Jürgen Klinsmann, head coach of the national soccer team./News 1
Key players such as Son Heung-min, Kim Min-jae, and Lee Kang-in will participate in the national team evaluation match in October.
The Korea Football Association announced on the 2nd the list of 24 men’s national team A that will participate in two friendly matches this month. Korea, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann (59, Germany), will have friendly matches against Tunisia (Seoul World Cup Stadium) on the 12th and Vietnam (Suwon World Cup Stadium) on the 17th. Korea’s FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) ranking is 26th. Tunisia ranks 29th and Vietnam ranks 95th.
Key members including captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), Lee Jae-seong (Mainz), Hwang In-beom (Crvena Zvezda), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), and Cho Gyu-seong (Midtjylland) were also named. Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Seol Young-woo (Ulsan), Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart), and Hong Hyun-seok (Gent), who are active in the Hangzhou Asian Games, will also join the A national team in October.
Kim Jin-su (Jeonbuk), who was injured last June, returned and was named again, and Lee Soon-min (Gwangju), who joined the national team for the first time last month, was also called up again. Compared to September, Yang Hyun-jun (Celtic), Lee Dong-kyung (Ulsan), and Kim Ji-soo (Brentford) were excluded. The national team will be convened at Paju NFC (National Training Center) on the 9th.
Korea drew goalless with Wales (33rd) in an evaluation match last month, and then won 1-0 against Saudi Arabia (57th).
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Goalkeepers: Seung-gyu Kim (Al-Shabaab), Hyun-woo Jo (Ulsan), Jun-hong Kim (Gimcheon)
Defenders: Kim Young-kwon, Jeong Seung-hyun, Kim Tae-hwan, Seol Young-woo (Ulsan), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), Kim Jin-soo (Jeonbuk), Lee Ki-je (Suwon), Kim Joo-seong (Seoul)
Midfielders: Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Park Yong-woo (Al-Ain), Lee Jae-seong (Mainz), Hong Hyun-seok (Gent), Hwang In-beom (Crvena Zvezda), Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), Lee Sun-min (Gwangju), Moon Seon-min (Jeonbuk)
Forwards: Oh Hyun-gyu (Celtic), Cho Gyu-seong (Midtjylland), Hwang Ui-jo (Norwich City)
2023-10-02 04:18:00
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