Klinsmann-ho, eliminated in the semifinals, returns home on the afternoon of the 8th Selling overseas to affiliated teams

South Korea’s Son Heung-min is disappointed after being defeated 0-2 in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup semifinal match between Jordan and Korea, held at Al Rayyan Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar on the 6th (local time) and failing to advance to the finals.

Klinsmann, who bowed his head in the semifinals of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, has been canceled and will return to his respective team.

The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann, lost 0-2 in the Asian Cup semifinal against Jordan held at the Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on the 7th (Korean time).

As a result, Korea, which had attempted to reach the top of the Asian Cup for the first time in 64 years since 1960, ended the competition without advancing to the finals.

After the game, Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), and Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), who play in Europe, will immediately take a flight from Hamad International Airport in Doha and return to their teams.

Coach Klinsmann, his coaching staff, and players active in the K-League will spend one more day in Doha and then board a flight to Korea in the early morning of the 8th, local time. The team is scheduled to return home via Incheon International Airport late on the afternoon of the 8th, Korean time.

After being eliminated from the Asian Cup, Coach Klinsmann said, “I will prepare for the World Cup qualifiers in Korea.”

The national team, who returned to their respective teams and focused on their team’s matches, will be reconvened on March 18 to prepare for the 3rd and 4th rounds of the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup 2nd qualifying round against Thailand. Korea will first play a home game against Thailand and then play an away game in Bangkok. 고스톱