SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Two decades ago, the Dutch-born coach Guus Hiddink guided South Korea through an improbable march to the semifinals of the FIFA World Cup, then co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. But what if Hiddink had Son Heung-min, the reigning Premier League Golden Boot winner, on his team in 2002? [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Fresh off steering Vietnam’s men’s soccer squad to a tightly contested finals loss against champion Uzebkistan in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship, South Korean head coach Park Hang-seo was greeted with considerable fanfare in his return home on February 8. A soccer lifer who served as an assistant under [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s football governing body on Tuesday said it will give Guus Hiddink an official position on the men’s national team, though his exact role will be decided later. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said its technical committee decided to speak with Hiddink first before deciding on his role [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 70 percent of South Koreans believe the men’s national football team needs to hire Dutch tactician Guus Hiddink for the FIFA World Cup next year, a survey showed Monday. In the survey of 505 adults conducted by Realmeter nationwide last week, 70.2 percent said that Hiddink should [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Guus Hiddink, who recently pledged his support for South Korea at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, is expected to meet current national football team boss Shin Tae-yong next month in Russia, an official with the Korea Football Association (KFA) said Friday, amid speculation of the Dutchman returning to a [...]
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Former men’s national football team head coach Guus Hiddink said Thursday that he is willing to help South Korean football in any way. Hiddink, who guided South Korea to the 2002 FIFA World Cup semifinals, told South Korean reporters in Amsterdam that he is ready to help the men’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Presiding over the most successful stretch of South Korean football ever, Guus Hiddink on the sidelines throughout the 2002 FIFA World Cup was a figure of stability, charisma, and most importantly, trust. Trust in the national football team has always been in somewhat short supply in the “Be the [...]
“If they follow you always, then they’re not talented. Talented players have their own ideas. People who have experience in football can show them some ways. At the end, the players have to see (for themselves) if they can take the next step.” “It wasn’t just a matter of being tough; it was a matter [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – It seems that the Korean national soccer team is within an arm’s reach of signing Bert van Marwijk for their new manager. The Korea Football Association announced on August 6 that “Lee Yong-Soo, the head of the technical committee, departed on August 5 from Incheon to negotiate with a new candidate [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Guus Hiddink, the Dutch soccer manager better known among Koreans as the national hero who took Team Korea to a historic fourth place finish in the 2002 World Cup, came back to Korea to participate in the K-League All-star game to be held at 8 pm on July 25. [...]