South Korea national football team

Korea Republic
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Taegeuk Jeonsa (Taegeuk Warriors), Tigers of Asia, Reds
Association	Korea Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Huh Jung-Moo
Captain	Kim Nam-Il
Most caps	Hong Myung-Bo (135)
Top scorer	Cha Bum-kun (55)
FIFA code	KOR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	55
Highest	17 (December 1998)
Lowest	56 (February 1996)
First international
	South Korea 5 - 3 Mexico ; (London, England; August 2, 1948)
Biggest win
	South Korea 16 - 0 Nepal ; (Incheon, South Korea; September 29, 2003)
Biggest defeat
	Sweden 12 - 0 South Korea ; (London, England; August 5, 1948)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1954)
Best result	Fourth place, 2002
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1956)
Best result	Winners, 1956 and 1960
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2001)
Best result	1st round, 2001

The Korea Republic national football team represents the Republic of Korea in international football competitions. The team, also known as South Korea, is recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA. It has often been considered Asia's most successful national team, since it made its debut at the 1948 Summer Olympics. South Korea has participated in seven World Cup final tournament, and became the first Asian nation to reach the semi-finals, doing so when it co-hosted the 2002 tournament. It currently holds the best FIFA World Cup record among Asian teams.^[1]

History

Since the 1950s, South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia, winning several prestigious Asian football championships, including the first two Asian Cup tournaments. The South Korean national team has also played in six consecutive World Cup finals from 1986, making a total of seven World Cup finals in all. In 1954 World Cup, they played 2 games with Hungary and Turkey. They lost to Hungary 0-9 and 0-7 to Turkey. It's been hypothesized that the players failed to adapt to the cool playing conditions.

The 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly with Japan, was a sign of the great progress made in South Korean football. Led by Dutch coach Guus Hiddink and assistant coach Pim Verbeek, South Korea defeated Italy and Spain to become the first Asian national team to reach the World Cup semi-finals.

On June 8, 2005, South Korea qualified for their seventh World Cup by beating Kuwait 4-0 in Kuwait City.

The enthusiasm of the red-clad supporters, known as the "Red Devils", also made a huge impression on viewers worldwide. After the team success, football had an explosion of popularity in the country, where the game had traditionally been less popular than other games, such as baseball, formerly the most popular spectator sport in the country.

During the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, South Korea achieved their first World Cup victory outside of Asia by beating Togo 2-1 in Frankfurt on June 13. Against France, the team managed a late equalizer from Park Ji-Sung to end up with a 1-1 tie and this put them tied with Switzerland on top of their group. However, they were knocked out of the tournament after a very controversial 2-0 loss against Switzerland, while France advanced with a 2-0 win against Togo.

Forthcoming matches

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
September 10, 2008	North Korea	1:1 (0:0)	Young-Jo Hong (North Korea) Sung-Yong Ki (South Korea)	Shanghai, China	2010 World Cup Qualifier
October 15, 2008	United Arab Emirates	4:1 (2:0)		Seoul, Korea	2010 World Cup Qualifier
November 19, 2008	Saudi Arabia			Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	2010 World Cup Qualifier
February 2, 2009	Iran			Tehran, Iran	2010 World Cup Qualifier
April 1, 2009	North Korea			Seoul, Korea	2010 World Cup Qualifier
June 6, 2009	United Arab Emirates			Abu Dhabi, UAE	2010 World Cup Qualifier
June 10, 2009	Saudi Arabia			Seoul, Korea	2010 World Cup Qualifier
June 17, 2009	Iran			Seoul, Korea	2010 World Cup Qualifier

Summer Olympics record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1948	Quarterfinals	2	1	0	1	5	15
1964	First Round	3	0	0	3	1	20
1988	First Round	3	0	2	1	1	2
1992	First Round	3	0	3	0	2	2
1996	First Round	3	1	1	1	2	2
2000	First Round	3	2	0	1	2	3
2004	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	8	8
2008	First Round	3	1	1	1	2	4
2012
Total	8/16	24	6	9	9	23	56

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1954	Round 1	16	2	0	0	2	0	16
1986	Round 1	20	3	0	1	2	4	7
1990	Round 1	22	3	0	0	3	1	6
1994	Round 1	20	3	0	2	1	4	5
1998	Round 1	30	3	0	1	2	2	9
2002	Fourth Place	4	7	3	2	2	8	6
2006	Round 1	17	3	1	1	1	3	4
2010
2014
Total	7/18		24	4	7	13	22	53

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Asian Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1956	Champions	3	2	1	0	9	6
1960	Champions	3	3	0	0	9	1
1964	Third Place	3	1	0	2	2	4
1968	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Second Place	5	1	2	2	7	6
1976	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Second Place	6	4	1	1	12	6
1984	Round 1	4	0	2	2	1	3
1988	Second Place	6	5	1	0	11	3
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	7	11
2000	Third Place	6	3	1	2	9	6
2004	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	9	4
2007	Third Place	6	1	4	1	3	3
2011	Qualified
Total	11/14	50	23	14	13	79	53

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

East Asian Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2003	Champions	3	2	1	0	4	1
2005	Fourth Place	3	0	2	1	1	2
2008	Champions	3	1	2	0	5	4

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Current squad

The following squad is for WCQ vs UAE 15 October, 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Kim Young-Kwang	28 June 1983	12	-9	Ulsan Hyundai
18	1GK	Jung Sung-Ryong	4 January 1985	9	-5	Seongnam Ilhwa
21	1GK	Yeom Dong-Gyun	6 September 1983	0	0	Chunnam Dragons

2	2DF	Oh Beom-Suk	9 July 1984	19	0	Krylia Sovetov Samara
4	2DF	Cho Yong-Hyung	3 November 1983	7	0	Jeju United
5	2DF	Kim Dong-Jin	29 January 1982	48	2	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
12	2DF	Lee Young-Pyo	23 April 1977	97	5	Borussia Dortmund
13	2DF	Kim Chi-Woo	11 November 1983	15	0	FC Seoul
14	2DF	Kang Min-Soo	14 February 1986	17	0	Jeonbuk Hyundai
16	2DF	Kwak Tae-Hwi	8 July 1981	5	2	Chunnam Dragons

3	3MF	Cho Won-Hee	17 April 1983	23	1	Suwon Samsung
7	3MF	Park Ji-Sung	25 February 1981	71	8	Manchester United
8	3MF	Kim Jung-Woo	9 May 1982	34	1	Seongnam Ilhwa
17	3MF	Lee Chung-Yong	2 july 1988	4	1	FC Seoul
19	3MF	Song Jung-Hyun	28 May 1976	0	0	Chunnam Dragons
23	3MF	Ki Sung-Yong	24 January 1989	2	1	FC Seoul
24	3MF	Kim Hyung-Bum	1 January 1984	0	0	Jeonbuk Hyundai

9	4FW	Shin Young-Rok	27 March 1987	1	0	Suwon Samsung
10	4FW	Choi Sung-Kuk	8 February 1983	23	2	Seongnam Ilhwa
11	4FW	Lee Keun-Ho	11 April 1985	10	1	Daegu FC
20	4FW	Jung Sung-Hun	4 July 1979	0	0	Busan I'Park
22	4FW	Seo Dong-Hyun	5 June 1985	2	0	Suwon Samsung

Recent call ups

The following players have also been called up to the South Korea squad in 2008.

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Kim Byung-Ji	April 8, 1970	FC Seoul	62 (0)	v. Chile, 30 January, 2008

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Park Won-Jae	May 28, 1984	Pohang Steelers		v. Turkmenistan, 6 February, 2008
Hwang Jae-Won	April 13, 1981	Pohang Steelers	2 (0)	v. Turkmenistan, 6 February, 2008

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Han Tae-You	March 31, 1981	Gwangju Sangmu	1 (0)	v. North Korea, 26 March, 2008
Li Wai Sang	February 8, 1983	FC Seoul		v. North Korea, 26 March, 2008
Lee Kwan-Woo	February 25, 1978	Suwon Samsung	13 (1)	v. Turkmenistan, 6 February, 2008
Lee Dong-Sik	March 15, 1979	Jeju United	0 (0)	v. Chile, 30 January, 2008

Strikers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Cho Jae-Jin	July 9, 1981	Chonbuk Hyundai	37 (10)	v. North Korea, 26 March, 2008
Yeom Ki-Hoon	March 30, 1983	Ulsan Hyundai	15 (3)	v. North Korea, 26 March, 2008

Korea in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, Group B

Template:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Group B

2008-09-10

North Korea	1 – 1	South Korea

2008-10-15

South Korea	4 – 1	United Arab Emirates

2008-11-19

Saudi Arabia	v	South Korea

2009-02-11

Iran	v	South Korea

2009-04-01

South Korea	v	North Korea

2009-06-06

United Arab Emirates	v	South Korea

2009-06-10

South Korea	v	Saudi Arabia

2009-06-17

South Korea	v	Iran

National Team performance against various opponents

vs. Europe

( France, England, Germany, Turkey Croatia)

W	L	D	W %	GF	GA	GD
13	8	7	0.464	32	26	6

vs. Asia

( Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Australia)

W	L	D	W %	GF	GA	GD
31	12	12	0.563

vs. the Americas

( Guatemala, United States, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina)

W	L	D	W %	GF	GA	GD
3	11	5	0.158

vs. Africa

( Ivory Coast, Senegal, Ghana, Egypt)

W	L	D	W %	GF	GA	GD
3	3	2	0.375

Cumulative Record

W	L	D	W %	GF	GA	GD
52	34	28	0.474

National team record since 2000

Date	Opponent	Result	Score¹	Venue	Competition
January 21, 2000	New Zealand	W	1–0	Auckland, New Zealand	Friendly
January 23, 2000	New Zealand	D	0–0	Auckland, New Zealand	Friendly
February 15, 2000	Canada	D	0–0	United States	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
February 17, 2000	Costa Rica	D	2–2	United States	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
April 5, 2000	Laos	W	9–0		2000 Asian Cup Qualifiers
April 7, 2000	Mongolia	W	6–0		2000 Asian Cup Qualifiers
April 9, 2000	Myanmar	W	4–0	Seoul, Korea	2000 Asian Cup Qualifiers
April 26, 2000	Japan	W	1–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
May 28, 2000	FR Yugoslavia	D	0–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
May 30, 2000	FR Yugoslavia	D	0–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
June 7, 2000	Macedonia	W	2–1	Teheran, Iran	Friendly Tournament in Iran
June 9, 2000	Egypt	W	1–0	Teheran, Iran	Friendly Tournament in Iran
July 28, 2000	China	W	1–0	Beijing, China	Friendly
October 4, 2000	United Arab Emirates	D	1–1	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Friendly
October 7, 2000	Australia	W	4–2	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Friendly
October 13, 2000	China	D	2–2	Beirut, Lebanon	2000 Asian Cup Group Match
October 16, 2000	Kuwait	W	1–0	Beirut, Lebanon	2000 Asian Cup Group Match
October 19, 2000	Indonesia	W	3–0	Beirut, Lebanon	2000 Asian Cup Group Match
October 23, 2000	Iran	W	2–1	Beirut, Lebanon	2000 Asian Cup Quarterfinals
October 26, 2000	Saudi Arabia	L	1–2	Beirut, Lebanon	2000 Asian Cup Semifinals
October 29, 2000	China	W	1–0	Beirut, Lebanon	2000 Asian Cup 3rd/4th
December 20, 2000	Japan	D	1–1	Yokohama, Japan	Friendly
January 24, 2001	Norway	L	2–3	Hong Kong, China	2001 Carlsberg Cup
January 27, 2001	Paraguay	D	1–1	Hong Kong, China	2001 Carlsberg Cup
February 8, 2001	Morocco	D	1–1	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Friendly
February 11, 2001	United Arab Emirates	W	4–1	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Friendly
April 24, 2001	Iran	W	1–0	Cairo, Egypt	Friendly Tournament
April 26, 2001	Egypt	W	2–1	Cairo, Egypt	Friendly Tournament
May 24, 2001	Cameroon	D	0–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
May 30, 2001	France	L	0–5	Seoul, Korea	2001 Confederations Cup
June 1, 2001	Mexico	W	2–1	Seoul, Korea	2001 Confederations Cup
June 3, 2001	Australia	W	1–0	Seoul, Korea	2001 Confederations Cup
August 15, 2001	Czech Republic	L	0–5	Prague, Czech Republic	Friendly
September 13, 2001	Nigeria	D	2–2	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
September 16, 2001	Nigeria	W	2–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
November 8, 2001	Senegal	L	0–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
November 10, 2001	Croatia	W	2–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
November 13, 2001	Croatia	D	1–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
December 9, 2001	United States	W	1–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
January 19, 2002	United States	L	1–2	Los Angeles, United States	2002 Gold Cup
January 23, 2002	Cuba	D	0–0	San Francisco, United States	2002 Gold Cup
January 27, 2002	Mexico	W	0–0 (AET, 4 PK 2)	Los Angeles, United States	2002 Gold Cup Quarterfinals
January 30, 2002	Costa Rica	L	1–3	Anaheim, United States	2002 Gold Cup Semi Finals
February 2, 2002	Canada	L	1–2	San Diego, United States	2002 Gold Cup 3rd/4th
February 13, 2002	Uruguay	L	1–2	Montevideo, Uruguay	Friendly
March 13, 2002	Tunisia	D	0–0	Tunis, Tunisia	Friendly
March 20, 2002	Finland	W	2–0	Spain	Friendly
March 26, 2002	Turkey	D	0–0	Bochum, Germany	Friendly
April 20, 2002	Costa Rica	W	2–0	Daegu, Korea	Friendly
April 27, 2002	China	D	0–0	Incheon, Korea	Friendly
May 16, 2002	Scotland	W	4–1	Busan, Korea	Friendly
May 21, 2002	England	D	1–1	Seogwipo, Korea	Friendly
May 26, 2002	France	L	2–3	Suwon, Korea	Friendly
June 4, 2002	Poland	W	2–0	Busan, Korea	2002 World Cup Group Match
June 10, 2002	United States	D	1–1	Daegu, Korea	2002 World Cup Group Match
June 14, 2002	Portugal	W	1–0	Incheon, Korea	2002 World Cup Group Match
June 18, 2002	Italy	W	2–1 (AET)	Daejeon, Korea	2002 World Cup Round of Sixteen
June 22, 2002	Spain	W	0–0 (AET, 5 PK 3)	Gwangju, Korea	2002 World Cup Round of Eight
June 25, 2002	Germany	L	0–1	Seoul, Korea	2002 World Cup Semi Finals
June 29, 2002	Turkey	L	2–3	Daegu, Korea	2002 World Cup 3rd/4th
November 20, 2002	Brazil	L	2–3	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
March 29, 2003	Colombia	D	0–0	Busan, Korea	Friendly
April 16, 2003	Japan	L	0–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
May 31, 2003	Japan	W	1–0	Tokyo, Japan	Friendly
June 8, 2003	Uruguay	L	0–2	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
June 11, 2003	Argentina	L	0–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
September 25, 2003	Vietnam	W	5–0	Incheon, Korea	2004 Asian Cup qualification
September 27, 2003	Oman	W	1–0	Incheon, Korea	2004 Asian Cup qualification
September 29, 2003	Nepal	W	16–0	Incheon, Korea	2004 Asian Cup qualification
October 19, 2003	Vietnam	L	0–1	Muscat, Oman	2004 Asian Cup qualification
October 21, 2003	Oman	L	1–3	Muscat, Oman	2004 Asian Cup qualification
October 24, 2003	Nepal	W	7–0	Muscat, Oman	2004 Asian Cup qualification
November 18, 2003	Bulgaria	L	0–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
December 4, 2003	Hong Kong	W	3–1	Tokyo, Japan	2003 East Asian Cup
December 7, 2003	China	W	1–0	Saitama, Japan	2003 East Asian Cup
December 10, 2003	Japan	D	0–0	Yokohama, Japan	2003 East Asian Cup
February 14, 2004	Oman	W	5–0	Ulsan, Korea	Friendly
February 18, 2004	Lebanon	W	2–0	Suwon, Korea	2006 World Cup Qualifiers
March 31, 2004	Maldives	D	0–0	Maldives	2006 World Cup Qualifiers
April 28, 2004	Paraguay	D	0–0	Incheon, Korea	Friendly
June 6, 2004	Turkey	L	0–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
June 5, 2004	Turkey	W	2–1	Daegu, Korea	Friendly
June 9, 2004	Vietnam	W	2–0	Daejeon, Korea	2006 World Cup Qualifiers
July 10, 2004	Bahrain	W	2–0	Gwangju, Korea	Friendly
July 14, 2004	Trinidad and Tobago	D	1–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
July 19, 2004	Jordan	D	0–0	Jinan, China	2004 Asian Cup Group Match
July 23, 2004	United Arab Emirates	W	2–0	Jinan, China	2004 Asian Cup Group Match
July 27, 2004	Kuwait	W	4–0	Jinan, China	2004 Asian Cup Group Match
July 31, 2004	Iran	L	3–4	Jinan, China	2004 Asian Cup Quarterfinals
September 8, 2004	Vietnam	W	2–1	Saigon, Vietnam	2006 World Cup Qualifiers
October 13, 2004	Lebanon	D	1–1	Beirut, Lebanon	2006 World Cup Qualifiers
November 17, 2004	Maldives	W	2–0	Seoul, South Korea	2006 World Cup Qualifiers
December 19, 2004	Germany	W	3–1	Busan, Korea	Exhibition game\|Friendly
January 15, 2005	Colombia	L	1–2	Los Angeles, United States	Friendly
January 19, 2005	Paraguay	D	1–1	Los Angeles, United States	Friendly
January 22, 2005	Sweden	D	1–1	Carson, United States	Friendly
February 4, 2005	Egypt	L	0–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
February 9, 2005	Kuwait	W	2–0	Seoul, United States	2006 World Cup Qualifiers
March 20, 2005	Burkina Faso	W	1–0	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Friendly
March 25, 2005	Saudi Arabia	L	0–2	Dammam, Saudi Arabia	Friendly
March 30, 2005	Uzbekistan	W	2–1	Seoul, Korea	2006 World Cup Qualifiers
June 3, 2005	Uzbekistan	D	1–1	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	2006 World Cup Qualifiers
June 8, 2005	Kuwait	W	4–0	Kuwait City, Kuwait	2006 World Cup Qualifiers
July 31, 2005	China	D	1–1	Daejeon, Korea	2005 East Asian Cup
August 4, 2005	North Korea	D	0–0	Jeonju, Korea	2005 East Asian Cup
August 8, 2005	Japan	L	0–1	Daegu, Korea	2005 East Asian Cup
August 14, 2005	North Korea	W	3–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
August 17, 2005	Saudi Arabia	L	0–1	Seoul, Korea	2006 World Cup Qualifiers
October 12, 2005	Iran	W	2–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
November 12, 2005	Sweden	D	2–2	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
November 16, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	W	2–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
January 18, 2006	United Arab Emirates	L	0–1	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Friendly
January 21, 2006	Greece	D	1–1	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Friendly
January 25, 2006	Finland	W	1–0	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Friendly
January 29, 2006	Croatia	W	2–0	Hong Kong, China	2006 Carlsberg Cup
February 1, 2006	Denmark	L	1–3	Hong Kong, China	2006 Carlsberg Cup
February 11, 2006	Costa Rica	L	0–1	Oakland, United States	Friendly
February 15, 2006	Mexico	W	1–0	Los Angeles, United States	Friendly
February 22, 2006	Syria	W	2–1	Aleppo, Syria	2007 Asian Cup Qualifiers
March 1, 2006	Angola	W	1–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
May 23, 2006	Senegal	D	1–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
May 26, 2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	W	2–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
June 1, 2006	Norway	D	0–0	Oslo, Norway	Friendly
June 4, 2006	Ghana	L	1–3	Edinburgh, Scotland	Friendly
June 13, 2006	Togo	W	2–1	Frankfurt, Germany	2006 World Cup Group Match
June 18, 2006	France	D	1–1	Leipzig, Germany	2006 World Cup Group Match
June 23, 2006	Switzerland	L	0–2	Hanover, Germany	2006 World Cup Group Match
August 16, 2006	Taiwan	W	3–0	Taipei, Taiwan	2007 Asian Cup Qualifiers
September 2, 2006	Iran	D	1–1	Seoul, Korea	2007 Asian Cup Qualifiers
September 6, 2006	Taiwan	W	8–0	Suwon, Korea	2007 Asian Cup Qualifiers
October 8, 2006	Ghana	L	1–3	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
October 11, 2006	Syria	D	1–1	Seoul, Korea	2007 Asian Cup Qualifiers
November 15, 2006	Iran	L	0–2	Teheran, Iran	2007 Asian Cup Qualifiers
February 6, 2007	Greece	W	1–0	London, England	Friendly
March 23, 2007	Uruguay	L	0–2	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
June 2, 2007	Netherlands	L	0–2	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
June 29, 2007	Iraq	W	3–0	Seogwipo, Korea	Friendly
July 5, 2007	Uzbekistan	W	2–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
July 11, 2007	Saudi Arabia	D	1–1	Jakarta, Indonesia	2007 Asian Cup Group Match
July 15, 2007	Bahrain	L	1–2	Jakarta, Indonesia	2007 Asian Cup Group Match
July 22, 2007	Indonesia	W	1–0	Jakarta, Indonesia	2007 Asian Cup Group Match
July 22, 2007	Iran	W	0–0 (AET, 4 PK 2)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2007 Asian Cup Quarterfinal Game
July 25, 2007	Iraq	L	0–0 (AET, 3 PK 4)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2007 Asian Cup Semifinal Game
July 28, 2007	Japan	W	0–0 (AET, 6 PK 5)	Palembang, Indonesia	2007 Asian Cup 3rd/4th
January 30, 2008	Chile	L	0–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
February 6, 2008	Turkmenistan	W	4–0	Seoul, Korea	2010 World Cup Qualifiers
February 17, 2008	China	W	3–2	Chongqing, China	2008 East Asian Cup
February 20, 2008	North Korea	D	1–1	Chongqing, China	2008 East Asian Cup
February 23, 2008	Japan	D	1–1	Chongqing, China	2008 East Asian Cup
March 26, 2008	North Korea	D	0–0	Shanghai, China*	2010 World Cup Qualifier
May 31, 2008	Jordan	D	2–2	Seoul, Korea	2010 World Cup Qualifier
June 7, 2008	Jordan	W	1–0	Amman, Jordan	2010 World Cup Qualifier
June 14, 2008	Turkmenistan	W	3–1	Ashkabad, Turkmenistan	2010 World Cup Qualifier
June 22, 2008	North Korea	D	0–0	Seoul, Korea	2010 World Cup Qualifier
September 10, 2008	North Korea	D	1-1	Shanghai, China*	2010 World Cup Qualifier
October 11, 2008	Uzbekistan	W	3-0	Suwon, Korea	Friendly
October 15, 2008	United Arab Emirates	W	4-1	Seoul, Korea	2010 World Cup Qualifier
November 19, 2008	Saudi Arabia			Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	2010 World Cup Qualifier
February 2, 2009	Iran			Tehran, Iran	2010 World Cup Qualifier
April 1, 2009	North Korea			Seoul, Korea	2010 World Cup Qualifier
June 6, 2009	United Arab Emirates			Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	2010 World Cup Qualifier
June 10, 2009	Saudi Arabia			Seoul, Korea	2010 World Cup Qualifier
June 17, 2009	Iran			Seoul, Korea	2010 World Cup Qualifier

Notable Matches

Date	Opponent	Result	Score¹	Venue	Competition
February 23, 2008	Japan	D	1–1	Chongqing, China	Final Match
July 27, 2008	Ivory Coast	W	2–1	Suwon, Korea	Friendly
July 28, 2007	Japan	W	0–0 (AET, 6 PK 5)	Palembang, Indonesia	2007 Asian Cup 3rd/4th
July 22, 2007	Iran	W	0–0 (AET, 4 PK 2)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2007 Asian Cup Quarterfinal Game
February 6, 2007	Greece	W	1–0	London, England	Friendly
June 18, 2006	France	D	1–1	Leipzig, Germany	2006 World Cup Group Match
June 13, 2006	Togo	W	2–1	Frankfurt, Germany	2006 World Cup Group Match
February 15, 2006	Mexico	W	1–0	Los Angeles, United States	Friendly
January 29, 2006	Croatia	W	2–0	Hong Kong, China	2006 Carlsberg Cup
November 12, 2005	Sweden	D	2–2	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
October 12, 2005	Iran	W	2–0	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
January 22, 2005	Sweden	D	1–1	Carson, United States	Friendly
December 19, 2004	Germany	W	3–1	Busan, Korea Republic	Friendly
June 5, 2004	Turkey	W	2–1	Daegu, Korea	Friendly
September 29, 2003	Nepal	W	16–0	Incheon, Korea	2004 Asian Cup qualification
May 31, 2003	Japan	W	1–0	Tokyo, Japan	Friendly
June 22, 2002	Spain	W	0–0 (AET, 5 PK 3)	Gwangju, Korea	2002 World Cup Round of Eight
June 18, 2002	Italy	W	2–1 (AET)	Daejeon, Korea	2002 World Cup Round of Sixteen
June 14, 2002	Portugal	W	1–0	Incheon, Korea	2002 World Cup Group Match
June 4, 2002	Poland	W	2–0	Busan, Korea	2002 World Cup Group Match
June 1, 2001	Mexico	W	2–1	Seoul, Korea	2001 Confederations Cup
June 3, 2001	Australia	W	1–0	Seoul, Korea	2001 Confederations Cup
October 23, 2000	Iran	W	2–1	Beirut, Lebanon	2000 Asian Cup Quarterfinals
October 7, 2000	Australia	W	4–2	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Friendly
March 28, 1999	Brazil	W	1–0	Seoul, Korea Republic	Friendly
September 28, 1997	Japan	W	2–1	Tokyo, Japan	1998 World Cup Qualifiers
June 14, 1997	Ghana	W	3–0	Seoul, Korea	1997 Korea Cup Group Match
November 23, 1996	Colombia	W	4–1	Seoul, Korea	Friendly
June 17, 1994	Spain	D	2–2	Los Angeles, United States	1994 World Cup Group Match
February 10, 1993	Ghana	W	3–1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1993 Merdeka Tournament Match
December 16, 1984	Chile	W	3–1	Singapore, Singapore	Friendly
March 7, 1954	Japan	W	5–1	Tokyo, Japan	1954 World Cup Qualification
August 2, 1948	Mexico	W	5–3	London, England	1948 Summer Olympic Games

Korea Republic World Cup captains

#	Player	World Cup Played As A Captain	Caps
1	Park Kyu-chong	Switzerland 1954	unknown
2	Park Chang-Seon	Mexico 1986	unknown
3	Chung Yong-Hwan	Italy 1990	unknown
4	Choi In-Young	USA 1994	unknown
5	Choi Young-Il	France 1998	55
6	Hong Myung-Bo	Korea/Japan 2002	135
7	Lee Woon-Jae	Germany 2006	100

Former coaches

Name	W	L	D	Win %	Start	End
Huh Jung-Moo	16	2	9	0.593	December 7, 2007
Pim Verbeek	8	6	3	0.475	July 1, 2006	July 25, 2007
Dick Advocaat	9	5	5	0.473	October 1, 2005	June 30, 2006
Jo Bonfrere	11	6	8	0.440	June 24, 2004	August 23, 2005
Park Seong-Hwa (tem.)	1	1	2	0.250	April 20, 2004	June 15, 2004
Humberto Coelho	9	6	3	0.500	February 3, 2003	April 19, 2004
Kim Ho-Gon (tem.)	0	0	1	0.000	November 18, 2002	December 20, 2002
Guus Hiddink	16	11	11	0.421	January 1, 2001	June 30, 2002
Huh Jung-Moo					October 14, 1998	November 13, 2000
Kim Pyung-Seok (tem.)					June 22, 1998	June 25, 1998
Cha Bum-Kun					January 8, 1997	June 21, 1998
Park Jong-Hwan					February 15, 1996	January 7, 1997
Ko Jae-Wook					October 20, 1995	October 30, 1995
Jeong Byeong-Tak					September 16, 1995	September 30, 1995
Huh Jung-Moo					August 1, 1995	August 12, 1995
Park Jong-Hwan					April 26, 1995	July 31, 1995
Anatoliy Byshovets					July 24, 1994	February 26, 1995
Kim Ho					July 8, 1992	July 23, 1994
Ko Jae-Wook					May 22, 1991	July 27, 1991
Park Jong-Hwan					August 9, 1990	October 23, 1991
Lee Cha-Man					July 3, 1990	August 8, 1990
Lee Hoi-Taek					October 6, 1988	July 2, 1990
Kim Jung-Nam					July 6, 1988	October 5, 1988
Park Jong-Hwan					November 20, 1986	July 5, 1988
Kim Jung-Nam					March 19, 1985	November 19, 1986
Mun Jeong-Sik					July 3, 1984	March 18, 1985
Park Jong-Hwan					August 23, 1983	July 2, 1984
Cho Yoon-Ohk					January 29, 1983	August 22, 1983
Kim Jung-Nam					October 31, 1982	January 28, 1983
Choi Eun-Taek					June 19, 1982	October 30, 1982
Kim Jung-Nam (tem.)					May 4, 1980	June 18, 1982
Jang Kyung-Hwan					March 29, 1979	May 3, 1980
Ham Heung-Cheol					March 2, 1978	March 28, 1979
Kim Jung-Nam (tem.)					September 17, 1977	December 18, 1977
Choi Jung-Min					January 1, 1977	September 16, 1977
Mun Jeong-Sik					May 14, 1976	December 31, 1976
Ham Heung-Cheol					November 17, 1974	May 13, 1976
Choi Young-Keun					January 1974	November 17, 1974
Min Byung-Dae					December 21, 1972	November 20, 1973
Ham Heung-Cheol					June 16, 1972	December 20, 1972
Park Byung-Seok					December 7, 1971	June 15, 1972
Hong Deok-Young					November 1971
Han Hong-Ki					February 13, 1970	October 6, 1971
Kang Jun-Young					November 1969	December 1969
Kim Yong-Sik					January 1969	October 1969
Park Il-Gap					August 1968	December 1968
Jang Kyung-Hwan					July 1967	November 1967
Min Byung-Dae					June 1966	December 1966
Hong Keon-Pyo					August 1965
Jeong Kook-Jin					September 1964
Min Byung-Dae					March 1962
Lee Jong-Gap					October 1961
Lee Yoo-Hyung					March 1961
Wi Hye-Deok					October 1960
Kim Yong-Sik					March 1960
Jeong Kook-Jin					July 1959
Kim Keun-Chan					April 1958
Lee Yoo-Hyung					August 1956
Park Jung-Hwi					December 1955
Kim Yong-Sik					June 1954
Lee Yoo-Hyung					March 1954
Kim Hwa-Jip					April 1952	February 1954
Park Jung-Hwi					December 1948	April 1950
Lee Young-Min					June 1948
Park Jung-Hwi					May 1948

Notes

^ "Korean derby takes centre stage". Fifa.com. 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2008-02-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

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Preceded by Inaugural Champion	Asian Champions 1956 (First title) 1960 (Second title)	Succeeded by 1964 Israel

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