Quaresma, 22, was one of four players who will return to the national team for the Group A match in Helsinki on September 6 as well as a friendly against Denmark at Brondby five days earlier.

The player, who helped FC Porto to a league-Cup double in Portugal last season, last played for the national team during a 3-0 friendly win over Saudi Arabia on March 1.

Scolari also recalled Benfica defender Ricardo Rocha, German-side Werder Bremen's striker Hugo Almeida and Sporting Lisbon's midfielder Joao Moutinho.

Moutinho's teammate Carlos Martins, 24, meanwhile received his first international call-up.

"Is this a renewal of the squad? It's one of the objectives. We also have some difficulties with players who are not in the right physical condition," the Brazilian coach told a news conference.

"We're going to give these athletes an opportunity so that we can observe them during training sessions and at the matches so that we can have a bigger pool to draw upon in the future," he added.

Scolari no longer has veterans Luis Figo and Pauleta at his disposal as both players retired from international footbll in July after Portugal's semi-final loss to France at the World Cup in Germany.

He also left out four other players who were part of his World Cup squad which finished in fourth place: Valencia's injured Miguel Monteiro and Hugo Viana; Dynamo Moscow midfielder Maniche who is set to join Atletico Madrid and Braga keeper Paulo Santos.

Squad
Goalkeepers: Quim (Benfica), Ricardo (Sporting Lisbon)

Defenders: Fernando Meira (Stuttgart/GER), Marco Caneira (Sporting Lisbon), Nuno Valente (Everton/ENG), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea/ENG), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea/ENG), Ricardo Costa (FC Porto), Ricardo Rocha (Benfica)

Midfielders: Deco (FC Barcelona/ESP), Petit (Benfica), Carlos Martins (Sporting Lisbon), Joao Moutinho (Sporting Lisbon), Costinha (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Tiago (Lyon/FRA)

Strikers: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/ENG), Ricardo Qauresma (FC Porto), Helder Postiga (FC Porto), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen/GER), Luis Boa Morte (Fulham/ENG), Simao Sabrosa (Benfica), Nuno Gomes (Benfica).