Qualifiers for the European Championships and the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012 began last month and continue over the next fortnight.

There are also friendly internationals, Under 21 and junior games taking place.

Here is the Official Chelsea Website's round-up of our players' involvement:

SENIOR INTERNATIONALS

Ashley Cole and John Terry - Euro 2010 qualifier: England v Montenegro - Tuesday 12 October (Wembley).

Petr Cech - Euro 2010 qualifiers: Czech Republic v Scotland - Friday 8 October (Prague), Liechtenstein v Czech Republic - Tuesday 12 October (Vaduz).

Florent Malouda - Euro 2010 qualifiers: France v Romania - Friday 8 October (Paris), France v Luxembourg - Tuesday 12 October (Metz).

Branislav Ivanovic - Euro 2010 qualifiers: Serbia v Estonia - Friday 8 October (Belgrade), Italy v Serbia - Tuesday 12 October (Genoa).

Yury Zhirkov - Euro 2010 qualifiers:Ireland v Russia - Friday 8 October (Dublin), Macedonia v Russia - Tuesday 12 October (Skopje).

Ramires - Friendlies: Iran v Brazil - Thursday 7 October (Abu Dhabi), Brazil v Ukraine - Monday 11 October (Pride Park, Derby). Alex will not play due to the thigh injury sustained against Arsenal.

John Mikel Obi was called up for Nigeria's African Nations Cup qualifier away in Guinea on Sunday. However that game is now subject to Fifa's suspension of Nigeria from international competition due to government interference in the sport. The suspension was announced yesterday (Monday).

Neither Didier Drogba nor Salomon Kalou are in the Ivory Coast squad for a match away toBurundi.

UNDER 21S

These set of fixtures are two-legged play offs for places in the European Championship Finals in Denmark next summer.

Ryan Bertrand, Jack Cork, Michael Mancienne and Daniel Sturridge - England v Romania - Friday 8 October (Carrow Road, Norwich), Romania v England - Tuesday 12 October (Botosani).

Fabio Borini - Italy v Belarus - Friday 8 October (Rieti),Belarus v Italy - Tuesday 12 October (Borisov).

Jeffrey Bruma and Patrick van Aanholt - Netherlands v Ukraine - Saturday 9 October (Rotterdam), Ukraine v Netherlands - Tuesday 12 October (Kiev).

YOUTH INTERNATIONALS

Gael Kakuta - Under 20 Friendlies - France v Portugal - Tuesday 5 October, France v Juventus - Monday 11 October.

Josh McEachran and Aziz Deen-Conteh Uefa U19 Qualifying Tournament - England, Belgium, Cyprus and Albania - Saturday 2 to Thursday 14 October.

Milan Lalkovic -Uefa U19 Qualifying Tournament - Slovakia, Malta, Netherlands & Slovenia - Friday 1 to Wednesday 13 October.

Anton Rodgers - Uefa U19 Qualifying Tournament - Rep of Ireland, Serbia, Luxembourg & Bulgaria -Saturday 2 to Thursday 14 October.

Nathaniel Chalobah - Uefa U17 Qualifying Tournament - England, Georgia, Sweden, Poland - Wednesday 13 October - Sunday 24 October.

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