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Cech and Jankulovski out of Czech squad

November 8, 2007

PRAGUE, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Czech Republic coach Karel Brueckner named a 20-man squad on Thursday for this month's Euro 2008 qualifiers against Slovakia and Cyprus.

First-choice goalkeeper Petr Cech of Chelsea and AC Milan defender Marek Jankulovski are sidelined with injuries.

Czech Republic and Germany have already qualified from Group D for the finals being co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland.

The Czechs face Slovakia in Prague on Nov. 17 and Cyprus in Nicosia in their final qualifier on Nov. 21.

Goalkeepers: Jaromir Blazek (Nuremberg), Michal Danek (Viktoria Plzen), Daniel Zitka (Anderlecht)

Defenders: Zdenek Grygera (Juventus), Michal Kadlec (Sparta Prague), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscow), Zdenek Pospech (Sparta Prague), David Rozehnal (Newcastle United), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina)

Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Nuremberg), Marek Matejovsky (Mlada Boleslav), Jaroslav Plasil (Osasuna), Jan Polak (Anderlecht), Daniel Pudil (Slavia Prague), Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal), Libor Sionko (FC Copenhagen)

Strikers: Milan Baros (Olympique Lyon), Martin Fenin (Teplice), Jan Koller (Monaco), Marek Kulic (Sparta Prague). (Reporting by Dusan Bucanek; Editing by Ken Ferris)