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Olyroos call ups for Brown and McGowan

Thu Nov 10 2011

The Olyroos play Iraq in their next AFC Asian Qualifiers on Tuesday 22 November (Al Arabi Stadium, Doha, Qatar) and then Uzbekistan five days later at Parramatta Stadium in NSW.

The teams in each group of the third round of qualifying play in a home-and-away format from 21 September 2011, to 14 March 14, 2012, with the winner of each group directly qualifying for the London 2012 Olympic Games Football competition.

The three second-placed teams from the third round will clash in a playoff at a centralised venue from March 25 to 29, 2012, and the winners of this group will meet the representatives of CAF (Africa) for a berth in the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Head Coach Vidmar knows the importance of these upcoming two matches in qualification process.

“After drawing our opening match against the UAE we need to get a good result from these two matches to give us the best possible chance of qualifying for the Olympics,” he said.

“With injuries to a number of players we have used in the previous matches, we’ve selected a few new faces following our recent training camp in Sydney.

“It will be up to these players to take their opportunity and step up to the challenge ahead.

“We will have a short camp together in Qatar before the Iraq match to work on things and I’m confident that the boys are up to it,” he concluded.

The AFC Asian Qualifiers for the 2012 London Games match between the Qantas Australian Under 23s and Uzbekistan will also be broadcast live and exclusive on FOX SPORTS.

FULL SQUAD:

Aziz Behich, Melbourne Heart

Mark Birighitti (gk), Adelaide United

Oliver Bozanic, Central Coast Mariners

James Brown, Gold Coast United

Kofi Danning, Brisbane Roar

Mate Dugandzic, Melbourne Heart

Matthew Foschini, Melbourne Victory

Rhyan Grant, Sydney FC

Jason Hoffman, Melbourne Heart

Marko Jesic, Newcastle Jets

Matthew Jurman, Brisbane Roar