German coach Joachim Low presented the 27-man world cup list. Germany integrates the group D alongside Ghana, Australia and Serbia.

Rene Adler was left out of the squad due to an injury, forcing Lowe to call Jorg Butt(Beyern Munich).

Two of the surprises in this list are Holger Badstube (Beyern Munich) and Dennis Aogo (Hamburgo), both have no caps in the National team.

One of the facts about this team is that they have 4 foreign players: Cacau (Brasil), Klose, Podolski and Trochowski (Poland).

Goalkeepers:
Manuel Neuer (Schalke)
Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen)
Jörg Butt (Bayern)

Defenders:

Badstuber (Bayern Munich)
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim)
Arne Friedrich (Hertha)
Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen)
Serdar Tasci (Stuttgart)
Heiko Westermann (Schalke)
Denis Aogo (Hamburgo)
Jerome Boateng (Hamburgo)
Marcel Jansen (Hamburgo).

Midifielders:

Michael Ballack (Chelsea)
Sami Khedira (Stuttgart)
Christian Träsch (Stuttgart)
Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen)
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen)
Mesut Özil (Werder Bremen)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
Piotr Trochowski (Hamburgo)

Forwards:
Mario Gómez (Bayern Munich)
Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich)
Thomas Müller (Bayern)
Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen)
Lukas Podolski (Colonia)
Jerónimo Cacau (Stuttgart).