Korea to travel to Iran for friendly in November

South Korea will travel to Iran for a football friendly in November, an official with the sport’s national governing body said Wednesday.

“We will have a friendly match against Iran in Tehran on Nov. 18,” an official with the Korea Football Association said, confirming an earlier Iranian media report saying the two countries would meet in November.

Korea will host Venezuela on Sept. 5 and Uruguay on Sept. 8, as part of its preparation for the Asian Cup in Australia next January.

South Korea will play two more matches in October, before first traveling to Jordan for a match on Nov. 14 and then visiting Iran four days later. The KFA said it hasn’t settled on the opponents for the two October matches. It is in talks with Paraguay for Oct. 10, and is trying to choose a second opponent for Oct. 14.

South Korea and Iran have developed a bitter rivalry in recent years. (Yonhap)