Australia and Germany 2010 World Cup Preliminary Rosters

Australia and Germany are schedule to go head to head in South Africa on June 13.  You will find below the current 30-man rosters for both teams, which on June 1 will be taken down to 23 with 7 removed from the list that will not make the World Cup team and will not proceed with the team to the World Cup Finals.

Goalkeepers for Germany’s roster include Tim Wiese from Werder Bremen, Manuel Neuer from Schalke and Joerg Butt from Bayern Munich.

Forwards include Lukas Podolski from FC Cologne, Thomas Mueller from Bayern Munich, Miroslav Klose from Bayern Munich, Stefan Kiessling from Bayer Leverkusen, Mario Gomez from Bayern Munich and Cacau from Stuttgart.

Defenders for Germany include Heiko Westermann from Schalke, Serdar Tasci from Stuttgart, Per Mertesacker from Werder Bremen, Philipp Lahm from Bayern Munich, Marcell Jansen from Hamburger SV, Arne Friedrich from Hertha Berlin, Jerome Boateng from Hamburger SV, Andreas Beck from Hoffenheim, Holger Badstuber from Bayern Munich and Dennis Aogo from Hamburger SV.

Midfielders on Germany’s preliminary roster include Piotr Trochowski from Hamburger SV, Christian Traesch from Stuttgart, Bastian Schweinsteiger from Bayern Munich, Mesut Oezil from Werder Bremen, Marko Marin from Werder Bremen, Toni Kroos from Bayer Leverkusen, Sami Khedira from Stuttgart and Michael Ballack from Chelsea.

As for Team Australia’s roster…

Goalkeepers are Adam Federici from Reading, Brad Jones from Middlesbrough and Mark Schwarzer from Fulham.

Forwards include Nikita Rukavytsya from FC Twente, Dario Vidosic from FC Nuremberg, Scott McDonald from Middlesbrough, Josh Kennedy from Nagoya Grampus and Harry Kewell from Galatasaray.

Defenders for Australia include Rhys Williams from Middlesbrough, Shane Lowry from Aston Villa, Michael Beauchamp from Al-Jazira, Jade North from Tromso, Mark Milligan from JEF United, David Carney from FC Twente, Scott Chipperfield from FC Basel, Luke Wilkshire from Dynamo Moscow, Lucas Neill from Galatasaray and Craig Moore who is from no team.

Midfielders for Australia are James Holland from AZ Alkmaar, Tommy Oar from FC Utrecht, Nicky Carle from Crystal Palace, Richard Garcia from Hull, Mile Jedinak from Antalyaspor, Carl Valeri from Sassuolo, Brett Holman from AZ Alkmaar, Vince Grella from Blackburn, Mark Bresciano from Palermo, Brett Emerton from Blackburn, Tim Cahill from Everton and Jason Culina from Gold Coast.

Don’t forget to place your bets for this June 13 World Cup game between Australia and Germany.