Steven Davis has been named as the new Northern Ireland captain ahead of Wednesday's friendly with Norway.
The Rangers midfielder said he wanted to be the permanent skipper after leading NI against Estonia in October.
Former NI captain Aaron Hughes is back in the squad after coming out of retirement but new boss Michael O'Neill has opted to go with Davis.
Norway captain Brede Hangeland has pulled out due to a thigh injury, with Celtic's Thomas Rogne taking his place.
The Fulham defender was forced out after feeling discomfort in his thigh during training on Tuesday.
Rogne will win his first cap for Norway at Windsor Park after being drafted into the team.
He is one of four British-based players set to start, with Hangeland's Cottagers team-mate John Arne-Riise in the side alongside Blackburn's Morten Gamst Pedersen and Erik Huseklepp, who is on loan at Birmingham from Portsmouth.
Northern Ireland duo Warren Feeney and Craig Cathcart will miss the Belfast game.
Plymouth striker Feeney has a calf strain while Blackpool defender Cathcart misses the game because of a hamstring injury.
New manager O'Neill, who will be in charge for the first time, has not yet called up any replacements for the Windsor Park match.
"We picked a 24-man squad to allow us the luxury of one or two withdrawals, because we knew there were games at the weekend," said O'Neill.
"We have lads on standby in case anything else happens."
Jonny Evans and Davis were excused from training on Monday morning after playing for their clubs on Sunday.
Northern Ireland face a tough World Cup qualifying group which includes Portugal, Russia and Israel with only the winners guaranteed passage through to the finals in Brazil.
Northern Ireland squad: L Camp (Nottingham Forest), A Mannus (St Johnstone), M McGovern (Falkirk); J Evans (Manchester United), G McAuley (West Brom), M Duff (Burnley), S Ferguson (Newcastle), R McGivern (Bristol City, loan), A Hughes (Fulham), L Hodson (Watford); J Carson (Ipswich), S Davis (Rangers), D Shiels (Kilmarnock), S Clingan (Coventry), G McCann (Peterborough), C Evans (Hull), N McGinn (Brentford, loan), P McCourt (Celtic); D Healy (Rangers), J McQuoid (Burnley, loan), J Ward (Derby), M Paterson (Burnley).