Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa has omitted Roberto Cereceda after naming his final 23-man World Cup squad.

Defender Cereceda had been called in as cover for injured Marco Estrada, but the midfielder has since recovered and taken his place in the squad.

Former Argentina boss Bielsa discarded six players before the 1 June deadline.

Jaime Valdes, Manuel Iturra, Charles Aranguiz, Jose Pedro Fuenzalida, Pedro Morales and Hector Mancilla were all left out of the squad for South Africa.

Atalanta midfielder Valdes had not played for his country since 2006 and had not been picked by Bielsa before.

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Aranguiz was always likely to be a fitness concern having only just overcome a knee injury. He also did not feature in the qualifying rounds.

West Brom defender Gonzalo Jara is one of 14 European-based players included.

Union Espanola's Luis Marin saw off Universidad Catolica's Cristopher Toselli for the third goalkeeping spot.

Chile line up alongside Switzerland, Spain and Honduras in Group H.

They play their opening match against Honduras on 16 June.

Chile squad: Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad), Miguel Pinto (Universidad de Chile), Luis Marin (Union Espanola); Pablo Contreras (PAOK), Ismael Fuentes (Universidad Catolica), Mauricio Isla (Udinese), Gary Medel (Boca Juniors), Gonzalo Jara (West Brom), Waldo Ponce (Universidad Catolica), Arturo Vidal (Bayer Leverkusen), Carlos Carmona (Reggina), Marco Estrada (Universidad de Chile), Matias Fernandez (Sporting Lisbon), Gonzalo Fierro (Flamengo), Rodrigo Millar (Colo Colo), Rodrigo Tello (Besiktas), Jorge Valdivia (Al-Ain), Jean Beausejour (America), Mark Gonzalez (CSKA Moscow), Fabian Orellana (Xerez), Esteban Paredes (Colo Colo), Alexis Sanchez (Udinese), Humberto Suazo (Real Zaragoza)

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