Camacho called up two uncapped players, Catanha and Baraja, in Spain's 20 man squad for the next two World Cup qualifying matches against Israel in Madrid on Saturday 7th October and Austria in Vienna on Wednesday 11th October. Brazilian born Catanha was only given a Spanish passport a couple of weeks ago, but he comes in after scoring in three games in a row to take Celta to the top of the first division. Baraja has been playing well since joining Valencia from Atlético Madrid in the close season. The full squad is as follows:

Keepers: Esteban (Oviedo), Casillas (Real Madrid)
Defenders: Abelaerdo and Sergi (Barcelona), Velasco (Celta), Manuel Pablo (Deportivo), Hierro (Real Madrid), Aranzábal (Real Sociedad), Paco (Zaragoza)
Midfield: Gerard (Barcelona), Julen Guerrero (Bilbao), Víctor (Deportivo), Iván Helguera (Real Madrid), Rufete (Málaga), Baraja and Mendieta (Valencia)
Forwards: Urzaiz (Bilbao), Catanha (Celta), Munitis and Raúl (R Madrid)
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