Slovakia go large for Slovenia

By Stanislav Hlavácek

Slovakia coach Dušan Galis has called up a squad of 30 players for the 17 November friendly against Slovenia in Trnava.

Uncapped duo
Three players from domestic champions MŠK Žilina, defender Marián Cišovský and midfielders Dušan Sninský and Miroslav Barcík, return along with Juraj Dovicovic, a 25-year-old who plays his football in Sweden for Djurgårdens IF. MFK Ružomberok duo Marián Had (22) and Igor Žofčák (23) are included for the first time.

Slovakia squad
König (FC Baník Ostrava), Contofalský (FC Zenit St. Peterburg), Cech (AC Sparta Praha), Petráš (AC Sparta Praha), Kratochvíl (Denizlispor), Valachovic (FC Slovan Liberec), Varga (Celtic FC), Zabavník (PFC CSKA Sofia), Had (MFK Ružomberok), Greško (Blackburn Rovers FC), Hanek (FC Dinamo Moskva), Škrtel (FC Zenit St. Peterburg), Hlinka (SK Rapid Wien), Cišovský (MŠK Žilina), Karhan (VfL Wolfsburg), Janocko (FK Austria Wien), Michalík (AC Sparta Praha), Mintál (1. FC Nürnberg), Sninský (MŠK Žilina), Barcík (MŠK Žilina), Dovicovic (Djurgårdens IF), Žofcák (MFK Ružomberok), Kisel (FC Slovan Liberec), Reiter (SK Sigma Olomouc), Babnic (SK Sigma Olomouc), Németh (Middlesbrough FC), Vittek (1. FC Nürnberg), Breška (Panionios NFC), Šesták (MŠK Žilina), Oravec (VfB Admira Wacker Mödling).