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Leicester defender Christian Fuchs named in Austria squad

Christian Fuchs, Austria v Turkey, March 2016
Image: Leicester City left-back Christian Fuchs has been included in Austria's squad for Euro 2016

Leicester City defender Christian Fuchs has been included in Austria's squad for Euro 2016.

The Foxes full-back is one of four Premier League players in the group, alongside Marko Arnautovic of Stoke, Tottenham's Kevin Wimmer and Sebastian Prodl of Watford.

Austria coach Marcel Koller has made just one adjustment to his final 23-man group, dropping Salzburg midfielder Valentino Lazaro.

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

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

David Alaba, Austria v Albania, March 2016
Image: David Alaba is the star man in the Austria squad

Bayern Munich midfielder David Alaba is one of 16 players from Germany's first and second divisions.

Austria are in Group F with Hungary, Portugal and Iceland at this summer's championship.

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

Defenders: Aleksandar Dragovic (Dinamo Kiev), Christian Fuchs (Leicester City), 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 City), Julian Baumgartlinger (Mainz), Martin Harnik (Stuttgart), Stefan Ilsanker (Leipzig), Jakob Jantscher (Luzern), Zlatko Junuzovic (Werder Bremen), Marcel Sabitzer (Leipzig), Alessandro Schopf (Schalke)

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

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