Estonia coach named a 23-man squad ahead of the friendly match against Malta in programme on Wednesday at the Pärnu Rannastaadion in Pärnu. Estonia will then play its frist game from the FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Bosnia Herzegovina on Tuesday 6th September.

National coach Magnus Pehersson named ten foreign-based players in the squad.

The players are:
goalkeepers Mihkel Aksalu (Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho – FIN), Andreas Vaikla (IFK Norrköping – SWE), Mait Toom (Flora Tallinn);
defenders Ragnar Klavan (Liverpool FC – ENG), Dmitri Kruglov (Infonet Tallinn), Taijo Teniste (Sogndal Fotball – NOR), Gert Kams (Flora Tallinn), Artur Pikk (FK BATE Borisov – BLR), Nikita Baranov (Flora Tallinn), Markus Jürgenson (Flora Tallinn), Joonas Tamm (Flora Tallinn);
midfielders and strikers Aleksandr Dmitrijev (Infonet Tallinn), Konstantin Vassiljev (Jagiellonia Białystok – POL), Ats Purje (Nõmme Kalju), Sergei Zenjov (Gabala FK – AZE), Henri Anier (Kalmar FF – SWE), Karol Mets (Viking Stavanger – NOR), Ilja Antonov (Levadia Tallinna), Ken Kallaste (Korona Kielce – POL), Maksim Gussev (Flora Tallinn), Rauno Sappinen (Flora Tallinn), Igor Subbotin (Nõmme Kalju), Pavel Dõmov (Infonet Tallinn II).