In addition, a total of six players are returning: Deniz Undav and Josha Vagnoman (both VfB Stuttgart), Pascal Groß (Brighton & Hove Albion), Kai Havertz (Arsenal FC), Anton Stach (Leeds United) and Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid). 26-man squad back.

The DFB squad at a glance

Goal:

• Oliver Baumann (1899 Hoffenheim)
• Alexander Nübel (VfB Stuttgart)
• Jonas Urbig (FC Bayern)

Defensive:

• Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund)
• Nathaniel Brown (Eintracht Frankfurt)
• Pascal Gross (Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern)
• Aleksandar Pavlovic (FC Bayern)
• David Raum (RB Leipzig)
• Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
• Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund)
• Anton Stach (Leeds United)
• Jonathan Tah (FC Bayern)
• Malick Thiaw (Newcastle United)
• Josha Vagnoman (VfB Stuttgart)

Offensive:

• Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern)
• Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern)
• Kai Havertz (Arsenal FC)
• Lennart Karl (FC Bayern)
• Jamie Leweling (VfB Stuttgart)
• Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund)
• Leroy Sane (Galatasaray Istanbul)
• Kevin Schade (Brentford FC)
• Deniz Undav (VfB Stuttgart)
• Florian Wirtz (Liverpool FC)
• Nick Woltemade (Newcastle United)

Prominent names such as Füllkrug, Adeyemi and Stiller are not taken into account

The injured or ailing Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern), Nadiem Amiri (Mainz 05) and Assan Ouedraogo (RB Leipzig) were not nominated. also quite prominent names like Niclas Füllkrug (AC Milan), Karim Adeyemi and Maximilian Beier (both Borussia Dortmund), Angelo Stiller (VfB Stuttgart), Jonathan Burkardt (Eintracht Frankfurt) or Ridle Baku (RB Leipzig).

In addition, the goalkeepers Finn Dahmen (FC Augsburg) and Noah Atubolu (SC Freiburg) as well as Said El Mala (1. FC Köln) did not make it into the squad this time.

The German national team will face Switzerland on March 27th in Basel and Ghana on March 30th in Stuttgart. The World Cup 2026 starts on June 11th, before the DFB team tests against Finland (May 31st) and the USA (June 6th).