New Celtic keeper Lubos Kamenar omitted from Champions League squad

Lubos Kamenar said Euro nights sold him on a move to Celtic but he won't be featuring save for injury to others.

Celtic's deadline day signing Lubos Kamenar has been left off the club's squad list for the group stages of the Champions League.

Squad lists released by UEFA show Fraser Forster and Lukasz Zaluska are Neil Lennon's two goalkeeping picks.

Kamenar could however still be drafted in to play if either goalkeeper is ruled out through a long-term illness or injury during the campaign, although such a move would prohibit the player dropping out from playing in the competition for 30 days.

Other recent signings Efe Ambrose, Lassad Nouioui and Miku Fedor are included. Rabiu Ibrahim is again left out.

The Celtic boss was only able to pick 22 players on List A for the competition, having failed to meet the quota to fill all 25 spots. Eight places are reserved from homegrown squad members, of which the club name just five on their main list.

Clubs are only able to name a maximum of 17 players who either have not been trained by the club between the ages of 15 and 21, or in Scotland between the same ages, over a period of 36 months.

Joe Chalmers, James Forrest and Marcus Fraser could have been included on the main list to fulfil the quota but were instead named on List B. In any case, all three will be free to play in Celtic's Champions League matches.

List B allows clubs to name any players under the age of 21 who have been trained by the club for "any uninterrupted period of two years since his 15th birthday". Teams are free to add players to List B at any point during the competition up until 11pm the day before a match.

CELTIC

List A

Kris Commons
Emilio Izaguirre
Beram Kayal
Scott Brown
Dylan McGeoch
Tony Watt
Charlie Mulgrew
Efe Ambrose
Nicolas Miku Fedor
Fraser Forster
Gary Hooper
Joe Ledley
Mikael Lustig
Adam Matthews
Paddy McCourt
Lassad Nouioui
Thomas Rogne
Georgios Samaras
Victor Wanyama
Kelvin Wilson
Lukasz Zaluska
Anthony Stokes

List B

Joe Chalmers
James Forrest
Marcus Fraser
Filip Twardzik

BARCELONA

List A

Victor Valdes
Jose Pinto
Oier Olazabal
Daniel Alves
Gerard Pique
Carles Puyol
Marc Bartra
Jordi Alba
Martin Montoya
Eric Abidal
Andreu Fontas
Cesc Fabregas
Xavi
Andres Iniesta
Thiago Alcantara
Jonathan Dos Santos
Javier Mascherano
Sergio Busqets
Adriano
Alex Song
David Villa
Alexis Sanchez
Lionel Messi
Pedro Rodriguez
Issac Cuenca

List B

Sergi Gomez
Planas
Sergio Roberto
Rafinha
Gerard Deulofeu
Tello

BENFICA

List A

Andre Almeida
Carlos Martins
Luisinho
Andre Gomes
Miguel Rosa
Miguel Vitor
Paulo Lopes Nolito
Pablo Aimar
Eduardo Salvio
Luisao
Nicolas Gaitan
Ezequiel Garay
Artur Moraes
Ola John
Rodrigo Machado
Nemanja Matic Jardel Vieira
Maxi Pereira
Enzo Perez
Oscar Cardozo
Lorenzo Melgarejo
Rodrigo Lima
Bruno Cesar

List B

Fabio Cardoso
Joao Cancelo
Ivan Cavaleiro
Helder Costa
Carlos Dias
Daniel Martins
Bruno Gaspar
Raphael Guzzo
Joao Nunes
Sancidino Silva
Joao Teixeira
Jose Costa
Luis Martins
Bruno Valera

SPARTAK MOSCOW

List A

Sergei Pesyakov
Andriy Dykan
Artem Rebrov
Juan Insaurralde
Sergei Bryzgalov
Nicolas Pareja
Kirill Kombrarov
Sergei Parshivlyuk
Marek Suchy
Ilya Kutepov
Evgeni Makeev
Emin Makhmudov
Rafael Carioca
Aiden McGeady
Jose Manuel Jurado
Demy de Zeeuw
Kim Kallstrom
Dmitri Kombarov
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Aleksandr Zotov
Romulo
Ari
Artem Dzyuba
Welliton
Emmanuel Emenike

List B

Aleksandr Putsko
Jano Ananidze
Dmitri Kayumov
Pavel Yakovlev
Vladimir Obukhov

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