Abraham, 28, one of the architects of Czech first division club Mlada Boleslav's surprise success in reaching the group stages of the UEFA cup, is called up to the national squad for the first time. Pospech, the 27-year-old Sparta Prague player, has been selected twice before.

Bruckner has been forced to fill gaps left by injuries to recent star player, Glasgow Rangers' Libor Sionko, and Tomas Galasek.

The Czechs play San Marino at home on October 7 and travel to Ireland on October 11 with maximum points so far after victories against Wales and Slovakia.

"The versatile style of Pospech will help us to cancel out on the right side the Irish game, which is quite strong on the left flank. Abraham, has been in my sights for six months already," Bruckner explained.

Nuremburg's Galasek has a knee injury and Sionko a thigh strain.

Bruckner will also be unable to call on Sparta Prague midfielder Tomas Sivok, who hobbled off the pitch Monday in the derby game against Slavia Prague and now faces a stomach operation.