Ulsan → Part 2 pride of the champion, Ulsan → Part 2 clash with Incheon, Heo Yul one-top → Cho Hyun-woo again...Excluding Mugosa, full rotation

May 14, 2025

 Ulsan → Part 2 pride of the champion, Ulsan → Part 2 clash with Incheon, Heo Yul one-top → Cho Hyun-woo again...Excluding Mugosa, full rotation
Jeju World Cup Stadium/ K League1/ Jeju SKFC vs Ulsan HDFC/ Ulsan Cho Hyun-woo, Group/ Photo by Kim Jae-hoon



 Ulsan → Part 2 pride of the champion, Ulsan → Part 2 clash with Incheon, Heo Yul one-top → Cho Hyun-woo again...Excluding Mugosa, full rotation
Lee Soon-shin Sports Complex/ K League 2/ Chungnam Asan FC vs Incheon United/ Incheon Jerso Score, Kim Myung-soon/ Goal Ceremony/ Photo by Ha Seo-young
K League 1 champion Ulsan HD and Incheon United, which have become the pride of K League 2, will collide in the Korea Cup.

Ulsan will play Incheon in the round of 16 at Munsu Football Stadium at 7 p.m. on the 14th. This is Ulsan's first match at the Korea Cup this season, which is ranked third with 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses and 24 points in K League 1.

Incheon beat Chuncheon Citizens' Soccer Team in the second round and Pyeongchang United in the third round to reach the 16th Street. Incheon fell to the second division this season, but it has maintained its first division power last season. He has 22 points and 28 points in 11 games this season, leading the league in a landslide.




It is a single-round match that determines the pride of the first and second parts. The starting list of Ulsan and Incheon has been revealed. But Incheon pulled one foot out.

Ulsan coach Kim Pan-gon will operate the 4-5-1 system. With Heo Yul in the one-top, Rakaba Lee Jin-hyun, Lee Hee-kyun, Kim Min-hyuk and Um Won-sang are located in the midfield. Park Min-seo's signature officer Lee Jae-ik and Yoon Jong-kyu will line up at the four-back, and Cho Hyun-woo will protect the goal.

On the other hand, Incheon coach Yoon Jung-hwan operated the rotation to focus on the league. Shorta Kim Bo-seop, Kim Min-seok, Kim Se-hoon, Kim Do-hyuk, Moon Ji-hwan, Delbridge Lim Hyung-jin, Choi Seung-gu, Lee Sang-ki and Lee Sang-hyun were named in the Best 11.




Ulsan won the Korea Cup for the first time since its foundation in 2017. He will try again to recapture the trophy for the first time in eight years. There was a lot of regret last season. Ulsan advanced to the final, but lost 1-3 to the Pohang Steelers after extra time in a neck-and-neck race against the Pohang Steelers.

Ulsan is slowly gaining momentum with three undefeated matches (two wins and one draw) in the league. In particular, in the match between Pohang (1-1 draw) on the 5th and Jeju SK (2-1 win) on the 11th, gatekeeper Cho Hyun-woo gave the team a valuable point with his amazing penalty save in the second half of the game. He doesn't have a comma in the Incheon match either.

Incheon has nine wins, one draw and one loss (28 points) in the K League 2. Currently, he has been undefeated (7 wins and 1 draw) in eight consecutive games.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.