Bilic names his squad

Croatia coach Slaven Bilic has announced his 23-man squad for this summer's Euro 2008 tournament in Switzerland and Austria.

Portsmouth's Niko Kranjcar, Manchester City's Vedran Corluka and Tottenham's £16.5m signing from Dynamo Zagreb, Luka Modric, make up the Premier League contingent in the squad, which includes Werder Bremen striker Ivan Klasnic.

Klasnic underwent a kidney transplant last year and caps a remarkable recovery as one of five forwards included.


Croatia will face Germany, Poland and Austria in group A when Euro 2008 gets underway in June.

CROATIA SQUAD FOR EURO 2008

Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow), Vedran Runje(RC Lens), Mario Galinovic (Panathinaikos)

Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Manchester City), Dario Simic (AC Milan), Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Dario Knezevic (Livorno), Hrvoje Vejic (Tom Tomsk)

Midfielders: Danijel Pranjic (Heerenveen), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Niko Kovac (Salzburg), Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb/Tottenham), Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth), Jerko Leko (Monaco), Ivan Rakitic (Schalke 04), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dinamo Zagreb), Nikola Pokrivac (Monaco)

Forwards: Mladen Petric (Borussia Dortmund), Ivica Olic (Hamburg SV), Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen), Igor Budan (Parma), Nikola Kalinic (Hajduk Split)

Source: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/05052008/58/euro-2008-bilic-names-squad.html