South Korea is in Group F alongside Germany, Sweden and Mexico.
Head coach Shin Tae-yong has released his official South Korea World Cup squad on June 2nd.
Player | Position | Age | Caps | Goals | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kim Seung-gyu | Keeper | 27 | 32 | 0 | Vissel Kobe ๐ฏ๐ต |
Kim Jin-hyeon | Keeper | 30 | 14 | 0 | Cerezo Osaka ๐ฏ๐ต |
Cho Hyun-woo | Keeper | 26 | 5 | 0 | Daegu FC๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ฐ๐ท |
Lee Yong | Right back | 31 | 26 | 0 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ๐ฐ๐ท |
Ko Yo-han | Right back | 30 | 19 | 0 | FC Seoul ๐ฐ๐ท |
Jang Hyun-soo | Centre back | 26 | 49 | 3 | FC Tokyo ๐ฏ๐ต |
Jung Seung-hyun | Centre back | 24 | 6 | 0 | Sagan Tosu๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ฏ๐ต |
Oh Ban-suk | Centre back | 30 | 2 | 0 | Jeju United ๐ฐ๐ท |
Yun Young-sun | Centre back | 29 | 5 | 0 | Seongnam FC๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ฐ๐ท |
Kim Young-gwon | Centre back | 28 | 51 | 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande ๐จ๐ณ |
Kim Min-woo | Centre back | 28 | 18 | 1 | Sangju Sangmu๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ฐ๐ท |
Hong Chul | Left back | 27 | 14 | 0 | Sangju Sangmu๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ฐ๐ท |
Park Joo-ho | Left back | 31 | 35 | 0 | Ulsan Hyundai ๐ฐ๐ท |
Ju Se-jong | Midfielder | 27 | 10 | 1 | Asan Mugunghwa ๐ฐ๐ท๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Jung Woo-young | Midfielder | 28 | 28 | 1 | Vissel Kobe๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ฏ๐ต |
Ki Sung-yueng (c) | Midfielder | 29 | 100 | 1 | Swansea City ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
Koo Ja-cheol | Midfielder | 29 | 66 | 19 | Augsburg ๐ฉ๐ช๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Lee Jae-sung | Midfielder | 25 | 33 | 6 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ๐ฐ๐ท |
Moon Seon-min | Midfielder | 25 | 2 | 1 | Incheon United๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ฐ๐ท |
Lee Seung-woo | Midfielder | 20 | 2 | 0 | Hellas Verona ๐ฎ๐น |
Son Heung-min | Forward | 25 | 65 | 21 | Tottenham ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Kim Shin-wook | Forward | 30 | 48 | 10 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ๐ฐ๐ท๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Hwang Hee-chan | Forward | 22 | 13 | 2 | Red Bull Salzburg ๐ฆ๐น |
Potential Korea Republic starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Kim Seung-gyu โ Ko Yo-han, Kim Young-gwon, Jang Hyun-soo, Park Joo-ho โ Jung Woo-young, Ki Sung-yueng – Lee Yong, Koo Ja-cheol, Son Heung-min – Hwang Hee-chan
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