JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Korea play Greece in their opening Group B match of the World Cup on Saturday. Where: Nelson Mandela Bay stadium, Port Elizabeth Capacity: 46,000 When: Saturday June 12, 1330 local (1130 GMT) Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand) Teams: Likely formation, shirt numbers, age, caps, goals: South Korea (4-4-2) Greece (4-3-3) 1-Lee Woon-jae 37-130-0 12-Alexandros Tzorvas 27-8-0 22-Cha Du-ri 29-47-4 11-Loukas Vyntra 29-29-0 2-Oh Beom-seok 25-38-2 16-Sotiris Kyrgiakos 30-58-4 4-Cho Yong-hyung 26-32-0 15-Vassilis Torosidis 25-26-2 14-Lee Jung-soo 30-25-2 4-Nikos Spyropoulos 26-19-0 8-Kim Jung-woo 28-57-4 6-Alexandros Tziolis 25-19-0 16-Ki Sung-yong 21-22-4 10-Giorgos Karagounis 33-94-6 7-Park Ji-sung 29-88-12 21-Kostas Katsouranis 30-69-8 17-Lee Chung-yong 21-24-3 7-Giorgos Samaras 25-34-5 10-Park Chu-young 24-41-14 14-Dimitris Salpingidis 28-36-3 17-Fanis Gekas 30-47-20 17-Fanis Gekas 30-47-20 Also available: 21-Kim Young-kwang 26-14-0 13-Michalis Sifakis 25-2-0 18-Jung Sung-ryong 25-16-0 1-Kostas Chalkias 36-27-0 12-Lee Young-pyo 33-113-5 3-Christos Patsatzoglou 31-43-1 3-Kim Hyung-il 26-2-0 2-Giourkas Seitaridis 29-69-1 23-Kang Min-soo 24-31-0 8-Avraam Papadopoulos 26-14-0 15-Kim Dong-jin 28-61-2 19-Socratis Papastathopoulos 22-10-0 13-Kim Jae-sung 26-8-2 22-Stelios Malezas 25-0-0 6-Kim Bo-kyung 20-6-0 18-Sotiris Ninis 20-4-1 5-Kim Nam-il 33-93-2 23-Sakis Prittas 31-0-0 20-Lee Dong-guk 31-83-25 20-Pantelis Kapetanos 27-3-0 11-Lee Seung-ryul 21-8-3 9-Angelos Haristeas 30-84-24 9-Ahn Jung-hwan 34-71-17 Trainer - Huh Jung-moo Otto Rehhagel Injured - None 5-Vangelis Moras 28-11-0 Suspended - None None Changes * Striker Lee Dong-guk was expected to miss at least the opener against Greece but has made a speedy recovery from a thigh injury and could play a part in the game. * Greece coach Otto Rehhagel will have to reshuffle his defence following a leg injury to centrehalf Vangelis Moras. He is likely to bring in Vassilis Torosidis which would mean that Loukas Vyntra moves to the wing and Giourkas Seitaridis goes back onto the bench. Key stats: * South Korea have recorded only one World Cup finals win on foreign soil, a 2-1 victory over Togo in 2006. * After a 35-year coaching career, Otto Rehhagel makes his World Cup debut. The German led his team to a surprise Euro 2004 victory but failed to steer them to the World Cup finals two years later. This will be the German's third major tournament he has guided Greece to, more than all of his predecessors combined. Greece, who took part in only one previous World Cup -- in 1994 -- have yet to score in the competition, having lost all three group matches in the tournament in the United States. Previous meeting: 11.08.04 Thessaloniki Greece 2 South Korea 2 GROUP B STANDINGS: P W D L F A PTS Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Next fixtures June 12 Argentina v Nigeria, Ellis Park, 1400 GMT June 17 Greece v Nigeria, Bloemfontein, 1400 GMT Argentina v South Korea, Soccer City, 1130 GMT June 22 Nigeria v South Korea, Durban, 1830 GMT Greece v Argentina, Polokwane, 1830 GMT - - - - (Compiled by Patrick Johnston; Editing by Tom Pilcher;To query or comment on this story email [email protected])
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