FRANKFURT - Germany coach Joachim Loew has called up newcomer Karim Bellarabi for the upcoming European Championship qualifying matches against Poland and Ireland.

The Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder was born in Berlin but was also eligible to play for Morocco. Bellarabi is enjoying a breakthrough season and Loew says he is an "excellent option for our attack."

Defender Mats Hummels returns, along with 15 other players who won the World Cup title in Brazil.

Bastian Schweinsteiger, Sami Khedira, Benedikt Hoewedes, Marco Reus and Mario Gomez are all out with injuries and Kevin Grosskreutz was dropped.

Max Kruse of Borussia Moenchengladbach returns to join Bayern Munich's Mario Goetze as one of the two strikers nominated.

Germany plays in Warsaw on Oct. 11 and hosts Ireland three days later in Gelsenkirchen.