SCOTLAND Under-21 manager Ricky Sbragia has named his squad for the European Championship qualifying matches next month.
The young Scots will face Macedonia at Tynecastle on Friday 2 September before travelling to Kiev to take on Ukraine on Tuesday 6 September.
Sbragia has named five midfielders and six forwards in his squad, including Hibs striker Jason Cummings, Sporting Lisbon's Ryan Gauld and former Rangers midfielder Lewis Macleod, who is now at Brentford.
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Celtic duo Ryan Christie and Liam Henderson have also made the cut, but there is no space for Motherwell starlet Chris Cadden.
The game in Edinburgh next Friday kicks off at 7:30pm, with the Ukraine match the following Tuesday scheduled to begin at 5:30pm UK time.
Goalkeepers
Mark Hurst (St Johnstone)
Liam Kelly (Rangers, on loan at Livingston)
Defenders
Dominic Hyam (Reading)
Stephen Kingsley (Swansea City)
Donald Love (Sunderland)
Callum McFadzean (Kilmarnock)
Jordan McGhee (Hearts, on loan at Middlesbrough)
Mark O'Hara (Dundee)
Liam Smith (Hearts)
John Souttar (Hearts)
Midfielders
Ryan Gauld (Sporting Lisbon, on loan at Vitoria de Setubal)
Liam Henderson (Celtic)
Lewis Macleod (Brentford)
Craig Slater (Colchester United)
Craig Storie (Aberdeen)
Forwards
Ryan Christie (Celtic)
Jason Cummnings (Hibernian)
Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth)
Billy King (Hearts, on loan at Inverness Caledonian Thistle)
Oliver McBurnie (Swansea City)
Sam Nicholson (Hearts)
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