2010 FIFA World Cup squads
No Pos Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club
1 1 GK Lee Woon-jae ( 1973-04-26 ) 26 April 1973 ( aged 37 ) 130 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2 2 DF Oh Beom-seok ( 1984-07-29 ) 29 July 1984 ( aged 25 ) 37 Ulsan Hyundai
3 2 DF Kim Hyung-il ( 1984-04-27 ) 27 April 1984 ( aged 26 ) 2 Pohang Steelers
4 3 MF Cho Yong-hyung ( 1983-11-03 ) 3 November 1983 ( aged 26 ) 31 Jeju United
5 3 MF Kim Nam-il ( 1977-03-14 ) 14 March 1977 ( aged 33 ) 92 Tom Tomsk
6 3 MF Kim Bo-kyung ( 1989-10-06 ) 6 October 1989 ( aged 20 ) 6 Oita Trinita
7 3 MF Park Ji-sung ( c ) ( 1981-02-25 ) 25 February 1981 ( aged 29 ) 88 Manchester United
8 3 MF Kim Jung-woo ( 1982-05-09 ) 9 May 1982 ( aged 28 ) 54 Gwangju Sangmu
9 4 FW Ahn Jung-hwan ( 1976-01-27 ) 27 January 1976 ( aged 34 ) 70 Dalian Shide
10 4 FW Park Chu-young ( 1985-07-10 ) 10 July 1985 ( aged 24 ) 40 Monaco
11 4 FW Lee Seung-yeoul ( 1989-03-06 ) 6 March 1989 ( aged 21 ) 8 FC Seoul
12 2 DF Lee Young-pyo ( 1977-04-23 ) 23 April 1977 ( aged 33 ) 112 Al-Hilal
13 3 MF Kim Jae-sung ( 1983-10-03 ) 3 October 1983 ( aged 26 ) 7 Pohang Steelers
14 2 DF Lee Jung-soo ( 1980-01-08 ) 8 January 1980 ( aged 30 ) 24 Kashima Antlers
15 2 DF Kim Dong-jin ( 1982-01-29 ) 29 January 1982 ( aged 28 ) 61 Ulsan Hyundai
16 3 MF Ki Sung-yueng ( 1989-01-24 ) 24 January 1989 ( aged 21 ) 21 Celtic
17 3 MF Lee Chung-yong ( 1988-07-02 ) 2 July 1988 ( aged 21 ) 23 Bolton Wanderers
18 1 GK Jung Sung-ryong ( 1985-01-04 ) 4 January 1985 ( aged 25 ) 15 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
19 4 FW Yeom Ki-hun ( 1983-03-30 ) 30 March 1983 ( aged 27 ) 33 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
20 4 FW Lee Dong-gook ( 1979-04-29 ) 29 April 1979 ( aged 31 ) 83 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Group B -- South Korea
Coach : Huh Jung-moo
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 11 June until 11 July 2010. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Before announcing their final squad for the tournament, teams were required to name a preliminary squad of 30 players by 11 May 2010, 30 days before the start of the tournament. With the exception of those involved in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final, the players listed in the preliminary squad were then subjected to a mandatory rest period from 17 to 23 May 2010. The preliminary squad would then have to be cut to a final 23 by 1 June 2010 (midnight CET). Replacement of seriously injured players is permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first World Cup game, though replacement players do not have to be drawn from the preliminary squad. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps, players' club teams and players' age as of 11 June 2010, the tournament's opening day. For the first time in World Cup history, all teams had at least one player from a European club (North Korea being the only team with just one, Hong Yong-jo). Three national squads were made up entirely of players from domestic clubs: England, Italy and Germany. Nigeria was the only team with no players from domestic clubs.