Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has chosen his squad for two upcoming friendly matches overseas.

The team will take on fellow 2015 AFC Asian Cup nations United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar in October.

On the squad is half-Greek, half-Italian player and World Cup initiate James Troisi. The former Melbourne Victory player is now on loan to Belgian club S.V. Zulte Waregem.

The 25-year-old was getting offers left, right and centre from other A-League clubs over the past two months, but decided to stick to his contract at Juventus, who decided to loan him out again.

Sydney FC striker Bernie Ibini is the only uncapped player to be chosen, in line with Postecoglou’s philosophy of giving young malleable players a chance.

Postecoglou has made it no secret that he expects to throw him and other less experienced players in the deep end while they have friendlies in the works.

“We are still giving players we’ve identified for the national team an opportunity to experience international football to ensure we create a deeper pool of players to call on for the Asian Cup and beyond,” Postecoglou said.

“These two games give us a few more to throw into the mix with an experienced core group of players to see how they cope with the training intensity and the demands of international football before we start monitoring them all leading into the Japan match.”

Postecoglou also included four players in the A-League, Tomi Juric, Mark Milligan, Nikolai Topor-Stanley and Ibini.

With the friendlies being played during the first matches of the new 2014/15 season, Postecoglou says he’ll have to play a balancing act between the local competition and the needs of the national team.

“We were mindful that the matches coincide with the first weekend of the A-League and we tried to not be too disruptive but ultimately this is our national team and everyone agrees this is the highest honour in the game and we will always pick players deserving of that honour,” Postecoglou said.

The 23-man squad for the two friendly matches:
Aziz Behich, Mark Bresciano, Josh Brilliante, Tim Cahill, Jason Davidson, Adam Federici, Ivan Franjic, Chris Herd, James Holland, Bernie Ibini-Isei, Mile Jedinak (capt), Tomi Juric, Mitch Langerak, Matthew Leckie, Massimo Luongo, Mark Milligan, Tommy Oar, Mat Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, James Troisi, Alex Wilkinson

UAE v Australia
10 October 2014
Mohamed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Kick-Off 6.30 pm (1.30 am AEDT October 11)

Qatar v Australia
14 October 2014
Lekhwiya Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Kick-Off 7.30 pm (3.30 am AEDT October 15)