Low names Germany squad

Ballack & Klose missing but Werder trio return

By Andrew Scurr   Last updated: 5th October 2007

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Captain Michael Ballack and Miroslav Klose are absent from the Germany squad for Euro 2008 qualifiers later this month.

Germany lead Group D with 22 points and play Republic of Ireland on 13th October before facing Czech Republic four days later.

Bayern Munich striker Klose, who currently tops the Bundesliga goalscoring charts, has a knee injury and Chelsea midfielder Ballack is still missing while recovering from ankle surgery.

Werder Bremen trio Torsten Frings, Tim Borowski and Clemens Fritz return in Joachim Low's 22-man squad.

Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez is back and there is also a place for Jens Lehmann despite the Arsenal goalkeeper having been sidelined for a month with an elbow injury.

Full squad:

Timo Hildebrand (Valencia), Jens Lehmann (Arsenal); Gonzalo Castro (Bayer Leverkusen), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Manuel Friedrich (Bayer Leverkusen), Clemens Fritz (Werder Bremen), Marcell Jansen (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Christoph Metzelder (Real Madrid); Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Roberto Hilbert (Stuttgart), David Odonkor (Real Betis), Simon Rolfes (Bayer Leverkusen), Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg); Mario Gomez (Stuttgart), Patrick Helmes (Cologne), Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen), Kevin Kuranyi (Schalke), Lukas Podolski (Bayern Munich)