A squad of 25 players will go into a pre-tournament camp in Sydney from Monday until Thursday next week when Osciek will announce his final 20-man squad to travel to Hong Kong on November 30.

A total of nine players have received the first call up to Socceroos which also sees the return of veteran green and gold campaigner, Brett Emerton.

The qualifying tournament will be held from 1-9 December and will involve teams from Australia, Chinese-Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong & DPR Korea.

Due to the tournament being played outside official FIFA match dates, Osieck selected players currently playing in the A-League, have completed their domestic seasons or who are about to go on their mid-season break.

Aziz Behich, Eli Babalj and Tom Rogic return to the Qantas Socceroos squad after making their debuts against the Korea Republic last week as well as Robbie Cornthwaite who scored his first senior international goal and Michael Thwaite.

Terry Antonis and Adam Taggart receive their his first call-up to a Qantas Socceroos squad after recently helping the Qantas Young Socceroos qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup at the AFC U-19 Championship in the UAE.

Other players to receive their first selection in a Qantas Socceroos squad include Ivan Franjic, Rostyn Griffiths, Ben Halloran, Aaron Mooy and Osama Malik along with Dino Djulbic and Matt Smith who all recently received their relevant international clearances to represent Australia.

Returning to the Qantas Socceroos squad after absence are Emerton, Eugene Galekovic, Richard Garcia, Scott Jamieson, Michael Marrone and Dario Vidosic.

Osieck said he was perplexed by the restrictions placed on the size of the squad.

“We are only allowed to bring 20 players to Hong Kong which is a bit unusual,” he said. “Considering the fact that we have four games every second day that’s pretty strange.

“Anyway they give us only 20 players so that means from these 25 players I have to leave five players back in Australia.”

The EAFF East Asian Cup is a four-team tournament for men and women which is held every four years rotating between Japan, Korea Republic & China PR as the host nation. A fourth team is determined by a qualification process.

The men's and women's EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 will be held concurrently in Seoul, Korea Republic from July 20-18, 2013.

Qantas Socceroos Provisional Squad for EAFF East Asian Cup Qualifiers:

Terry ANTONIS (Sydney FC), Eli BABALJ (FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd), Aziz BEHICH (Melbourne Heart FC), Robert CORNTHWAITE (Chunnam Dragons), Dino DJULBIC (Guizhou Renhe), Ivan FRANJIC (Brisbane Roar FC), Brett EMERTON (Sydney FC), Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk) (Adelaide United), Richard GARCIA (Melbourne Heart), Rostyn GRIFFITHS, Ben HALLORAN (Brisbane Roar), Scott JAMIESON (Perth Glory), Osama MALIK (Adelaide United), Michael MARRONE (Melbourne Heart), Matt McKAY (Busan I Park), Mark MILLIGAN (Melbourne Victory), Aaron MOOY (Western Sydney Wanderers), Tom ROGIC (Central Coast Mariners), Mat RYAN (gk) (Central Coast Mariners), Matt SMITH (Brisbane Roar), Adam TAGGART (Newcastle Jets), Archie THOMPSON (Melbourne Victory), Michael THWAITE (Perth Glory), Dario VIDOSIC (Adelaide United), Luke WILKSHIRE (FK Dinamo Moscow).