Kashtan names provisional squad for Russia match
Israel coach named a provisional 20-man squad of locally-based players to begin preparing for the Euro 2008 qualifier away to Russia
Israel coach Dror Kashtan on Monday named a provisional 20-man squad of locally-based players to begin preparing for the Euro 2008 qualifier away to Russia on Oct. 7.
Israel won their opening qualifiers earlier this month against Estonia and Andorra and are second in group E on goal difference behind England. The other teams in the group of seven are Croatia and Macedonia.
Maccabi Haifa's second-string goalkeeper Tom Almadon is the only new face in the squad, although he is likely to return to duty with Israel's under-21s when Deportivo Coruna's goalkeeper, Dudu Aouate, who is Israel's number one, is recalled from Spain.
Also missing from the provisional squad are West Ham's Yossi Benayoun, Bolton Wanderers' Tal Ben Haim and Idan Tal and Klemi Saban of Steaua Bucharest.
Maccabi Haifa left-back Adoram Keisi returns to the squad after recovering from injury.
The squad
Goalkeepers: Nir Davidovich (Maccabi Haifa), Tom Almadon (Maccabi Haifa).Defenders: Shimon Gershon (Beitar Jerusalem), Tomer Ben Yosef (Beitar Jerusalem), Omri Afek (Beitar Jerusalem), Roni Gafni (Beitar Jerusalem), Yoav Ziv (Beitar Jerusalem), Adoram Keisi (Maccabi Haifa), Dekel Keinan (Maccabi Haifa).
Midfielders: Yossi Shivhon (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Michael Zandberg (Beitar Jerusalem), Gal Alberman (Beitar Jerusalem), Walid Badir (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Salim Tuama (Hapoel Tel Aviv).
Strikers: Yaniv Katan (Maccabi Haifa), Shlomi Arbeitman (Maccabi Haifa), Roberto Collautti (Maccabi Haifa), Omer Golan (Maccabi Petah Tikva), Toto Tamuz (Beitar Jerusalem), Amit Ben Shushan (Beitar Jerusalem).
