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Today, the coach of the German national football team, Rudi Voller, announced the preliminary list of 22 players who will represent their country at the European Championship in Portugal.
Voller did not announce the 23rd player, but hinted to journalists that it should be one of the players from the German Olympic (under 21) team. Real candidates are considered to be Bastian Schweinsteiger representing Bayern Munich and Lukas Podolski playing for Cologne.
A surprise was the invitation of Hannover 96 striker Tomi Brdaric to the team, while Oliver Neuville did not make the list. Brdaric had only one appearance for the national team.
Goalkeepers:
Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)
Jens Lehmann (Arsenal)
Timo Hildebrand (VfB Stuttgart)
Defenders:
Frank Baumann (Werder Bremen)
Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin)
Andreas Hinkel (VfB Stuttgart)
Philipp Lahm (VfB Stuttgart)
Jens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen)
Christian Wörns (Borussia Dortmund)
Christian Rahn (SV Hamburg)
Midfielders:
Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich)
Fabian Ernst (Werder Bremen)
Paul Freier (VfL Bochum)
Torsten Frings (Borussia Dortmund)
Dietmar Hamann (Liverpool)
Jens Jeremies (Bayern Munich)
Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund)
Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen)
Forwards:
Fredi Bobic (Hertha Berlin)
Thomas Bradric (Hanover 96)
Kevin Kuranyi (VfB Stuttgart)
Miroslav Klose (FC Kaiserslautern)
