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Israel coach Avraham Grant named a 19-man squad to face France in Paris next Saturday without Eyal Berkovic.
With France already qualified for the finals as Group One winners and Israel out of the reckoning for the playoff place, Grant decided to drop the out-of-form Berkovic and reintroduce Maccabi Tel Aviv's combative midfielder Oren Zeituni and Bnei Yehuda striker Kfir Udi.
Zeituni has recently recovered from a serious knee injury and has 14 appearances to his name while the imposing Udi gets a recall after more than three years.
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He scored three goals in five appearances before fracturing both his leg and
his arm during Israel's friendly international with Georgia in 2000. Ticketmaster
The out-of-form Berkovic has lost his place in the Manchester City line-up and will not get the opportunity to return to Paris, the scene of one of Israel's greatest victories when in 1993 they won 3-2.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Shavit Elimelech (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Nir Davidovich (Maccabi Haifa)
Defenders: Arik Benado, Adoram Keisi, Alon Harazi and Avishai Zano (all Maccabi Haifa), Shimon Gershon (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Ori Uzan (Maccabi Netanya)
Midfielders: Idan Tal, Walid Badier and Michael Zandberg (Maccabi Haifa), Oren Zeituni (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Yossi Abuksis (Ashdod SC), Guy Tzarfati (Maccabi Netanya), Ben Luz (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) Ticketmaster
Strikers: Haim Revivo (Ashdod SC), Yossi Benayoun (Racing Santander), Pini Balili (Istanbulspor), Kfir Udi (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv).