Team K League squad announcement; Lingard and Ki Sung-yueng withdraw

K League on Tuesday announced the final 22-man squad that will face Tottenham Hotspur in the 2024 Coupang Play Series on Wednesday 31st July. There is at least one player from each K League 1 team with three of the current bottom four having one player involved.
Update: 29th July 2024, 10:24

With some recent transfers made and injuries sustained, the breakdown of club allocations for Team K League has changed slightly. While it remains four Pohang Steelers players making it into the squad and three from Ulsan HD, it is now also three from Gangwon FC*, two from Gimcheon Sangmu, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors*, and FC Seoul while Daegu FC*, Suwon FC, Daejeon, Incheon, and Jeju each have just one.

A total of 14 players are domestic with the remaining eight being foreigners.

Injury has forced Jesse Lingard and Ki Sung-yueng to withdraw; Jeong Ho-yeon and Oberdan of Gwangju FC and Pohang Steelers respectively have been brought in as replacements. It was also announced on Monday, July 29th that Daegu FC wingback Hwang Jae-won will have to withdraw through injury; Gangwon's Hwang Mun-ki has been called up as his replacement.

Daejeon Hana Citizen's 17-year-old prodigy Yoon Do-young also makes it in as one of two teenagers along with Yang Min-hyuk.

There are first Team K League appearances for many including Hwang In-jae, Park Jin-seop, Jeong Ho-yeon, Oberdan, Stanislav Iljutcenko, Lee Myung-jae, Lee Dong-gyeong, Choi Jun, and Jeong Jae-hee, among those who have been in K League for a number of years.

Hwang Jae-won makes it for the second year in a row, as too Joo Min-kyu while Lee Seung-woo is in for the third year in a row. Cesinha also makes his third appearance but missed the 2022 iteration due to injury.

Only Jo Hyeon-woo, who is in his fourth Team K League squad, Lee Seung-woo, and Joo Min-kyu remain from the Team K League squad that faced Tottenham in 2022.

*Daegu FC's contingent is reduced from two to one due to Hwang Jae-won's injury; Gangwon's increased from two to three due to Hwang Mun-ki's late call-up. Lee Seung-woo's move from Suwon FC to Jeonbuk means the breakdowns change.

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Full Squad

1. Hwang In-jae (Pohang Steelers)
2. Hwang Mun-ki (Gangwon FC)*
4. Park Jin-seop (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)

5. Italo Moreira (Jeju United)
6. Jeong Ho-yeon (Gwangju FC)

7. Yoon Do-young (Daejeon Hana Citizen)
8. Oberdan (Pohang Steelers)
9. Stanislav Iljutcenko (FC Seoul)
10. Lee Seung-woo (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
11. Cesinha (Daegu FC)
13. Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan HD)

14. Lee Dong-gyeong (Gimcheon Sangmu)
16. Choi Jun (FC Seoul)
18. Joo Min-kyu (Ulsan HD)
21. Jo Hyeon-woo (Ulsan HD)
25. Park Seung-wook (Gimcheon Sangmu)

27. Jeong Jae-hee (Pohang Steelers)
47. Yang Min-hyuk (Gangwon FC)
74. Marko Tuci (Gangwon FC)
70. Anderson (Suwon FC)
77. Wanderson (Pohang Steelers)
82. Matej Jonjić (Incheon United)

* Squad number to be confirmed