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Fri, June 23, 2017 | 15:54

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Korea enters post-Stielike era

A year from now, the 2018 World Cup will have just kicked off and, hopefully, South Korea will have played its first game in Russia and be reflecting on a first victory and looking forward to the second round. First though the national team needs to qualify for the tournament and to do that, it needs a new coach. Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, the Korea Football Assoc...

Football | 2017-06-18 17:15

Stielike dismissal a familiar story in Korean football

As soon as the final whistle sounded in Qatar on Tuesday, it not only signaled a third defeat in the last five World Cup qualifiers for Korea, it sounded the last rites of Uli Stielike’s tenure in charge of the national team. The dismissal came officially on Thursday back in Seoul. Lee Yong-soo had been the man who had found and hired Stielike back in September 2014. Here we ...

Football | 2017-06-16 16:38

S. Korea fires football team coach Stielike

The Korean men’s national football team coach Uli Stielike was sacked Thursday over South Korea’s repeated losses in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The Korea Football Association (KFA) held a technical committee meeting at the National Football Center in Paju, Gyeonggi Province and decided to part ways with the German coach.

Football | 2017-06-15 16:58

Korea axes nat'l football team head coach after Qatar shock

South Korea sacked Uli Stielike as their men's football head coach Thursday in the wake of their World Cup qualifying loss to Qatar. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said it decided to part ways with Stielike following a technical committee meeting at the National Football Center in Paju, north of Seoul.

Football | 2017-06-15 15:02

S. Korea falls short again, loses to Qatar

S. Korea’s hopes of reaching a ninth successive World Cup was dealt a major blow _ and not the first time _ on Tuesday in Doha with a 3-2 loss in Qatar. It was the first time since 1984 that Korea has lost to Qatar and it could end up being the first time since 1982 that the Taeguk Warriors miss the World Cup.

Football | 2017-06-14 16:55

S. Korea fall to Qatar; World Cup hopes in limbo

South Korea suffered a stunning 3-2 loss to Qatar in their World Cup qualifying match here on Tuesday, as their hopes of advancing to the quadrennial tournament remained in limbo. Hassan Al Haydos scored twice and set up another at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, were South Korea submitted yet another listless effort at both ends.

Football | 2017-06-14 10:50

Moon proposes 2030 FIFA World Cup in Northeast Asia

President Moon Jae-in proposed Monday that Northeast Asian countries co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup to ease tensions in the region. “If East Asian countries, including the two Koreas, host the World Cup, I think this will help ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula as well as the entire region,” he said during a meeting with FIFA President Gianni Infantino. “I hope this can h...

Football | 2017-06-12 22:11

England lifts U20 World Cup trophy in Suwon

South Korea may not have made the final of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup but fans at Suwon World Cup Stadium were treated to a fine game on Sunday evening as England defeated Venezuela 1-0. England may be a major football nation but its only taste of global glory came way back in 1966 when the team won the senior World Cup on home soil. Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored the only goa...

Football | 2017-06-11 22:04

Little learned in Iraq warm-up for Qatar

Korea warmed up for Tuesday’s vital 2018 World Cup qualifier against Qatar with a 0-0 tie against Iraq in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday that will be remembered for very little indeed. In terms of stretching their legs it was a success but in terms of tactics, performance and anything else, there was nothing to get excited about. All World Cup qualifiers tend to be imp...

Football | 2017-06-08 17:35

Jeju United violence a disgrace to football

It has not been the best of weeks for South Korean football. The Under-20 team was knocked out of the FIFA U20 World Cup by Portugal in the second round. Less noticed and talked about was a much worse exit, that of Jeju United from the Asian Champions League, also in the second round. It was not a positive reflection of the K-League. The islanders were the last surviving repr...

Football | 2017-06-04 15:47

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