FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Thursday, June 5, 2025
South Korea WWDDD 2
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Iraq WLLDL 0
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Basra International Stadium · 55,972 att.

Match Report

South Korea qualify for 2026 World Cup with 2-0 win over 10-man Iraq

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Head to Head

KOR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

IRQ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Jalal HassanG
  2. 18Zaid TahseenCD-L
  3. 2Rebin SulakaCD-R
  4. 23Merchas DoskiLB
  5. 3Hussein AliRB
  6. 8Ibrahim BayeshAM
  7. 16Amir Al-AmmariLM
  8. 20Osama JabbarRM
  9. 9Ali Al-HamadiF
  10. 17Ali JasimAM-L
  11. 7Youssef AmynAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Ali FaezSUB
  2. 21Marko FarjiSUB
  3. 13Sajjad JasimSUB
  4. 11Hasan AbdulkareemSUB
  5. 1Fahad TalibSUB
  6. 10Mohanad AliSUB
  7. 14Frans PutrosSUB
  8. 6Munaf YounusSUB
  9. 4Suad NatiqSUB
  10. 15Ahmed YahyaSUB
  11. 22Ahmed BasilSUB
  12. 19Mohammed QasimSUB

KOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 21Jo Hyeon-WooG
  2. 20Kwon Kyung-WonCD-L
  3. 14Cho Yu-MinCD-R
  4. 3Lee Tae-SeokLB
  5. 22Seol Young-WooRB
  6. 10Lee Jae-SungAM
  7. 8Park Yong-WooLM
  8. 6Hwang In-BeomRM
  9. 9Oh Se-HunF
  10. 11Hwang Hee-ChanAM-L
  11. 18Lee Kang-InAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Kim Jin-GyuSUB
  2. 5Park Jin-SeopSUB
  3. 2Cho Hyun-taekSUB
  4. 12Lee Chang-GeunSUB
  5. 7Moon Seon-MinSUB
  6. 17Yang Hyun-JunSUB
  7. 19Oh Hyeon-GyuSUB
  8. 16Lee Han-BeomSUB
  9. 4Kim Ju-SungSUB
  10. 23Se-Jin JeonSUB
  11. 15Jun ChoiSUB
  12. 1Kim Dong-HeonSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Youssef Amyn (Iraq) Yellow Card at 3'
  2. 22' Park Yong-Woo (South Korea) Yellow Card at 22'
  3. 26' Ali Ibrahim Al-Hamadi (Iraq) Red Card at 26'
  4. 45'+1' Lee Tae-Seok (South Korea) Yellow Card at 46'
  5. 45' Mohannad Ali Kadhim (Iraq) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45' Kim Jin-Kyu (South Korea) Substitution at 45'
  7. 60' Oh Hyun-Gyu (South Korea) Substitution at 60'
  8. 61' Moon Seon-Min (South Korea) Substitution at 61'
  9. 63' Kim Jin-Kyu (South Korea) Goal at 63'
  10. 74' Munaf Younus (Iraq) Substitution at 74'
  11. 74' Mohammed Qasim (Iraq) Substitution at 74'
  12. 74' Sajjad Jasim (Iraq) Substitution at 74'
  13. 74' Se-Jin Jeon (South Korea) Substitution at 74'
  14. 80' Moon Seon-Min (South Korea) Yellow Card at 80'
  15. 82' Oh Hyun-Gyu (South Korea) Goal at 82'
  16. 87' Oh Hyun-Gyu (South Korea) Yellow Card at 87'
  17. 87' Jun Choi (South Korea) Substitution at 87'
  18. 87' Marko Lawk Farji (Iraq) Substitution at 87'

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