Greece coach Claudio Ranieri Saturday called up two young players to replace two injured veterans previously listed in his 23-man squad for a Euro 2016 qualifier against the Faroe Islands on November 14.

Midfielder Thanasis Dinas, 24, of Panathinaikos will replace Olympiakos' Costas Fortounis while 23-year-old Panionios defender Christos Tasoulis will step in for Roma's Jose Holebas.

Ranieri on Friday announced his initial squad leaving out atrikers Costas Mitroglou of Olympiakos and Giorgos Samaras of West Bromwich Albion, both of whom failed to impress in Greece's three previous European qualifiers where they suffered two losses and a draw.

The Italian coach opted instead for Akhisar Belediyespor's Fanis Gekas, currently one of the top scorers in the Turkish Super League, and also from Turkey brought back Trabzonspor defender Avraam Papadopoulos.

Ranieri called up for the first time AEK Athens defender Michalis Bakakis, 23, and 29-year-old Levante defender Nikos Karabelas for his side which is also scheduled to play a friendly against Serbia on November 18.

Greece, the 2004 European champions, are second from bottom of Group F ahead of their clash against the Faroes, with just one point after three games.

Greece squad:

Goalkeepers: Orestis Karnezis (Udinese/ITA), Panagiotis Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino (Mainz 05/GER)

Defenders: Costas Manolas, Vasilis Torosidis (both Roma/ITA), Vangelis Moras (Verona/ITA), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Avraam Papadopoulos (Trabzonspor/TUR), Nikos Karabelas (Levante/ESP), Michalis Bakakis (AEK Athens), Christos Tasoulis (Panionios)

Midfielders: Yiannis Maniatis (Olympiakos), Alexandros Tziolis (PAOK), Andreas Samaris (Benfica/POR), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Verona/ITA), Panagiotis Kone (Udinese/ITA), Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens), Thanasis Dinas (Panathinaikos)

Forwards: Dimitris Salpingidis, Stefanos Athanasiadis (both PAOK), Charalampos Mavrias (Sunderland/ENG), Nikos Karelis (Panathinaikos), Fanis Gekas (Akhisar Belediyespor/TUR)