April 21 – Manchester City have announced they will travel to Asia for their 2023/24 pre-season tour and will play LaLiga’s Atletico Madrid in Seoul, South Korea, on July 30.
The match is part of the ‘Coupang Play Series’. Coupang Play is a streaming service in Korea and will broadcast the game locally.
Stephen Kim, Head of Coupang Play, said: “We very much look forward to welcoming Manchester City to Korea for the Coupang Play Series,” adding, “The club and its exceptional squad will present an unforgettable match to ourCoupang Wow customers and Korea’s football fans.”
The fixture against Atletico Madrid, who Man City last played in the Champions League quarter finals in 2021/22 is one of three fixtures the club will play in Asia. Further details of matches are to be announced
This is the first time City have played South Korea since 1976, when the team featured players such as DennisTueart, Alan Oakes, Glyn Pardoe and Willie Donnachie. The played a three-match series in Seoul, Busan and Teagu against a Korea XI.
The club also recently visited Seoul in November 2022 as part of its Global Trophy Tour, taking the Premier League trophy alongside club ambassador Shaun Wright-Phillips. City also hosted fan events in 2018 (Seoul) and 2019 (Seoul and Busan) during previous trophy tours.
Esteve Calzada, Chief Commercial Officer at City Football Group, said: “We are excited to announce this preseason fixture in Seoul, South Korea as part of our Asia tour this summer, as we return to the region for the firsttime since 2019. Manchester City has a strong relationship with South Korea, with a number of strategic and long-term partners from the country and a passionate, ever growing fanbase. It has been almost 50 years since we first played in Seoul as a club and we can’t wait to bring today’s generation of players to fans in the country.”
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