On the 7th, Korean national team head coach Cho Kwang-rae announced his provisional 47-man squad for the upcoming Asian Cup in Qatar. From December 13th to the 23rd, a 24-man squad of domestic (and Japanese-based) footballers will attend a training session at Seogwipo. After two days of rest from training, the team will fly out to the UAE on the 26th where they...

The 2010 AFC Champions League winners Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma have announced their 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup tournament in the United Arab Emirates. The representatives of the AFC will be in Abu Dhabi from December 8th to the 18th where they will face off against the club champions of each footballing continent. Familiar faces such as national...

AS Monaco striker Park Chu-young will not be participating in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. On the 5th, the Korean Football Association revealed that it would be difficult for Park’s club AS Monaco to release him during this month for the Asian Games. After being told that Celtic midfielder Ki Sung-yong wouldn’t be part of the squad, news of...

Celtic midfielder Ki Sung-yong will not take part in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games as his club will refuse to release him for the tournament. Gyeongnam midfielder Yoon Bit-garam will take Ki’s place in Hong Myung-bo’s 20-man squad. U-23 head coach Hong Myung-bo has been busy negotiating with clubs for the release of their players for the upcoming tournament...

Korean national team head coach Cho Kwang-rae has revealed that he would like a friendly against a Middle Eastern side before his national team takes on the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar. In preparation of the Asian Cup, the national team will be training in the Middle East from the end of December to January before the team travels once again to Doha, Qatar. The most...