The Germany World Cup 2026 squad is shaping up.
The four-time winners are looking to get their World Cup 2026 qualification truly underway with fixtures against Luxembourg and Northern Ireland.
Julian Nagelsmann's side went winless for four consecutive games earlier this year, with their last loss coming against Slovakia in their opening qualifying game.
Every member of their squad for their October qualifiers, bar two, currently play their football in Germany.
Florian Wirtz and Nick Woltemade, who both moved to the Premier League this summer for a combined £180 million, are the only two members of the squad who play outside of Germany.
They've both had contrasting starts to life in England, with Wirtz yet to show his full potential and Woltemade hitting the ground running and being named Newcastle's Player of the Month for September.
There's no space for Leroy Sane, who has not been called up for two squads in a row. Antonio Rudiger also doesn't make the squad, after picking up a muscle injury in September that will keep him sidelined for an extended period.
Squad
Germany World Cup 2026 squad: The October selection
- GK: Oliver Baumann (Hoffenehim)
- GK: Alexander Nubel (VfB Stuttgart)
- GK: Finn Dhamen (Augsburg)
- DF: Jonathan Tah (Bayern Munich)
- DF: David Raum (RB Leipzig)
- DF: Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund)
- DF: Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen)
- DF: Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt)
- DF: Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund)
- DF: Ridle Baku (RB Leipzig)
- DF: Nathaniel Brown (Eintracht Frankfurt)
- MF: Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
- MF: Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich)
- MF: Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich)
- MF: Florian Wirtz (Liverpool)
- MF: Nadiem Amiri (Mainz 05)
- MF: Aleksander Pavlovic (Bayern Munich)
- MF: Angelo Stiller (VfB Stuttgart)
- MF: Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund)
- MF: Jamie Lewling (VfB Stuttgart)
- FW: Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund)
- FW: Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund)
- FW: Nick Woltemade (Newcastle)
- FW: Jonathan Burkardt (Eintract Frankfurt)
Fixtures and results
October 13: Northern Ireland vs Germany, Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland
October 10: Germany vs Luxembourg, Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim, Germany
September 7: Germany 3-1 Northern Ireland, RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
September 4: Slovakia 2-0 Germany, Tehelne pole, Bratislava, Slovakia
June 8: Germany 0-2 France, MHPArena, Stuttgart, Germany
June 4: Germany 1-2 Portugal, Allianz Arean, Munich, Germany
March 23: Germany 3-3 Italy, Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany
March 20: Italy 1-2 Germany, San Siro, Milan, Italy
Manager
Who is Germany's manager?
At 28, Julian Nagelsmann became the youngest manager in Bundesliga history when he took charge of Hoffenheim.
A staple of German football, Nagelsmann's style relies on gegenpressing when his team lose the ball. On the ball, his teams often try and dominate possession.
He is ranked at no.18 in FourFourTwo's list of the best managers in the world right now, and will be looking to add to the three trophies he won with Bayern Munich in his two-year stint.
Germany's Star Player
Who is Germany's star player?
He may not have come to life in a Liverpool shirt just yet, but Florian Wirtz is still one of the best attacking midfielders in the world.
Ranked at no.1 in FourFourTwo's list of the best attacking midfielders in the world right now, Wirtz will undoubtedly find his form eventually, and when with Germany, he usually performs some of his best stuff.
With no Jamal Musiala for the foreseeable future, Wirtz has the opportunity to cement himself and Germany's main number 10 ahead of the World Cup.
Predicted XI
Formation 4-2-3-1
GK: Oliver Baymann
RB: David Raum
CB: Jonathan Tah
CB: Nico Schlotterbeck
LB: Ridle Baku
DM: Joshua Kimmich
DM: Angelo Stiller
RW: Serge Gnabry
AM: Florian Wirtz
LW: Karim Adeyemi
ST: Nick Woltemade
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