Iran–South Korea football rivalry

The Iran and South Korea men's national football teams are sporting rivals[1][2] and have played against each other officially since 1958, totalling 28 matches as of January 2015, including seven World Cup qualifiers. These two teams were among the strongest Asian national football teams during the 1960s and 1970s. Since then, the teams have developed one of Asia's greatest rivalries.[3] Although the teams only had one chance to play against each other in the final match of the AFC Asian Cup, in 1972, they have faced each other five consecutive times at the quarterfinals stage since 1996.[4][5]

Iran–South Korea football rivalry
(Asian derby)

Iran vs South Korea in February 2009
Other names	Iran vs South Korea
Locale	Asia (AFC)
Teams	Iran  South Korea
First meeting	South Korea 5–0 Iran (28 May 1958, 1958 Asian Games)
Latest meeting	South Korea 1-1 Iran (11 June 2019, Friendly)
Statistics
Most wins	Iran (13)
Top scorer	Ali Daei (4)
Largest victory	South Korea 5–0 Iran (28 May 1958, 1958 Asian Games)

Statistics

As of 11 June 2019

Head-to-head record

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	31	13	9	9	33	33	0
South Korea	31	9	9	13	33	33	0

Wins by venue

Team	IRN	KOR	NV	Tot.
Iran	5	3	5	13
South Korea	0	2	7	9
Draws	2	6	1	9
Number of matches	7	11	13	31

List of matches

28 May 1958 1958 Asian Games	South Korea	5–0	Iran	Tokyo, Japan
	Lee Soo-nam  6' Kim Yeong-jin  33' Moon Jung-sik  50' Choi Chung-min  53' Woo Sang-kwon  84'

11 December 1970 1970 Asian Games	South Korea	1–0	Iran	Bangkok, Thailand
	Lee Hoe-taik  52'

10 September 1971 Friendly	South Korea	2–0	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Chung Kyu-poong  8' Park Lee-chun  12'

12 September 1971 Friendly	South Korea	0–2	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
			Khorshidi  38' Kim Ho  41' (o.g.)

19 May 1972 1972 AFC Asian Cup	Iran	2–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Bangkok, Thailand
	Jabbari  48' Kalani  108'		Park Lee-chun  65'

11 September 1974 1974 Asian Games	Iran	2–0	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Mazloumi 75', 89'

3 July 1977 1978 World Cup qualifier

South Korea

0–0

Iran

Busan, South Korea

11 November 1977 1978 World Cup qualifier	Iran	2–2	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Rowshan  52', 68'		Lee Young-moo  28', 88'

23 November 1982 1982 Asian Games	Iran	1–0	South Korea	New Delhi, India
	Derakhshan  47'

1 October 1986 1986 Asian Games	South Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Iran	Busan, South Korea
	Park Chang-sun  34' (pen.)		Bavi  84'

11 December 1988 1988 AFC Asian Cup	South Korea	3–0	Iran	Doha, Qatar
	Byun Byung-joo  26', 57' Hwang Sun-hong  42'

3 October 1990 1990 Asian Games	Iran	1–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Beijing, China
	Ghayeghran  107'

16 October 1993 1994 World Cup qualifier	South Korea	3–0	Iran	Doha, Qatar
	Park Jung-bae  18' Ha Seok-ju  79' Ko Jeong-woon  81'

16 December 1996 1996 AFC Asian Cup	Iran	6–2	South Korea	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Bagheri  31' Azizi  52' Daei  66', 76', 83', 89' (pen.)		Kim Do-hoon  11' Shin Tae-yong  35'

23 October 2000 2000 AFC Asian Cup	South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Iran	Tripoli, Lebanon
	Kim Sang-sik  90' Lee Dong-gook  99'		Bagheri  71'

24 April 2001 2001 LG Cup	South Korea	1–0	Iran	Cairo, Egypt
	Kim Do-hoon  6' (pen.)

31 July 2004 2004 AFC Asian Cup	Iran	4–3	South Korea	Jinan, China
	Karimi  10', 20', 77' Park Jin-sub  51' (o.g.)		Seol Ki-hyeon  16' Lee Dong-gook  25' Kim Nam-il  68'

12 October 2005 Friendly	South Korea	2–0	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Cho Won-hee  1' Kim Jin-kyu  90'

2 September 2006 2007 Asian Cup qualifier	South Korea	1–1	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Seol Ki-hyeon  45'		Hashemian  90'

15 November 2006 2007 Asian Cup qualifier	Iran	2–0	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Enayati  48' Badamaki  90'

22 July 2007 2007 AFC Asian Cup

South Korea

0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)

Iran

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

11 February 2009 2010 World Cup qualifier	Iran	1–1	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Javad Nekounam  58'		Park Ji-sung  81'

17 June 2009 2010 World Cup qualifier	South Korea	1–1	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Park Ji-sung  82'		Shojaei  52'

7 September 2010 Friendly	South Korea	0–1	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
			Shojaei  34'

22 January 2011 2011 AFC Asian Cup	South Korea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Iran	Doha, Qatar
	Yoon Bit-garam  105'

16 October 2012 2014 World Cup qualifier	Iran	1–0	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Nekounam  76'

18 June 2013 2014 World Cup qualifier	South Korea	0–1	Iran	Ulsan, South Korea
			Ghoochannejhad  60'

18 November 2014 Friendly	Iran	1–0	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Azmoun  82'

11 October 2016 2018 World Cup qualifier	Iran	1–0	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Azmoun  25'

31 August 2017 2018 World Cup qualifier

South Korea

0–0

Iran

Seoul, South Korea

11 June 2019 Friendly	South Korea	1–1	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Hwang Ui-jo  57'		Kim Young-gwon  62' (o.g.)

See also

• Iran national football team all-time record
• South Korea national football team all-time record

References

1. "South Korea proposes a friendly match with Iran". teammelli.com. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
2. "The (Hopefully) Last Qualifier – Korea vs Iran". taegukwarriors.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
3. "Asia's finale sees three spots up for grabs". FIFA.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
4. "Holders Iraq went through to quarterfinals". cnn.com. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
5. "Iran's defeat sends Cho back to the drawing board". ESPN Internet Ventures. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

• TeamMelli.com

External links

• FIFA.com
• KFA.or.kr - all-times results (in Korean)
• RSSSF archive of Iran's results, by Majeed Panahi, RSSSF, 21 Jan 2006
• World Football Elo Ratings: Iran
• World Football Elo Ratings: South Korea