Mathieu Flamini and Djibril Cisse were the highest-profile casualties as France coach Raymond Domenech settled on his final 23-man party.
Midfielder Flamini, who recently left Arsenal for Milan, was left out as Domenech favoured Lassana Diarra, Claude Makele, Patrick Vieira and Jeremy Toulalan for the central midfield positions.
Cisse proved the fall guy as Bafetimbi Gomis earned a surprise place in the squad a day after celebrating his first cap with two goals in a 2-0 warm-up win over Ecuador.
Domenech, who had to cross out seven names from a provisional list of 30 players announced earlier this month, decided to keep the 22-year-old St Etienne striker.
The French boast a formidable list of forwards including Thierry Henry, Franck Ribery, Nicolas Anelka and Lyon starlet Karim Benzema. There was no place for David Trezeguet.
Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyon), Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille).
Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Francois Clerc (Olympique Lyon), Sebastien Squillaci (Olympique Lyon), William Gallas (Arsenal), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona).
Midfielders: Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Samir Nasri (Olympique Marseille), Jeremy Toulalan (Olympique Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan).
Forwards: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyon), Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyon), Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich).
Eurosport - Wed, 28 May 22:38:00 2008
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