The Huuhkajat Squad for the matches against Greece and England  October 2024

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Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Alho, Nikolai Aleksantari	12 March 1993	31	RB	AGC Asteras Tripolis, Greece	37	0
Antman, Oliver	15 August 2001	23	F	Go Ahead Eagles, Netherlands	15	6
Galvez, Tomas Kristian	28 January 2005 in London, England	19	LB	Linzer ASK, Austria, on loan from Manchester City FC, England	5	0
Hoskonen, Arttu	16 April 1997	27	CB	KS Cracovia SA, Poland	14	0
Hradecky, Lukas	24 November 1989 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	34	G	Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany	95	0
Ivanov, Robert	19 September 1994	30	CB	Braunschweiger TSv Eintracht von 1895, Germany	32	0
Jensen, Hans Fredrik	9 September 1997	27	M	FC Augsburg 1907, Germany	32	8
Joronen, Jesse Pekka	21 March 1993	31	G	Venezia FC, Italy	19	0
Kairinen, Kasper Kaan	22 December 1998	25	CM	AC Sparta Praha, Czech Republic	17	0
	Kairinen withdrew from the squad on 7 October because of injury.
Källman, Benjamin	17 June 1998	26	F	KS Cracovia SA, Poland	24	7
Kamara, Glen Adjei	28 October 1995	28	M	Stade Rennais, France	62	2
Keskinen, Topi	7 March 2003	21	F	Aberdeen FC, Scotland	3	0
Lod, Robin	17 April 1993	31	M	Minnesota United, United States	71	6
Niskanen, Ilmari	12 October 1997	26	LM	Exeter City FC, England	21	1
Nissilä, Urho	4 April 1996	28	LM	Puskás Akadémia, Hungary	14	0
Peltola, Matti	3 July 2002	22	M	DC United, United States	12	0
Pikkarainen, Juhani Elias	30 July 1998	26	CB	Tampereen Ilves	0	0
Pohjanpalo, Joel Julius Ilmari	13 September 1994	29	F	Venezia FC, Italy	74	16
Pukki, Teemu Eino Antero	29 March 1990	34	F	Minnesota United FC, United States	124	42
Schüller, Rasmus Vilhelm	18 June 1991	33	M	Djurgårdens IF, Sweden	78	0
Sinisalo, Viljami Kari Veikko	11 October 2001	22	G	The Celtic, Scotland	3	0
Ståhl, Adam Mikael Sven	8 October 1994 in Borås, Sweden	29	LD	Djurgården IF, Sweden	3	0
Suhonen, Anssi Tapio	14 January 2001	23	CM	Hamburger SV, Germany	8	0
	Suhonen drafted into the squad on 7 Octoberas a replacement for Kairinen.
Tenho, Miro	2 April 1995	29	CB	Djurgården IF, Sweden	4	0
Uronen, Jere	13 July 1994	30	FB	Charlotte FC, United States	68	1
Walta, Leo	24 June 2003	21	M	IK Sirius, Sweden	5	0

Squad details correct up to and including Finland's match against England on 10 September 2024.

Diary

Wednesday, 2 October 2024 - Markku Kanerva names a 25 man squad for the upcoming Nations League home matches against Republic of Ireland and England. There are call-ups for right-back Nikolai Alho, who returns from injury, and central defender Juhani Pikkarainen, who receives his first, replacing Tuomas Ollila and Leo Väisänen.

Monday, 7 October 2024 - Sparta Prague midfielder Kaan Kairinen has withdrawn from the squad after he requires rest on an adductor muscle injury. He received the injury whilst training for last month's camp. He has since been playing with painkillers and is unable to train 100%. HSV midfielder Anssi Suhonen has been named as his replacement.

Thursday, 10 October 2024 - Finland 1 England 2 - Robbie Brady fired home an 88th-minute winner as the Republic of Ireland picked up their first victory under Heimir Hallgrimsson with a 2-1 win in Finland. Finland were gifted a first-half opener when Irish captain Nathan Collins underhit a back pass, which allowed Joel Pohjanpalo to race through and slot past Caoimhin Kelleher. However, it was a much-improved performance in the second half and Liam Scales headed home Brady's free-kick just shy of the hour mark to score the first goal of the Hallgrimsson era. There was late drama to come when Brady was on hand to rifle Festy Ebosele's cross into the roof of the net to score a goal. Both sides had lost their opening Nations League matches without scoring a goal, and the early stages showcased two sides who are struggling for form and confidence. Finnish defender Leo Walta had a shot held by Kelleher, who is set for an extended run in Liverpool's team following Alisson's recent injury, but the Irish goalkeeper was helpless to keep out the opener after Collins' error. It was a self-inflicted blow for the Republic who, to their credit, almost mustered an immediate response. After Middlesbrough's Finn Azaz was fouled out wide, Collins headed the deep free-kick back across goal and Evan Ferguson was on hand to touch the ball home. However, the whistle immediately blew and referee Aleksandar Stavrev judged that Collins had not kept the ball in play. Pohjanpalo had a weak effort on target but it was a strong end to the half for the Republic. The lively Azaz fired a low effort on target, and Collins was involved again as he almost got on the end of a scuffed effort by Ferguson, but Hradecky was alert to sense the danger. Moments later Ferguson, searching for his first international goal in a year, forced Hradecky into a save from a narrow angle but the hosts held on to lead into the interval. The Irish picked up where they left off as Jason Knight drilled in a low effort that was easily held by Hradecky. Ferguson showed superb feet to jink into the area but Rasmus Schuller nipped for a crucial intervention, and, from the resulting corner, Sammie Szmodics' flicked effort forced Bayern Leverkusen keeper Hradecky into another smart save. They got their deserved equaliser when Brady's free-kick was well met by Scales, whose header flew into the corner of the net. With the momentum in their favour, Ferguson fired low at Hradecky, but despite all the Irish pressure Finland should have taken the lead when the ball broke to Glen Kamara on the edge of the area but he went for power and it flew wide. Finland had another gilt-edged chance when Tomas Galvez dragged an effort wide from inside the area. Finland could have snatched the game when Benjamin Kallman's header grazed the post with Kelleher stranded. But the decisive moment came a minute later when substitute Ebosele danced his way through Galvez and Teemu Pukki before playing a brilliant cross to Brady at the back post, and the left back made no mistake to fire home.

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