The Finland Squad for the match against England  March 2001
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Forssell, Mikael Kaj	15 March 1981	20	F	Crystal Palace FC, England on loan from Chelsea FC, England	9	1
Gronlund, Tommi	9 December 1969	31	M	Trelleborgs FF, Sweden	32	2
Helin, Petri	13 December 1969	31	D/M	Luton Town FC, England	19	3
Hyypia, Sami Tuomas	7 October 1973	27	D	Liverpool FC, England	37	1
Johansson, Jonatan Lillebror	16 August 1975	25	M/F	Charlton Athletic FC, England	31	9
Kolkka, Joonas Einara	28 September 1974	26	M	Philips Sport Vereniging NV, Netherlands	31	6
Kuivasto, Toni	31 December 1975	25	D	Viking FK, Norway	20	0
Kuqi, Shefki	10 November 1976 born in Yugoslavia	24	F	Stockport County FC, England	15	2
Litmanen, Jari Olavi	20 February 1971	30	M/F	Liverpool FC, England	68	17
Moilanen, Teuvo Johannes	12 December 1973	27	G	Preston North End FC, England	3	0
Niemi, Antti Mikko	31 May 1972	28	G	Heart of Midlothian FC, Scotland	41	0
Nurmela, Mika	26 December 1971	29	M	SC Heerenveen, Netherlands	21	0
Nylund, Kaj Wilhelm	14 February 1972	29	D	Helsingin JK	11	0
	Ville Nylund is a late call-up as a replacement for Janne Saarinen.
Pasanen, Petri	24 September 1980	20	D	Amsterdamsche FC Ajax, Netherlands	2	0
Riihilahti, Aki Pasinpoika	9 September 1976	24	M	Crystal Palace FC, England	27	4
Saarinen, Janne Johannes	28 February 1977	24	D/M	Rosenborg BK, Norway	6	0
	Janne Saarinen withdrew from the squad on 20 March, due to injury.
Tihinen, Hannu	1 July 1976	24	D	Viking FK, Norway	16	1
Wiss, Jarkko	17 April 1972	28	M	Stockport County FC, England	33	2
Ylonen, Harri	21 December 1971	29	D/M	SK Brann, Norway	41	1

Squad details correct up to and including Finland's match against luxembourg on 28 February 2001.

Diary

Thursday, 15 March 2001 - Finland coach Antti Muurinen has named an eighteen-man squad to face England on 24 March. The superb forward Jari Litmanen has returned to fitness for Liverpool FC after missing almost a month with a calf strain, but several players who otherwise probably would have been named to the squad were unavailable for selection because of injury, including Bolton Wanderers' keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen, Genk's Juha Reini, Barnsley's Janne Salli, Auxerre's Teemu Tainio and Derby County's Simo Valakari. Also omitted from the squad is Aston Villa goalkeeper Peter Enckelman, who started Finland's last match, the 1-0 friendly win against Luxembourg on 28 February.

Tuesday, 20 March 2001 - Janne Saarinen, the Rosenborg defender who turned in a fine performance down the left flank against England last October, has withdrawn from Finland's squad due to injury.  Coach Antti Muurinen has summoned HJK Helsinki's Ville Nylund as cover. 

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