The Mannschaft World Cup Finals Squad June 2010
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
4. Aogo, Dennis	14 January 1987	23	M	Hamburger SV	2	0
14. Badstuber, Holger Felix	13 March 1989	21	D	FC Bayern München	4	0
20. Boateng, Jérôme Agyenim	3 September 1988	21	D	Hamburger SV	6	0
	It was announced on 5 June 2010 that Boateng had joined Manchester City FC, England, with affect from 1 July 2010.
22. Butt, Hans-Jórg	28 May 1974	36	G	FC Bayern München	3	2ᵍᵃ
19. Cacau  Barretto, Claudemir Jerônimo	27 March 1981 born in Brazil	29	F	VfB Stuttgart 1893	11	4
	Cacau received an abdominal muscle strain in training.
23. Gómez García, Mario	10 July 1985	24	F	FC Bayern München	36	12
3. Friedrich, Arne	29 May 1979	31	D	Hertha, Berliner SC von 1892	75	0
2. Jansen, Marcell	4 November 1985	24	D	Hamburger SV	32	2
6. Khedira, Sami      سامي خضيرة‎	4 April 1987	23	M	VfB Stuttgart 1893	8	0
9. Kießling, Stefan	25 January 1981	26	F	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4	0
11. Klose, Mirosław Joséf	9 June 1978 born in Poland	32	F	FC Bayern München	98	49
18. Kroos, Toni	4 January 1990	20	M	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	5	0
16. Lahm, Philipp	11 November 1983	26	D	FC Bayern München	68	4
21. Marin, Marko  Марин, Марко	13 March 1989 born in Yugoslavia	21	M	SV Werder Bremen von 1899	11	1
17. Mertesacker, Per	29 September 1984	25	D	SV Werder Bremen von 1899	65	1
13. Müller, Thomas	13 September 1989	20	F	FC Bayern München	5	1
1. Neuer, Manuel Peter	27 March 1986	24	G	FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04	8	6ᵍᵃ
8. Özil, Mesut	15 October 1988	21	M	SV Werder Bremen von 1899	13	2
10. Podolski, Łukasz	4 June 1985 born in Poland	25	F	1.FC Köln 01/07	76	39
7. Schweinsteiger, Bastian	1 August 1984	25	M	FC Bayern München	77	21
5. Taşçι, Serdar	24 April 1987	23	D	VfB Stuttgart 1893	12	0
15. Trochowski, Piotr Artur	22 March 1984 born in Poland	26	M	Hamburger SV	32	2
12. Wiese, Tim	17 December 1981	28	G	SV Werder Bremen von 1899	2	1ᵍᵃ

Squad details correct up to and including Germany's match against Ghana on 23 June 2010.
Tallies taken from DFB

Diary

Tuesday, 1 June 2010 - Germany have named their final World Cup squad, with Hoffenheim defender Andreas Beck the man to miss out.  Joachim Löw's side have suffered a series of blows with captain Michael Ballack and midfielders Christian Traesch and Simon Rolfes injured.  Germany also lost first choice keeper Rene Adler because of a rib injury.  Heiko Westermann was ruled out earlier through injury and, by dropping Beck, Löw has decided to take six forwards among his 23 for South Africa.  Löw retained defenders Dennis Aogo of Hamburger SV and Holger Badstuber of  Bayern München, who have only one game each for Germany and had never been called up before Löw announced his provisional squad.  Bayern München full-back Philipp Lahm will take over from Ballack and captain the team in South Africa.

Sunday, 13 June 2010 - Joachim Löw insists there is more to come from his side after their impressive 4-0 demolition of Australia in Group D on Sunday.  Lukas Podolski got the three-time champions up and running, before goals from Miroslav Klose, Thomas Müller and Cacau wrapped up an emphatic victory.  It was unarguably the finest team performance of the tournament so far as Germany put a poor Australia side to the sword, even before the Socceroos went down to ten men thanks to Tim Cahill's dismissal.

Friday, 18 June 2010 - Coach Joachim Löw admitted Germany were "devastated" by the 1-0 defeat by Serbia which leaves their progression to the last 16 far from guaranteed.  Löw's team had Miroslav Klose sent off for two debatable yellow cards, while fellow striker Lukas Podolski had a penalty saved.

Wednesday, 23 June 2010 - Joachim Löw believes Germany will face a "tough job" against England when the two teams meet in the second round of the World Cup on Sunday.  Mesut Özil, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Jérôme Boateng face a race against time to be fit after Germany beat Ghana 1-0 to finish top of Group D.  But the win came at a price as Özil was left bent over at the final whistle, while vice.captain Schweinsteiger came off after 81 minutes with a muscle injury. And defender Boateng had to be replaced on 73 minutes with a back injury.

Saturday, 26 June 2010 - Cacau will miss Sunday's World Cup knockout round clash against England with an abdominal muscle strain.  Cacau, who scored in the 4-0 win over Australia and started for Germany in their victory over Ghana, suffered the problem in training.  "This injury will not allow him to play against England," said team manager Oliver Bierhoff.   Miroslav Klose is set to replace Cacau having served a one.match suspension.  Bierhoff added: "We are working on it so that Cacau would be fit for the next match. We are confident he would be."  Meanwhile, midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger (hamstring) and defender Jérôme Boateng (calf muscle) are to have fitness tests on Saturday.

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CG