"Kryvbas" - "Daejeon Citizen": January 24 at 12:00

Kryvbas is preparing for the third friendly match in 2026. The next opponent is Daejeon Citizen from the city of Daejeon, South Korea, with a population of almost 1.5 million. It should be noted that this is the first meeting of Kryvyi Rih with representatives of this country after the revival of our Club.

Daejeon Citizen was founded in 2007. Last season, 2025, the opponent took second place in the elite division of the South Korean championship - these are silver awards. Among other achievements, we note the team's victories in the national Cup in 2001 and 2013.

The cost of the team is 15.38 million euros, the average age is 28.7 years. The head coach is 57-year-old local specialist Hwang Seong-Hon. As for the squad, the vast majority of players are from South Korea. There are only six foreign players. These are players from Brazil, Sweden, and Japan. We note defender Anton Kryvotsyuk, who was born in Kyiv and has Ukrainian and Azerbaijani citizenship.

In the current offseason, the Koreans played one match, defeating Lviv's Karpaty on January 20 - 2:1.

Spain Training Camp 2026. Test match #3.

Kryvbas (Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine) - Daejeon Citizen (Daejeon, South Korea).

January 24, 2026, Saturday. Roldan, Spain. La Torre Stadium. 12:00 (Kyiv time; 11:00 - local time).

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