Christer Basma has been a regular for the national teams during the past few years, but for the Malta game next Wednesday, he's out.

Åge Hareide has chosen to save him for greater tasks, as Basma (and Espen Johnsen) has been travelling throughout January. The RBK right back also got a slight leg problem during the stay in Araby, and will have to cope with only the Friday match against FC Copenhagen before the season opens against Esbjerg next Saturday.

For the Malta match, Espen Johnsen, Ståle Stensaas and Thorstein Helstad joins from Rosenborg.

The squad:

Espen Johnsen, Rosenborg
Thomas Myhre, Sunderland

Trond Andersen, Aalborg
André Bergdølmo, Borussia Dortmund
John Carew, Besiktas
Hassan El Fakiri, Monaco
Erik Hagen, Zenit St. Petersburg
Thorstein Helstad, Rosenborg
Magne Hoset, FC Copenhagen
Steffen Iversen, Vålerenga Oslo
Azar Karadas, Benfica
Frode Kippe, Lillestrøm
Raymond Kvisvik, Brann Bergen
Tommy Svindal Larsen, Nürnberg
Claus Lundekvam, Southampton
Morten Gamst Pedersen, Blackburn
John Arne Riise, Liverpool
Petter Rudi, Molde
Sigurd Rushfeldt, Austria Wien
Ståle Stensaas, Rosenborg