Greece coach Fernando Santos on Friday named a 21-man squad for next week's friendly with Norway, leaving out Euro 2012 captain and scorer of the winning goal against Russia, veteran midfielder Giorgos Karagounis.
In addition, the Portuguese coach called up for the first time 18-year-old Panathinaikos attacking midfielder Charis Mavrias, Atromitos midfielder Elini Dimoutsos, Aris goalkeeper Michalis Vellidis and Olympiakos defender Dimitris Siovas.
Karagounis, 35, is the most capped Greek player with 120 together with Theodoros Zagorakis, who captained the side to success in Euro 2004.
Karagounis sent Greece into the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 after scoring the goal in a 1-0 win over favorite Russia.
Santos' squad includes six players from Panathinaikos and five players from Greek champions Olympiakos.
The match with Norway will be played in Oslo on August 15th.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Orestis Karnezis (Panathinaikos Athens), Michalis Vellidis (Aris Salonica)
Defenders: Loukas Vyntras, Nikos Spyropoulos (both Panathinaikos), Vasilis Torosidis, Dimitris Siovas, Giannis Maniatis, Jose Holebas (all Olympiakos Piraeus), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Schalke 04/GER), Socrates Papastathopoulos (Werder Bremen/GER)
Midfielders: Kostas Katsouranis, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Charis Mavrias (all Panathinaikos), Elini Dimoutsos (Atromitos Athens), Alexandros Tziolis (AS Monaco FC/FRA), Sotiris Ninis (Parma/ITA), Kostas Fortounis (FC Kaiserslautern/GER)
Forwards: Stefanos Athanasiadis, Dimitris Salpigidis (both PAOK Salonica), Kostas Mitroglou (Olympiakos), Giorgos Samaras (Celtic/SCO)