 Greece Squads Named
Greece coach Otto Rehhagel opted for experience when he named a squad of 23 players on Monday for the side's Euro 2008 Group C qualifiers against Bosnia and Turkey.
Bolton midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos is back in Greece's squad. Giannakopoulos returned to fitness after a hernia operation, and will be on hand to face visiting Bosnia on October 13 and travel to Turkey four days later.
Rehhagel named Giannakopoulos and 10 other overseas players, including Manchester City striker Giorgos Samaras.
European champion Greece leads Group C with 19 points, two more than both Norway and Turkey.
Goalkeepers: Antonis Nikopolidis (Olympiakos), Kostas Halkias (Aris)
Defenders: Giourkas Seitaridis (Atletico Madrid), Michalis Kapsis (APOEL), Sotiris Kyrgiakos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Loukas Vyntra (Panathinaikos), Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens), Nikos Spyropoulos (Panionios), Yannis Goumas (Panathinaikos), Paraskevas Antzas, Christos Patzatzoglou, Vassilis Torosidis (all Olympiakos)
Midfielders: Kostas Katsouranis (Benfica), Angelos Basinas (Mallorca), Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos), Stelios Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers), Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos)
Strikers: Fanis Gekas (Bayer Leverkusen), Giorgos Samaras (Manchester City), Yannis Amanatidis (Eintracht Frankfurt), Angelos Charisteas (Nuremberg), Dimitris Salpiggidis (Panathinaikos), Nikos Lymperopoulos (AEK Athens)
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