Seoul: South Korea coach Dick Advocaat named a balanced and versatile squ- ad on Thursday for next month’s World Cup finals in Germany.

South Korea, who reached the last four in the 2002 World Cup finals on home soil before losing to Germany, meet Togo in their opening group G game on June 13.

The 23

Goalkeepers: Lee Woon-jae , Kim Yong-dae Kim, Young-kwang

Defenders: Lee Young-pyo, Kim Dong-jin, Cho Won-hee, Song Chong-gug, Choi Jin-cheul, Kim Jin-kyu, Kim Young-chul

Midfielders: Park Ji-sung, Kim Do-heon, Kim Sang-shik, Kim Nam-il, Lee Eul-yong, Lee Ho, Baek Ji-hoon

Strikers: Ahn Jung-hwan, Cho Jae-jin, Park Chu-young, Seol Ki-hyeon, Lee Chun-soo, Chung Kyung-ho