Defender Andreas Beck was the only player to be cut from Germany football coach Joachim Loew's 23-man World Cup squad after a string of injuries left him with few options.
Germany's 27-man preliminary squad was reduced to just 24 players when captain Michael Ballack, fellow midfielder Christian Traesch and versatile defender Heiko Westermann were ruled out of this month's tournament with injuries.
Loew declined to call up other players to replace them and decided to cut just one player for his final 23-man squad.
He also stuck with all six strikers despite the absences in midfield, as well as his exciting crop of younger players who were crowned European under-21 champions last year, including starting keeper Manuel Neuer, defenders Dennis Aogo and Jerome Boateng and playmakers Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil.
Loew's young team, led by new captain Philipp Lahm, now includes only six out-and-out midfielders.
The three-time World Cup winners have been drawn in Group D alongside Ghana, Australia and Serbia.
They play their last friendly match against Bosnia in Frankfurt on Friday before departing for their tournament base near Pretoria in South Africa on June 6th.
