[Official] Lee Min Sung-ho announces the list of U23 national team, a closed practice match with the U.S. and Japan

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The South Korean U-23 national team will hold a domestic call-up training in March in preparation for the Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games in September.

According to the Korea Football Association on the 17th, the U-23 national team, led by head coach Lee Min-sung, will hold a call-up training at Korea Football Park from the 23rd to the 31st. The national team originally planned to play friendly matches with local U-21 and U-23 teams through off-season training in Turkiye, but recently changed its plan to domestic training in consideration of the situation in the Middle East.

In addition, the U.S. U-22 national team and Japan's U-21 national team will hold training and practice games at Korea Football Park during the same period by urgently contacting countries where Turkiye training has been canceled. Japan and the U.S. will play on the 27th, followed by South Korea and Japan on the 29th and South Korea and the U.S. on the 31st. All matches are played in closed practice.

Coach Lee Min-sung plans to challenge for the Asian Games gold medal with the best power in the current U-23 age group, regardless of whether he will resolve military service. As there are only two call-ups ahead of the Asian Games, including this opportunity, we are determined to build the best team in all call-ups, match our feet, and build an optimal combination to participate in the Asian Games.

Of the 25 players, five were participating in the U-23 Asian Cup in January, including Kang Min-joon, Kang Sang-yoon, Bae Hyun-seo, Shin Min-ha and Lee Hyun-yong. A large number of players active overseas will also join the team. Eight players from Europe, including Kim Myung-joon, Kim Min-soo, Kim Ji-soo, Park Seung-soo, Lee Hyun-joo, Yang Min-hyuk, Yoon Do-young and Lee Young-joon, were included in the list. A total of 17 players from the K League, including Park Sung-hoon, Seo Jae-min and Hwang Do-yoon, as well as Kim Joon-hong and Park Kyung-seop, who were unable to join the national team due to injuries at the time of the last tournament, were also listed on the national team.

The age range of the team is the largest with 11 players born in 2003, but it is widely composed of six players born in 2004, two born in 2005, four born in 2006, and two born in 2007.

Meanwhile, the U-21 national team preparing for the 2028 LA Olympics will also hold a separate convocation training at Namhae Sports Park in Gyeongnam during the same period. A total of 24 people will be convened, consisting of 18 K-League players and 6 college players without overseas players. Seven players (Kim Ho-jin, Baek Min-gyu, Sung-shin, Jung Ma-ho, Choi Seung-gu, Choi Byung-wook, and Hong Sung-min) who participated in last year's U-20 World Cup were also included. In terms of age, nine players were born in 2006, and all other players were born in 2005.

The U-21 national team has yet to appoint an official coach, and the call-up will lead the team to a temporary command system of former leaders of the Korea Football Association, Kim Kyung-ryang, Son Seung-joon and Jung Yu-seok (GK coach). Coach Son Seung-joon and coach Chung Yoo-seok have experience coaching players of that age at the U-20 Asian Cup and World Cup last year.

During the South Sea call-up, the U-21 team will play two to three practice games with domestic teams to focus on checking players.

GK: Kim Joon-hong (Suwon Samsung), Lee Seung-hwan (Pohang Steelers), and Han Tae-hee (Daegu FC)

DF: Kim Ji-soo (Kaiserslautern, Germany), Kang Min-joon (Pohang Steelers), Park Kyung-seop (Incheon United), Park Sung-hoon (FC Seoul), Bae Hyun-seo (Gyeongnam FC), Shin Min-ha (Gangwon FC), Lee Hyun-yong (Suwon FC), Choi Seok-hyun (Ulsan HD), Choi Woo-jin (Jeonbuk Hyundai)

MF: Kim Min-soo (FC Andora, Spain), Park Seung-soo (Newcastle United, England), Lee Hyun-joo (FC Aroca, Portugal), Yang Min-hyuk (Coventry City, England), Yoon Do-young (FC Drecht, Netherlands), Kang Sang-yoon (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Park Seung-ho, Seo Jae-min (Iceon United), Son Jung-beom, Hwang Do-yoon (FC Seoul), Cho Joon-hyun (Seoul E-land)

FW: Kim Myung-joon (KRC Genk, Belgium), Lee Young-joon (Grathhofer, Switzerland)

GK: Yoon Ki-wook (FC Seoul), Lee Sang-hyun (Incheon United), Hong Seong-min (Pohang Steelers)

DF: Kim Ho-jin (Pohang Steelers), Kim Seo-jin (Kim Cheon-sang-moo), Seo Jeong-hyuk (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Lee Ye-chan (Bucheon FC), Jo In-jeong (Jeju SK), Choi Seung-gu (Incheon United), Um Jun-hyuk (Dankook University), Lee Tak-ho (Central University), Jang Ha-yoon (Kyung Hee University)

MF: Kim Jun-ha, Choi Byung-wook (Jeju SK), Baek Seung-won (Pohang Steelers), Baek In-woo (Ulsan HD), Sungshin (Bucheon FC), Jung Ma-ho (Kim Cheon Sang-moo), Jin Tae-ho (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Kang Seung-ho (Honam University), Sung Ye-gun (Honam University), Hwang Tae-hwan (Sangji University)

FW: Eodam (Bucheon FC), Baek Min-gyu (Incheon United)

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