South Korea national football team records

This article is regarding Korea Republic national football team records.

Individual

Caps and goals updated as 14 November 2012.

Most capped players

Bold denotes still active players.

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Hong Myung-Bo	1990–2002	136	10
2	Lee Woon-Jae	1994–2010	132	0
3	Lee Young-Pyo	1999–2011	127	5
4	Yoo Sang-Chul	1994–2005	122	18
5	Cha Bum-Kun	1972–1986	121	55
6	Kim Tae-Young	1992–2004	105	3
7	Hwang Sun-Hong	1988–2002	103	50
8	Park Ji-Sung	2000–2011	100	13
9	Kim Nam-Il	1998–2010	96	2
10	Choi Soon-Ho	1980–1991	95	30
=	Ha Seok-Ju	1991–2001	95	23
12	Lee Dong-Gook	1998–Present	94	30
13	Park Sung-Wha	1974–1984	92	24
=	Cho Young-Jeung	1975–1986	92	2
15	Choi Jong-Duk	1975–1986	89	12
=	Seo Jung-Won	1990–2001	89	16
17	Park Kyung-Hoon	1981–1990	88	1
18	Huh Jung-Moo	1974–1986	84	29
19	Seol Ki-Hyeon	2000–2009	83	19
20	Cho Kwang-Rae	1975–1986	80	10

Top goalscorers

Bold denotes still active players.

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals	Goals per match
1	Cha Bum-Kun	1972–1986	121	55	0.45
2	Hwang Sun-Hong	1988–2002	103	50	0.49
3	Park Yi-Cheon	1969–1974	?	36	?
4	Kim Jae-Han	1972–1979	?	33	?
5	Choi Soon-Ho	1980–1991	95	30	0.32
6	Lee Dong-Gook	1998–Present	94	30	0.31
7	Huh Jung-Moo	1974–1986	84	29	0.35
=	Kim Do-Hoon	1994–2003	72	29	0.40
9	Choi Yong-Soo	1995–2003	67	27	0.40
=	Lee Tae-Ho	1980–1991	72	27	0.38
11	Lee Young-Moo	1974–1982	70	24	0.34
=	Park Seong-Hwa	1974–1984	92	24	0.26

Youngest player

Italics denotes players still playing club football, Bold denotes players still playing in the national team.

#	Name	Date of birth	Date of debut	Age	Opponent
1	Kim Pan-Geun	1966–03–05	1983–11–01	17 years 242 days	Thailand
2	Kim Bong-Soo	1970–12–04	1988–12–11	18 years 7 days	Iran
3	Ko Jong-Soo	1978–10–30	1997–01–18	18 years 80 days	Norway
4	Son Heung-Min	1992–07–08	2010–12–30	18 years 175 days	Syria
5	Choi Soon-Ho	1962–01–10	1980–09–16	18 years 249 days	Malaysia
6	Lee Chun-Soo	1981–07–09	2000–04–05	18 years 270 days	Laos
7	Park Byung-Chul	1954–11–25	1973–09–22	18 years 301 days	Khmer Republic
8	Cha Bum-Kun	1953–05–22	1972–05–10	18 years 353 days	Khmer Republic
9	Gu Ja-Cheol	1989–02–27	2008–02–17	18 years 355 days	China PR
10	Lee Dong-Gook	1978–04–29	1998–05–16	19 years 17 days	Jamaica
11	Choi Tae-Uk	1981–03–13	2000–04–07	19 years 25 days	Mongolia
12	Park Ji-Sung	1981–02–25	2000–04–05	19 years 39 days	Laos
13	Suk Hyun-Jun	1991–06–29	2010–09–07	19 years 70 days	Iran
14	Noh Jung-Yoon	1971–03–28	1990–07–31	19 years 125 days	China PR
15	Kim Jin-Kyu	1985–02–16	2004–07–14	19 years 148 days	Trinidad and Tobago
16	Ji Dong-Won	1991–05–28	2010–12–30	19 years 216 days	Syria
17	Nam Tae-Hee	1991–07–03	2011–02–09	19 years 221 days	Turkey
18	Seo Jung-Won	1970–12–17	1990–07–27	19 years 222 days	Japan
19	Ki Sung-Yong	1989–01–24	2008–09–05	19 years 225 days	Jordan
20	Park Chu-Young	1985–07–10	2005–06–03	19 years 328 days	Uzbekistan
21	Lee Chung-Yong	1988–07–02	2008–05–31	19 years 333 days	Jordan

Youngest goalscorer

Italics denotes players still playing club football, Bold denotes players still playing in the national team.

#	Name	Age	Date of record	Opponent
1	Ko Jong-Soo	18 years 87 days	1997–01–25	New Zealand
2	Son Heung-Min	18 years 194 days	2011–01–18	India
3	Lee Chun-Soo	18 years 270 days	2000–04–05	Laos
4	Choi Tae-Uk	19 years 25 days	2000–04–07	Mongolia
5	Ji Dong-Won	19 years 216 days	2010–12–30	Syria
6	Ki Sung-Yong	19 years 230 days	2008–09–10	North Korea
7	Park Chu-Young	19 years 328 days	2005–06–03	Uzbekistan

FIFA World Cup captains

#	Player	World Cup Played As A Captain	Caps
1	Chu Young-Kwang	Switzerland 1954	unknown
2	Park Chang-Sun	Mexico 1986	32
3	Chung Yong-Hwan	Italy 1990	77
4	Choi In-Young	USA 1994	48
5	Choi Young-Il	France 1998	55
6	Hong Myung-Bo	Korea/Japan 2002	136
7	Lee Woon-Jae	Germany 2006	132
8	Park Ji-Sung	South Africa 2010	100

Team

All-time records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Finals Record Year Result Position GP W D L GF GA 1930 Did Not Enter 1934 1938 1950 1954 Group Stage 16th 2 0 0 2 0 16 1958 Entry Denied[1] 1962 Did Not Qualify 1966 Did Not Enter 1970 Did Not Qualify 1974 1978 1982 1986 Group Stage 20th 3 0 1 2 4 7 1990 22nd 3 0 0 3 1 6 1994 20th 3 0 2 1 4 5 1998 30th 3 0 1 2 2 9 2002 Fourth Place 4th 7 3 2 2 8 6 2006 Group Stage 17th 3 1 1 1 3 4 2010 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 6 8 2014 Group Stage 27th 3 0 1 2 3 6 2018 To Be Determined 2022 Total Fourth Place 9/20 31 5 9 17 31 67

AFC Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup Record Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA 1956 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 9 6 1960 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 9 1 1964 Third Place 3rd 3 1 0 2 2 4 1968 Did Not Qualify 1972 Runners-up 2nd 5 1 2 2 7 6 1976 Did Not Qualify 1980 Runners-Up 2nd 6 4 1 1 12 6 1984 Group Stage 9th 4 0 2 2 1 3 1988 Runners-Up 2nd 6 5 1 0 11 3 1992 Did Not Qualify 1996 Quarter-Finals 7th 4 1 1 2 7 11 2000 Third Place 3rd 6 3 1 2 9 6 2004 Quarter-Finals 6th 4 2 1 1 9 4 2007 Third Place 3rd 6 1 4 1 3 3 2011 Third Place 3rd 6 4 2 0 13 7 2015 Runners-Up 2nd 6 5 0 1 8 2 Total 2 Titles 13/16 62 32 16 14 100 62

FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA Confederations Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad 1992 Did Not Enter 1995 Did Not Qualify 1997 1999 2001 Group Stage 5th 3 2 0 1 3 6 Squad 2003 Did Not Qualify 2005 2009 2013 2017 To Be Determined 2021 Total Group Stage 1/9 3 2 0 1 3 6 -

EAFF East Asian Cup EAFF East Asian Cup Record Year Result 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 2010 Runners-Up 3 2 0 1 8 4 2013 Third Place 3 0 2 1 1 2 2015 Champions 3 1 2 0 3 1 Total 18 6 9 3 22 14

Olympics Games Football at the Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992. Summer Olympic Games Record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1948 Quarter-finals 2 1 0 1 5 15 1952 Did Not Enter 1956 Did Not Qualify 1960 1964 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 20 1968 Did Not Qualify 1972 1976 1980 Did Not Enter 1984 Did Not Qualify 1988 Round 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 Total 3/19 8 1 2 5 7 37

Asian Games Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002. Asian Games Record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1951 Did not enter 1954  Silver 4 1 2 1 15 12 1958  Silver 5 4 0 1 15 6 1962  Silver 5 4 0 1 9 5 1966 Did not qualify 1970  Gold 6 3 2 1 5 3 1974 Did not qualify 1978  Gold 7 6 1 0 15 3 1982 Did not qualify 1986  Gold 6 4 2 0 14 3 1990  Bronze 6 5 0 1 18 1 1994 4th 6 3 0 3 17 7 1998 Quarter-finals 6 4 0 2 12 6 Total 9/13 51 34 7 10 120 46

Managers

References

1. "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 2011-11-17.

See also

• Korea Football Association
• South Korea national football team
• South Korea national football team results