

Sports - Soccer

Tuesday, 21 September 2010 08:41

Written by Stephen Davis

Republic of Ireland manager, Giovanni Trapattoni has announced a 26 man preliminary list from which a final squad will be selected to take on Russia at home (October 8 - Kick off 19.45) and Slovakia away (October 12 – Kick off 20.30 local time) in the Group B European Championship qualifiers.

Ireland go into next month's qualifiers with six points from six in the opening games of the campaign in September.

According to Giovanni Trapattoni: “We performed well against Armenia and Andorra and we will build on these good results in our next games against Russia and Slovakia. These teams are the top seeds in the group and they will be looking to take three points from us to kick start their EURO campaigns but we have prepared well and will not make it easy for them as we continue to lay the foundations to qualify for the European Championship finals.”

SQUAD:

Shay Given Manchester City
Keiren Westwood Coventry City
Joe Murphy Scunthorpe United       
John O’Shea Manchester United      
Richard Dunne Aston Villa  
Sean St Ledger Preston North End   
Greg Cunningham Manchester City
Kevin Foley Wolves  
Stephen Kelly Fulham         
Paul McShane Hull City
Darren O’Dea Ipswich Town
Kevin Kilbane Hull City
Keith Andrews Blackburn Rovers
Glenn Whelan Stoke City
Darron Gibson Manchester United  
Paul Green Derby County
Liam Lawrence Portsmouth
Aiden McGeady Spartak Moscow
Andy Keogh Cardiff City
Damien Duff Fulham 
Keith Fahey Birmingham City
Keith Treacy Preston North End
Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur
Kevin Doyle Wolves  
Shane Long Reading
Cillian Sheridan CSKA Sofia