Once again Die Mannschaft will head into a major tournament with a team that boasts a wealth of young talents.
In his preliminary squad for Euro 2016, Germany coach Joachim Loew has given Joshua Kimmich, Julian Brandt and Julian Weigl their first spots in the dominating national squad.
The 21-year-old Kimmich has only been playing for Bayern Munich since the beginning of 2015-16, with Weigl similarly only having seen one full campaign with rival side Borussia Dortmund.
While not having seen action for Manchester United since March, Bastian Schweinsteiger is also included in the lineup and will hope to fully recover from a knee injury to lead the side and add to his 114 cap tally.
“We’ll have to wait and see when he can train with us. He is back to full running training, but we have the task as to work out when he can train with the team,” said Joachim Loew.
Fellow World Cup winners Mesut Ozil, Thomas Muller and Sami Khedira are among the other star names in the squad, while Marco Reus will no doubt want to make an impact for Germany having missed Brazil 2014 with injury.
Congrats to Joshua #Kimmich, @JuWeigl and Julian #Brandt on earning their first #DieMannschaft call-up! #EURO2016 pic.twitter.com/nXnewDx730
— Germany (@DFB_Team_EN) May 17, 2016
Germany EURO 2016 squad
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona/ESP)
Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Emre Can (Liverpool/ENG), Jonas Hector (Cologne), Benedikt Hoewedes (Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia/ESP), Sebastian Rudy (Hoffenheim), Antonio Rüdiger (AS Roma/ITA)
Midfielders: Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Wolfsburg), Mario Goetze (Bayern Munich), Sami Khedira (Juventus/ITA), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal/ENG), Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray/TUR), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Leroy Sane (Schalke 04), Andre Schuerrle (Wolfsburg), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United/ENG), Julian Weigl (Borussia Dortmund)
Striker: Mario Gomez (Fiorentina/ITA)
Germany Euro 2016 fixtures
12/06: Germany vs Ukraine (Lille)
16/06: Germany vs Poland (Saint-Denis)
21/06: Northern Ireland vs Germany (Paris)
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