| Federation
founded: 1928 |
| FIFA
member since: 1948 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
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| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Did not participate |
| 1954 - First round exit |
| 1958 - Did not participate |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not participate |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Did not qualify |
| 1986 - First round exit |
| 1990 - First round exit |
| 1994 - First round exit |
| 1998 - First round exit |
| 2002 - 4th place |
| 2006 - First round exit |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
24
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| Won |
4
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| Drawn |
7
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| Lost |
13
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| Goals for |
22
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| Goals against |
53
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| Points |
19
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South Korea
are 29th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
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Biggest
victory:
2-0 vs Poland in 2002.
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Biggest
defeat:
0-9 vs Hungary in 1954.
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Overall
topscorer:
Jung-Hwan Ahn, 3 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Myung-Bo Hong, 16 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
2002
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GREATEST
PLAYERS
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 Myung-Bo Hong |
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1930 to 1950
SOUTH KOREA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1954
(WCQ GROUP 13)
Taiwan withdrew.
07.Mar 54 Japan 1-5 SOUTH KOREA
14.Mar 54 Japan 2-2 SOUTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA qualified for Switzerland 1954.
1958
SOUTH KOREA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1962
(Asian pool)
Indonesia withdrew.
06.Nov 60 SOUTH KOREA 2-1 Japan
11.Jun 61 Japan 0-2 SOUTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA needed to playoff with the winner of
European Group 10 for one spot in the World Cup.
08.Oct 61 Yugoslavia 5-1 SOUTH KOREA
26.Nov 61 SOUTH KOREA 1-3 Yugoslavia
SOUTH KOREA failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
SOUTH KOREA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1970
(AFC/OFC First round)
12.Oct 69 Japan 2-2 SOUTH KOREA
14.Oct 69 Australia 2-1 SOUTH KOREA
18.Oct 69 SOUTH KOREA 2-0 Japan
20.Oct 69 SOUTH KOREA 1-1 Australia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Australia 4 2 2 0 7- 4 6
2.SOUTH KOREA 4 1 2 1 6- 5 4
3.Japan 4 0 2 2 4- 8 2
SOUTH KOREA failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(Asian Sub-group B)
19.May 73 SOUTH KOREA 4-0 Thailand
21.May 73 SOUTH KOREA 0-0 Malaysia
23.May 73 SOUTH KOREA 0-0 Israel
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Israel 3 2 1 0 9- 0 5
2.SOUTH KOREA 3 1 2 0 4- 0 4
3.Malaysia 3 1 1 1 2- 3 3
4.Thailand 3 0 0 3 0-12 0
(Semifinal sub-groups A/B)
26.May 73 SOUTH KOREA 3-1 Hongkong
[aet]
(Final sub-groups A/B)
28.May 73 SOUTH KOREA 1-0 Israel
[aet]
(Final - winner sub-groups A/B and C/D)
28.Oct 73 Australia 0-0 SOUTH KOREA
10.Nov 73 SOUTH KOREA 2-2 Australia
Play-off
13.Nov 73 Australia 1-0 SOUTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(AFC/OFC Sub-group 2)
North Korea withdrew.
27.Feb 77 Israel 0-0 SOUTH KOREA
20.Mar 77 SOUTH KOREA 3-1 Israel
26.Mar 77 Japan 0-0 SOUTH KOREA
03.Apr 77 SOUTH KOREA 1-0 Japan
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SOUTH KOREA 4 2 2 0 4- 1 6
2.Israel 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5
3.Japan 4 0 1 3 0- 5 1
(AFC/OFC Final round)
26.Jun 77 Hongkong 0-1 SOUTH KOREA
03.Jul 77 SOUTH KOREA 0-0 Iran
27.Aug 77 Australia 2-1 SOUTH KOREA
09.Oct 77 SOUTH KOREA 1-0 Kuwait
23.Oct 77 SOUTH KOREA 0-0 Australia
05.Nov 77 Kuwait 2-2 SOUTH KOREA
11.Nov 77 Iran 2-2 SOUTH KOREA
04.Dec 77 SOUTH KOREA 5-2 Hongkong
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Iran 8 6 2 0 12- 3 14
2.SOUTH KOREA 8 3 4 1 12- 8 10
3.Kuwait 8 4 1 3 13- 8 9
4.Australia 8 3 1 4 11- 8 7
5.Hongkong 8 0 0 8 5-26 0
SOUTH KOREA failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(AFC/OFC Sub-group C)
21.Apr 81 Malaysia 1-2 SOUTH KOREA
24.Apr 81 SOUTH KOREA 5-1 Thailand
29.Apr 81 Kuwait 2-0 SOUTH KOREA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Kuwait 3 3 0 0 12- 0 6
2.SOUTH KOREA 3 2 0 1 7- 4 4
3.Malaysia 3 0 1 2 3- 8 1
4.Thailand 3 0 1 2 3-13 1
SOUTH KOREA failed to qualify for Spain 1982.
1986
(AFC First round - Route B - Sub-group A)
02.Mar 85 Nepal 0-2 SOUTH KOREA
10.Mar 85 Malaysia 1-0 SOUTH KOREA
06.Apr 85 SOUTH KOREA 4-0 Nepal
19.May 85 SOUTH KOREA 2-0 Malaysia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SOUTH KOREA 4 3 0 1 8- 1 6
2.Malaysia 4 2 1 1 6- 2 5
3.Nepal 4 0 1 3 0-11 1
(AFC Second round - Route B)
21.Jul 85 SOUTH KOREA 2-0 Indonesia
30.Jul 85 Indonesia 1-4 SOUTH KOREA
(AFC Final round - Route B)
26.Oct 85 Japan 1-2 SOUTH KOREA
03.Nov 85 SOUTH KOREA 1-0 Japan
SOUTH KOREA qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
(AFC First round - Sub-group D)
India withdrew.
23.May 89 SOUTH KOREA 3-0 Singapore
25.May 89 SOUTH KOREA 9-0 Nepal
27.May 89 SOUTH KOREA 3-0 Malaysia
03.Jun 89 Nepal 0-4 SOUTH KOREA
05.Jun 89 Malaysia 0-3 SOUTH KOREA
07.Jun 89 Singapore 0-3 SOUTH KOREA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SOUTH KOREA 6 6 0 0 25- 0 12
2.Malaysia 6 3 1 2 8- 8 7
3.Singapore 6 2 1 3 12- 9 5
4.Nepal 6 0 0 6 0-28 0
(AFC Final round)
13.Oct 89 SOUTH KOREA 0-0 Qatar
16.Oct 89 SOUTH KOREA 1-0 North Korea
20.Oct 89 SOUTH KOREA 1-0 China
25.Oct 89 SOUTH KOREA 2-0 Saudi Arabia
28.Oct 89 UAE 1-1 SOUTH KOREA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SOUTH KOREA 5 3 2 0 5- 1 8
2.UAE 5 1 4 0 4- 3 6
3.Qatar 5 1 3 1 4- 5 5
4.China 5 2 0 3 5- 6 4
5.Saudi Arabia 5 1 2 2 4- 5 4
6.North Korea 5 1 1 3 2- 4 3
SOUTH KOREA qualified for Italy 1990.
1994
(AFC First round - Group D)
09.May 93 Bahrain 0-0 SOUTH KOREA
11.May 93 Lebanon 0-1 SOUTH KOREA
13.May 93 India 0-3 SOUTH KOREA
15.May 93 Hongkong 0-3 SOUTH KOREA
05.Jun 93 SOUTH KOREA 4-1 Hongkong
07.Jun 93 SOUTH KOREA 2-0 Lebanon
09.Jun 93 SOUTH KOREA 7-0 India
13.Jun 93 SOUTH KOREA 3-0 Bahrain
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SOUTH KOREA 8 7 1 0 23- 1 15
2.Bahrain 8 3 3 2 9- 6 9
3.Lebanon 8 2 4 2 8- 9 8
4.Hongkong 8 2 1 5 9-19 5
5.India 8 1 1 6 8-22 3
(AFC Final round)
16.Oct 93 Iran 0-3 SOUTH KOREA
19.Oct 93 Iraq 2-2 SOUTH KOREA
22.Oct 93 SOUTH KOREA 1-1 Saudi Arabia
25.Oct 93 Japan 1-0 SOUTH KOREA
28.Oct 93 SOUTH KOREA 3-0 North Korea
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Saudi Arabia 5 2 3 0 8- 6 7
2.SOUTH KOREA 5 2 2 1 9- 4 6
3.Japan 5 2 2 1 7- 4 6
4.Iraq 5 1 3 1 9- 9 5
5.Iran 5 2 0 3 8-11 4
6.North Korea 5 1 0 4 5-12 2
SOUTH KOREA qualified for USA 1994.
1998
(AFC First round - Group 6)
23.Feb 97 Hongkong 0-2 SOUTH KOREA
02.Mar 97 Thailand 1-3 SOUTH KOREA
28.May 97 SOUTH KOREA 4-0 Hongkong
01.Jun 97 SOUTH KOREA 0-0 Thailand
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SOUTH KOREA 4 3 1 0 9- 1 10
2.Thailand 4 1 1 2 5- 6 4
3.Hongkong 4 1 0 3 3-10 3
(AFC Final round - Group B)
06.Sep 97 SOUTH KOREA 3-0 Kazakhstan
12.Sep 97 SOUTH KOREA 2-1 Uzbekistan
28.Sep 97 Japan 1-2 SOUTH KOREA
04.Oct 97 SOUTH KOREA 3-0 UAE
11.Oct 97 Kazakhstan 1-1 SOUTH KOREA
18.Oct 97 Uzbekistan 1-5 SOUTH KOREA
01.Nov 97 SOUTH KOREA 0-2 Japan
09.Nov 97 UAE 1-3 SOUTH KOREA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SOUTH KOREA 8 6 1 1 19- 7 19
2.Japan 8 3 4 1 17- 9 13
3.UAE 8 2 3 3 9-12 9
4.Uzbekistan 8 1 3 4 13-18 6
5.Kazakhstan 8 1 3 4 7-19 6
SOUTH KOREA qualified for France 1998.
2002
SOUTH KOREA qualified automatically
as host nation.
2006
(AFC First round - Group 7)
18.Feb 04 SOUTH KOREA 2-0 Lebanon
31.Mar 04 Maldives 0-0 SOUTH KOREA
09.Jun 04 SOUTH KOREA 2-0 Vietnam
08.Sep 04 Vietnam 1-2 SOUTH KOREA
13.Oct 04 Lebanon 1-1 SOUTH KOREA
17.Nov 04 SOUTH KOREA 2-0 Maldives
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SOUTH KOREA 6 4 2 0 9- 2 14
2.Lebanon 6 3 2 1 11- 5 11
3.Vietnam 6 1 1 4 5- 9 4
4.Maldives 6 1 1 4 5-14 4
(AFC Final round - Group A)
09.Feb 05 SOUTH KOREA 2-0 Kuwait
25.Mar 05 Saudi Arabia 2-0 SOUTH KOREA
30.Mar 05 SOUTH KOREA 2-1 Uzbekistan
03.Jun 05 Uzbekistan 1-1 SOUTH KOREA
08.Jun 05 Kuwait 0-4 SOUTH KOREA
17.Aug 05 SOUTH KOREA 0-1 Saudi Arabia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 0 10- 1 14
2.SOUTH KOREA 6 3 1 2 9- 5 10
3.Uzbekistan 6 1 2 3 7-11 5
4.Kuwait 6 1 1 4 4-13 4
SOUTH KOREA qualified for Germany 2006.
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