Squad Germany UEFA Euro Cup 2008

The coach of Germany for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008, Joachim Löw, introduced recently a provisional list of German football players for the German "Mannschaft". The surprises are 3 players who currently play in the second division of the German professional football league.

Germany is in the Group B of the UEFA Euro Cup 2008 along Poland, Croatia and Austria. Their first game on the European Championship in Austria and Switzerland will be against Poland on June the 8th at 20:45 in Klagenfurt, at the stadium Wörthersee, in Austria. Hours before, Austria will be playing against Croatia, at 18:00, in Vienna.

On May the 27th, Germany will have a friendly game against Belarus in Kaiserslautern, in Germany. It is knot known yet whether the German team will have more friendly games before the UEFA Euro Cup 2008 begins, on June the 7th.

The Squad / Team of Germany for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008 is as follows:

Forwards of Germany for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008: Miroslav Klose (FC Bayern München, Germany), Lukas Podolski (FC Bayern München, Germany), Mario Gómez (VfB Stuttgart, Germany), Kevin Kuranyi (FC Schalke 04, Germany), Oliver Neuville (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany), Patrick Helmes (1. FC Köln, Germany).

Midfielders of Germany for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008: Michael Ballack (Chelsea FC, England), Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart, Germany), Simon Rolfes (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen, Germany), Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München, Germany), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburger SV, Germany), Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen, Germany), Jermaine Jones (FC Schalke 04, Germany), David Odonkor (Real Betis Balompié, Spain), Marko Marin (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany).

Defenders of Germany for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008: Christoph Metzelder (Real Madrid CF, Spain), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen, Germany), Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München, Germany), Arne Friedrich (Hertha BSC Berlin, Germany), Marcell Jansen (FC Bayern München, Germany), Clemens Fritz (Werder Bremen, Germany), Heiko Westermann (FC Schalke 04, Germany).

Goalkeepers of Germany for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal FC, England), Robert Enke (Hannover 96, Germany), René Adler (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany).

Less than 10 percent of the players shortlisted for the Germany Squad / Team are playing outside Germany. The Bundesliga is not as competitive as the Premier League, or the Italian League or the Spanish League, and this list of players could indicate that the German team for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008 is not as strong and the French, the Italian, the Dutch or the Spanish might be.

But the fact that Germany is one of the top favourites to win the Euro 2008 Cup, might change your impression. In our poll, Germany is the third favourite. Which is your favourite team to win the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup? Did you vote already?

If you want to know more about Germany and the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup, the qualification, statistics and more, visit my previous post about germany.