STOCKHOLM Dec 13 (Reuters) - Sweden coach Lars Lagerback named a 22-man squad on Thursday for next month's friendlies in Costa Rica and the United States.
The squad, comprising of players from Nordic clubs, take on Costa Rica on Jan. 13 at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa stadium in San Jose and six days later play the U.S at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Rami Shaaban (Fredrikstad), Johan Wiland (Elfsborg)
Defenders: Fredrik Stoor (Rosenborg Trondheim), Jimmy Tamandi (AIK Stockholm), Mattias Bjarsmyr (IFK Gothenburg), Peter Larsson (Halmstad), Mikael Lustig (GIF Sundsvall), Oskar Ronningberg (Helsingborg)
Midfielders: Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Gothenburg), Daniel Andersson (Malmo), Behrang Safari (Malmo), Louay Chanko (Hammarby), Andreas Dahl (Helsingborg), Viktor Elm (Kalmar), Samuel Holmen (Brondby), Stefan Ishizaki (Elfsborg), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg)
Strikers: Andreas Johansson (AaB Aalborg), Johan Oremo (Gefle), Dusan Djuric (Halmstad), Rade Prica (AaB Aalborg), Pontus Wernbloom (IFK Gothenburg)
(Writing by Oliver Grassman, editing by Pritha Sarkar)