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South Korea's best ever result is fourth place at the 2002 tournament, co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. At the tournament, South Korea eliminated Italy and Spain in the round of 16 and quarter-finals, respectively, and thus became the first team outside Europe and the Americas to reach the semi-finals.
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career 1 Cha Bum-kun: 58 136 0.43 1972–1986: 2 Son Heung-min: 51 131 0.39 2010–present 3 Hwang Sun-hong: 50 103 0.49
In 1954, South Korea entered FIFA World Cup qualification for the first time, and qualified for the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland by beating Japan 7–3 on aggregate. [9] South Korea were only the second Asian team to compete at a World Cup after the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) in 1938, and the first fully-independent Asian nation to do so.
The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA. [8] [9] [10] The rankings, apart from the top four positions (top two in 1930), are not a result of direct competition between the teams; instead, teams eliminated in the same round are ranked by their full results in the tournament.
The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Argentina as of December 2024. [1] The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
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Earning a spot at the 2010 World Cup marked only the second time North Korea had qualified for the world’s marquee soccer competition since 1966, when the Cheollima made it to the quarterfinals ...
2018 postage stamp from Russia depicting Group F of the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage. Group F of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 17 to 27 June 2018. [1] The group consisted of defending champions Germany, Mexico, Sweden, and South Korea. [2] Sweden and Mexico were the top two teams that advanced to the round of 16.