Frankfurt, May 28: Brazil-born striker Cacau has been dropped from Germany's squad for the upcoming European Championship in Poland and Ukraine.
Cacau was in the Germany team at the World Cup in South Africa two years ago.
His absence means Germany travels to the tournament with only two strikers, Mario Gomez and Miroslav Klose.
Coach Joachim Loew also cut goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen and midfielders Sven Bender and Julian Draxler.
Squad:Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover)
Defenders: Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Benedikt Hoewedes (Schalke), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund)
Midfielders: Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Mario Goetze (Borussia Dortmund), Ilkay Guendogan (Borussia Dortmund), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Oezil (Real Madrid), Lukas Podolski (Cologne), Marco Reus (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Andre Schuerrle (Bayer Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
Forwards: Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Miroslav Klose (Lazio)
