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Germany coach Loew reveals provisional 27-men EURO squad

Xinhua, May 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

Germany head coach Joachim Loew has revealed his 27-men squad for the EURO 2016 in Berlin on Tuesday.

Loew presented his provisional squad for the EURO 2016 in France and appointed the youngsters Joshua Kimmich, Julian Brandt and Julian Weigl along with veterans Lukas Podolski and Bastian Schweinsteiger, among others. It is the sixth time that Loew composed Germany' s squad for an upcoming tournament.

Germany' s provisional squad consists of 14 FIFA world champions meanwhile Kimmich, Brandt and Weigl earned their first call up.

"In recent months we have intensively observed the players," Loew said in the French Embassy in Berlin. "Every player deserves our respect, this applies also to those who did not make it into the squad. We appointed these players because we are convinced that we have a good mix of experience and airiness. Our squad has high quality and plenty of flexibility as well as variability. These are good condition for a successful EURO."

The "Nationalmannschaft" will kick-off their trainings camp in Asocona, Switzerland on May 24 before their encounter with Slovakia for a friendly in Augsburg five days later. On May 31 Loew will have to submit his final 23-men squad to the UEFA. Germany will then face Hungary for another friendly to conclude the preparation before they take on Ukraine in the first group match in the EURO on June 12.

Germany' s provisional 27-men squad reads as follows:

Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (FC Barcelona), Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen)

Defender: Jerome Boateng (FC Bayern Munich), Jonas Hector (Cologne), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Hoewedes (Schalke 04), Shkodran Mustafi (FC Valencia), Emre Can (FC Liverpool), Sebastian Rudy (1899 Hoffenheim), Antonio Ruediger (AS Roma)

Midfielder: Sami Khedira (Juventus Turin), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Mesut Oezil (FC Arsenal), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Draxler (VfL Wolfsburg), Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray Istanbul), Thomas Müller (FC Bayern Munich), Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United), Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Weigl (Borussia Dortmund), André Schürrle (VfL Wolfsburg), Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern Munich)

Striker: Mario Gomez (Besiktas Istanbul), Mario Goetze (FC Bayern Munich), Leroy Sané (Schalke 04)

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