Yang Min-hyuk, Yoon Do-young, Park Seung-soo, Lee Chang-won, Lee Chang-ho, and Shin Min-ha, Kim Tae-won, and Jung Ma-ho, who announced the final entry for the Chile U20 World Cup, were selected
Sep 08, 2025
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The men's U-20 national team, led by head coach Lee Chang-won, announced the final entry of 21 players to play in the 2025 U-20 World Cup. This tournament will be held in Chile. Lee Chang-won reached the semifinals of the U-20 Asian Cup in China in February and secured a spot for the World Cup. Starting with the match against Ukraine on the 28th, the national team in Group B will face Paraguay on October 1 and Panama on the 4th.
Ten main members who participated in the U-20 Asian Cup were re-listed on the final list. Eleven players who stood out in the convocation training and overseas friendly matches after the Asian Cup also joined. The national team held a call-up training session in Wonju, Gangwon-do in May, and then participated in an international friendly match in Egypt in June and joined hands. The final convocation training was held in Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do from the 28th to the 5th of last month.
According to the list, 9 people were selected from K League 1 and 10 from K League 2. Kim Tae-won, who is active in Portimonense, Portugal, was the only overseas player selected. Defender Kim Ho-jin, who plays for Yongin University, was named as a college player. By age, 16 people were born in 2005 and four were born in 2006. Only striker Kim Hyun-oh (Daejeon Hana Citizen), who joined as an additional player during the final call-up training in Gimhae and even made the final list, was born in 2007.
Yang Min-hyuk, Yoon Do-young, and Park Seung-soo, who drew attention, finally failed to get out. Those who have performed very well in the K-League have recently succeeded in advancing to Europe. Coach Lee did not let go of the string until the end and tried to get them out, but in the end, he failed to achieve his goal. Nevertheless, there are still many competitive members. Shin Min-ha (Gangwon), who has established himself as a key defender of Gangwon, Lee Kun-hee (Suwon), Ham Sun-woo (Hwaseong), Jeong Ma-ho (Chungnam Asan), Kim Joon-ha (Jeju) and Baek Ga-on (Busan) are showing good performances in their teams. Baek Gaon was ruled out of the final training list due to his injury, but his quick recovery gave him a chance again.
With the departure of key strikers, Lee plans to challenge the world with defense-focused soccer. This time, Korea is proudly in the 'Port 1'. South Korea, which was the runner-up at the 2019 Poland tournament and advanced to the semifinals at the 2023 Argentina tournament, has made the semifinals for two consecutive tournaments (the 2021 tournament was canceled due to COVID-19), is aiming for good performance again this time. The national team will depart for the final on the 8th.
◇2025 U-20 World Cup Final List (21)
GK= Gong Si-hyun (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Park Sang-young (Daegu FC), Hong Seong-min (Pohang Steelers)
DF= Ko Jong-hyun, Lee Kun-hee (Suwon Samsung), Kim Ho-jin (Yongin University), Bae Hyun-seo (FC Seoul), Shin Min-ha (Gangwon FC), Lim Joon-young (Chungbuk Cheongju FC), Ham Sun-woo (Hwaseong FC)
MF=Kim Tae-won (Portimonens, Portugal) Kim Joon-ha, Choi Byung-wook (Jeju SK), Kim Hyun-min (Busan I'Park), Baek Min-gyu, Choi Seung-gu (Incheon United), Sung-shin (Bucheon FC1995), Son Seung-min (Daegu FC), Jung Ma-ho (Chungnam Asan FC)
FW = Kim Hyun-oh (Daejeon Hana Citizen), Baek Gaon (Busan I'Park)
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
