South Korea announce Final World Cup 2014 squad

Manager Hong Myung-bo has announced the final world cup squad of South Korea. South Korea  look to emulate performance of 2002 under Hong, who then captained the team.

Arsenal player Park Chu-Young also made the cut despite not playing in the Premier League for long time. Park Chu-Young’s selection has raised a lot of debates among the fans as he has not played a competitve fixture for Arsneal for a long time. His goal against Greece in last friendly helped the coach to take the decision and when asked about thee forward’s inclusion, the coach said “Among Korean forwards, I couldn’t find another attacker to replace Park,”.  “I have thought long and hard about this selection and decided on the final list just last night.”, said Hong.

South Korea are pitted in the Group-H along with Russia, Algeria and Belgium. They will open their World Cup campaign against Russia on June 17.

South Korea Final World Cup 2014 squad

Goalkeepers:

Jung Sung-ryeong (Suwon Bluewings, South Korea)

Kim Seung-gyu (Ulsan Horang-i, South Korea)

Lee Bom-young (Busan I’Park, South Korea)

 

Defenders:

Yun Suk-young (QPR, England)

Kim Young-kwon (Guangzhou Evergrande, China)

Hwang Seok-ho (Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Japan)

Hong Jeong-ho (Augsburg, Germany)

Kwak Tae-hwi (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia)

Kim Jin-soo (Albirex Niigata, Japan)

Lee Yong (Ulsan Horang-i, South Korea)

Kim Chang-soo (Kashiwa Reysol, Japan).

 

Midfielders:

Ki Seung-yeung (Sunderland, England)

Ha Dae-sung (Beijing Guoan, China)

Han Kook-young (Kashiwa Reysol, Japan)

Park Jung-woo (Guangzhou R&F, China)

Son Heung-min (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)

Kim Bo-kyoung (Cardiff City, Wales)

Lee Chung-yong (Bolton Wanderers, England)

Ji Dong-won (Augusburg, Germany).

 

Forwards:

Koo Ja-cheol (Mainz, Germany)

Lee Keun-ho (Sangju Sangmu, South Korea)

Park Chu-young (Arsenal, England)

Kim Shin-wook (Ulsan Horang-i, South Korea)

 

Manager Hong has selected Ki Sung-Yeung and Kim Bo-kyong as other Premier League representatives. Hong was the captain of the team when South Korea reached the semifinals while co-hosting the tournament along with Japan. The 45-year old then coached the South korea U-23 team which won the bronze medal in 2012 Olympics and there are lot of players from that squad in current World Cup rosters.