Germany select U21 stars

Voeller is set to turn to youth

Teenagers Lukas Podolski and Bastian Schweinsteiger have been called up to the Germany squad for Euro 2004.

German coach Rudi Voeller made the announcement after his team's 2-0 win over Switzerland on Wednesday.

The pair were both members of the German Under-21 squad which failed to reach the semi-finals of the European Under-21 Championships on Wednesday.

Voeller, who left one free place in his squad 10 days ago, lost Bochum's Paul Freier to a knee injury at the weekend.

Schweinsteiger, 19, saw limited action this season as a Bayern Munich midfielder, but injuries to some starters late in the season allowed him to become a regular.

Striker Podolski, 18, scored 10 goals in 19 games for relegated Cologne.

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Germany's Euro 2004 squad:

Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich), Jens Lehmann (Arsenal London), Timo Hildebrand (Stuttgart).
Defenders: Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Christian Woerns (Borussia Dortmund), Jens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen), Andreas Hinkel (Stuttgart), Philipp Lahm (Stuttgart), Frank Baumann (Werder Bremen), Christian Ziege.
Midfielders: Dietmar Hamann (FC Liverpool), Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich), Jens Jeremies (Bayern Munich), Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen), Torsten Frings (Borussia Dortmund), Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Fabian Ernst (Werder Bremen).
Forwards: Kevin Kuranyi (Stuttgart), Miroslav Klose (Kaiserslautern), Fredi Bobic (Hertha Berlin), Thomas Brdaric (Hannover), Lukas Podolski (Cologne).