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·21 September 2026

19 young talents on duty for their national teams

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The nominations at a glance

U16: Ejodamen for ItalyJustin Ejodamen from BVB’s U16 squad was already in action last week: the midfielder was called up for Italy’s U16 team from 13 to 17 September.

U17: Eight players, three associationsFive U17 players are part of the DFB’s U16 squad (born in 2011) and will take part in the Four Nations Tournament at the DFB Campus, where they will face Poland, Austria and Greece. Included are goalkeeper Jayden Kusi, defenders Maximilian Nass and Nathanael Owusu, and forwards Adam Braham and Edon Qetinaj. Midfielder Niclas Goldberg is also set to feature in the German U17 team’s Four Nations Tournament (born in 2010), taking place in Duisburg at the same time against England, Israel and Venezuela. All six are expected back in Dortmund at the beginning of October.


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Two more BVB U17 players are representing other national associations: Emre Kirar will wear the Turkey U17 shirt from 20 September to 7 October. Georgios Zisopoulos will be in action for Greece from 21 to 30 September.

U19: Eleven players, including three on standbyAs many as eleven players from the U19 squad have been nominated. Eight of them have been officially released: Hamzath Mohamadou, Lenni Strößner, Ahmad Najdi and Levin Vogt are part of the DFB squad. On the international stage, Bjarki Gardarsson will represent Iceland, Justin Hoy Poland, and Miguel Adje Switzerland. Liam Kanté has been released for Croatia.

Three more U19 players have been named on standby: Luke Fahrenhorst is on call for the DFB U19 tournament in Spain against Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Finland, while Keron Hagemann and Till Burkhardt could still receive a late call-up to the U17 national team for the Four Nations Tournament in Duisburg.

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