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Savo Milosevic and Mateja Kezman both left out of squad for World Cup qualifier

Belgrade, 27 May 2005

Ilija Petkovic, coach of the Serbia-Montenegro's national football team, has left captain Savo Milosevic, Ossasuna's star, and Chelsea's striker Mateja Kezman out of his 20-man squad for the World Cup 2006 qualifier against Belgium, scheduled to be played in Belgrade on June 4.

Petkovic said the two had been omitted because they had made too few starts for their clubs this season.

Goalkeepers: Dragoslav Jevric (Ankaraspor), Oliver Kovacevic (Zeleznik Beograd).

Defenders: Ivica Dragutinovic (Standard Liege), Goran Gavrancic (Dinamo Kyiv), Mladen Krstajic (FC Schalke 04), Nemanja Vidic (Spartak Moscow), Nenad Djordjevic (Partizan Belgrade), Milan Dudic (Red Star Belgrade).

Midfielders: Dejan Stankovic (Inter Milan), Nenad Brnovic (Partizan Belgrade), Igor Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk), Dragan Mladenovic (Real Sociedad), Ognjen Koroman (Kirila Sovietov), Sasa Ilic (Partizan Belgrade), Zvonimir Vukic (Shakhtar Donetsk), Simon Vukcevic (Partizan Belgrade).

Forwards: Nenad Jestrovic (Anderlecht), Daniel Ljuboja (PSG), Mirko Vucinic (Lecce), Nikola Zigic (Red Star Belgrade).

Group 7 - Match Schedule

June 4: San Marino - Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia-Montenegro - Belgium, Spain - Lithuania. June 8: Spain - Bosnia-Herzegovina September 3: Serbia-Montenegro - Lithuania, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Belgium September 7: Spain - Serbia-Montenegro, Belgium - San Marino, Lithuania - Bosnia-Herzegovina October 8: Lithuania - Serbia-Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina - San Marino, Belgium - Spain October 12: Serbia-Montenegro - Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania - Belgium, San Marino - Spain