Each participating team had to submit a list of forty players, including no fewer than four goalkeepers, thirty days before the opening match.
Players born no earlier than 1 January 1990 were eligible for the tournament, meaning some participants were 23 years old as the 'under-21' limit applied at the start of the qualifying competition.
[2] Andros Townsend and Luke Shaw were replaced by Nathan Redmond and Jack Robinson, due to withdrawal and injury respectively, on 24 May.
[7] Alexander Groven withdrew from the squad due to injury on 27 May, and was replaced by Markus Henriksen, who had originally been omitted in order to play for the senior side in their World Cup qualifier against Albania on 7 June.
Håvard Nordtveit, Valon Berisha and Joshua King were also selected for the qualifier, meaning all four played were ruled out of the opening group game of the tournament.
[11] Germany confirmed their final squad on 28 May, with original party members Tolgay Arslan and Sebastian Jung also out injured.
Alan Dzagoev, Oleg Shatov and Aleksandr Kokorin were all named despite having to miss the opening game in order to play for the full international side.