South Korea national football team

Korea Republic
Nickname(s)	태극전사 (Taegeuk Warriors); 아시아의 호랑이 (Tigers of Asia)
Association	Korea Football Association (KFA)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Paulo Bento
Captain	Son Heung-min
Most caps	Cha Bum-kun (136); Hong Myung-Bo (136)
Top scorer	Cha Bum-kun (58)
Home stadium	Seoul World Cup Stadium
FIFA code	KOR
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FIFA ranking
Current	25 Increase 3 (22 December 2022)
Highest	17 (December 1998)
Lowest	69 (November 2014 – January 2015)
First international
	Non-FIFA international; File:Flag of South Korea (1948–1949).svg South Korea 5–1 Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong 1876.svg; (Hong Kong; 6 July 1948); FIFA international; File:Flag of South Korea (1948–1949).svg South Korea 5–3 Mexico File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg; (London, United Kingdom; 2 August 1948)
Biggest win
	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea 16–0 Nepal File:Flag of Nepal.svg; (Incheon, South Korea; 29 September 2003)
Biggest defeat
	File:Flag of South Korea (1948–1949).svg South Korea 0–12 Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg; (London, United Kingdom; 5 August 1948)
World Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1954)
Best result	Fourth Place (2002)
Asian Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1956)
Best result	Champions (1956, 1960)
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2000)
Best result	Fourth Place (2002)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2001)
Best result	Group Stage (2001)

The South Korea national football team is the national men's football team of South Korea.

Notable achievements[change]

Korea Republic is the most successful Asian football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup having participated in ten World Cup tournaments, which is the most amount of appearances for any Asian country. Korea Republic became the first and only Asian team to reach the semi-final stages, at the 2002 tournament (Where it achieved 4th place), and also won the first two editions of the AFC Asian Cup.

Most appearances[change]

Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Career
1	Hong Myung-Bo	136	10	1990-2002
2	Lee Woon-Jae	132	0	1994-2010
3	Lee Young-Pyo	127	5	1999-2011
4	Yoo Sang-Chul	123	18	1994-2005
5	Cha Bum-Kun	121	55	1972-1986
6	Kim Tae-Young	104	3	1992-2004
7	Hwang Seon-Hong	103	50	1903-2002
8	Choi Soon-Hoo	95	30	1980-1991
8	Ha Seok-Joo	95	23	1991-2001
10	Cho Young-Jeung	92	2	1975-1986

Top scorers[change]

Pos	Player	Goals	Apps	Career
1	Cha Bum-Kun	55	121	1972-1986
2	Hwang Seon-Hong	50	103	1993-2002
3	Choi Soon-Hoo	30	95	1980-1991
4	Huh Jung-Moo	29		1974-1986
4	Kim Do-Hoon	29		1994-2003
6	Choi Yong-Soo	27		1995-2003
6	Lee Tae-Hoo	27		1980-1991
8	Lee Young-Moo	24		1974-1982
8	Park Sung-Hwa	24		1974-1984
10	Ha Seok-Joo	23	95	1991-2001

References[change]

↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
↑ "첫 A 매치 골 주인공은 故정남식·정국진씨" (in Korean). Kukmin Ilbo. 5 August 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

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[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

[2] "첫 A 매치 골 주인공은 故정남식·정국진씨" (in Korean). Kukmin Ilbo. 5 August 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-3] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

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