South Korea national football team records and statistics

Records and statistics of the South Korea national football team are as follows.

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Player records

As of 11 June 2024^[1]

Players in bold are still active with South Korea.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Cha Bum-kun	136	58	1972–1986
1	Hong Myung-bo	136	10	1990–2002
3	Lee Woon-jae	133	0	1994–2010
4	Lee Young-pyo	127	5	1999–2011
4	Son Heung-min	127	48	2010–present
6	Kim Ho-kon	124	5	1971–1979
7	Yoo Sang-chul	122	18	1994–2005
8	Cho Young-jeung	113	1	1975–1986
9	Kim Young-gwon	111	7	2010–present
10	Ki Sung-yueng	110	10	2008–2019

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Cha Bum-kun	58	136	0.43	1972–1986
2	Hwang Sun-hong	50	103	0.49	1988–2002
3	Son Heung-min	48	127	0.38	2010–present
4	Park Lee-chun	36	89	0.4	1969–1974
5	Kim Jae-han	33	57	0.58	1972–1979
5	Lee Dong-gook	33	105	0.31	1998–2017
7	Choi Soon-ho	30	103	0.29	1980–1991
8	Kim Do-hoon	29	72	0.4	1994–2003
8	Huh Jung-moo	29	84	0.35	1974–1986
10	Choi Yong-soo	27	67	0.4	1995–2003
	Lee Tae-ho	27	72	0.38	1980–1991
	Kim Jin-kook	27	94	0.29	1972–1978

Other records

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)^[2]: 126, Kim Jung-nam
Most matches won: 54, Ham Heung-chul
Most matches won in an appointment: 35, Paulo Bento
Longest career in an appointment: 4 years and 106 days, Paulo Bento, from 22 August 2018 to 6 December 2022
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 11 June 2024.^[3]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	8	2	+6	100.00
Algeria	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Angola	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Argentina	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	000.00
Australia (list)	29	9	11	9	30	29	+1	031.03
Bahrain	17	12	4	1	40	12	+28	070.59
Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	100.00
Belarus	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Belgium	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	000.00
Bolivia	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	033.33
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Brazil	8	1	0	7	6	20	−14	012.50
Brunei	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Bulgaria	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Burkina Faso	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Cambodia	7	6	0	1	22	4	+18	085.71
Cameroon	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	060.00
Canada	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	040.00
Chile	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	033.33
China (list)	38	23	13	2	56	26	+30	060.53
Chinese Taipei	21	14	1	6	50	19	+31	066.67
Colombia	8	4	3	1	14	9	+5	050.00
Costa Rica	10	4	3	3	13	12	+1	040.00
Croatia	7	2	2	3	7	11	−4	028.57
Cuba	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Czech Republic^[a]	5	1	2	2	5	14	−9	020.00
Denmark	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Ecuador	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Egypt	18	6	7	5	18	21	−3	033.33
El Salvador	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
England	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Finland	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
France	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	000.00
Georgia	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Germany	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	050.00
Ghana	7	3	0	4	10	14	−4	042.86
Greece	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	075.00
Guam	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Guatemala	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	033.33
Haiti	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Honduras	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Hong Kong	29	22	5	2	69	21	+48	075.86
Hungary	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	000.00
Iceland	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
India	19	14	2	3	48	12	+36	073.68
Indonesia	36	30	4	2	84	19	+65	083.33
Iran	33	10	10	13	36	34	+2	030.30
Iraq	23	9	12	2	27	14	+13	039.13
Israel	11	5	4	2	17	12	+5	045.45
Italy	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Jamaica	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	050.00
Japan (list)	81	42	23	16	124	76	+48	051.85
Jordan	7	3	3	1	7	6	+1	042.86
Kazakhstan	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	050.00
Kuwait	24	12	4	8	30	20	+10	050.00
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Laos	5	5	0	0	28	0	+28	100.00
Latvia	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Lebanon	16	12	3	1	28	5	+23	075.00
Libya	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Macau	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	100.00
Malaysia	47	26	13	8	81	45	+36	055.32
Maldives	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00
Mali	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Malta	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Mexico	14	4	2	8	18	29	−11	028.57
Moldova	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Mongolia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Morocco	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00
Myanmar	27	15	7	5	42	15	+27	055.56
Nepal	7	7	0	0	53	0	+53	100.00
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	000.00
New Zealand	7	6	1	0	10	1	+9	085.71
Nigeria	5	3	2	0	9	6	+3	060.00
North Korea (list)	17	7	9	1	14	6	+8	041.18
North Macedonia	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	050.00
Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Norway	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	025.00
Oman	5	4	0	1	10	4	+6	080.00
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	100.00
Panama	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Paraguay	7	2	4	1	8	7	+1	028.57
Peru	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	000.00
Philippines	8	8	0	0	37	0	+37	100.00
Poland	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Portugal	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Qatar	11	6	2	3	19	13	+6	054.55
Romania	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Russia	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	000.00
Saudi Arabia	19	5	9	5	20	18	+2	026.32
Scotland	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Senegal	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	025.00
Serbia	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33
Serbia and Montenegro^[4]	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Singapore	28	23	3	2	97	19	+78	082.14
Slovakia	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
South Yemen	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Spain	6	0	2	4	5	16	−11	000.00
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	100.00
Sudan	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00
Sweden	5	0	2	3	3	18	−15	000.00
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Syria	10	6	3	1	12	5	+7	060.00
Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Thailand	47	31	8	8	96	37	+59	065.96
Togo	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Tunisia	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	033.33
Turkey	7	1	2	4	4	13	−9	014.29
Turkmenistan	5	4	0	1	16	4	+12	080.00
Ukraine	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
United Arab Emirates	21	13	5	3	38	14	+24	061.90
United States	11	5	3	3	10	8	+2	045.45
Uruguay	10	1	2	7	7	15	−8	010.00
Uzbekistan	16	11	4	1	34	14	+20	068.75
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Vietnam^[b]	25	17	6	2	66	21	+45	068.00
Wales	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Yemen^[c]	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Yugoslavia^[d]	7	0	3	4	4	13	−9	000.00
Zambia	4	2	0	2	10	8	+2	050.00
Total	982	530	241	211	1,770	904	+866	053.97

^ Including Czechoslovakia.
^ Including South Vietnam.
^ Including North Yemen.
^ Including SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia.

References

^ Mamrud, Roberto. "South Korea – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^ "KFA Archives" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. 1 August 2018.
^ "Head-to-head record" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ "Match results – 2005" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

External links

Korea Football Association official website (in English and Korean)

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