The final: key battles
The 31-year-old Chelsea midfielder Ballack was unable to train on Friday or Saturday because of an inflamed right calf but was named in a Germany team featuring one change from the semi-finals, with Torsten Frings coming in for Simon Rolfes as expected.
Spain coach Luis Aragones drafted Fabregas into the starting line-up in place of striker David Villa, who misses the match because of a thigh injury sustained in the 3-0 win over Russia in the semi-final.
Fernando Torres will play as a lone striker in a 4-1-4-1 formation with Fabregas joining Xavi, Andres Iniesta and David Silva in midfield and Marcos Senna occupying the holding role in front of the back four.
Germany: 1-Jens Lehmann; 3-Arne Friedrich, 17-Per Mertesacker, 21-Christoph Metzelder, 16-Philipp Lahm; 7-Bastian Schweinsteiger, 8-Torsten Frings, 13-Michael Ballack, 15-Thomas Hitzlsperger, 20-Lukas Podolski; 11-Miroslav Klose
Spain: 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 5-Carles Puyol, 4-Carlos Marchena, 11-Joan Capdevila; 19-Marcos Senna; 6-Andres Iniesta, 8-Xavi, 10-Cesc Fabregas, 21-David Silva; 9-Fernando Torres.