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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. South Korea lost their only two games by heavy margins: 9–0 against Hungary (the joint-heaviest defeat in World Cup history) and 7–0 against Turkey.
The team represents the nation of South Korea in international football. It is governed by the Korea Football Association and competes as a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Player records
This article provides details of international football games played by the South Korea national football team from 2020 to present. [1] [2] [3] Results by year.
Hong Myung-bo was appointed as South Korea's head coach on Sunday, giving one of the nation's 2002 World Cup stars a second chance at the top job. Hong succeeded Jurgen Klinsmann and returned to ...
AL-RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Up against one of the pre-tournament favorites, Jordan reached the final of the Asian Cup for the first time after stunning South Korea 2-0 on Tuesday. Yazan Al Naimat ...
South Korea is the only Asian team to ever win a team award at a FIFA World Cup when they were voted the Most Entertaining Team in 2002 after finishing in fourth place. [2] In the same year, Hong Myung-bo and Yoo Sang-chul were voted members of the All-star team. [ 3 ]
The South Korean team with the country's president Syngman Rhee after winning the 1956 AFC Asian Cup. 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. [5]
In English, the team is named Korea, a term shared between North Korea and South Korea. In East Asian languages where the names of the countries are significantly different (North Korea's 조선/朝鮮/ Chosŏn versus South Korea's 한국/韓國/ Hanguk ), the team name uses an English transliteration.