Arqueros
Hans-Jörg Butt (Bayern Munich)Manuel Neuer (Schalke 04)Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen)
Defensores
Denis Aogo (Hamburgo)Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich)Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim)Jérôme Boateng (Hamburgo)Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlín)Marcell Jansen (Hamburgo)Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen)Serdar Tasci (Stuttgart)Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04)
Volantes
Michael Ballack (Chelsea)Sami Khedira (Stuttgart)Tony Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen)Marko Marin (Werder Bremen)Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)Mesut Özil (Werder Bremen) Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)Christian Träsch (Stuttgart)Piot Trochowski (Hamburgo)
Delanteros
Cacau (Stuttgart)Mario Gómez (Bayern Munich)Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen)Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich)Lukas Podolski (Colonia).

Los que sí estarán, son el mediocampista del Chelsea, Michael Ballack y los atacantes Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich), Lukas Podolski (Colonia) y Jerónimo Cacau (Stuttgart), quienes son elementos fundamentales en el esquema de Low.
Alemania está ubicada en el Grupo D, junto Australia, Ghana y Serbia.

The official 23-man squad who will lead Germany into the World Cup in South Africa has been announced.

Goalkeepers

Low Selects His Squad - How Will They Do?

Manuel Neuer
Tim Wiese
Hans-Joerg Butt

Defenders

Philipp Lahm
Dennis Aogo
Holger Badstuber
Andreas Beck
Jerome Boateng
Per Mertesacker
Serdar Tasci
Arne Friedrich

Midfielders

Bastian Schweinsteiger
Sami Khedira
Piotr Trochwoski
Marko Marin
Mesut Ozil
Toni Kroos
Marcell Jansen

Forwards

Cacau
Mario Gomez
Thomas Mueller
Miroslav Klose
Lukas Podolski

Joachim Low has recently criticized Miroslav Klose in the press, expressing his worries over the Bayern Munich veteran's form.

So now it's official Andreas Beck is going home.

Joachim Löw has promised Beck that he will be first to be renominated should any more injuries happen.

Marko Marin is safe! Now if something were to happen to two expendable players ... then... must...

So opinions on these revelations?

The 23 man squads are coming fast and hard today with England dropping their decision today and now Germany. Check it out.

GOALKEEPERS
Manuel Neuer
Tim Wiese
Hans-Jörg Butt

DEFENDERS
Dennis Aogo
Holger Badstuber
Andreas Beck
Jerome Boateng
Arne Friedrich
Philipp Lahm
Per Mertesacker
Serdar Tasci

MIDFIELDERS
Marcell Jansen
Sami Khedira
Toni Kroos
Marko Marin
Mesut Özil
Bastin Schweinsteiger
Piotr Trochowski

FORWARDS
Cacau
Mario Gomez
Stefan Kießling
Miroslav Klose
Thomas Müller
Lukas Podolski

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Though many teams had already been there, done that, today, June 1st, was the Big Day. All World Cup squads of 23 had to be into FIFA, where Sepp would peruse to his liking and offer up silly suggestions to his man servant, Humberto.

As is the case any time anything is announced in football, there were some surprises.

Joachim Loew has announced his squad for Germany's upcoming friendly against Denmark. Loew has chosen to rest the majority of his World Cup stars and call up younger players to the squad who will be given the chance to impress and begin to force their way into the German national team on a more regular basis.

Injuries Have Clearly Taken Their Toll On Metzelder's Once Reliable Legs.

Hoffenheim hosted Schalke this afternoon and dispatched the visitors and claimed a rather comfortable three points. A 2–0 result means Schalke are still pointless at the bottom of the table, and the pressure will certainly continue to pile on Schalke coach Felix Magath, who spent an impressive amount of money on new recruits this summer.

After some impressive results and some emphatic performances this weekend in the Bundesliga, I have decided to start a Team Of The Week series to showcase the Bundesliga's top performers from each matchday. Here's my team:

Hoffenheim's Tom Starke makes number one goalkeeper in my squad for spectacular saves that kept Die Hoffe in the match.

In goal, I've got Frankfurt's Oka Nikolov. The Macedonian shot stopper saved a potentially game changing penalty against Kaiserslautern when the scores were still level. While he wasn't troubled too much other than that penalty incident, he was pretty confident and composed when dealing with crosses and through-balls.

Andre Schuerrle And Lewis Holtby Are Set For Their First Germany Caps.

Joachim Loew has picked an experimental side for Germany's friendly against Sweden tomorrow afternoon, with quite a few players winning their first call-ups. On-form Mainz duo Andre Schuerrle and Lewis Holtby are set to win their first caps, as well as Dortmund's Marcel Schmelzer and Mario Gotze.