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No surprises in Marcel Koller's Austria squad for the European Championship

Austria coach Marcel Koller has dropped Salzburg midfielder Valentino Lazaro from his squad for the European Championship.

Lazaro was the only surprise name in Austria's preliminary 24-man squad as he had not been called up since October 2014. Lazaro got no playing time in Austria's 2-1 win over Malta in Tuesday's warmup game.

Koller's decision leaves Austria Vienna goalkeeper Robert Almer as the only player in the squad from an Austrian club.

The squad includes captain Christian Fuchs from Leicester, while Bayern Munich midfielder David Alaba leads a legion of 16 players from Germany's first and second divisions.

Austria is in Group F with Hungary, Portugal and Iceland at Euro 2016.

Full squad:

Goalkeepers: Robert Almer (Austria Vienna), Heinz Lindner (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ramazan Ozcan (Ingolstadt)

Defenders: Aleksandar Dragovic (Dynamo Kiev), Christian Fuchs (Leicester), Gyorgy Garics (Darmstadt), Martin Hinteregger (Borussia Monchengladbach), Florian Klein (Stuttgart), Sebastian Prodl (Watford), Markus Suttner (Ingolstadt), Kevin Wimmer (Tottenham)

Midfielders: David Alaba (Bayern Munich), Marko Arnautovic (Stoke), Julian Baumgartlinger (Mainz), Martin Harnik (Stuttgart), Stefan Ilsanker (RB Leipzig), Jakob Jantscher (Luzern), Zlatko Junuzovic (Werder Bremen), Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig), Alessandro Schopf (Schalke)

Forwards: Lukas Hinterseer (Ingolstadt), Rubin Okotie (1860 Munich), Marc Janko (FC Basel)