Australia

Captain Mile Jadinak return to Australia squad for Honduras play-off

Australia coach Ange Postecoglou announced the 25-man squad for the World Cup qualification playoff against Honduras next week, with captain Mile Jadinak being included in both legs.

Jedinak has been suffered a groin injury for months and missed both legs of Australia’s Asian playoff against Syria earlier this month.

The 33-year-old midfielder played 30 minutes for Aston Villa last weekend, which was enough to convince national team coach Postecoglou that he is fit enough to face Honduras.

Full 25-man squad of Australia for Honduras play-off:

Goalkeepers: Mitchell Langerak (Levante, Spain), Mat Ryan (Brighton, England), Danny Vukovic (Genk, Belgium).

Defenders: Josh Risdon (Western Sydney Wanderers), Aziz Behich (Bursaspor, Turkey), Milos Degenek (Yokohama Marinos, Japan), Alex Gersbach (Rosenborg, Norway), Craig Goodwin (Sparta Rotterdam, Netherlands), Matthew Jurman (Suwon, South Korea), Ryan McGowan (Al Sharjah, UAE), Trent Sainsbury (Jiangsu Suning, China), Bailey Wright (Bristol City, England).

Midfielders: Jackson Irvine (Hull City, England), Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa, England), James Jeggo (Sturm Graz, Austria), Massimo Luongo (QPR, England), Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory), Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town, England), Tom Rogic (Celtic, Scotland), James Troisi (Melbourne Victory).

Forwards: Tim Cahill (Melbourne City), Tom Juric (Luzern, Switzerland), Robbie Kruse (Bochum, Germany), Mathew Leckie (Hertha Berlin, Germany), Nikita Rukavytsya (Maccabi Haifa, Israel).