South Korea national soccer team Lee Jae-seong (from left), coach Jurgen Klinsmann, and Cho Gyu-seong are taking a commemorative photo at the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup national soccer team roster announcement ceremony held at CGV I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 28th. The Korean national soccer team, led by Coach Klinsmann, will compete against Bahrain (86th), Jordan (87th), and Malaysia (130th) in Group E of the 2023 Qatar Asian Cup.
The list of Korean national soccer teams that will challenge to win the Asian Cup for the first time in 64 years since 1960 has been revealed. Previous top members such as Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) will appear.
The Korea Football Association held an Asian Cup roster announcement ceremony at Yongsan CGV at 11 am on the 28th. Unlike previously held at Paju NFC or the association's soccer hall, this roster announcement was held in a movie theater with fans.
As expected, the 26-man entry announced by coach Jürgen Klinsmann on this day included all of the national team's key players. Including captain Son Heung-min, key players in offense and defense, including Kim Min-jae, Lee Kang-in, Lee Jae-seong (Mainz), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), and Kim Seung-gyu (Al-Shabab), will participate in the Asian Cup.
Jisoo Kim (Brentford) and Hyunjun Yang (Celtic) were also named. These are players who were not included in the North and Central America World Cup roster last month.
The Taegeuk Warriors, who are challenging to become the top team in Asia for the first time in 64 years, have already started to temper themselves and entered 'Asian Cup mode'.
16 players, including domestic players who completed their K-League schedule and overseas players who completed their first half of the schedule, gathered at a hotel in Seoul starting on the 26th. I started controlling my condition by focusing on physical training indoors. Son Heung-min, Kim Min-jae, and Lee Kang-in are scheduled to join the national team early next month.
Klinsmann, currently ranked 23rd in the FIFA rankings, has set his sights on winning the Asian Cup. Korea has been far from the top in Asia since winning the first tournament in 1956 and the second tournament in 1960.
Afterwards, he only came in second place four times (1972, 1980, 1988, 2015). Coach Klinsmann has also consistently stated, “We are aiming to win the Asian Cup” since taking office early this year.
Korea will compete with Bahrain (86th), Jordan (87th), and Malaysia (130th) in Group E of this tournament. In the 2019 United Arab Emirates (UAE) tournament, Korea lost to Qatar and was eliminated in the quarterfinals. 카지노사이트랭크
The national team, which is preparing in Korea, will depart for Abu Dhabi, UAE, where a training camp will be held on January 2nd next year, and begin final strengthening.
The remaining overseas players, including Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in, will all join Abu Dhabi. The Taegeuk Warriors will play the final mock test against Iraq on January 6th and then move to Qatar, the site of the decisive battle, on the 10th.
◇ National soccer team 2023 AFC Asian Cup final roster (26 players)
△GK= Seung-gyu Kim (Al-Shabab), Hyun-woo Cho (Ulsan Hyundai), Bum-geun Song (Shonan Belmare)
△DF= Young-kwon Kim, Seung-hyeon Jeong, Tae-hwan Kim, Young-woo Seol (Ulsan Hyundai) ), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), Kim Jin-soo (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Lee Ki-je (Suwon Samsung), Kim Joo-sung (FC Seoul), Kim Ji-soo (Brentford)
△MF = Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Park Yong-woo ( Al Ain), Lee Jae-seong (Mainz), Hong Hyun-seok (KAA Gent), Hwang In-beom (Crvena Zvezda), Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), Lee Sun-min (Gwangju FC), Moon Seon-min, Park Jin-seop (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Yang Hyun-jun (Celtic)
△FW= Oh Hyun-gyu (Celtic), Cho Gyu-seong (Midtjylland) 고스톱
