German national team coach Joachim Löw on Thursday afternoon announced his roster for the up-coming 2010 World Cup South Africa qualification games against Liechtenstein on 28 March 2009 at 8 p.m. in Leipzig and versus Wales on 1 April 2009 at 8:45 p.m. in Cardiff.

Three Werder Bremen players have made the 23-man German squad - goalkeeper Tim Wiese, defender Per Mertesacker and midfielder Torsten Frings. Bremen midfielder Mesut Özil will have to wait for his second cap for Germany after making his international debut on 11 February 2009 against Norway as the 20-year-old was not nominated for the qualifiers.

The roster for Germany:

Goalkeepers:Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), René Adler (Bayer Leverkusen), Robert Enke (Hannover)

Defenders: Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Andreas Hinkel (Celtic Glasgow), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Marcel Schäfer (Wolfsburg), Serdar Tasci (Stuttgart), Heiko Westermann (Schalke)

Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Thomas Hitzlsperger (Stuttgart), Marcell Jansen (Hamburg), Marko Marin (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Simon Rolfes (Bayer Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg)

Strikers: Mario Gomez (Stuttgart), Patrick Helmes (Bayer Leverkusen), Stefan Kießling (Bayer Leverkusen), Lukas Podolski (Bayern Munich)