Squad for Istanbul Basaksehir clash

F.C. Copenhagen manager Ståle Solbakken has announced his squad for the UEFA Europa League last-16 clash with Istanbul Basaksehir.

The Lions players and staff flew out to Turkey on Tuesday morning ahead of Thursday's showdown.

Dame N'Doye and Ragnar Sigurdsson are ready for the fixture and are therefore in contention for the final squad of 18 to be announced on Wednesday.

The squad is training tonight at facilities near the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, which is where they will train on Wednesday and where the match takes place on Thursday.

FCK squad

1 Stephan Andersen
2 Guillermo Varela
3 Pierre Bengtsson
4 Sotirios Papagiannopoulos
5 Andreas Bjelland
6 Jens Stage
7 Viktor Fischer
8 Nicolaj Thomsen
10 Carlos Zeca
11 Mohamed Daramy
13 Sten Grytebust
14 Dame N'Doye
16 Pep Biel
17 Karlo Bartolec
18 Michael Santos
19 Bryan Oviedo
21 Karl-Johan Johnsson
25 Victor Nelsson
27 Ragnar Sigurdsson
29 Mikkel Kaufmann
33 Rasmus Falk