The Mannschaft Squad for the match against England  November 2008
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Adler, René	15 January 1985	23	G	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2	1 ᵍᵃ
Compper, Marvin	14 June 1985	23	D	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	0	0
Friedrich, Arne	29 May 1979	29	D	Hertha, Berliner SC von 1892	63	0
Gómez García, Mario	10 July 1985	23	F	VfB Stuttgart 1893	19	6
Helmes, Patrick	1 March 1984	24	F	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	8	0
Hinkel, Andreas	26 March 1982	26	D	The Celtic FC, Scotland	19	0
Hitzlsperger, Thomas	5 April 1982	26	M	VfB Stuttgart 1893	43	6
Jones, Jermaine Junior	3 November 1981	27	M	FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04	2	0
Klose, Mirosław Marian	9 June 1978 born in Poland	30	F	FC Bayern München	86	44
Marin, Marko  Марин, Марко	13 March 1989 born in Yugoslavia	19	M	Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach	3	1
Mertesacker, Per	29 September 1984	24	D	SV Werder Bremen von 1899	51	1
Podolski, Łukasz	4 June 1985	23	F	FC Bayern München	59	31
Rolfes, Simon	21 January 1982	26	M	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	16	1
Schäfer, Marcel	7 June 1984	24	D	VfL Wolfsbur	0	0
Schweinsteiger, Bastian	1 August 1984	24	M	FC Bayern München	61	17
Taşçι, Serdar	24 April 1987	21	D	VfB Stuttgart 1893	3	0
Trochowski, Piotr Artur	22 March 1984 born in Poland	24	M	Hamburger SV	17	1
Weis, Tobias	3 July 1985	23	M	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	0	0
Westermann, Heiko	14 August 1983	25	D	FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04	8	1
Wiese, Tim	17 December 1981	26	G	SV Werder Bremen von 1899	0	0

Squad details correct up to and including Germany's match against Andorra on 15 October 2008.

Diary

Thursday, 13 November 2008 - Experienced midfielder Torsten Frings has been left out of the 20-man German squad to face England in Wednesday's friendly.  The 31-year-old recently resolved a dispute with coach Joachim Löw but has not been selected for the match at Berlin's Olympic Stadium.  Skipper Michael Ballack is injured and Philipp Lahm, Clemens Fritz, Marcell Jansen and Christian Pander are also out so Löw will blood new faces.  Marvin Compper, Tobias Weis and Marcel Schaefer earn their first call-ups.

The German football federation (DFB) said in a statement that Löw and Frings had agreed on the player's omission ahead of the squad announcement.  Chelsea midfielder Ballack, who also apologised to Löw after expressing his own disappointment at the treatment of Frings, will miss the match as he is still recovering from a foot operation.  Of the potential debutants who have been drafted in, Löw said: "We want to use the last game of the year to again try out one or two things and get some impressions for next year."  Löw also confirmed his decision not to recall former German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann following speculation that the 39-year-old could have made a farewell appearance during the match against England.  The Germany coach said last week the friendly was too important as a means of giving international match practice to Lehmann's young successors.

Tuesday, 18 November 2008 - Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has emerged as a slight injury doubt for Germany.

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