SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul World Cup Stadium has been regarded as the mecca of South Korean football for the past two decades or so, ever since it was built ahead of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. However, its pitch conditions haven’t matched the stadium’s sterling reputation. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hong Myung-bo, head coach of the South Korean men’s national football team, will look to start his second tenure off on the right foot in a World Cup qualifying match against Palestine on Thursday. Hong, named as the replacement for Jurgen Klinsmann in July, previously coached South Korea for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Premier League-bound teen sensation Yang Min-hyeok was named to the South Korean men’s national team for upcoming World Cup qualifying matches on Monday. Head coach Hong Myung-bo put Yang, the 18-year-old forward for Gangwon FC, on his 26-man squad for two World Cup qualifying matches scheduled for next month. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With the second round of the World Cup qualification in the books, South Korea will resume their search for the new head coach for the men’s national team. South Korea played their final four matches in the second round of the Asian qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With a resounding win over Singapore on Thursday night, South Korea have already secured a place in the next phase of the Asian qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Kim Do-hoon, caretaker manager for the national team, insisted Friday the job is not yet done for his boys. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With yet another caretaker manager in charge, South Korea will look to book an early ticket to the next phase in the ongoing Asian World Cup qualifying campaign when they visit Singapore this week. South Korea will play Singapore at the National Stadium in Singapore on Thursday. The match [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will take seven international rookies to their upcoming pair of World Cup qualifying matches in June. The Korea Football Association (KFA) on Monday released the 23-man squad list for South Korea’s World Cup qualifying contests against Singapore and China next month. South Korea will play their final [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Three South Korean players scored a goal apiece in the team’s 3-0 win over Thailand in their latest World Cup qualifying match Tuesday night in Bangkok, and defender Park Jin-seop had a particularly emphatic celebration. As soon as his right-footed shot from close range found the back of the net [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With distractions from the post-Asian Cup controversy behind them, South Korea will look to put on a better performance in their World Cup qualifying campaign this week when they visit Thailand for a return match. South Korea and Thailand will play for the second time in six days when [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 64,000 fans at Seoul World Cup Stadium suddenly fell silent, so deafening after they’d been screaming at the top of their lungs for most of this Thursday night. South Korea were leading Singapore 4-0 about 80 minutes into their World Cup qualifying match, when captain Son Heung-min [...]