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| Federation founded: 1928 |
| FIFA member since: 1948 |
| Confederation: AFC |
| Colours: Red and blue |
| Nicknames: Taegeuk Warriors, The Reds |
| World Cups qualified for: 10 (of 21) |
| Best results: 4th place 2002 |
|
 WORLD CUP RANKING
|
| P 34
|
W 6
|
D 9
|
L 19
|
GF 34
|
GA 70
|
Pts 27
|
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South Korea
is 28th on the all-time table.
|
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TEAM RECORDS
|
| Champions |
- |
| Finalists |
- |
| Semi-finalists (or top 4) |
2002 |
| Quarter-finalists (or top 8) |
- |
| Biggest win |
2-0 vs Poland 2002
2-0 vs Greece 2010
2-0 vs Germany 2018 |
| Biggest loss |
0-9 vs Hungary 1954 |
| Most wins in a row |
2 |
| Most losses in a row |
4 |
| Longest unbeaten run |
6 |
| Longest run without win |
14 |
| Longest run qualifying |
9 (1986- ) |
| Longest run not qualifying |
7 (1958-82) |
| Penalty shoot-outs |
1 win, 0 loss |
| KOR vs Europe |
W5 - D6 - L12 |
| KOR vs South America |
W0 - D1 - L4 |
| KOR vs Africa |
W1 - D1 - L1 |
| KOR vs N/C America |
W0 - D1 - L2 |
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MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
|
| Myung-Bo Hong |
16 |
1990-02 |
| Ji-Sung Park |
14 |
2002-10 |
| Young-Pyo Lee |
12 |
2002-10 |
| Nam-Il Kim |
11 |
2002-10 |
| Woon-Jae Lee |
11 |
1994-06 |
|
MOST WORLD CUP GOALS
|
| Jung-Hwan Ahn |
3 |
2002-06 |
| Ji-Sung Park |
3 |
2002-10 |
| Heung-Min Son |
3 |
2014-18 |
| Myung-Bo Hong |
2 |
1990-02 |
| Sun-Hong Hwang |
2 |
1990-02 |
| Chung-Yong Lee |
2 |
2010-14 |
| Jung-Soo Lee |
2 |
2010 |
| Sang-Chul Yoo |
2 |
1998-02 |
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YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT
1954 1R Hungary L 0-9
1R Turkey L 0-7
1986 1R Argentina L 1-3
1R Bulgaria D 1-1
1R Italy L 2-3
1990 1R Belgium L 0-2
1R Spain L 1-3
1R Uruguay L 0-1
1994 1R Spain D 2-2
1R Bolivia D 0-0
1R Germany L 2-3
1998 1R Mexico L 1-3
1R Netherlands L 0-5
1R Belgium D 1-1
2002 1R Poland W 2-0
1R United States D 1-1
1R Portugal W 1-0
2R Italy [gg] W 2-1
QF Spain [5-3 ap] D 0-0
SF Germany L 0-1
3/4 Turkey L 2-3
2006 1R Togo W 2-1
1R France D 1-1
1R Switzerland L 0-2
2010 1R Greece W 2-0
1R Argentina L 1-4
1R Nigeria D 2-2
2R Uruguay L 1-2
2014 1R Russia D 1-1
1R Algeria L 2-4
1R Belgium L 0-1
2018 1R Sweden L 0-1
1R Mexico L 1-2
1R Germany W 2-0
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