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South Korea — 2026 World Cup Squad

South Korea bring a 26-player squad to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, drawn in Group A and managed by Hong Myung-bo. Below is the full squad by position — every name links to a player profile — plus where the squad plays their club football. Spoiler-free: squad facts only, no results.

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26players

AFCconfederation

1born abroad

14club leagues

Where the South Korea squad plays their football

Club leagues represented in the squad.

EFL Championship3

Danish Superliga2

Major League Soccer1

Premier League1

South Korea squad by position

Goalkeepers

1Kim Seung-gyu
FC Tokyo · 35y 12Song Bum-keun
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors · 28y 21Jo Hyeon-woo
Ulsan HD · 34y

Defenders

2Lee Han-beom
FC Midtjylland · 23y 3Lee Gi-hyuk
Gangwon FC · 25y 4Kim Min-jae
Bayern Munich · 29y 5Kim Tae-hyeon
Kashima Antlers · 25y 13Lee Tae-seok
FK Austria Wien · 23y 14Cho Wi-je
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors · 24y 15Kim Moon-hwan
Daejeon Hana Citizen · 30y 16Park Jin-seob
Zhejiang FC · 30y 22Seol Young-woo
Red Star Belgrade · 27y 23Jens Castrop
Borussia Monchengladbach · 22y

Midfielders

6Hwang In-beom
Feyenoord · 29y 8Paik Seung-ho
Birmingham City · 29y 10Lee Jae-sung
Mainz 05 · 33y 17Bae Jun-ho
Stoke City · 22y 19Lee Kang-in
Paris Saint-Germain · 25y 20Yang Hyun-jun
Celtic · 24y 24Kim Jin-gyu
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors · 29y 25Eom Ji-sung
Swansea City · 24y 26Lee Dong-gyeong
Ulsan HD · 28y

Forwards

7Son Heung-min
Los Angeles FC · 33y 9Cho Gue-sung
FC Midtjylland · 28y 11Hwang Hee-chan
Wolverhampton Wanderers · 30y 18Oh Hyeon-gyu
Besiktas · 25y

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