Germany World Cup 2018 squad list and team guide

Here we take a look at Germany's World Cup squad and the other things it will be handy to know about the Group F challengers.

Germany's World Cup squad - the 23 names

Leroy Sane was left out of Germany's final World Cup squad - here are those who did make it:

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona), Kevin Trapp (Paris St Germain).

Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Matthias Ginter (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Jonas Hector (Cologne), Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), Antonio Ruediger (Chelsea), Niklas Suele (Bayern Munich).

Midfielders: Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Paris St Germain), Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04), Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City), Sami Khedira (Juventus), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Sebastian Rudy (Bayern Munich), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal).

Forwards: Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig).

Germany's World Cup 2018 fixtures

• Mexico: Sunday, June 17 at 4pm

• Sweden: Saturday, June 23 at 7pm

• South Korea: Wednesday, June 27 at 3pm

Germany's World Cup record

World Cup record: Germany

How do you think Germany should line up?

Pick your XI here:

Pick your Germany XI for World Cup 2018 here

What odds are Germany to win the World Cup?

9/2

The kits

See where Germany's shirts ends up in our ranking of all 64 World Cup shirts below:

World Cup kits ranked

Who's the coach?

Joachim Low, who has “issued a sex ban” to his players for the duration the World Cup. Excellent coach, noted touchline nose-picker.

What are his and Germany's tactics and likely formation?

JJ Bull explains how Neuer or Trapp will be key if Germany are to retain the World Cup.

Who's the star?

Quality throughout, but the intelligent, metronomic and stylish Toni Kroos of Real Madrid is perhaps the most vital cog.

Best thing about them

Serial winners: they are the champions, and holders of the Confederations Cup as well. Went unbeaten in 2017.

Worst thing about them

Other than having to face them on penalties? Talismanic goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is only just on the way back from a serious foot injury.

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You may recognise…

The familiar sight of men with bad hair celebrating uproariously? Or perhaps an even more effective Mesut Ozil? 

Cameramen will be picking out…

The sad face of Mario Götze, who scored the winner in the Final against Argentina four years ago, but is not even in the squad this time. Only 25.

Fans' favourite chant

“Deutschland vor, noch ein Tor”.

Translates as “Germans attack, score one more goal.”

On-field prediction

Strongly fancied to get to der businessende yet again.

Off-field prediction

Hopefully having a lovely jolly time and nobody mentioning the War.

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