'Yang Min-hyeok, Yoon Do-young, Lee Young-jun' All European-based Players Mobilized... Lee Min-seong's Squad Departs for Thailand Training Camp "Exhibition Matches Against UAE and Kyrgyzstan"

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The South Korean U-23 men's national football team has departed for a training camp in Thailand in preparation for the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games.

The Korea Football Association announced on the 20th that the U-23 men's national team, led by head coach Lee Min-seong, will conduct a training camp in Bangkok, Thailand, from the 30th to June 10, utilizing the June A-match window.

The team plans to check players and explore tactical combinations by playing exhibition matches against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the 3rd, Thailand on the 6th, and Kyrgyzstan on the 9th of next month.

Head coach Lee Min-seong has called up 24 players for this training camp, including those based overseas. In terms of age, there are 12 players born in 2003, four born in 2004, four born in 2005, three born in 2006, and one born in 2007. The overseas-based players are Kim Ji-soo (Brentford), Yang Min-hyeok (Tottenham), Yoon Do-young (Brighton), Lee Hyun-ju (Arouca), Kim Myung-jun (Genk), and Lee Young-jun (Grasshopper).

While many players who participated in the March training camp and exhibition matches at Cheonan Korea Football Park have joined, the players who were not included at that time are Kim Min-seung (Paju Frontiers), Baek Ji-woong (Seoul E-Land), Lee Seung-won (Gangwon FC), and Ha Jung-woo (Suwon FC). Kang Sung-jin (Suwon Samsung), who participated in the January AFC U-23 Asian Cup, has also returned.

Players from K League 1 clubs and European-based players who have reached an agreement with their respective clubs for early call-up will conduct preliminary domestic training at Korea Football Park starting from the 24th before departing for Thailand on the 30th. Players from K League 2 clubs who have league matches scheduled during the domestic training period will join individually in Bangkok after completing their club matches.

This year's Asian Games will open on September 19 and run until October 4, held in Aichi Prefecture and the Nagoya area of Japan, with men's football matches scheduled to begin on September 15.

▶ Goalkeepers: Kim Min-seung (Paju), Kim Jun-hong (Suwon), Lee Seung-hwan (Pohang)

▶ Defenders: Kim Ji-soo (Brentford), Kang Min-jun (Pohang), Park Kyung-seop (Incheon), Park Sung-hoon (Seoul), Bae Hyun-seo (Gyeongnam), Shin Min-ha (Gangwon), Choi Seok-hyun (Ulsan), Choi Woo-jin (Jeonbuk)

▶ Midfielders: Yang Min-hyeok (Tottenham), Yoon Do-young (Brighton), Lee Hyun-ju (Arouca), Kang Sung-jin (Suwon Samsung), Park Seung-ho, Seo Jae-min (both Incheon), Baek Ji-woong (Seoul E-Land), Son Jung-beom, Hwang Do-yoon (both Seoul), Lee Seung-won (Gangwon)

▶ Forwards: Kim Myung-jun (Genk), Lee Young-jun (Grasshopper), Ha Jung-woo (Suwon FC)

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