Hwang Seon-hong, 'without Hwang Seon-hong'

 The list of the under-23 (U-23) Olympic team has been announced.

On the 11th, the Korea Football Association announced the list of Olympic teams that will participate in the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) U-23 Championship, which will be held in Saudi Arabia from the 18th to the 26th.

This list consists of a total of 23 people: Kim Jeong-hoon (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Baek Jong-jeom (FC Seoul), Shin Song-hoon (Chungnam Asan), Lee Tae-seok (FC Seoul), Cho Hyun-taek (Gimcheon Managing Director), Myung-gwan Seo (Bucheon FC), Kim Ji-soo (Brentford), Byun Jun-su (Gwangju FC), Jo Wi-je (Busan I-Park), Hwang Jae-won (Daegu FC), Jang Si-young (Ulsan HD), Lee Kang-hee (Gyeongnam FC), Kim Dong-jin (Pohang Steelers), Baek Sang-hoon (FC Seoul), Lee Jae-wook (Ulsan HD) , Uhm Um-seong (Gwangju FC), Yang Hyun-jun (Celtic), Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City), Kim Min-woo (Dusseldorf), Hong Yun-sang (Pohang Steelers), Kang Seong-jin (FC Seoul), Ahn Jae-jun (Bucheon FC), Kang Hyun-mook (Gimcheon Sangmu) are selected. done. 

However, coach Hwang Seon-hong, the head of the Olympic team, will not be able to participate in this tournament due to his concurrent duties with the A national team.

The Football Association dismissed coach Jurgen Klinsmann and appointed coach Hwang as interim coach. As the interim head coach of the national team, Coach Hwang will lead the two Asian region second qualifying matches for the '2026 North and Central America World Cup' against Thailand, which will be held in Seoul on the 21st of this month and Bangkok, Thailand on the 26th. Due to the international match in March, the Olympic team's WAFF U-23 Championship will be led by the remaining staff without Coach Hwang.

The Olympic team will participate in the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Asian Cup held in Qatar in April. This competition also serves as the final qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics in Asia. Only those ranked in the top three will be eligible to participate in the Olympics. We are in a situation where we have to play without a coach in a competition held ahead of the final Olympic qualifiers.

Coach Hwang said at the Gwanghwamun Soccer Center in Seoul on the 11th, “It is true that I am worried about running the A national team and the Olympic team at the same time. There are existing areas that need to be developed and things that need to be confirmed. However, he shared it with the coaching staff in advance and prepared the lineup and game concept. “He will watch games and training through video and will give feedback.”

Regarding the selection of overseas players, including Lee Kang-in, to the finals, “Lee Kang-in cannot join the preliminaries. After that, we have to discuss it with the club. We don't have a choice, we have difficulties. After training camp in Turkyeye, I visited overseas clubs on a business trip to Europe. In the case of Bae Jun-ho, it has been agreed that he will be called up, but it may change depending on the team situation. The same goes for Yang Hyun-jun and Kim Ji-soo. Players included in the Olympic team have received permission from their clubs. “There are variables in the finals in April,” he explained.

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