Croatia squad for Qatar, Kazakhstan matches

ZAGREB, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Croatia coach Slaven Bilic named on Thursday the following 23-man squad for a home friendly against Qatar in Rijeka on Oct. 8 and the World Cup Group Six qualifier away to Kazakhstan six days later.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Vedran Runje (RC Lens), Danijel Subasic (Hajduk Split), Matej Delac (Inter Zapresic).

Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Tottenham Hotspur), Josip Simunic (Hoffenheim), Ivica Krizanac (Zenit St. Petersburg), Robert Kovac (Dinamo Zagreb), Hrvoje Vejic (Hajduk Split), Dejan Lovren (Dinamo Zagreb), Danijel Pranjic (Bayern Munich), Hrvoje Cale (Trabzonspor).

Midfielders: Niko Kranjcar (Tottenham Hotspur), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dynamo Kiev), Nikola Pokrivac (Salzburg), Jerko Leko (Monaco), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Rakitic (Schalke), Anas Sharbini (Hajduk Split)

Forwards: Ivica Olic (Bayern Munich), Eduardo da Silva (Arsenal), Mladen Petric (Hamburg SV), Mario Mandzukic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivan Klasnic (Nantes).

(Reporting by David Spaic Kovacic; Editing by Patrick Johnston; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)