South Korea's footballers will try to end their 59-year continental title drought this year at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup which kicks off in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday. <br /> South Korea have won the Asian Cup twice before in 1956 and 1960, but they haven't won the trophy since then.<br />The team is on good form under their new coach Paulo Bento, who has a seven game unbeaten run. This is Bento's first major competition with South Korea, the team is also counting on their key players like Son Heung-min and Hwang Ui-jo.<br />South Korea are in Group C with China, Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines. The team will start the tournament with a match against the Philippines in Dubai on Monday followed by Kyrgyzstan next Friday and China on January 16th. <br /><br />
