AFC Champions League Elite News: FC Seoul vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima Confirmed Line-ups

By Andre Moura, FootballPredictions.NET, 09:51 17/02/2026

The time is edging ever-closer to the FC Seoul vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima AFC Champions League Elite game which kicks off very shortly, and the players have just been announced.

We can reveal that the starting eleven for FC Seoul which has been confirmed as follows:

FC Seoul

Sung-yun Gu #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Pohang, Korea Republic
Lee, H
Jin-su Kim #3
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Jeonju, Korea Republic
Babec, H
Seung-won Jeong #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Korea Republic
Min-kyu Song #9
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Korea Republic
Klimala, P
Young Wook, C
Lee, S
Park, S
Choi, J
Bench: Antonio, J (D), Moon, S (F), Oliveira, A (F), Cheon, S (F), Ruiz, L, Ahn, J, Do-yoon, H, Jeong-beom, S, Kang, H, Kim, J, Sunwoo, H, Park, S.

The starting line-up for Sanfrecce Hiroshima has also been confirmed as follows:

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Keisuke Ōsako #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kagoshima, Japan
Shunki Higashi #24
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Shuto Nakano #15
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Hayato Araki #4
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kadoma, Japan
Naoto Arai #13
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Taishi Matsumoto #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Hayao Kawabe #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hiroshima, Japan
Masaru Kato #13
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Daiki Suga #18
Forward
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Ryo Germain #9
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Akito Suzuki #10
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Higashi-Osaka, Japan
Bench: Tanaka, Y (G), Ouchi, I (G), Shichi, T (D), Yamasaki, T (D), Kim, J (D), Ohara, M (M), Nakajima, Y (M), Nakamura, S (M), Chajima, Y (F), Kinoshita, K (F), Ayukawa, S (F), Noguchi, R.

See the link below for our full match preview and statistics.

FC Seoul
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2 - 2
👉 FC Seoul to win
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