Six Zerofivers called up for international duty

Six Zerofivers will join up with their national teams during the international break: Karim Onisiwo, Phillipp Mwene, Leandro Barreiro, Jae-sung Lee, Edimilson Fernandes and Brajan Gruda.

Onisiwo and Mwene will link up with the Austria national team for a friendly against Moldova (7th September, 20:30 CEST), before heading to Stockholm to take on Sweden in a European qualifying game. Two Euro qualifiers against Iceland (8th September, 20:45 CEST) and Portugal (11th September, 20:45 CEST) await Barreiro and Luxembourg. Edimilson Fernandes and the Swiss national side are in the same boat, with qualifiers against Kosovo (9th September, 20:45 CEST) and Andorra (12th September, 20:45 CEST). Jae-sung Lee and the South Korea national team have two friendlies, one in Cardiff against Wales on 7th September (20:45 CEST), before facing off against Saudi Arabia in Newcastle five days later. Brajan Gruda has been called up to the Germany U21s for the first time, who will play a friendly against Ukraine (8th September, 18:15 CEST) and a Euro qualifier against Kosovo (12th September, 19:00 CEST).

Hanche-Olsen and Weiper to miss out on international duty
 Defender Andreas Hanche-Olsen and attacker Nelson Weiper have been forced to decline their call-ups to the Norwegian and Germany U21 national teams respectively due to injury. Hanche-Olsen suffered with recurring pain in his right ankle during the 05ers’ away game in Bremen, whilst Weiper picked up a muscle injury in his right thigh. Both will stay in Mainz and will undergo further medical testing.