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South Korea FINAL SQUAD

26 players · announced May 16, 2026 · Group A

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Players

Total value

€144,195,000

Avg age

27.6

22–35

Total caps

936

Career goals

137

DB linked

100%

rich profiles

Full squad

GK — 3

Player	Age	Club	Country	Caps	Value
Jo Hyeonwoo	34	Ulsan HD	South Korea	47	€680,000
Kim Seung-gyu	35	FC Tokyo	Japan	85	€635,000
Bum-keun Song	28	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	South Korea	2	€965,000

DF — 10

Player	Age	Club	Country	Caps	Goals	Value
Yu-min Cho	29	Sharjah	—	18	0	€1,900,000
Jens Castrop	22	Borussia M'gladbach	Germany	5	0	€5,600,000
Kim Min-jae	29	FC Bayern München	Germany	77	4	€26,000,000
Moon-hwan Kim	30	Daejeon Hana Citizen	South Korea	34	0	€740,000
Tae-hyeon Kim	25	Kashima Antlers	Japan	7	0	€655,000
Han-Beom Lee	23	FC Midtjylland	Denmark	6	0	€1,700,000
Gi-Hyuk Lee	25	Gangwon FC	South Korea	1	0	€620,000
Lee Tae-seok	23	FK Austria Wien	Austria	14	1	€1,600,000
Jin-seob Park	30	Zhejiang	China	12	1	€1,100,000
Young-woo Seol	27	FK Crvena zvezda	Serbia	32	0	€5,200,000

MF — 10

Player	Age	Club	Country	Caps	Goals	Value
Jun-Ho Bae	22	Stoke City	England	12	2	€2,900,000
Ji-sung Eom	24	Swansea City	Wales	8	2	€1,300,000
Hwang Hee-chan	30	Wolverhampton	England	77	16	€7,300,000
In-Beom Hwang	29	Feyenoord	Netherlands	71	6	€7,300,000
Jin-gyu Kim	29	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	South Korea	20	3	€1,200,000
Dong-gyeong Lee	28	Ulsan HD	South Korea	16	3	€1,600,000
Jae-sung Lee	33	1. FSV Mainz 05	Germany	103	15	€2,100,000
Kang-in Lee	25	Paris Saint-Germain	France	46	11	€30,000,000
Seung Ho Paik	29	Birmingham City	England	25	3	€2,400,000
Yang Hyun-Jun	23	Celtic	Scotland	8	0	€3,200,000

FW — 3

Player	Age	Club	Country	Caps	Goals	Value
Gue-sung Cho	28	FC Midtjylland	Denmark	42	10	€2,900,000
Hyeon-gyu Oh	25	Beşiktaş JK	Türkiye	26	6	€16,000,000
Son Heung-min	33	Los Angeles FC	USA	142	54	€18,600,000

Squad breakdown

Age distribution

0 18-21

10 22-25

9 26-29

5 30-33

2 34-40

Top 5 by market value

Kang-in Lee · Paris Saint-Germain €30,000,000

Kim Min-jae · FC Bayern München €26,000,000

Son Heung-min · Los Angeles FC €18,600,000

Hyeon-gyu Oh · Beşiktaş JK €16,000,000

Hwang Hee-chan · Wolverhampton €7,300,000

League representation

South Korea 6 players

Germany 3 players

England 3 players

Japan 2 players

Denmark 2 players

Austria 1 players

China 1 players

Serbia 1 players

Most-represented clubs

FC Midtjylland 2

Ulsan HD 2

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2

Sharjah 1

Borussia M'gladbach 1

FC Bayern München 1

Daejeon Hana Citizen 1

Kashima Antlers 1

Most caps

Son Heung-min 142

Jae-sung Lee 103

Kim Seung-gyu 85

Kim Min-jae 77

Hwang Hee-chan 77

Top scorers

Son Heung-min 54

Hwang Hee-chan 16

Jae-sung Lee 15

Kang-in Lee 11

Gue-sung Cho 10