October’s Bundesliga season will be interrupted by the international break. A total of eight players from the 1. FC Union Berlin men's first team squad have been called up to represent their nations.

The nominees

Left-back Jérôme Roussillon has received his next invitation from the Guadeloupe national team. The Caribbean side played two CONCAF Nations League B matches against Costa Rica (0-3) and Suriname (1-0) in September. They will now face two matches against their neighbours Martinique.

• Guadeloupe – Martinique
  Friday | 11 October 2024 | Le Gosier
• Martinique – Guadeloupe
  Wednesday | 16 October 2024 | Fort-de-France

Defender Leopold Querfeld is in the Austrian national team squad for the upcoming international matches. The 20-year-old centre back was brought on for around 30 minutes in the game against Norway a month ago and can now hope for more playing time in Ralf Rangnick's team. After a draw against Slovenia in the opening game of group B and the defeat against the Scandinavians, the Austrians want to do better against Kazakhstan and again against Norway.

• Austria – Kazakhstan
  Thursday | 10 October 2024 | Linz
• Austria – Norway
  Sunday | 13 October 2024 | Linz

Frederik Rönnow missed the last international trip due to an injury but will now travel with his Danish teammates again. Union's goalkeeper will certainly have followed the flawless start in his home country, as the Danes won 2-0 against both Switzerland and Serbia in the UEFA Nations League. As the leaders of Group 4, Denmark will face European champions Spain. They will then face Switzerland again.

• Spain – Denmark
  Saturday | 12 October 2024 | Murcia
• Switzerland – Denmark
  Tuesday | 15 October 2024 | St. Gallen

László Bénes and Slovakia are looking to continue their good start to the UEFA Nations League by adding to their opening wins over Estonia and Azerbaijan. The 26-time international will first face co-leaders Sweden, who are level on points, before facing Azerbaijan three days later in the return game.

• Slovakia – Sweden
  Friday | 11 October 2024 | Bratislava
• Azerbaijan – Slovakia
  Monday | 14 October 2024 | Baku

The third and fourth matchdays of the UEFA Nations League are also important for András Schäfer and his team. After Hungary lost 5-0 to Germany and then failed to get past a 0-0 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina, they now face the Netherlands and Bosnia in the second leg in Group A.

• Hungary – Netherlands Friday | 11 October 2024 | Budapest
• Bosnia – Hungary Monday | 14 October 2024 | Zenica

It is a busy time for Germany’s U19 national team, with three games on the programme in the coming days. Oluwaseun Ogbemudia's three-time U19 European champions will face the junior teams from Spain, Norway and hosts Romania in a tournament of nations.

• Germany U19 – Spain U19
  Wednesday | 09.10.2024
• Romania U19 – Germany U19
  Saturday | 12 October 2024
• Norway U19 – Germany U19
  Tuesday | 15 October 2024

The German U20 national team are once again to rely on the services of Union's latest Bundesliga starting XI debutant. Aljoscha Kemlein, who has now made ten appearances for the DFB's U20 team, will face Poland with the team of coach Hannes Wolf, before taking on the Black Stars' youth, Ghana's U20 team.

• Germany U20 – Poland U20
  Friday | 11 October 2024 | Ahlen
• Germany U20 – Ghana U20
  Monday | 14 October 2024 | Wuppertal

One age group higher, Tom Rothe is hoping for further appearances for Germany. The U21 team, managed by Antonio Di Salvo, also want to defend first place in the table on the last two matchdays of the qualifiers for the U21 European Championship and collect further important points against Bulgaria and Poland.

• Germany U21 – Bulgaria U21
  Friday | 11 October 2024 | Regensburg
• Poland U21 – Germany U21 Tuesday | 15 October 2024 | Lodz