The Finland Squad for the matches against Greece and England  October 2000
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Forssell, Mikael Kaj	15 March 1981 born in West Germany	19	F	Crystal Palace FC, England on loan from Chelsea FC, England	6	0
Helin, Petri	13 December 1969	30	D	FC Jokerit	17	3
Hyypia, Sami Tuomas	7 October 1973	26	D	Liverpool FC, England	35	1
Jaaskelainen, Jussi Albert	19 April 1975	25	G	Bolton Wanderers FC, England	6	0
Johansson, Jonatan Lillebror	16 August 1975	25	F	Charlton Athletic FC, England	28	9
Kolkka, Joonas Einara	28 September 1974	26	M	Philips Sport Vereniging NV, Netherlands	30	6
Kottila, Mika	22 September 1974	26	F	SK Brann, Norway	14	2
Kuqi, Shefki	10 November 1976 born in Yugoslavia	23	F	FC Jokerit	12	2
Litmanen, Jari Olavi	20 February 1971	29	M	FC Barcelona, Spain	66	17
Niemi, Antti Mikko	31 May 1972	28	G	Heart of Midlothian FC, Scotland	40	0
Nurmela, Mika	26 December 1971	28	M	SC Heerenveen, Netherlands	18	0
Reini, Juha	19 March 1975	25	D	Koninklijke Racing Club Genk, Belgium	13	0
Riihilahti, Aki Pasinpoika	9 September 1976	24	M	Valerenga Fotbal	20	2
Saarinen, Janne Johannes	28 February 1977	23	D	Helsingin JK	2	0
	Janne Saarinen was a late addition to the squad.
Salli, Janne	14 December 1977	22	D	FC Haka	7	1
Tihinen, Hannu	1 July 1976	24	D	Viking FK, Norway	13	1
Valakari, Simo Johannes	28 April 1973	27	M	Derby County FC, England	18	0
Wiss, Jarkko	17 April 1972	28	M	Stockport County FC, England	31	2
Ylonen, Harri	21 December 1971	28	D	SK Brann, Norway	37	1

Squad details correct up to and including Finland's match against Greece on 7 October 2000.

Diary

Monday, 2 October 2000 - Finnish coach Antti Muurinen named his 18-man squad that will face Greece and England in World Cup qualifying matches, making few changes to the side which beat Albania 2-1 last month. Muurinen's four strikers remain the same but he added Stockport County's Jarkko Wiss in midfield and Genk's Juha Reini to fill in for suspended defender Janne Saarinen. Barcelona's Jari Litmanen will again orchestrate the midfield and Liverpool's Sami Hyypia will anchor the defence against Greece in Athens on Saturday and England in Helsinki on October 11.

Finland Form: last six games
W D L W W L   f 7:a 5 success: 58%
-	29 March 2000 - Wales 1 Finland 2 [0-2] Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	Giggs Litmanen, Blake OG	Fr	AW
-	26 April 2000 - Poland 0 Finland 0 [0-0] Stadion Lecha, Poznań			AD
-	3 June 2000 - Latvia 1 Finland 0 [0-0] Daugava Stadium, Riga	Peltsis		AL
-	16 August 2000 - Finland 3 Norway 1 [1-0] Olympiastadion, Helsinki	Litmanen (2), Kuqi (pen) Helstad	TC	HW
		Bjornebye
-	2 September 2000 - Finland 2 Albania 1 [1-0] Olympiastadion, Helsinki	Litmanen, Riihilahti Murati	WCP	HW
		Saarinen
-	7 October 2000 - Greece 1 Finland 0 [0-0] Olympiakó Stádio Spiros Louis, Athína	Liberopoulos		AL

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