Sweden coach Lars Lagerback has announced his squad for the international friendly match against Steve Staunton's Republic of Ireland team. Lagerback has called on 22 players for the match away to Ireland at Lansdowne Rd on March 1.

This will be the last Sweden World Cup warm-up match before Lagerback announces his full World Cup squad in May.

The World Cup Finals kick-off in Germany on June 9, and Sweden have been drawn in Group B with England, Trinidad & Tobago and Paraguay.

Sweden squad (team to be chosen from):

Goalkeepers: Eddie Gustafsson (Ham-Kam), Andreas Isaksson (Stade Rennes)

Defenders: Christoffer Andersson (Lillestrom), Mikael Dorsin (Rosenborg Trondheim), Erik Edman (Stade Rennes), Petter Hansson (Heerenveen), Teddy Lucic (BK Hacken), Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa), Alexander Ostlund (Southampton)

Midfielders: Daniel Andersson (Malmo), Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Gothenburg), Kim Kallstrom (Stade Rennes), Tobias Linderoth (FC Copenhagen), Christian Wilhelmsson (Anderlecht), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg), Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal)

Strikers: Marcus Allback (FC Copenhagen), Johan Elmander (Brondby), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus), Mattias Jonson (Djurgarden), Henrik Larsson (Barcelona), Markus Rosenberg (Ajax Amsterdam)

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