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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 🇯🇵
Kim Jin-hyeon	Keeper	30	14	0	Cerezo Osaka 🇯🇵
Cho Hyun-woo	Keeper	26	5	0	Daegu FC󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇰🇷
Lee Yong	Right back	31	26	0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 🇰🇷
Ko Yo-han	Right back	30	19	0	FC Seoul 🇰🇷
Jang Hyun-soo	Centre back	26	49	3	FC Tokyo 🇯🇵
Jung Seung-hyun	Centre back	24	6	0	Sagan Tosu󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇯🇵
Oh Ban-suk	Centre back	30	2	0	Jeju United 🇰🇷
Yun Young-sun	Centre back	29	5	0	Seongnam FC󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇰🇷
Kim Young-gwon	Centre back	28	51	2	Guangzhou Evergrande 🇨🇳
Kim Min-woo	Centre back	28	18	1	Sangju Sangmu󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇰🇷
Hong Chul	Left back	27	14	0	Sangju Sangmu󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇰🇷
Park Joo-ho	Left back	31	35	0	Ulsan Hyundai 🇰🇷
Ju Se-jong	Midfielder	27	10	1	Asan Mugunghwa 🇰🇷󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Jung Woo-young	Midfielder	28	28	1	Vissel Kobe󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇯🇵
Ki Sung-yueng (c)	Midfielder	29	100	1	Swansea City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Koo Ja-cheol	Midfielder	29	66	19	Augsburg 🇩🇪󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Lee Jae-sung	Midfielder	25	33	6	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 🇰🇷
Moon Seon-min	Midfielder	25	2	1	Incheon United󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇰🇷
Lee Seung-woo	Midfielder	20	2	0	Hellas Verona 🇮🇹
Son Heung-min	Forward	25	65	21	Tottenham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Kim Shin-wook	Forward	30	48	10	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 🇰🇷󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Hwang Hee-chan	Forward	22	13	2	Red Bull Salzburg 🇦🇹

 
Potential Korea Republic starting XI (4-2-3-1):

Kim Seung-gyu – Ko Yo-han, Kim Young-gwon, Jang Hyun-soo, Park Joo-ho – Jung Woo-young, Ki Sung-yueng – Lee Yong, Koo Ja-cheol, Son Heung-min – Hwang Hee-chan

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