U21 duo step up for Israel

There are two uncapped Under-21 internationals in Dror Kashtan's 22-player Israel squad for the Group 5 qualifiers against Estonia and Andorra on 2 and 6 September.

U21 captain
Maccabi Haifa FC central defender Dekel Keinan and Beitar Jerusalem FC striker Toto Tamuz are the new faces in a squad which again features Tal Ben Haim after the Bolton Wanderers FC central defender settled a disagreement with Kashtan. The squad will train on Tuesday before flying to Tallinn for their opener against Estonia. The game against Andorra will take place in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Israel squad
Goalkeepers: Dudu Awat (RC Deportivo La Coruña), Nir Davidovic (Maccabi Haifa FC).

Defenders: Tal Ben Haim (Bolton Wanderers FC), Shimon Gershon (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Tommer Ben Yossef (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Omri Afek (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Roni Gafni (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Yoav Ziv (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Klemi Saban (FC Steaua Bucuresti), Dekel Keinan (Maccabi Haifa FC).

Midfielders: Idan Tal (Bolton Wanderers FC), Yossi Benayoun(West Ham United FC), Yossi Shivhon (Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC), Michael Zandberg (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Gal Alberman (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Walid Badier (Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC), Salim Tuama(Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC).

Forwards: Yaniv Katan (Maccabi Haifa FC), Shlomi Arbeitman(Maccabi Haifa FC), Omer Golan (Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC), Toto Tamuz (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Amit Ben Shushan (Beitar Jerusalem FC).