Germany manager Jürgen Klopp selects 44 players for debut By Thiago Lemos
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Germany head coach Jürgen Klopp announced a squad of 44 players on September 17, 2026, at the DFB Campus in Frankfurt for the upcoming international window. The selection splits the group into 24 footballers for the first two matches and 20 additional athletes for the remaining two fixtures.
Spanish sports publications described the decision as unprecedented madness while highlighting a revolution of 44 players split into two different teams for four international matches.
Klopp combined seasoned veterans with uncapped youngsters across both rosters. Klopp chose two different teams.
The 24-player roster prepares for an away fixture against Netherlands on September 24, followed by a home clash against Greece three days later.
The second group of 20 players targets the away match against Serbia on October 1, before facing Greece again in Athens three days later. All four scheduled games take place within the UEFA Nations League schedule.
German Football Association officials confirmed the division on the DFB platform, noting that goalkeeper Finn Dahmen remains the only player named to both rosters while others return to their clubs.
The official statement confirmed that 24 players will travel to face Netherlands in Amsterdam on September 24 and Greece in Augsburg on September 27, before an altered roster of 20 players convenes for matches against Serbia in Munich on October 1 and Greece in Thessaloniki on October 4. Kickoff for each of the four encounters is set for 20:45 CEST across the designated German and European stadiums.
Squad selected for matches against Netherlands and Greece
- Alexander Nübel (Besiktas)
- Marc-André ter Stegen (Ajax)
- Hennes Behrens (Augsburg)
- Yann Aurel Bisseck (Inter de Milão)
- Nathaniel Brown (Eintracht Frankfurt)
- Max Rosenfelder (Freiburg)
- Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund)
- Jonathan Tah (Bayern de Munique)
- Josha Vagnoman (Stuttgart)
- Bambasé Conté (Hoffenheim)
- Yannik Engelhardt (Freiburg)
- Chris Führich (Stuttgart)
- Serge Gnabry (Bayern de Munique)
- Lennart Karl (Bayern de Munique)
- Joshua Kimmich (Bayern de Munique)
- Jamal Musiala (Bayern de Munique)
- Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund)
- Younes Ebnoutalib (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Roster called up for fixtures with Serbia and Greece
- Noah Atubolu (SC Freiburg)
- Jonas Urbig (Bayern de Munique)
- Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund)
- Maximilian Mittelstädt (Stuttgart)
- Karim Adeyemi (Barcelona)
- Tom Bischof (Bayern de Munique)
- Brajan Gruda (RB Leipzig)
- Vitaly Janelt (Brentford)
- Felix Keidel (Elversberg)
- Aleksandar Pavlović (Bayern de Munique)
- Derry Scherhant (Freiburg)
- Florian Wirtz (Liverpool)
- Jonathan Burkardt (Eintracht Frankfurt)
- Nick Woltemade (Juventus)
