Korea Republic announced squad for WCQ 2026
The Korea Republic national team has announced 23 players in the squad for FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian Qualifiers Round 2 Group C Matchday 3-4 from 21-26 March 2024.
The list, under Hwang Sung-Hong, head coach of the Korean Republic national team, who came to act temporarily in these 2 matches, is still led by players who mainly play in the European League. And on the list of 2 midfielders like Son Heung-min from Tottenham Hotspur, and Lee Kang-in from Paris Saint-Germain. Who had an incident while competing in the AFC Asian Cup 2023, there are still names on this team.
The list of 23 players is as follows.
Goalkeeper
Song Beom-geun (Shonan Bellmare)
Lee Chang-geun (Daejeon Hana Citizen)
Jo Hyun-woo (Ulsan HD)
Defenders
Kwon Kyung-won (Suwon FC)
Kim Moon-hwan (Al Duhail)
Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich)
Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan HD)
Seol Young-woo (Ulsan HD)
Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan HD)
Kim Jin-soo (Jeonbuk Hyundai)
Jo Yu-min (Sharjah)
Midfielders
Park Jin-seop (Jeonbuk Hyundai)
Paik Seung-ho (Birmingham)
Son Heung-min (Tottenham)
Um Won-sang (Ulsan HD)
Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain)
Lee Jae-seong (Mainz 05)
Jeong Woo-young (Stuttgart)
Jeong Ho-yeon (Gwangju FC)
Hong Hyun-seok (Gent)
Hwang In-beom (Crvena Zvezda)
Forward
Gyu-seong Cho (Midtjylland)
Joo Min-gyu (Ulsan HD)
This two-game series is the first official match since current Olympic team coach Hwang Seon-hong was appointed as the interim coach of the A national team last month. Key members including captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham), who played in the last Asian Cup, Kim Min-jae (Munich), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Lee Jae-seong (Mainz), and Hwang In-beom (Zvezda) were named again this time.
Coach Hwang Seon-hong and some players who participated in last year's Hangzhou Asian Games also joined. Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham) and Eom Won-sang (Ulsan HD) returned to the national team after a long absence, and Jeong Ho-yeon (Gwangju FC) was selected to the national team A for the first time. In addition, Joo Min-gyu and Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan HD) were also called up to the national team for the first time.
Coach Hwang Seon-hong said, “Because the national team is a position that requires the best performance, we selected players who were in good condition in the K-League. In the case of Joo Min-gyu, we observed positively in that he scored more than 50 goals in three years in the K-League,” he said. “We will continue to communicate with the Olympic team.” “As I cannot accompany the Saudi competition, I plan to check the game through video and continue to provide feedback on it,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the national team will play a home game against Thailand at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st and then play an away game against Thailand on the 26th.
Credit Photo : AFC
