[Official Announcement] 'As many as four matches' South Korea national football team, A-match venues and schedule confirmed... interim coaching system in place

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The venues for the four consecutive A-matches of the South Korean national football team in September and October have been finalized.

The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced on the 18th that it will hold four friendly matches of the Hana Bank Invitational National Team, scheduled for September and October domestically, in Suwon, Seoul, Ulsan, and Yongin in sequence. All four matches will kick off at 8 p.m.

The national team will face Ecuador in its first match on September 24, just before the Chuseok holiday, at Suwon World Cup Stadium. It will then move to Seoul World Cup Stadium on September 28 to take on South American powerhouse Uruguay. On October 2, it will play against Venezuela at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, and conclude the four-match series with a match against Uzbekistan on October 6 at Yongin Mir Stadium.

This four-match friendly series is the first A-match held domestically since the Ghana match at Seoul World Cup Stadium last November. In Suwon, it marks the first national team match since the World Cup qualifier against Jordan in March of last year, while Yongin hosts its first national team game about a year after the 2025 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup). Ulsan secured an A-match for the first time in approximately three years and six months since the Colombia match in March 2023.

The national team's decision to play four consecutive matches during the autumn A-match period is due to a schedule reform by FIFA. Starting this year, FIFA has reduced its annual five A-match windows to four, integrating September and October schedules into a single 16-day window. Consequently, national teams can now play up to four matches during this period.

Meanwhile, the upcoming four-match series in September and October will be conducted under an interim coaching system appointed through an open recruitment process. Previously, the Football Association stated that for the first time in history, it would select the head coach of the senior national team via a public recruitment method. The appointed interim coach will lead the team alongside the coaching staff for a total of six matches during the confirmed A-match period from September to November, with the selection process expected to be completed by August to align with the A-match window starting on September 21.

*Kickoff time: All four matches at 8 p.m.

September 24: South Korea vs. Ecuador, Suwon World Cup Stadium

September 28: South Korea vs. Uruguay, Seoul World Cup Stadium

October 2: South Korea vs. Venezuela, Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium

October 6: South Korea vs. Uzbekistan, Yongin Mir Stadium

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