The Germany Squad for the match against England  September 2001
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Asamoah, Gerald	3 October 1978 born in Ghana	22	M	FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 eV	4	1
Ballack, Michael	26 September 1976	24	F	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	17	3
Baumann, Frank	29 October 1975	25	D	SV Werder Bremen von 1899 eV	6	2
Bierhoff, Oliver	1 May 1968	33	F	Milan AC, Italy	57	31
	Bierhoff transferred from AC Milan to AS Monaco on 28 August
Bohme, Jorg	22 January 1974	27	M	FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 eV	2	1
Deisler, Sebastian Toni	5 January 1980	21	M	Hertha, Berliner SC von 1892 eV	14	2
Hamann, Dietmar Johann Wolfgang	27 August 1973	27	M	Liverpool FC, England	33	3
Jancker, Carsten	28 August 1974	26	F	FC Bayern München eV	18	5
Kahn, Oliver Rolf	15 June 1969	32	G	FC Bayern München eV	37	0
Kehl, Sebastian Walter	13 February 1980	21	D	SC Freiburg eV	2	1
Klose, Miroslav	9 June 1978 born in Poland	23	F	1. FC Kaiserslautern eV	5	2
Lehmann, Jens Gerhard	10 November 1969	31	G	BV Borussia 09 eV Dortmund	13	0
Linke, Thomas	26 December 1969	31	D	FC Bayern München eV	25	0
Neuville, Oliver	1 May 1973	28	F	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	26	1
Nowotny, Jens Daniel	11 January 1974	27	D	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	31	0
Rehmer, Marko	29 April 1972	29	D	Hertha, Berliner SC von 1892 eV	23	3
Ricken, Lars	10 July 1976	25	M	BV Borussia 09 eV Dortmund	12	0
Scholl, Mehmet	16 October 1970	30	M	FC Bayern München eV	35	8
	Mehmet Scholl withdrew from the squad on 28 August because of injury.
Worns, Christian	10 May 1972	29	D	BV Borussia 09 eV Dortmund	36	0
Zickler, Alexander	1 May 1973	28	F	FC Bayern München eV	9	2
Ziege, Christian	1 February 1972	29	D	Tottenham Hotspur FC, England	60	8

Squad details correct up to and including Germany's match against Hungary on 15 August 2001.

Diary

Thursday, 23 August 2001 - Germany manager Rudi Völler named a 21-man squad to face England on Saturday, 1 September at Munich's Olympiastadion in a World Cup 2002 preliminary match that is critical for both sides.

Tuesday, 28 August 2001 - Mehmet Scholl, the main creative force in Germany's midfield, withdrew from the squad because of an inflamed tendon in his foot.  The same problem kept him out of the German side that beat Hungary in a friendly in Budapest on 15 August and the Bayern München team that lost to Liverpool in the UEFA Super Cup in Monaco on 24 August.
Struggling centre-forward Oliver Bierhoff moved from AC Milan to AS Monaco.  Bierhoff had lost his starting place in both the Milan and German national sides.  He recently offered to resign as Germany's captain, and retired German defender Lothar Mathaus suggested he retire from international play before next year's World Cup final tournament.  Bierhoff, who ended a scoring drought with a goal scored as a substitute in Germany's 15 August victory against Hungary, is much more likely to regain a starting place with Monaco.  Rudi Völler has said only players who regularly start for their club sides will be named to Germany's squad for next year's World Cup final tournament.

Germany Form: last six games
W W W D W W   f 17:a 7 success:  92%
	24 March 2001 - Germany 2 Albania 1 [0-0] BayArena, Leverkusen	Deisler, Klose Kola	WCP	HW
	28 March 2001 - Greece 2 Germany 4 [2-2] Olympiako Stadio Athinas Spyros Louis, Athina	Charisteas, Georgiadis Rehmer, Ballack, Klose, Bode		AW
		Deisler
	29 May 2001 - Germany 2 Slovakia 0 [0-0] Weserstadion, Bremen	Asamoah, Baumann	Fr	HW
	2 June 2001 - Finland 2 Germany 2 [2-0] Olympiastadion, Helsinki	Forsell (2)  Ballack, Janckler	WCP	AD
	6 June 2001 - Albania 0 Germany 2 [0-1] Stadiumi Kombetar, Tiranë	Rehmer, Ballack		AW
		Murati Ramelow
	15 August 2001 - Hungary 2 Germany 5 [0-2] Stadion Puskas Ferenc, Budapest	Tokoli, Horvath Bohme (pen), Kehl, Jancker, Baumann, Bierhoff	Fr	AW

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