Verbeek names squad for Brisbane

Socceroos coach, Pim Verbeek, has named a 34 man squad for the World Cup qualifying match between Australia and Iraq to be held on Sunday 2 June 2008 at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, presented by FOXTEL.

Socceroos coach, Pim Verbeek, has named a 34 man squad for the World Cup qualifying match between Australia and Iraq to be held on Sunday 2 June 2008 at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, presented by FOXTEL.

The players selected (and their current clubs) are:

Danny Allsopp - Melbourne Victory, Australia Michael Beauchamp - FC Nurnberg, Germany Mark Bresciano - US Citta di Palermo, Italy Mark Bridge - Sydney FC, Australia Jacob Burns - FC Unirea Valahorum, Romania Nick Carle - Bristol City FC, England David Carney - Sheffield United FC, England Ante Covic - Newcastle United Jets, Australia Chris Coyne - Colchester United FC, England Jason Culina - PSV Eindhoven, Holland Bruce Djite - Adelaide United FC, Australia Brett Emerton - Blackburn Rovers, England Adam Federici - Reading FC, England Vincenzo Grella - Torino FC Spa, Italy Adam Griffiths - Newcastle United Jets, Australia Joel Griffiths - Newcastle United Jets, Australia James Holland - Newcastle United Jets, Australia Brett Holman - NEC Nijmegen, Holland Mile Jedinak - Central Coast Mariners FC, Australia Harry Kewell - Liverpool FC, England Scott McDonald - Celtic FC, Scotland Mark Milligan Jade North - Newcastle United Jets, Australia Michael Petkovic - Sivasspor, Turkey Nikita Rukavytsya - Perth Glory FC, Australia Mark Schwarzer - Fulham FC, England Matthew Spiranovic - FC Nurnberg, Germany Mile Sterjovski - Derby County FC, England Nikolai Topor-Stanley - Perth Glory FC, Australia James Troisi - Newcastle United FC, England Carl Valeri - US Grosseto FC, Italy Rodrigo Vargas - Melbourne Victory FC, Australia Luke Wilkshire - FC Twente, Netherlands Ruben Zadkovich - Derby County FC, England

Verbeek will name the players to travel to the Middle East for the return leg against Iraq in Dubai (7 June) and against Qatar in Doha (14 June) after next week's match.

The match will be shown live and exclusive on FOX Sports 3.