South Korea national football team records and statistics

This article is regarding records and statistics of the South Korea national football team.

Player records[]

As of 17 November 2020^[1]
Most appearances: 136, Cha Bum-kun and Hong Myung-bo
Most goals: 58, Cha Bum-kun
Youngest player: 17 years and 241 days, Kim Pan-keun, vs. Thailand, 1 November 1983
Youngest goalscorer: 18 years and 87 days, Ko Jong-soo, vs. New Zealand, 25 January 1997
Oldest player: 39 years and 274 days, Kim Yong-sik, vs. Hong Kong, 15 April 1950
Oldest goalscorer: 39 years and 274 days, Kim Yong-sik, vs. Hong Kong, 15 April 1950
Longest career: 19 years and 112 days, Lee Dong-gook, from 16 May 1998 to 5 September 2017
Most goals in a calendar year: 16, Park Lee-chun (1972) and Hwang Sun-hong (1994)
Most consecutive matches scored in: 6, Ha Seok-ju (1993)
Fastest goal from kick-off: 16 seconds, Hwang Hee-chan, vs. Qatar, 17 November 2020
Most hat-tricks: 3, Cha Bum-kun and Park Sung-hwa

Manager records[]

Most matches managed: 78, Huh Jung-moo
Most matches managed (unofficial)^[1]: 126, Kim Jung-nam
Most matches won: 54, Ham Heung-chul
Most matches won in an appointment: 27, Paulo Bento
Longest career in an appointment: 3 years, 175 days, Paulo Bento, since 22 August 2018
Most appointments: 5, Kim Yong-sik, Min Byung-dae and Park Jong-hwan

Team records[]

Biggest victory: 16–0 vs. Nepal, 29 September 2003 (2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
Highest scoring draw: 4–4 vs. Malaysia, 11 September 1976 (1976 Korea Cup)
Heaviest defeat: 0–12 vs. Sweden, 5 August 1948 (1948 Summer Olympics)
Most consecutive victories: 11, from 29 July 1975 (3–1 vs. Malaysia) to 21 December 1975 (3–1 vs. Burma)
Most consecutive matches without defeat: 29, from 20 September 1986 (3–0 vs. India) to 26 June 1989 (0–0 vs. Czechoslovakia)

Head-to-head record[]

The following table shows South Korea's head-to-head record, correct as of 1 February 2022.^[2]

**Key**
	Positive balance (more wins)
	Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)
	Negative balance (more losses)

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Winning %	Confederation
Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	8	2	+6	100.00	AFC
Algeria	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00	CAF
Angola	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	CAF
Argentina	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	000.00	CONMEBOL
Australia (list)	28	8	11	9	28	28	+0	028.57	AFC^[a]
Bahrain	16	11	4	1	37	11	+26	068.75	AFC
Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	100.00	AFC
Belarus	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00	UEFA
Belgium	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	000.00	UEFA
Bolivia	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	033.33	CONMEBOL
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00	UEFA
Brazil	6	1	0	5	4	11	−7	016.67	CONMEBOL
Brunei	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00	AFC
Bulgaria	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00	UEFA
Burkina Faso	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	CAF
Cambodia^[b]	7	6	0	1	22	4	+18	085.71	AFC
Cameroon	4	2	2	0	9	3	+6	050.00	CAF
Canada	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	040.00	CONCACAF
Chile	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	000.00	CONMEBOL
China PR (list)	35	20	13	2	49	26	+23	057.14	AFC
Chinese Taipei^[c]	21	14	1	6	50	19	+31	066.67	AFC
Colombia	7	4	2	1	12	7	+5	057.14	CONMEBOL
Costa Rica	9	4	2	3	11	10	+1	044.44	CONCACAF
Croatia	7	2	2	3	7	11	−4	028.57	UEFA
Cuba	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	CONCACAF
Czech Republic^[d]	5	1	2	2	5	14	−9	020.00	UEFA
Denmark	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00	UEFA
Ecuador	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00	CONMEBOL
Egypt^[e]	17	5	7	5	14	20	−6	029.41	CAF
England	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	UEFA
Finland	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00	UEFA
France	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	000.00	UEFA
Georgia	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00	UEFA
Germany	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	050.00	UEFA
Ghana	6	3	0	3	8	11	−3	050.00	CAF
Greece	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	075.00	UEFA
Guam	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00	AFC
Guatemala	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	033.33	CONCACAF
Haiti	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00	CONCACAF
Honduras	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00	CONCACAF
Hong Kong	28	21	5	2	66	21	+45	075.00	AFC
Hungary	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	000.00	UEFA
Iceland	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00	UEFA
India	19	14	2	3	48	12	+36	073.68	AFC
Indonesia	36	30	4	2	84	19	+65	083.33	AFC
Iran (list)	32	9	10	13	34	34	+0	028.13	AFC
Iraq	22	8	12	2	26	14	+12	036.36	AFC
Israel	11	5	4	2	17	12	+5	045.45	UEFA^[f]
Italy	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00	UEFA
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	CAF
Jamaica	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	050.00	CONCACAF
Japan (list)	80	42	23	15	124	73	+51	052.50	AFC
Jordan	5	3	2	0	5	2	+3	060.00	AFC
Kazakhstan	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	050.00	UEFA
Kuwait	24	12	4	8	30	20	+10	050.00	AFC
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	AFC
Laos	5	5	0	0	28	0	+28	100.00	AFC
Latvia	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	UEFA
Lebanon	16	12	3	1	28	5	+23	075.00	AFC
Libya	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00	CAF
Macau	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	100.00	AFC
Malaysia^[g]	46	26	12	8	78	42	+36	056.52	AFC
Maldives	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00	AFC
Mali	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00	CAF
Malta	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00	UEFA
Mexico	14	4	2	8	18	29	−11	028.57	CONCACAF
Moldova	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00	UEFA
Mongolia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00	AFC
Morocco	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00	CAF
Myanmar^[h]	27	15	7	5	42	15	+27	055.56	AFC
Nepal	7	7	0	0	53	0	+53	100.00	AFC
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	000.00	UEFA
New Zealand	7	6	1	0	10	1	+9	085.71	OFC
Nigeria	5	3	2	0	9	6	+3	060.00	CAF
North Korea (list)	17	7	9	1	14	6	+8	041.18	AFC
North Macedonia^[i]	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	050.00	UEFA
Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00	UEFA
Norway	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	025.00	UEFA
Oman	5	4	0	1	10	4	+6	080.00	AFC
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	100.00	AFC
Panama	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00	CONCACAF
Paraguay	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	033.33	CONMEBOL
Peru	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	000.00	CONMEBOL
Philippines	8	8	0	0	37	0	+37	100.00	AFC
Poland	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00	UEFA
Portugal	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	UEFA
Qatar	11	6	2	3	19	13	+6	054.55	AFC
Romania	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00	UEFA
Russia	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	000.00	UEFA
Saudi Arabia	17	4	8	5	18	17	+1	023.53	AFC
Scotland	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00	UEFA
Senegal	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	025.00	CAF
Serbia	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33	UEFA
Serbia and Montenegro^[3]	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	UEFA
Singapore	26	21	3	2	85	19	+66	080.77	AFC
Slovakia	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	UEFA
South Yemen	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00	AFC
Spain	6	0	2	4	5	16	−11	000.00	UEFA
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	100.00	AFC
Sudan	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00	CAF
Sweden	5	0	2	3	3	18	−15	000.00	UEFA
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00	UEFA
Syria	10	6	3	1	12	5	+7	060.00	AFC
Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00	AFC
Thailand	45	30	7	8	92	36	+56	066.67	AFC
Togo	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	CAF
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	CONCACAF
Tunisia	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	000.00	CAF
Turkey	7	1	2	4	4	13	−9	014.29	UEFA
Turkmenistan	5	4	0	1	16	4	+12	080.00	AFC
Ukraine	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00	UEFA
United Arab Emirates	20	13	5	2	38	13	+25	065.00	AFC
United States	11	5	3	3	10	8	+2	045.45	CONCACAF
Uruguay	8	1	1	6	6	13	−7	012.50	CONMEBOL
Uzbekistan	16	11	4	1	34	14	+20	068.75	AFC
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00	CONMEBOL
Vietnam^[j]	24	16	6	2	60	21	+39	066.67	AFC
Yemen^[k]	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00	AFC
Yugoslavia^[l]	7	0	3	4	4	13	−9	000.00	UEFA
Zambia	4	2	0	2	10	8	+2	050.00	CAF
Total	945	511	231	203	1,697	865	+832	054.07

^ Until 2006, Australia was a member of OFC.
^ Including the Khmer Republic.
^ Including the Republic of China.
^ Including Czechoslovakia.
^ Including the United Arab Republic.
^ Israel was a member of AFC between 1954 and 1974. In 1994, they received full UEFA membership.
^ Including the Federation of Malaya.
^ Including Burma.
^ Including Macedonia.
^ Including South Vietnam.
^ Including North Yemen.
^ Including SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "KFA Archives" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. 1 August 2018.
^ "Head-to-head record" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "Match results – 2005" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

External links[]

Korea Football Association official website (in English and Korean)

[3] Until 2006, Australia was a member of OFC.

[4] Including the Khmer Republic.

[5] Including the Republic of China.

[6] Including Czechoslovakia.

[7] Including the United Arab Republic.

[8] Israel was a member of AFC between 1954 and 1974. In 1994, they received full UEFA membership.

[9] Including the Federation of Malaya.

[10] Including Burma.

[11] Including Macedonia.

[13] Including South Vietnam.

[14] Including North Yemen.

[15] Including SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia.

[Archives-1] "KFA Archives" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. 1 August 2018.

[2] "Head-to-head record" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[12] "Match results – 2005" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

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Player records[]

Manager records[]

Team records[]

Head-to-head record[]

See also[]

References[]

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