Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 stars on international duty

The Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 campaigns are currently in the middle of a three-week break due to an extended international window. The top two divisions' finest have travelled across the globe to represent their countries, but who has been called up and how are they getting on?

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Watch: Zoma justifies call-up

Mohamed Alì Zoma's sixth Bundesliga 2 goal of the season showed exactly why returning Italy head coach Roberto Mancini has handed the Nuremberg forward his first international call-up.

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Dortmund are two points clear of defending champions Bayern at the top of the Bundesliga table, after winning their first four league games of 2026/27. Maximilian Beier scored the winner at Stuttgart this past weekend, reminding Klopp that he could still have a role to play for the national team after missing out on the squad.

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Watch: Bayern boys on song

Michael Olise and Harry Kane will represent France and England, respectively, in the Nations League. Olise hit a hat-trick and Kane scored his 100th Bundesliga goal as Bayern put seven past Union Berlin to maintain their unbeaten start to the season in their final game before the international break.

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Watch: Klopp on first Germany squad

Jürgen Klopp has selected two different squads for his first four fixtures in charge of Germany against the Netherlands, Greece and Serbia in the UEFA Nations League. Younes Ebnoutalib of Eintracht Frankfurt and Elversberg's Felix Keidel are among 16 uncapped players included in the 44-man squad.

International break

The Bundesliga and Europe's other top leagues are pausing for close to three weeks from the weekend of 18-20 September to 9-11 October, as players join up with their national teams for the merged international break. We'll be bringing you all the latest from the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 players in action.

Players on international duty

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The lists are updated when required. Only senior, U21 and U23 call-ups included

Bundesliga:

Borussia Dortmund:

Waldemar Anton, Felix Nmecha, Nico Schlotterbeck (all Germany), Mathis Albert (USA), Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria), Carney Chukwuemeka (Austria), Enzo dos Santos (Luxembourg), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea), Samuele Inácio (Italy), Konstantinos Karetsas (Greece), Gregor Kobel (Switzerland), Julian Ryerson (Norway), Fabio Silva (Portugal), Daniel Svensson (Sweden), Joey Veerman (Netherlands), Jobe Bellingham, Ethan Nwaneri (both England U21s), Joane Gadou (France U21s), Kauã Prates (Brazil U20s), Luca Reggiani (Italy U21s)

Bayern Munich:

Nathaniel Brown, Serge Gnabry, Lennart Karl, Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, Aleksandar Pavlović, Jonathan Tah, Jonas Urbig (all Germany), Tom Bischof (Germany and Germany U21s), Hiroki Ito (Japan), Harry Kane (England), Minjae Kim (South Korea), Konrad Laimer (Austria), Michael Olise, Dayot Upamecano (both France), Erblin Osmani (Kosovo), Ismael Saibari (Morocco), Bara Sapoko Ndiaye (Senegal), Josip Stanišić (Croatia)

Watch: Klopp welcomes first Germany squad

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About the players

17

Michael

Olise

Striker

FC Bayern München

6

Joshua

Kimmich

Midfielder

FC Bayern München

9

Harry

Kane

Striker

FC Bayern München

Freiburg: 

Yannik Engelhardt, Max Rosenfelder, Derry Scherhant, Philipp Treu (all Germany), Keisuke Gotō, Yuito Suzuki (both Japan), Philipp Lienhart (Austria), Jordy Makengo (DR Congo), Igor Matanović (Croatia), Mio Backhaus (Germany U21), Bruno Ogbus (Switzerland U21)

Augsburg:

Hennes Behrens, Finn Dahmen (both Germany), Juma Bah (Sierre Leone), Michael Gregoritsch (Austria), Fabian Rieder (Switzerland), Youngwoo Seol (South Korea), Noakhai Banks, Arijon Ibrahimović, Mert Kömür (all Germany U21s)

Bayer Leverkusen:

Ezequiel Fernández, Facundo Medina (both Argentina), Mark Flekken (Netherlands), Christian Kofane (Cameroon), Ibrahim Maza (Algeria), Jarell Quansah (England), Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso), Malik Tillman (USA), Afonso Moreira (Portugal U21s)

Ibrahim Maza represented Algeria at the FIFA World Cup 2026. - Simone Arveda

Mainz

Nadiem Amiri (Germany), Jae-sung Lee (South Korea), Kaishu Sano (Japan), Stefan Posch, Phillipp Mwene (both Austria), Kocper Potulski (Poland), Otto Ruoppi (Finland U21s)

Elversberg:

Felix Keidel (Germany), Cole Campbell (USA), Jan Gyamerah (Ghana), Nicholas Mickelson (Thailand), Lukas Petkov (Bulgaria), Noah Darvich, Francis Onyeka (both Germany U21s)

Werder Bremen:

Marco Friedl, Marco Grüll, Alexander Schlager (all Austria), Karl Hein (Estonia), Cedric Itten (Switzerland), Kenny Quetant (Haiti), Dariusz Stalmach (Poland U21s)

Watch: Nadiem Amiri's Mainz assists

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All Amiri's Mainz assists

RB Leipzig:

Ridle Baku, David Raum (both Germany), Ezechiel Banzuzi (DR Congo), Neil El Aynaoui (Morocco), Ørjan Nyland, Antonio Nusa (both Norway), Willi Orbán (Hungary), Nicolas Seiwald (Austria), Maarten Vandevoordt (Netherlands), Tidiam Gomis (France U21s)

Eintracht Frankfurt:

Noah Atubolu, Jonathan Burkardt, Younes Ebnoutalib (all Germany), Farès Chaïbi (Algeria), Ritsu Dōan (Japan), Raphael Onyedika (Nigeria), Can Uzun (Türkiye), Noel Aséko, Elias Baum (both Germany U21s), Oscar Højlund (Denmark U21s), Keita Kosugi (Japan U23s), Amil Siljevic (Bosnia & Herzegovina U21s)

Schalke:

Junior Adamu, Maximilian Wöber (both Austria), Adil Aouchiche (Algeria), Edin Džeko, Nikola Katić (both Bosnia & Herzegovina), Soufiane El-Faouzi (Morocco), Hee-chan Hwang (South Korea), Satoshi Tanaka (Japan), Mertcan Ayhan (Turkey U21s)

Watch: The best of Younes Ebnoutalib

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Best of Younes Ebnoutalib

Paderborn:

Laurin Ulrich (Germany U21s)

Cologne:

Saïd El Mala (Germany), Luka Lochoshvili (Georgia), Ísak Jóhannesson (Iceland), Gideon Mensah (Ghana), Paul Okon-Engstler (Australia), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (England U21s), Rav van den Berg (Netherlands U21s)

Hoffenheim: 

Bambasé Conté (Germany), Fisnik Asllani, Leon Avdullahu, Albian Hajdari (all Kosovo), Vladímir Coufal, Adam Hložek, Robin Hranáč (all Czechia), Adam Daghim (Denmark), Ozan Kabak (Türkiye), Andrej Kramarić (Croatia), Alexander Prass, Patrick Wimmer (both Austria), Nathan De Cat (Belgium U21s), Lukas Petersson (Iceland U21s), Mats Rots (Netherlands U21s)

Watch: The best of Saïd El Mala

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The best of Saïd El Mala in the Bundesliga in 2025/26

VfB Stuttgart:

Chris Führich, Finn Jeltsch, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Josha Vagnoman (all Germany), Ermedin Demirović (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Bilal El Khannouss (Morocco), Leo Sauer (Slovakia), Dženan Pejčinović (Germany U21s), Yannik Spalt (Austria U21s)

Hamburg:

Patson Daka (Zambia), Zakaria El Ouahdi (Morocco), Albert Grønbæk (Denmark), David Møller Wolfe, Sander Tangvik (both Norway), Warmed Omaria (Comoros)

Union Berlin:

Michel Aebischer (Switzerland), András Schäfer (Hungary), Aljoscha Kemlein, Tom Rothe (both Germany U21s)

Borussia Mönchengladbach:

Kevin Diks (Indonesia), Ko Itakura (Japan), Wael Mohya, Lukas Ullrich (both Germany U21), Fabio Chiarodia (Italy U21s)

Watch: Pejčinović on Stuttgart move

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Pejčinović reacts to Stuttgart move

Bundesliga 2

Hertha Berlin:

Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson (Iceland), Linus Gechter (Germany U21s), Oluwaseun Adewumi (Austria U21s)

Nuremberg:

Abu El Haija (Palestine), Adam Markhiyev, Dennis Neudahm (both Finland), Cam Moustfa (Syria), Mohamed Ali Zoma (Italy), Alexios Kalogeropoulos (Greece U21s)

Heidenheim:

Michael Heule (Switzerland), Budu Zivzivadze (Georgia), Frank Feller (Germany U21s), Alessandro Vogt (Switzerland U21s)

Mohamed Alì Zoma (l.) is set to become the first-ever Nuremberg player to represent Italy. - IMAGO/kolbert-press/Martin Agüera

Wolfsburg:

Jonas Adjetey (Ghana), Alexander Bernhardsson (Sweden), Joakim Mæhle (Denmark), Kento Shiogai (Japan), Alessio Besio (Switzerland U21s), Saël Kumbedi (France U21s)

Kaiserslautern: 

Mario Sauer (Slovakia), Fabian Heck (Luxembourg U21s), Alex Murphy (Republic of Ireland U21s), Thierry Tazemeta (Austria U21s)

Magdeburg:

Herbert Bockhorn (Uganda), Eldin Džogović (Luxembourg), Pierre Nadjombe (Togo), Mateusz Żukowski (Poland), Luka Hyryläinen (Finland U21s), Doyoung Yoon (South Korea U21s)

Energie Cottbus:

Lukas Michelbrink (Lithuania), Dmytro Bogdanov (Ukraine U21s)

Jonas Adjetey played for Ghana at the World Cup this past summer. - Kevin C. Cox

St. Pauli:

Tomoya Andō (Japan), Abdoulie Ceesay (Gambia), Connor Metcalfe (Australia), Dimitar Mitov (Bulgaria)

Bochum:

Karol Mets (Estonia) Mansour Ouro-Tagba (Togo)

Hannover:

Husseyn Chakroun (Lebanon), Virgil Ghita (Romania), Benjamin Källman (Finland), Mwisho Mhango (Malawi), Ime Okon (South Africa), Stefán Teitur Thórdarson (Iceland)

Greuther Fürth:

Doni Arifi (Finland)

Arminia Bielefeld:

Henri Koudossou (Togo)

Ime Okon (r.) was part of the South Africa squad in Canada, Mexico and the USA. - Carl Recine

Karlsruhe:

Sandro (Madagascar), Santeri Väänänen (Finland), Louey Ben Farhat (Germany U21s), Deniz Ofli (Türkiye U21s)

Eintracht Braunschweig:

Junior Zé (Switzerland U21s)

Holstein Kiel:

Adrián Kaprálik (Slovakia), David Zec (Slovenia), Leon Parduzi (Kosovo U21s)