Austria name young squad for World Cup qualifiersAustrian coach Dietmar Constantini has named an injury-enforced young squad for World Cup qualifiers against the Faroe Islands Faroe Islands or Faeroe Islands Group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean that form a self-governing region of Denmark. Area: 540 sq mi (1,399 sq km). Population: (2002 est.) 47,400. on Saturday and an away match against Romania on September 9. Experienced defenders Emanuel Pogatetz Emanuel Pogatetz (born January 16, 1983 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian football player who currently plays for Middlesbrough as a defender. Football career His career started at SK Sturm Graz, before going to FC Kärnten and later to Bayer Leverkusen. of Middlesbrough and Werder Bremen's Sebastian Prodl, and Austria Vienna striker Rubin Okotie Rubin Rafael Okotie (born June 6, 1987 in Pakistan) is an Austrian professional footballer currently playing as a striker for FK Austria Wien. The son of a Nigerian father and an Austrian mother, he spent the first four years of his life in the Spanish city of Barcelona. will all miss the games through injury, leaving the squad with an average age of just 24 years. Captain Paul Scharner Paul Josef Herbert Scharner (born March 11, 1980 in Scheibbs) is an Austrian footballer. He was originally used as a midfielder, earning caps for the Austrian national team, but since late 2005 he has been utilised as a central defender for his club team Wigan Athletic. , who plays for Wigan Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. , is also suspended for the first game against the Faroes. Austria squad Goalkeepers: Helge Payer (Rapid Vienna), Andreas Schranz (Austria Carinthia) Christian Gratzei (Sturm Graz) Defenders: Aleksandar Dragovic (Austria Vienna), Christian Fuchs (Bochum/GER), Gyorgy Garics (Bergamo/ITA), Manuel Ortlechner (Austria Vienna), Jurgen Patocka (Rapid Vienna), Franz Schiemer (Salzburg), Andreas Ulmer (Salzburg) Midfielders: Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria Vienna), Daniel Beichler (Sturm Graz), Christopher Drazan (Rapid Vienna), Andreas Holzl (Sturm Graz), Jakob Jantscher (Sturm Graz), Christoph Leitgeb (Salzburg), Yasin Pehlivan (Rapid Vienna), Paul Scharner (Wigan/ENG), Christopher Trimmel (Rapid Vienna) Strikers: Erwin Hoffer (Napoli/ITA), Marc Janko (Salzburg), Stefan Maierhofer (Wolverhampton/ENG), Roman Wallner (Linz) 
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