Werder players Per Mertesacker and Tim Wiese on Friday were nominated by German national team coach Joachim Löw for Germany's up-coming Euro2012 qualifier against Kazakhstan (26 March) and the international against Australia (29 March).

Löw also commented on why Marko Marin was not included on the team for the games in Kaiserslautern and Mönchengladbach. "André Schürrle was selected this time, but Marko still plays a role in our plans," said the German boss.

In addition to "Merte" and Wiese, Werder youth talents Florian Trinks and Lennart Thy will also be playing for Germany as they will face off against Belgium with the German U19 team on 25 March 2011 at 6 p.m. Four days later an international is planned against Ukraine in Homburg for 5:30 p.m.

The complete German national team in overview:

Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer (Schalke), Rene Adler (Bayer Leverkusen), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen)

Defenders: Arne Friedrich (Wolfsburg), Dennis Aogo (Hamburg), Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Jerome Boateng (Manchester City), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfielders: Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund), Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund), Mesut Özil (Real Madrid), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Christian Träsch (Stuttgart), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich), Andre Schürrle (Mainz)

Attackers: Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich), Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich), Lukas Podolski (Cologne)