The Germany squad under coach Julian Nagelsmann includes the Werkself trio of Robert Andrich, Jonathan Tah and Florian Wirtz. The tournament starts on Friday 14 June (kick-off: 21.00 CEST) with Germany playing Scotland in the opening game in Munich. In the other matches in Group A, Germany play Hungary and there will be a meeting with Granit Xhaka and Switzerland in Frankfurt. See below for the dates and times.
The day after the opening match sees Alejandro Grimaldo for Spain and Josip Stanisic for Croatia in action. The two Werkself players face each other in their first Euro 2024 group match. For Grimaldo that is followed by the big match against Italy in the second group game while Stanisic and Croatia play Albania.
Group D also has some top teams with Jeremie Frimpong featuring in the Netherlands squad. Their opening game against Poland on Sunday 16 June is followed by the big match against France on Sunday 16 June. The Oranje team play Austria in their third game.
The trio of Adam Hlozek, Matej Kovar and Patrik Schick with Czechia in Group F are set to play Portugal, Georgia and Turkey.
ARD and ZDF will show 34 of 51 games live – including all the games involving Germany, the semi-finals and the final. RTL will broadcast twelve games. MagentaTV will show all 51 games in the European Championships, including five exclusively.
MATCHES INVOLVING WERKSELF PLAYERS
Robert Andrich, Jonathan Tah and Florian Wirtz (Germany/Group A)
Friday, 14.06., 21.00 CEST: Germany vs Scotland (ZDF)
Wednesday, 19.06., 18.00 CEST: Germany vs Hungary (ARD)
Sunday, 23.06., 21.00 CEST: Switzerland vs Germany (ARD)
Granit Xhaka (Switzerland/Group A)
Saturday, 15.06., 15.00 CEST: Hungary vs Switzerland (MagentaTV)
Wednesday, 19.06., 21.00 CEST: Scotland vs Switzerland (ARD)
Sunday, 23.06., 21.00 CEST: Switzerland vs Germany (ARD)
Alejandro Grimaldo (Spain/Group B)
Saturday, 15.06., 18.00 CEST: Spain vs Croatia (ARD)
Thursday, 20.06., 21.00 CEST: Spain vs Italy (ZDF)
Monday, 24.06., 21.00 CEST: Albania vs Spain (MagentaTV)
Josip Stanisic (Croatia/Group B)
Saturday, 15.06., 18.00 CEST: Spain vs Croatia (ARD)
Wednesday, 19.06., 15.00 CEST: Croatia vs Albania (RTL)
Mo., 24.06., 21.00 CEST: Croatia vs Italy (MagentaTV)
Jeremie Frimpong (Netherlands/Group D)
Sunday, 16.06., 15.00 CEST: Poland vs Netherlands (RTL)
Friday, 21.06., 21.00 CEST: Netherlands vs France (ARD)
Tuesday, 25.06., 18.00 CEST: Netherlands vs Austria (MagentaTV)
Adam Hlozek, Matej Kovar and Patrik Schick (Czechia/Group F)
Tuesday, 18.06., 21.00 CEST: Portugal vs Czechia (ARD)
Saturday, 22.06., 15.00 CEST: Georgia vs Czechia (RTL)
Wednesday, 26.06., 21.00 CEST: Czechia vs Turkey (MagentaTV)
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