Injured Manuel Neuer was named in Germany's extended 27-man pre-World Cup squad on Tuesday, but there was no place for Brazil 2014 winner Mario Goetze.
Neuer, Germany's captain and goalkeeper, has not played since September and still has to prove his fitness ahead of the June 14 start to the World Cup finals in Russia.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. While Goetze misses out, coach Joachim Loew pulled a surprise by handing Freiburg striker Nils Petersen a first call-up.
Goal keepers : Bernd Leon, Maneul Neuer, Marc-Andre ter stegen, Kevin Trapp,
Defenders: Jerome Boateng, Matthias Ginter, Jonas Hector, Mats Hummels, Joshua Kimmich, Marvin Plattenhardt, Antonio Rudiger, Niklas Sule, Jonathan Tah
Midfilders: Julian Brandt, Julian Draxler, Mario Gomez, Leon Goretzka, Ilkay Gundogan, Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos, Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil, Nils Petersen, Marco Reus, Sebastian Rudy, Leroy Sane, Timo Werner.
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