Martin O'Neill has named a provisional 39-man squad for Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 play-off against Bosnia & Herzegovina.

The sides will play each other over two legs to earn a place in next summer’s tournament in France.

The first leg will take place in Stadion Bilino Polje, Zenica on Friday, November 13, and the second leg in Aviva Stadium, Dublin on Monday, November 16.

"After finishing third in a difficult qualifying group, we enter into the play-offs against a very good team in Bosnia & Herzegovina,” O'Neill said at today's press conference.

“Our fate is in our own hands and we will be doing all that we can to qualify for next summer's finals.”

He continued: "We will play the second leg at the Aviva Stadium and that is a big plus for us because the Irish supporters were fantastic in our last game there against Germany and we know that there will be a similar atmosphere for this play-off."

The squad will be shortened ahead of assembling on November 9.

Jon Walters and John O'Shea have been named in the squad, but both will have to sit out the first leg through suspension.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND PROVISIONAL SQUAD

David Forde (Millwall)

Shay Given (Stoke City)

Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday)

Darren Randolph (West Ham United)

Rob Elliot (Newcastle United)

Richard Keogh (Derby County)

Marc Wilson (Stoke City)

Seamus Coleman (Everton)

Cyrus Christie (Derby County)

John O'Shea (Sunderland)

Alex Pearce (Derby County)

Shane Duffy (Blackburn Rovers)

Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa)

Paul McShane (Reading)

Stephen Ward (Burnley)

Greg Cunningham (Preston North End)

Robbie Brady (Norwich City)

James McCarthy (Everton)

Jeff Hendrick (Derby County)

Darron Gibson (Everton)

Harry Arter (Bournemouth)

Eunan O'Kane (Bournemouth)

Glenn Whelan (Stoke City)

Paul Green (Rotherham United)

Aiden McGeady (Everton)

James McClean (West Bromwich Albion)

Alan Judge (Brentford)

Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City)

David Meyler (Hull City)

Jonathan Walters (Stoke City)

Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City)

Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)

Shane Long (Southampton)

Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town)

Kevin Doyle (Colorado Rapids)

Anthony Stokes (Celtic)

David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town)

Adam Rooney (Aberdeen)

Simon Cox (Bristol City)