Led by the former Tottenham Hotspur figure Son Heung-min and real player from LAFC of the Necessary League Soccer (MLS), the South Korean team announced the list of 26 players that They will play in Group A of the 2026 World Cup and where they will share honors with the Mexican team.
The forward of the Sunless & Gold team of American soccer along with Kang-in Lee (Paris Saint Germain) and Min-jae Kim (Bayern Munich) They are the players who lead Hong Myung-bo’s list, South Korea coach, for the 2026 World Cup.
Along with this third of elements, it also stands out the listing of Ki-hyuk Lee, from Gangwon, who has only one cap, as well as In-beom Hwang (Feyenoord), who has had physical problems.
“According to the tests carried out two days ago, his condition is not only good, but it is even better than that of other players. However, since he has not been able to play, I cannot say that his physical condition is optimal yet, but once we travel to the United States, he will improve his physical condition by playing in one of the two friendly matches,” explained the coach.
Called list
In this way, the list of those summoned was integrated as follows:
Goalkeepers: Kim Seung-gyu (FC Tokyo/JPN), Bum-keun Tune (Jeonbuk), Hyeon-woo Jo (Ulsan)
Defenses: Kim Moon-hwan (Daejeon), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich/GER), Kim Tae-hyeon (Kashima Antlers/JPN), Jin-seop Park (Zhejiang/CHN), Younger-woo Seol (Red Star/SRB), Jens Castrop (Borussia Mönchengladbach/GER), Ki-hyuk Lee (Gangwon), Tae-seok Lee (Austria Vienna/AUT), Han-beom Lee (Midtjylland/DIN), Yu-min Cho (Al Sharjah/UAE)
🇰🇷 CALL FOR SOUTH KOREA
‼️ GROUP A: 🇲🇽🇿🇦🇰🇷🇨🇿
⭐️ Star player: Heung-Min Son
❌ Featured casualty: Kim Min-Su
🏆 Last World Cup: Eighth of last pic.twitter.com/HArVpmJ94v— Post United (@postunited) Would possibly maybe probably honest 16, 2026
Media: Kim Jin-gyu (Jeonbuk), Jun-ho Bae (Stoke Metropolis/ING), Seung-ho Paik (Birmingham/ING), Hyun-jun Yang (Celtic Glasgow/ESC), Ji-sung Eom (Swansea/ING), Kang-in Lee (PSG/FRA), Dong-gyeong Lee (Ulsan), Jae-sung Lee (Mainz/GER), In-beom Hwang (Feyenoord/NED), Hee-chan Hwang (Wolverhampton/ENG).
Fronts: Heung-min Son (LAFC/USA), Hyeon-gyu Oh (Besiktas/TUR), Gue-sung Cho (Midtjylland/DIN).
They will train in Guadalajara
The Asian team will be training in Verde Valle, the Chivas team’s facilities will be the center of operations for South Korea while it participates in the 2026 World Cup starting on June 12.
South Koreans’ World Cup schedule
This is South Korea’s calendar in the World Cup
Czech Republic |June 12 | 8:00 p.m. (CDMX) | Guadalajara Stadium
🇰🇷 SOUTH KOREA ANNOUNCED THEIR CALLS FOR THE WORLD CUP!
Hong Myung-bo announced the 26 players who will represent the Asian Tigers in North America. The coach arrives at his second World Cup as head of the team, after that bitter experience in Brazil 2014.… pic.twitter.com/8WPFtB2spR
— AlterFútbol (@AlterFutbol) Would possibly maybe probably honest 16, 2026
Mexico |June 19 | 7:00 p.m. (CDMX) | Guadalajara Stadium
South Africa | June 25 | 7:00 p.m. (CDMX) | Monterrey Stadium
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