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Football national side
South Korea
National team · South Korea
«Taegeuk Warriors»
82
Matches
46
wins
18
draws
18
losses
154–78
Goals
+76
Difference
1.9
Scored per game
Form
W
12 Jun · Home Czech Republic · 2:1
L
19 Jun · Away Mexico · 0:1
L
25 Jun · Away South Africa · 0:1
W
24 Sep · Home Ecuador · 3:0
L
28 Sep · Home Uruguay · 1:4
D
2 Oct · Home Venezuela · 0:0
South Korea have reached the final of the AFC Asian Cup four times since 1972 and won the tournament only twice, in 1956 and 1960, in the competition's opening years before the long run of runner-up finishes that followed.
The team answers to the Korea Football Association, founded on 19 September 1933, which joined FIFA in 1948 and the AFC in 1954. Home matches are played at the Seoul World Cup Stadium, also known as Sangam Stadium, which has held 66,704 supporters since 2001.
No fixture carries the weight of the one against Japan. The two sides have met 82 times, with South Korea ahead 42 wins to 17, a record shaped by more than a century of playing each other under the name Nikkansen, or Hanilchon. A separate, more political rivalry exists with North Korea, though the two meet far less often.
Son Heung-min captains the side and holds the national records for both caps and goals, following a line of players including Park Ji-sung, Hong Myung-bo, Ahn Jung-hwan and Cha Bum-kun. The squad, nicknamed the Taegeuk Warriors, plays in red shirts, black shorts and red socks.
The last Asian Cup final appearance came in 2015, and the wait for a third title continues.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 6 Oct | Friendlies |
Uzbekistan
H
|
||
| 2 Oct | Friendlies |
Venezuela
H
|
0:0 | D |
| 28 Sep | Friendlies |
Uruguay
H
|
1:4 | L |
| 24 Sep | Friendlies |
Ecuador
H
|
3:0 | W |
| 25 Jun | World Cup |
South Africa
A
|
0:1 | L |
| 19 Jun | World Cup |
Mexico
A
|
0:1 | L |
Standing
Asian CupGroup stage · Group E
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Bahrain
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3:3 | 6 |
| 2 |
 South Korea
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8:6 | 5 |
| 3 |
 Jordan
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6:3 | 4 |
| 4 |
 Malaysia
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3:8 | 1 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 82
82
Matches
46
wins
18
draws
18
losses
154–78
Goals
+76
Difference
1.9
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 82 | 49 | 33 |
| Scored | 154 | 95 | 59 |
| Conceded | 78 | 48 | 30 |
| Scored per game | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Conceded per game | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| Difference | +76 | +47 | +29 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of South Korea
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Han-Beom Lee |
Defender | 8 | ||
| 7 | |
 Son Heung-min |
Midfielder | 34 | 8 |
| 22 | |
 Young-Woo Seol |
Midfielder | 27 | 8 |
| 10 |  Jae-Sung Lee |
Midfielder | 8 | ||
| 16 |  Jin-Seop Park |
Defender | 8 | ||
| 18 |  Hyeon-Gyu Oh |
Forward | 8 | ||
| 4 |  Min-Jae Kim |
Defender | 8 | ||
| 19 |  Kang-in Lee |
Forward | 7 | ||
| 21 |  Hyeon-Woo Jo |
Goalkeeper | 7 | ||
| 5 |  Tae-Hyeon Kim |
Defender | 7 | ||
| 11 |  Hwang Hee-chan |
Forward | 7 | ||
| 1 |  Seung-Gyu Kim |
Goalkeeper | 7 | ||
| 12 |  Song Bum-keun |
Goalkeeper | 6 | ||
| 13 | |
 Lee Tae-seok |
Defender | 24 | 6 |
| 28 |  Wi-Je Cho |
Defender | 5 | ||
| 14 |  Dong-Gyeong Lee |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 25 | |
 Ji-Sung Eom |
Forward | 24 | 5 |
| 15 |  Kim Moon-hwan |
Defender | 5 | ||
| 24 |  Jin-Gyu Kim |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 20 | |
 Hyun-Jun Yang |
Forward | 24 | 5 |
| 9 |  Gue-Sung Cho |
Forward | 5 | ||
| 8 | |
 Seung-Ho Paik |
Midfielder | 29 | 5 |
| 17 | |
 Jun-Ho Bae |
Midfielder | 23 | 5 |
| 6 | |
 Hwang In-beom |
Midfielder | 30 | 4 |
| 23 |  Jens Castrop |
Midfielder | 4 | ||
| 26 |  Hyun-Taek Cho |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 29 | |
 Seung-Won Jeong |
Midfielder | 29 | 3 |
| 17 | |
 Min-Kyu Song |
Forward | 27 | 3 |
| 3 |  Gi-Hyuk Lee |
Defender | 3 | ||
| 15 |  Jun Choi |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 23 | |
 Sung-Yun Gu |
Goalkeeper | 32 | 2 |
| 30 | |
 Tae-Jun Park |
Midfielder | 27 | 2 |
| 20 |  Se-Hun Oh |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 24 |  Bong-Soo Kim |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 3 |  Tae-Hyun Kim |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 25 |  Kim Gun-Hi |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 27 |  M. Kim |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 5 |  Hyun-Seok Hong |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 25 |  Hyeok-Kyu Kwon |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 3 |  Ju-Sung Kim |
Defender | 2 |
Fixtures of South Korea
-
6 Oct
Uzbekistan
H
-
2 Oct
Venezuela
H
0:0
D
-
28 Sep
Uruguay
H
1:4
L
-
24 Sep
Ecuador
H
3:0
W
-
25 Jun
South Africa
A
0:1
L
-
19 Jun
Mexico
A
0:1
L
-
12 Jun
Czech Republic
H
2:1
W
-
4 Jun
El Salvador
H
1:0
W
Honours of South Korea
- AFC Asian Cup 1956, 1960 2
- AFC Asian Cup 1972, 1980, 1988, 2015 4
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