This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see South Korea women's national football team.
Men's association football team
Korea Republic
Nickname(s)
Taegeuk Warriors (태극전사) Tigers of Asia (아시아의 호랑이)
Association
Korea Football Association (KFA)
Confederation
AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation
EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach
Vacant
Captain
Son Heung-min
Most caps
Cha Bum-kun Hong Myung-bo (136)
Top scorer
Cha Bum-kun (58)
FIFA code
KOR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current
23 1 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest
17 (December 1998)
Lowest
69 (November 2014 – January 2015)
First international
South Korea 5–3 Mexico (London, England; 2 August 1948)
Biggest win
South Korea 16–0 Nepal (Incheon, South Korea; 29 September 2003)
Biggest defeat
South Korea 0–12 Sweden (London, England; 5 August 1948)
World Cup
Appearances
11 (first in 1954)
Best result
Fourth place (2002)
Asian Cup
Appearances
15 (first in 1956)
Best result
Champions (1956, 1960)
EAFF Championship
Appearances
9 (first in 2003)
Best result
Champions (2003, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2019)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances
1 (first in 2001)
Best result
Group stage (2001)
Medal record
Men's football
AFC Asian Cup
1956 Hong Kong
Team
1960 South Korea
Team
1972 Thailand
Team
1980 Kuwait
Team
1988 Qatar
Team
2015 Australia
Team
1964 Israel
Team
2000 Lebanon
Team
2007 Indonesia/Malaysia /Thailand/Vietnam
Team
2011 Qatar
Team
Asian Games
1970 Bangkok
Team
1978 Bangkok
Team
1986 Seoul
Team
1954 Manila
Team
1958 Tokyo
Team
1962 Jakarta
Team
1990 Beijing
Team
EAFF Championship
2003 Japan
Team
2008 China
Team
2015 China
Team
2017 Japan
Team
2019 South Korea
Team
2010 Japan
Team
2022 Japan
Team
2013 South Korea
Team
Website
www.kfa.or.kr
South Korea national football team
Hangul
대한민국 축구 국가대표팀
Hanja
大韓民國 蹴球 國家代表팀
Revised Romanization
Daehan Min'guk Chukgu Gukga Daepyo Tim
McCune–Reischauer
Taehan Min'guk Ch'ukku Kukka Taep'yo T'im
The South Korea national football team (Korean: 대한민국 축구 국가대표팀; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA[2]) represents South Korea in men's international football and is governed by the Korea Football Association. South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia since the 1980s, having participated in ten consecutive and eleven overall FIFA World Cup tournaments, the most for any Asian country. Despite initially going through five World Cup tournaments without winning a match, South Korea became the first (and so far only) Asian team to reach the semi-finals when they co-hosted the 2002 tournament with Japan. South Korea also won two AFC Asian Cup titles, and finished as runners-up on four occasions. Furthermore, the team won three gold medals and three silver medals at the senior Asian Games.[3]
The team is commonly nicknamed the "Reds" by both fans and the media due to the color of their primary kit. The national team's supporting group is officially referred to as the Red Devils.[4]
^"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^"Korea Republic". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^Wright, Rob (6 June 2018). "World Cup 2018: Why you should follow South Korea". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^붉은악마 [Red Devils]. Naver (in Korean). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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South Korea 5–3 Mexico 
South Korea 16–0 Nepal 
