Injury has forced defender Marc Bartra to withdraw from international duty with the Spain squad, who face Italy and Albania in the coming fortnight. Otherwise there would have been 16 Black and Yellows with their national teams.

The majority of them will return to Dortmund on 11 or 12 October, while Christian Pulisic is expected to report back just one day before the club's next Bundesliga match against Hertha Berlin on 14 October. He will be representing the USA in Havana and Washington, meaning he will be covering more kilometres than anyone else. (br)

An overview of the players on international duty

Name   Team Match Venue
Götze Senior Germany vs Czech Republic Hamburg
Weigl Senior Germany vs Northern Ireland Hanover
Ginter U21 Germany vs Russia Ingolstadt
    Austria vs Germany St. Pölten
Passlack U19 Three qualifiers in Albania  
Aubameyang Senior Gabon vs Morocco Franceville
    Gabon vs (unknown opponent) Franceville
Bürki Senior Hungary vs Switzerland Budapest
    Andorra vs Switzerland Andorra
Dembélé U21 France vs Georgia Le Havre
    Northern Ireland vs France Belfast
Guerreiro Senior Portugal vs Andorra Aveiro
    Faroe Islands vs Portugal Torshavn
Kagawa Senior Japan vs Iraq Saitama
    Australia vs Japan  Melbourne
Merino U21 San Marino vs Spain San Marino
    Spain vs Estonia Pontevedra
Mor Senior Turkey vs Ukraine Konya
Sahin Senior Iceland vs Turkey Reykjavik
Piszczcek Senior Poland vs Denmark Warsaw
    Poland vs Armenia Warsaw
Pulisic Senior Cuba vs USA Havana
    USA vs New Zealand Washington
Sokratis Senior Greece vs Cyprus Athens
    Estonia vs Greece Tallinn