Harry Kewell, Vinnie Grella and Mark Bresciano have all withdrawn from Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek's squad to face Qatar at Suncorp Stadium next Wednesday because of injury.

But Queensland Roar captain Craig Moore survived Verbeek's cut this morning.

The Dutchman reduced his mammoth squad to 28 players but said Kewell was still a 10 per cent chance of playing in the World Cup qualifier against the Qataris despite a groin strain .

Shannon Cole, Ante Covic, Matt Simon and Alex Wilkinson also missed out on selection while Carl Valeri is suspended.

Squad: Jacob Burns (Unirea Valahorum, Romania), Tim Cahill (Everton, England), David Carney (Sheffield United, England), Scott Chipperfield (FC Basel, Switzerland), Robert Cornthwaite (Adelaide United), Chris Coyne (Colchester United, England), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Bruce Djite (Genclerbirligi, Turkey), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers, England), Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United), Richard Garcia (Hull City, England), Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands), Scott Jamieson (Adelaide United), Mile Jedinak (Central Coast), Josh Kennedy (Karlsruher, Germany), Scott McDonald (Celtic, Scotland), Craig Moore (Queensland Roar), Stuart Musialik (Sydney FC), Lucas Neill (West Ham United, England), Jade North (Newcastle Jets), Michael Petkovic (Sivasspor, Turkey), Paul Reid (Adelaide United), Mark Schwarzer (Fulham, England), Matthew Spiranovic (FC Nurnberg, Germany), Shane Stefanutto (Lyn Oslo, Norway), Mile Sterjovski (Derby County, England), Archie Thompson (Melbourne), Luke Wilkshire (Dinamo Moscow, Russia)