Excluding Kwon Hyuk-kyu
According to the list of Champions League players by 32 clubs released by UEFA on the 13th (Korea Standard Time), Celtic submitted the names of Oh Hyun-kyu and Yang Hyun-joon.
Oh Hyun-kyu joined Celtic in January this year, last season, and is playing as a key striker. Yang Hyun-joon left Gangwon FC in July and newly joined the K-League.
Celtic will compete with Feyenoord (the Netherlands), Atletico Madrid (Spain) and Lazio (Italy) in Group E to advance to the round of 16.
Kwon Hyuk-kyu, one of the "Korean Three Musketeers," was unfortunately excluded from the list.
As a result, five South Korean players will play in the Champions League this season.
Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), and Hwang In-beom (Tzberna Zvezda) are all set to play.
Kim Min-jae, who made his first Champions League appearance in Naples (Italy) last season, was included in the list along with goalkeepers Manuel Neuer, Thomas Mueller, and Harry Kane.
Bayern Munich (Germany) will compete with Manchester United (England), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Galatasaray (Turkiye) in Group A.
Lee Kang-in of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) was also on the list along with Kylian Mbappe.
PSG will compete with Dortmund (Germany), AC Milan (Italy), and Newcastle United (England) in Group F. be considered a death squad.
Lee Kang-in will return to the Champions League stage for the first time in four seasons since the 2019-2020 season when he played for Valencia (Spain).
Hwang In-beom, who is wearing a new Tsberna Zvezda (Serbia) uniform, will make his first Champions League appearance. They will face Manchester City (England), Leipzig (Germany) and Young Boys (Switzerland) in Group G.