Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek will return to Poland for their October 12 World Cup qualifier against England, the Polish Football Association's website said on Monday.
Liverpool had said Dudek would be out of action for up to three months from early August after suffering a fracture-dislocation of his elbow during training.
Poland are top of qualifying Group Six with 24 points from nine games, ahead of England with 19 points from eight, and can win the group with a draw in Manchester.
Coach Pawel Janas's team for the England match and a friendly against Iceland on October 7 also includes midfielder Marcin Kaczmarek, making his debut with the national team. Squad: Goalkeepers: Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool), Artur Boruc (Celtic), Wojciech Kowalewski (Spartak Moscow). Defenders: Marcin Baszczynski (Wisla Krakow), Jacek Bak (Al Rayan, Qatar), Tomasz Klos (Wisla Krakow), Tomasz Rzasa (Den Haag), Mariusz Jop (FK Moscow), Michal Zewlakow (Anderlecht), Dariusz Dudka (Wisla Krakow). Midfielders: Jacek Krzynowek (Bayer Leverkusen), Kamil Kosowski (Southampton), Sebastian Mila (Austria Vienna), Arkadiusz Radomski (Austria Vienna), Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk), Radoslaw Sobolewski (Wisla Krakow), Euzebiusz Smolarek (Borussia Dortmund), Przemyslaw Kazmierczak (Pogon Szczecin), Marcin Kaczmarek (Kolporter Korona Kielce). Forwards: Maciej Zurawski (Celtic), Tomasz Frankowski (Elche), Grzegorz Rasiak (Tottenham Hotspur), Pawel Brozek (Wisla Krakow).
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