TEAMS: South Korea

With the impressive form that South Korea have shown in their warm-up matches, they will be confident of finally winning a World Cup Finals fixture. The current squad has now gone 7 games unbeaten and will be confident that a combination of good form and home support will see them achieve their goal. A certain amount of credit must go to their Dutch manager Guus Hiddink who has worked wonders since taking over the team. Whilst Portugal will be favourites in the group, the Koreans should not fear the USA or Poland and seriusly believe that they can qualify for the 2nd round. They have never had a better opportunity.

The Squad

Lee Won-Jae Position: GK DOB:26/4/73 Club: Suwon Blue Wings	Kim Byung Ji Position: GK DOB:8/4/70 Club:Pohang Steelers	Choi Eun-Sung Position: GK DOB:5/4/71 Club: Taejon Citizen
Hyun Young-Min Position: DF DOB:25/12/70 Club: Ulsan Tigers	Choi Jun-Chul Position: DF DOB:26/3/71 Club: Chonbuck Motors	Kim Tae-Young Position: DF DOB:8/11/70 Club: Chunnam Dragons
Lee Min-Sung Position: DF DOB:23/6/73 Club: Pusan ICons	Hong Myung-Bo** Position: DF DOB:12/2/69 Club:Pohang Steelers	Choi Sung-Yong Position: MID DOB:15/12/75 Club: Pusan Icons
Kim Nam-Il Position: MID DOB:14/3/77 Club: Chunnam Dragons	Yoo Sang-Chul Position: MID DOB:18/10/71 Club:Kashiwi Reysol	Lee Young-Pyo Position: MID DOB:23/4/77 Club: Anyang Cheetas
Lee Eul-Young Position: MID/FW DOB:8/9/75 Club: Bucheon	Lee Chun-Soo** Position: MID DOB:1/9/76 Club: Ulsan Tigers	Yoon Jong-Hwan** Position: FW DOB:16/2/73 Club: Cerezo Osaka
Park Ji-Sung Position: MID DOB:25/2/81 Club:Kyoto Purple Sanga	Song Chong-Gug Position: FW DOB:20/2/79 Club: Pusan Icons	Choi Tae-Uk Position: MID DOB:13/3/81 Club: Anyang Cheethas
Seol Ki-Hyun** Position: FW DOB:8/1/79 Club: Anderlecht	Choi Yong-Soo Position: FW DOB:10/9/73 Club: JEF United	Cha Doo-Ri** Position: FW DOB:23/9/67 Club: Korea University
Hwang Sun-Hong** Position: FW DOB:14/7/68 Club: Kashiwa Reysol	Ahn Jung-Hwan Position: FW DOB:27/1/76 Club: Perugia

KEY: (GK-Goalkeeper, DF-Defender, MID-Midfield, FW-Forward)
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