Sweden coach Lars Lagerback has named his squad the opening Group 8 World Cup qualifying matches against Malta on September 4 and Croatia on September 8.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Eddie Gustafsson (Molde), Magnus Hedman (Celtic, Scotland), Andreas Isaksson (Stade Rennes, France)
Defenders: Erik Edman (Tottenham Hotspur, England), Mikael Dorsin (Rosenborg Trondheim, Norway), Tommy Jonsson (Halmstad, Sweden), Petter Hansson (Heerenveen, Netherlands), Teddy Lucic (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa, England), Alexander Ostlund (Hammarby)
Midfielders: Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Gothenburg), Anders Andersson (Belenenses, Portugal), Kim Kallstrom (Stade Rennes, France), Tobias Linderoth (FC Copenhagen, Denmark), Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal, England), Mikael Nilsson (Southampton, England), Anders Svensson (Southampton, England), Christian Wilhelmsson (Anderlecht, Belgium)
Forwards: Marcus Allback (Aston Villa, England), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), Mattias Jonson (Norwich City, England), Henrik Larsson (Barcelona, Spain)
