South Korea in the World Cup Finals

South Korea qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on June 8th, 2005.

World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is South Korea's 7th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
South Korea came fourth in Korea-Japan 2002.

South Korea World Cup Preparations

South Korea Team Hotel
Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg:
Kadettenstrasse, Bergisch Gladbach.
Good luck to the Asian Tigers. At least they're going to live like European Kings during the World Cup Finals. Built almost 300 years ago by Prince Jan Wellem and intended as a Maison de Retraite, this Baroque castle is situated on a hill in the center of Bensberg and offers a magnificent view of the city of Cologne, just 12km away. The Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg has 84 luxury rooms and 36 suites.

Hotels in Bergisch Gladbach:
If you're coming from South Korea and can't get in at the Schloss Bensberg, you could always try the Schlosshotel Lerbach, where Brazil stayed during the Confederations Cup and will return when they play in Dortmund, between the 18th and 29th June.

Bergish Gladbach:
The town of Bergisch Gladbach and the Rheinisch-Bergisch district look forward to welcoming th players, journalists and fans from South Korea and Brazil.

South Korea Friendly Matches
Beat Angola (1-0), Wednesday 1st March. (Seoul)
A header from Chu-Young Park (22) .

Senegal, Tuesday 23rd May. (Seoul)

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Friday 26th May. (Seoul)

Norway, Thursday 1st June. (Oslo)

Ghana, Sunday 4th June. (Glasgow)

South Korea in the 2006 World Cup
Group G
Tuesday, 13th June
South Korea vs Togo
Frankfurt -- (15:00)

Sunday, 18th June
France vs South Korea
Leipzig -- (21:00)

Friday, 23rd June
Switzerland vs South Korea
Hannover -- (21:00)

Knockout Stage
Group G winner travels to Cologne and the runner-up goes to Hannover.

If South Korea are runners-up, they will stay in Hannover for another 4 days.

South Korea World Cup Squad 2006
Asian Tigers

Goalkeepers:
1 Woon-Jae Lee (Suwon Bluewings)
20 Yong-Dae Kim (Seongnam Ilwha)
21 Young-Kwang Kim (Chunnam Dragons)

Defenders:
2 Young-Chul Kim (Seongnam Ilwha)
3 Dong-Jin Kim (FC Seoul)4 Jin-Chul Choi (Chonbuk Motors)
6 Jin-Kyu Kim (Jubilo Iwata, Japan)
12 Young-Pyo Lee (Tottenham Hotspur, England)
22 Chong-Gug Song (Suwon Bluewings)
23 Won-hee Cho (Suwon Bluewings)

Midfielders:
5 Nam-Il Kim (Suwon Bluewings)
7 Ji-Sung Park (Manchester United, England)
8 Do-Heon Kim (Seongnam Ilwha)
13 Eul-Yong Lee (Trabzonspor)
15 Ji-hoon Baek (FC Seoul)
17 Ho Lee (Ulsan Tigers)
18 Sang-Sik Kim (Seongnam Ilwha)

Forwards:
9 Jung-Hwan Ahn (MSV Duisburg, Germany)
10 Chu-Young Park (FC Seoul)
11 Ki-Hyun Seol (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England)
14 Chun-Soo Lee (Ulsan Tigers)
16 Kyung-Ho Chung (Gwangju Sangmu)
19 Jae-Jin Cho (Shimizu S-Pulse, Japan)

Trainer:
Dick Advocaat (Holland).

Players to watch:
7 Ji-Sung Park (Manchester United, England)
12 Young-Pyo Lee (Tottenham Hotspur, England)

Destination South Korea

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