Pim Names His Socceroo Squad

SOCCEROO coach Pim Verbeek has revealed his first-ever Australia squad for the World Cup qualifier against Qatar - and it's a whopper...

Verbeek has named a staggering 39 players in the squad - but while there's no place for Clint Bolton or Mark Viduka, youngster James Holland does get a call-up.

There are 20 locals and 19 Euroroos in the squad.

Verbeek said today: "I've deliberately kept the squad large to give us maximum flexibility until match day."

But he delivered a snub to local A-Leaguers when he admitted: "I prefer players that are training in Europe than playing in the A-League."

The full list is:

Aloisi, Beauchamp, Bresciano, Bridge, Brosque, Jacob Burns, Cahill, Carle, Carney, Colosimo, Covic, Culina, Djite, Dodd, Emerton, Grella, A & J Griffiths, Holland, Holman, Kennedy, Kewell, McDonald, Milligan, Moore, Muscat, Musialik, Neill, North, Pondeljak, Schwarzer, Archie Thompson, Thwaite, Topor-Stanley, Troisi, Valeri, Vargas, Vukovic, Wilkshire.