2026 World Cup Qualifiers: Korea’s 26-Player Roster Unveiled by Coach Hong Myung-bo for Matches Against Palestine and Oman

The 26-player list for the 3rd qualifying round of the World Cup has been announced
“Sustainable and future-oriented operation”
Palestine on the 5th of next month and Oman on the 10th

‘Hong Myung-bo’ was officially launched
On the 26th, Korea national soccer team coach Hong Myung-bo (center) announced the national team’s roster for the qualification round of the 2026 World Cup 2026 North Asia and Central America Region in September at the Soccer Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and then they stood in front of the camera with the coaching staff, promising to do well. Reporter Jeon Young-han [email protected]

National football team coach Hong Myung-bo (55) announced the list of 26 players who will play in the 2026 World Cup North Asia and Central America Asia 3rd round A in September, and 4 players were selected for the first time in the A team. Seven players under the age of 24 born after 2000 were also included.

On the 26th, Coach Hong held a press conference at the Soccer Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul to announce the national team list and announced a list of 26 players, including European league players such as captain Son Heung-min (32), Kim Min-jae (28), Lee Kang-in (23), and Hwang Hee-chan (28). Born in 2006, four players, including midfielder Yang Min-hyuk (18), the youngest member of the national team, Lee Han-beom (22), Choi Woo-jin (20), and Hwang Moon -ki (28, defender ), selected for the national A team for the first time. Yang Min-hyuk is seventeen years older than Jung Woo-young (35), the oldest member of the national team.

Coach Hong, who took charge of the national team again last month after 10 years, said of the national team selection for the first time since taking office, “I focused on stable team management and small changes. “We will run a team with stable players and focused on the future,” he said.

Yang Min-hyuk, a third-year high school student, was selected for the national A team at the age of 18 years and 132 days, making him faster than Son Heung-min (18 years and 152 days). Coach Hong said, “Until now, Yang Min-hyuk has shown enough performance to be included in the national team. I think it is right to give young players a chance. “I expect him to do well with the national team,” he said. Gangwon’s Yang Min-hyuk played in 28 K-League 1 games this season, recording 8 goals and 5 assists, and is tied for 7th in attack points (13). Yang Min-hyuk will move to Son Heung-min’s team, Tottenham, after this season. Coach Hong assessed Hwang Moon-ki, who was first selected for the national A team at the age of 28, as a “player with consistent performance”. Korea will play a two-match series against Palestine on September 5 and Oman on the 10th in the third round of Asian qualifiers for the North and Central America World Cup.

△ Defendant: Kwon Gyeong-won (Korfakkan), Kim Moon-hwan (Daejeon), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan), Seol Young-woo (Crvena Zvezda), Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan), Lee Han-beom (Midtjylland), Jeong Seung-hyun (Al Wasl), Choi Woo-jin (Incheon), Hwang Moon-ki (Gangwon)

△ midfielder: Park Yong-woo (Al Ain), Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Yang Min-hyuk (Gangwon), Uhm Um-seong (Swansea City), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Lee Dong- kyung (Gimcheon), Lee Jae-seong (Mainz), Jeong Woo-young (Ulsan), Jeong Ho-yeon (Gwangju), Hwang In-beom (Crvena Zvezda) Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton)

△ striker: Oh Se-hoon (Machida Zelvia) Joo Min-gyu (Ulsan)

Reporter Kang Hong-gu [email protected]