Injuries to Mladen Petric, Ivan Strinic and Niko Kranjcar have forced Croatia coach Slaven Bilic to reshuffle his 24-man squad ahead of the UEFA EURO 2012 play-off against Turkey.
Bilic has opted to leave out GNK Dinamo Zagreb captain Milan Badelj and Bolton Wanderers FC forward Ivan Klasnic while FC Bayern München's Danijel Pranjic and Ivica Olic are welcomed back into the fold. Defender Manuel Pamic and Hamburger SV's Ivo Ilicevic are the other changes to the squad which lost 2-0 in Greece, before defeating Latvia by the same scoreline in their final Group F game to gain the play-off spot.
"Strinic's injury is a big problem for us but we have several solutions for his position," said Bilic. "I have plenty of information about Turkey and we have our people there watching them. We are scouting their players and we have the strength and character to win this tie and reach the finals. We will go into the match in Istanbul like it is the only match of the tie."
Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (FC Rostov), Danijel Subašic (GNK Hajduk Split), Ivan Kelava (GNK Dinamo Zagreb).
Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Josip Šimunic (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Dejan Lovren (Olympique Lyonnais), Gordon Schildenfeld (Eintracht Frankfurt), Darijo Srna (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Šime Vrsaljko (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Domagoj Vida (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Manuel Pamic (AC Sparta Praha).
Midfielders: Luka Modric (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Ognjen Vukojevic (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Tomislav Dujmovic (FC Dinamo Moskva), Ivan Perišic (Borussia Dortmund), Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla FC), Mato Jajalo (1. FC Köln), Danijel Pranjic (FC Bayern München), Ivo Ilicevic (Hamburger SV).
Forwards: Eduardo (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Mario Mandžukic (VfL Wolfsburg), Nikola Kalinic (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Nikica Jelavic (Rangers FC), Ivica Olic (FC Bayern München).
