World Cup 2010: Germany
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May 18th, 2010
Germany Football Confederation.
Main players: Michael Ballack (got injured and was ruled out of Cup – who can take Ballack’s place?) and Miroslav Klose.
Fifa ranking (April 2010): #6
Germany finished 1st in their Europe Qualifying Group (8 winnings, 2 draws, no loss), ahead of Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein.
Germany is in Group D of the World Cup 2010 and will play the first three matches against: Australia (June 13th), Serbia (June 18th) and Ghana (June 23rd).
Germany Team Roster:
Goalkeepers: Hans-Joerg Butt (Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Schalke 04), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen)
Defense: Dennis Aogo (Hamburg), Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim), Jerome Boateng (Hamburg), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Marcell Jansen (Hamburg), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Serdar Tasci (Stuttgart), Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04)
Midfield: Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Sami Khedira (Stuttgart), Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen), Marko Marin (Werder Bremen) Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Christian Traesch (Stuttgart), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg)
Forward: Cacau (Stuttgart), Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Stefan Kiesling (Bayer Leverkusen), Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich), Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich), Lukas Podolski (Koln)
Coach: Joachim Low.
June 15th, 2010 at 8:32 am
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