'Son Heung-min 7, Lee Kang-in 19, Kim Min-jae 4' Core GK 'Number One' Who... Hong Myung-bo's World Cup Jersey Numbers Revealed [Official Announcement]

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The jersey numbers for the 26th Taeguk Warriors competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America have been finalized.

The Korea Football Association announced the players' jersey numbers on the morning of the 12th (Korean time) at Estadio Akron in Zapopan, Mexico, one day before the team's first Group A match against the Czech Republic.

According to the association, 'Captain' Son Heung-min will wear the symbolic number 7 jersey at the World Cup. Challenging for his fourth World Cup, Son Heung-min currently holds the joint top spot in Korean football history with three career tournament goals and aims to take sole possession of the top spot in this tournament.

Key defender Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) wears number 4. Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) wears number 19, and Lee Jae-sung (Mainz) wears number 10.

In addition, traditional strikers Cho Gue-sung (Midtjylland) and Oh Hyeon-gyu (Besiktas) received numbers 9 and 18, respectively, while Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) was assigned number 11.

In the midfield line, Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord) chose number 6, Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham City) chose number 8, Kim Jin-kyu (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) chose number 24, and Lee Dong-gyeong (Ulsan HD) chose number 26.

The surprise selection, Lee Ki-hyuk (Gangwon FC), wears number 3; Lee Han-beom (Midtjylland) wears number 2; Kim Tae-hyun (Kashima Antlers) wears number 5; and Park Jin-seop (Zhejiang FC) wears number 16.

Left-back Lee Tae-seok (Austria Wien) received number 13, and Jens Castro (Borussia Mönchengladbach) received number 23. On the right back line, Seol Young-woo (Zvezda) wears number 22, and Kim Moon-hwan (Daejeon Hana Citizen) wears number 15.

Kim Seung-gyu (FC Tokyo), a likely starter in this tournament, wears number 1, while Song Bum-keun (Jeonbuk) and Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan) were assigned numbers 12 and 21, respectively.

In addition, wide-area resources Eom Ji-sung (Swansea City), Yang Hyun-jun (Celtic), and Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City) wore numbers 25, 20, and 17, respectively, while Jo Wi-je (Jeonbuk), who attended as a training partner and was surprisingly named a full member, wears number 14.

Under Hong Myung-bo, the team will start with the match against the Czech Republic, then face Mexico at the same venue on the morning of the 19th at 10 a.m., before heading to Monterrey to play South Africa on the morning of the 25th at 10 a.m. at Estadio Monterrey.

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