Germany head coach Joachim Löw has named his provisional squad for the UEFA EURO 2016 which will take place in France from June 10 to July 10, 2016. The announcements was made during a press conference at the French Embassy in Berlin.
The provisional 27-member Germany squad does feature a few surprises including debut senior national team call-ups for Julian Brandt, Joshua Kimmich and Julian Weigl.
The German team will kick-off its preparations at a training camp in Ascona, Switzerland on May 24. Germany will take on Slovakia (May 29) before Löw announces his final squad on May 31.
GERMANY | UEFA EURO 2016 PROBABLES
Goalkeepers
1 Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern Munich), 12 Bernd Leno (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), 22 Marc-André ter Stegen (FC Barcelona)
Defenders
2 Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia CF), 3 Jonas Hector (1. FC Cologne), 4 Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04), 5 Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), 14 Emre Can (Liverpool FC), 16 Antonio Rüdiger (AS Roma), 17 Jérome Boateng (FC Bayern Munich), 21 Sebastian Rudy (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
Midfielders / Forwards
6 Sami Khedira (Juventus), 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United), 8 Mesut Özil (Arsenal FC), 9 André Schürrle (VfL Wolfsburg), 10 Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray), 11 Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), 13 Thomas Müller (FC Bayern Munich), 15 Julian Draxler (VfL Wolfsburg), 18 Toni Kroos (Real Madrid CF), 19 Mario Götze (FC Bayern Munich), 20 Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), 24 Julian Brandt (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), 25 Leroy Sané (FC Schalke 04), 26 Julian Weigl (Borussia Dortmun), 27 Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern Munich)