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Socceroos coach Holger Osieck named a 24-man provisional squad on Tuesday for next month’s friendlies against France and Canada but did not include veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer.
20-year-old Jackson Irvine receives his first call-up to the Socceroos squad after starting in all three of the Young Socceroos’ matches at the FIFA under-20 World Cup in Turkey in June.
Oliver Bozanic, son of former Socceroo Vic Bozanic, gets his second call-up after being selected in August 2009 when the Socceroos played the Republic of Ireland in Limerick.
Mathew Leckie and Nikita Rukavytsya both return after last appearing for the Socceroos against the Korea Republic last November and also scoring for their club FSV Frankfurt last weekend.
David Carney and Jason Davidson also both return after varying periods of absence and Dario Vidosic gets named for the first time since his move from Adelaide United to FC Sion in Switzerland.
Tim Cahill and Luke Wilkshire have been included after both missing the recent match against Brazil due to injury.
Should Lucas Neill captain the Socceroos against France and Canada, he will equal Peter Wilson’s record of 60 matches as Australian skipper.
The friendly against France will be played at the Parc de Princes in Paris on Friday October 11 (6am AEST, Saturday October 12) while the match against Canada will be at Craven Cottage in London on Tuesday October 15 (6am AEST, Wednesday October 16).
Socceroos Squad for France and Canada friendlies
Oliver Bozanic, FC Luzern
Mark Bresciano, Al Gharafa
Tim Cahill, New York Red Bulls
David Carney, New York Red Bulls
Jason Davidson, SC Heracles Almelo
James Holland, FK Austria Vienna
Brett Holman, Al Nasr Sports Club
Jackson Irvine, Kilmarnock FC
Mile Jedinak, Crystal Palace
Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus
Robbie Kruse, TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Mitchell Langerak (gk), BV Borussia 09 Dortmund
Matthew Leckie, FSV Frankfurt 1899
Matthew McKay, Brisbane Roar
Mark Milligan, Melbourne Victory
Lucas Neill, Omiya Ardija
Tommy Oar, FC Utrecht
Sasa Ognenovski, Umm Salal SC
Tommy Rogic, Celtic FC
Nikita Rukavytsya, FSV Frankfurt 1899
Mat Ryan (gk), Club Brugge KV
Dario Vidosic, FC Sion
Luke Wilkshire, FK Dinamo Moscow
Rhys Williams, Middlesbrough
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