{"id":35321,"date":"2026-03-19T22:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/35321\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T22:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:57:07","slug":"germany-confirm-26-man-squad-nagelsmann-makes-havertz-musiala-decisions-before-switzerland-ghana-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/35321\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany confirm 26-man squad: Nagelsmann makes Havertz, Musiala decisions before Switzerland, Ghana games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germany<\/a> head coach Julian Nagelsmann<\/a> has named his 26-man squad ahead of friendly fixtures against Switzerland<\/a> and Ghana<\/a> during this month\u2019s international break.<\/p>\n

This will be the final time that Nagelsmann gets to assess his players in person before selecting his final squad at the end of May ahead of the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Die Mannschaft have already qualified for the tournament held in the United States, Canada and Mexico after finishing top of Group C with 15 points from six matches (W5 L1).<\/p>\n

Ahead of their first friendly clash against Switzerland at St. Jakob Park in Basel on March 27, Nagelsmann has named a squad that includes two debutants and six returnees.<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Jonas Urbig<\/a> and teenage winger Lennart Karl<\/a> have both received their first senior call-up and are two of seven Bayern Munich<\/a> players to be selected in Nagelsmann\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n

In the absence of Manuel Neuer and Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 22-year-old Urbig will get the chance to battle with Oliver Baumann and Alexander Nubel for the No.1 jersey, though Baumann is set to remain the first-choice shot-stopper.<\/p>\n

Eighteen-year-old winger Karl, meanwhile, has enjoyed a breakthrough season with Bayern this term, recording eight goals and six assists in 34 appearances for Vincent Kompany\u2019s side, including a goal and an assist in Wednesday\u2019s 4-1 Champions League win<\/a> at home to Atalanta BC.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago<\/p>\n

Havertz returns to Germany squad, Musiala remains out<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Arsenal<\/a> forward Kai Havertz<\/a> has made a welcome return to the Germany squad after recovering from a serious knee injury earlier this year, and he will be in contention to make his first international appearance since November 2024.<\/p>\n

Antonio Rudiger, Josha Vagnoman, Anton Stach, Pascal Gross and Deniz Undav have also returned to Nagelsmann\u2019s squad, but there is no place for Bayern star Jamal Musiala<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old midfielder have suffered a minor injury setback following his return to action from the serious leg break and dislocated ankle sustained during the FIFA Club World Cup last summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a slight reaction. That\u2019s normal, but it\u2019s frustrating because he had been on a good path,\u201d Nagelsmann told reporters when explaining Musiala\u2019s absence from his latest squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we and Bayern share the same interest: that the player gets healthy again. I decided against taking him with us and letting him play through pain. That doesn\u2019t help anyone. As always, I had a very good exchange with Vincent Kompany.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with Musiala, Karim Adeyemi, Nadiem Amiri, Jonathan Burkardt and Said El Mala are among the high-profile names to be omitted from Nagelsmann\u2019s squad, with a lack of game time for the latter at FC Koln denying him a chance to shine on the international stage.<\/p>\n

Instead, the likes of Newcastle United duo Nick Woltemade and Malick Thiaw, Borussia Dortmund\u2019s pair Nico Schlotterbeck and Felix Nmecha, as well as Liverpool\u2019s Florian Wirtz have all been included in the Germany squad.<\/p>\n

After facing Switzerland, Germany will play host to Ghana at the MHP Arena in Stuttgart on March 30 in their second and final friendly fixture at the end of this month.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s 26-man squad in full:<\/p>\n

Goalkeepers: Oliver Baumann, Alexander N\u00fcbel, Jonas Urbig<\/p>\n

Defenders: Waldemar Anton, Nathanial Brown, Joshua Kimmich, David Raum, Antonio R\u00fcdiger, Nico Schlotterbeck, Jonathan Tah, Malick Thiaw, Josha Vagnoman<\/p>\n

Midfields: Pascal Gross, Leon Goretzka, Felix Nmecha, Aleksander Pavlovic, Anton Stach, Florian Wirtz<\/p>\n

Attackers: Serge Gnabry, Kai Havertz, Lennart Karl, Jamie Leweling, Leroy San\u00e9, Kevin Schade, Deniz Undav, Nick Woltemade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann has named his 26-man squad ahead of friendly fixtures against Switzerland and Ghana…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[88,91,81,83,86,90,87,89,84,82,93,17,92,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-35321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-switzerland","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-epl","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-golf","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-olympics","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-rugby","17":"tag-sport","18":"tag-sports-mole","19":"tag-switzerland","20":"tag-teams","21":"tag-tennis"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116258317535261713","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}