South Korea at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of the South Korea's results at the FIFA World Cup. South Korea have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on ten occasions in 1954 and 1986 to 2018. Their best ever performance is a fourth place in the 2002 tournament co-hosted at home land and at Japan. This made them the first ever team to end in fourth place in its own World Cup. South Korea is also the first team outside Europe and the Americas in reaching the top 4 of a FIFA World Cup in the history as well.

South Korea also advanced to the round of 16 in the World Cup 2010, ending the group stage in 2nd place with 4 points. South Korea also beat Germany 2–0 to eliminate Germany in the FIFA World Cup 2018 group stage.

Summary

Statistics

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1950	Did not enter during Korean War
1954	Group stage	16th	2	0	0	2	0	16	Squad		2	1	1	0	7	3
1958	Preliminary competition entry denied[1]
1962	Did not qualify										4	2	0	2	6	9
1966	Did not enter
1970	Did not qualify										4	1	2	1	6	5
1974											8	3	4	1	10	4
1978											12	5	6	1	16	9
1982											3	2	0	1	7	4
1986	Group stage	20th	3	0	1	2	4	7	Squad		8	7	0	1	17	3
1990		22nd	3	0	0	3	1	6	Squad		11	9	2	0	30	1
1994		20th	3	0	2	1	4	5	Squad		13	9	3	1	32	5
1998		30th	3	0	1	2	2	9	Squad		12	9	2	1	28	8
2002	Fourth place	4th	7	3	2	2	8	6	Squad		Qualified as hosts
2006	Group stage	17th	3	1	1	1	3	4	Squad		12	7	3	2	18	7
2010	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	6	8	Squad		14	7	7	0	22	7
2014	Group stage	27th	3	0	1	2	3	6	Squad		14	8	3	3	27	11
2018		19th	3	1	0	2	3	3	Squad		18	12	3	3	38	10
2022	To be determined										4	2	2	0	10	0
2026	To be determined
Total	Fourth place	10/18[lower-greek 1]	34	6	9	19	34	70			139	84	38	17	274	86

1. Statistics since 1948, when South Korea became a member of FIFA

Matches

Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Scorer	W–D–L
1954	Group 2	Hungary	0–9		0–0–1
		Turkey	0–7		0–0–2
1986	Group A	Argentina	1–3	Park Chang-sun	0–0–3
		Bulgaria	1–1	Kim Jong-boo	0–1–3
		Italy	2–3	Choi Soon-ho, Huh Jung-moo	0–1–4
1990	Group E	Belgium	0–2		0–1–5
		Spain	1–3	Hwangbo Kwan	0–1–6
		Uruguay	0–1		0–1–7
1994	Group C	Spain	2–2	Hong Myung-bo, Seo Jung-won	0–2–7
		Bolivia	0–0		0–3–7
		Germany	2–3	Hwang Sun-hong, Hong Myung-bo	0–3–8
1998	Group E	Mexico	1–3	Ha Seok-ju	0–3–9
		Netherlands	0–5		0–3–10
		Belgium	1–1	Yoo Sang-chul	0–4–10
2002	Group D	Poland	2–0	Hwang Sun-hong, Yoo Sang-chul	1–4–10
		United States	1–1	Ahn Jung-hwan	1–5–10
		Portugal	1–0	Park Ji-sung	2–5–10
	Round of 16	Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Seol Ki-hyeon, Ahn Jung-hwan	3–5–10
	Quarter-finals	Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)		3–6–10
	Semi-finals	Germany	0–1		3–6–11
	Third place PO	Turkey	2–3	Lee Eul-yong, Song Chong-gug	3–6–12
2006	Group G	Togo	2–1	Lee Chun-soo, Ahn Jung-hwan	4–6–12
		France	1–1	Park Ji-sung	4–7–12
		Switzerland	0–2		4–7–13
2010	Group B	Greece	2–0	Lee Jung-soo, Park Ji-sung	5–7–13
		Argentina	1–4	Lee Chung-yong	5–7–14
		Nigeria	2–2	Lee Jung-soo, Park Chu-young	5–8–14
	Round of 16	Uruguay	1–2	Lee Chung-yong	5–8–15
2014	Group H	Russia	1–1	Lee Keun-ho	5–9–15
		Algeria	2–4	Son Heung-min, Koo Ja-cheol	5–9–16
		Belgium	0–1		5–9–17
2018	Group F	Sweden	0–1		5–9–18
		Mexico	1–2	Son Heung-min	5–9–19
		Germany	2–0	Kim Young-gwon, Son Heung-min	6–9–19

Records

World records

Goalscoring

• Fastest goal conceded from kickoff

11 seconds, Hakan Şükür (Turkey), vs South Korea, 2002

Goalkeeping

• Most goals conceded, one tournament

16, Hong Deok-young, 1954

• Lowest goal difference, one tournament

−16, South Korea, 1954

• Biggest margin of loss

9, Hungary 9–0 South Korea, 1954; Yugoslavia 9–0 Zaire, 1974 and Hungary 10–1 El Salvador, 1982

Upsets

• Biggest upset in the knockout stage, per FIFA rankings

+34 – South Korea (2002) ranked 40 – won 2–1 over Italy (ranked 6)

• Biggest upset of a defending champion, per FIFA rankings

+56 – South Korea (2018) ranked 57 – won 2–0 over Germany (ranked 1)

• Biggest upset of a top ranked team, per FIFA rankings

+56 – South Korea (2018) ranked 57 – won 2–0 over Germany (ranked 1)

Match records

First match	South Korea 0–9 Hungary  (17 June 1954; Zurich, Switzerland)
Biggest win	South Korea 2–0 Poland  (4 June 2002; Busan, South Korea)  South Korea 2–0 Greece  (12 June 2010; Port Elizabeth, South Africa)  South Korea 2–0 Germany  (27 June 2018; Kazan, Russia)
Biggest defeat	Hungary 9–0 South Korea  (17 June 1954; Zurich, Switzerland)

Head-to-head records

Country	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Algeria	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	CAF
Argentina	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	CONMEBOL
Belgium	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	UEFA
Bolivia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	CONMEBOL
Bulgaria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
France	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
Germany	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	UEFA
Greece	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	UEFA
Hungary	1	0	0	1	0	9	−9	UEFA
Italy	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	UEFA
Mexico	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	CONCACAF
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	UEFA
Nigeria	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	CAF
Poland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	UEFA
Portugal	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA
Russia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
Spain	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	UEFA
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	UEFA
Togo	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	CAF
Turkey	2	0	0	2	2	10	−8	UEFA
United States	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CONCACAF
Uruguay	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	CONMEBOL
Total	34	6	9	19	34	70	–36

Awards

Hong Myung-bo was awarded with the Bronze Ball and was selected as one of the All-Star Team in 2002.

Park Ji-sung is the only Korean player to score at three different FIFA World Cups.

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. In the same year, Hong Myung-bo and Yoo Sang-chul have been voted members of the All Star Team. They are the only Asians ever to have been named in an All-Star Team. Hong also received the Bronze Ball award for the first time among Asian players.

Most capped players

No.	Name	Caps	Year
1	Hong Myung-bo	16	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
2	Park Ji-sung	14	2002, 2006, 2010
3	Lee Young-pyo	12	2002, 2006, 2010
4	Lee Woon-jae	11	1994, 2002, 2006
	Kim Nam-il	11	2002, 2006, 2010
6	Hwang Sun-hong	10	1990, 1994, 2002
	Kim Tae-young	10	1998, 2002
	Yoo Sang-chul	10	1998, 2002
	Lee Chun-soo	10	2002, 2006
10	Kim Joo-sung	9	1986, 1990, 1994
	Ahn Jung-hwan	9	2002, 2006
	Choi Jin-cheul	9	2002, 2006
	Seol Ki-hyeon	9	2002, 2006
	Ki Sung-yueng	9	2010, 2014, 2018

Top goalscorers

No.	Name	Goals	Year
1	Ahn Jung-hwan	3	2002, 2006
	Park Ji-sung	3	2002, 2006, 2010
	Son Heung-min	3	2014, 2018
4	Hong Myung-bo	2	1994
	Hwang Sun-hong	2	1994, 2002
	Yoo Sang-chul	2	1998, 2002
	Lee Jung-soo	2	2010
	Lee Chung-yong	2	2010

Details

Switzerland 1954

South Korea first appeared in the 1954 FIFA World Cup, as the second Asian team to ever enter the World Cup after Indonesia. Qualifying occurred in March 1954, barely one year after the end of the Korean War. Only South Korea and Japan wound up competing for the Asian spot in the Cup, and as the Koreans refused to give visas to their rivals and former colonizers, both qualifier games were held in Tokyo. With a squad that consisted entirely of army personnel, South Korea eliminated Japan with a 5-3 victory followed by a 2-2 draw.[2]

South Korea played games against Hungary and Turkey, losing 9–0 and 7–0 respectively. The 16 goals against in a single edition are still the tournament record.

17 June 1954 Group 2	Hungary	9–0	South Korea	Hardturm Stadium, Zürich
18:00 UTC+1	Puskás  12', 89' Lantos  18' Kocsis  24', 36', 50' Czibor  59' Palotás  75', 83'	Report		Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Raymond Vincenti (France)

20 June 1954 Group 2	Turkey	7–0	South Korea	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:00 UTC+1	Suat  10', 30' Lefter  24' Burhan  37', 64', 70' Erol  76'	Report		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

Group 2 table
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Hungary	2	2	0	0	17	3	+14	4	Advance to knockout stage
West Germany	2	1	0	1	7	9	–2	2
Turkey	2	1	0	1	8	4	+4	2
South Korea	2	0	0	2	0	16	–16	0

Mexico 1986

South Korea started qualification first round with Malaysia and Nepal. They qualified first round as group winner, in the second round they met Indonesia. They beat Indonesia and Japan in the final round, they gained one of the two spots in Asia.

In finals, South Korea was allocated in group A with Argentina, Italy and Bulgaria. Their first match was against Argentina, who beat South Korea 3–1, with Diego Maradona playing a major part. Park Chang-Sun scored the first Korean goal in World Cup history. South Korea and Bulgaria drew 1–1 in a downpour, followed by a close defeat to defending champions Italy, 3–2.

2 June 1986 Group A	Argentina	3–1	South Korea	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00 UTC−5	Valdano  6', 46' Ruggeri  18'	(Report)	Park Chang-sun  73'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)

5 June 1986 Group A	South Korea	1–1	Bulgaria	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
16:00 UTC−5	Kim Jong-boo  70'	(Report)	Getov  11'	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Fallaj Al Shanar (Saudi Arabia)

10 June 1986 Group A	South Korea	2–3	Italy	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
12:00 UTC−5	Choi Soon-ho  62' Huh Jung-moo  83'	(Report)	Altobelli  17', 73' Cho Kwang-rae  82' (o.g.)	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: David Socha (United States)

Group A table
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Argentina	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5	Advance to knockout stage
Italy	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	4
Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
South Korea	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Italy 1990

South Korea went undefeated during the qualifiers, with 9 wins and 2 draws in total. In finals, allocated in group E with Belgium, Spain and Uruguay, they dropped out in the group stage, losing all games.

12 June 1990 Group E	Belgium	2–0	South Korea	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona
17:00 UTC+2	Degryse  53' De Wolf  64'	Report		Attendance: 32,790 Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)

17 June 1990 Group E	South Korea	1–3	Spain	Stadio Friuli, Udine
21:00 UTC+2	Hwangbo Kwan  42'	Report	Míchel  22', 61', 81'	Attendance: 32,733 Referee: Elías Jácome (Ecuador)

21 June 1990 Group E	South Korea	0–1	Uruguay	Stadio Friuli, Udine
17:00 UTC+2		Report	Fonseca  90'	Attendance: 29,039 Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Group E table
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Spain	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
Belgium	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

United States 1994

Under coach Kim Ho and technical supervisor Anatoli Byshovets, the South Korean third straight appearance in the World Cup was an improvement over the previous two, with two ties and a loss. Along with a 0-0 against Bolivia, twice the Koreans' fitness made them survive stronger European teams, tying Spain in the final minutes of their 2-2 bout and reducing Germany's lead from 3-0 to 3-2.[3]

17 June 1994 Group C	Spain	2–2	South Korea	Cotton Bowl, Dallas
18:35 CDT (UTC–5)	Salinas  51' Goikoetxea  55'	Report	Hong Myung-bo  85' Seo Jung-won  90'	Attendance: 56,247 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

23 June 1994 Group C	South Korea	0–0	Bolivia	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
19:35 EDT (UTC–4)		Report		Attendance: 54,453 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

27 June 1994 Group C	Germany	3–2	South Korea	Cotton Bowl, Dallas
15:05 CDT (UTC–5)	Klinsmann  12', 37' Riedle  20'	Report	Hwang Sun-hong  52' Hong Myung-bo  63'	Attendance: 63,998 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Group C table
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Germany	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
Spain	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
South Korea	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
Bolivia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

France 1998

Former star Cha Bum-kun coached South Korea. Following two harrowing defeats, 3-1 to Mexico and 5-0 to the Netherlands, Cha was fired, being replaced in their final game by assistant Kim Pyung-seok.[4] Belgium opened the score early, but Korea tied with 19 minutes remaining.[5]

13 June 1998 Group E	South Korea	1–3	Mexico	Stade Gerland, Lyon
17:30 UTC+2	Ha Seok-ju  28'	(Report)	Peláez  51' Hernández  74', 84'	Attendance: 39,133 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

20 June 1998 Group E	Netherlands	5–0	South Korea	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
21:00 UTC+2	Cocu  38' Overmars  42' Bergkamp  71' van Hooijdonk  80' R. de Boer  83'	(Report)		Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

25 June 1998 Group E	Belgium	1–1	South Korea	Parc des Princes, Paris
16:00 UTC+2	Nilis  7'	(Report)	Yoo Sang-chul  71'	Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Group E table
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5	Advance to knockout stage
Mexico	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5
Belgium	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
South Korea	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

South Korea–Japan 2002

South Korea was one of the host nations for the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament, along with Japan. Led by Dutch coach Guus Hiddink, and assistant coach Pim Verbeek, South Korean team achieved their first ever victory in the first stage (2–0, against Poland), and after a 1–1 draw with the USA, and a further 1–0 victory against heavily favored Portugal, the South Korean team qualified for the second round.[6]

The USA's shock 3-2 win over Portugal, together with a draw against South Korea was enough to send them through, even though they lost 1-3 to Poland. Portugal was eliminated with one win and two losses, including one against South Korea. Poland were also eliminated, despite beating the USA in their final game.

Their second round opponents were Italy, who were defeated 2–1 after extra time. The South Korea public then began to dream of a semi-final berth, which was attained on defeating Spain on penalties, thereby surpassing the record of their North Korean counterparts 36 years before. South Korea advanced to the semi-finals amid very controversial circumstances. Against Italy, South Korea escaped punishment for many fouls before Italy had Francesco Totti sent off for diving. Then in their quarter final against Spain, the Spanish had two goals erroneously disallowed before South Korea won on penalties.[7]

The South Korean team's run was halted by lost 1-0 to Germany in the semi-finals, and lost 3–2 to Turkey in the third place playoff.[8]

4 June 2002 Group D	South Korea	2–0	Poland	Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan
20:30 UTC+9	Hwang Sun-hong  26' Yoo Sang-chul  53'	(Report)		Attendance: 48,760 Referee: Oscar Ruíz (Colombia)

10 June 2002 Group D	South Korea	1–1	United States	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu
15:30 UTC+9	Ahn Jung-hwan  78'	(Report)	Mathis  24'	Attendance: 60,778 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

14 June 2002 Group D	Portugal	0–1	South Korea	Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon
20:30 UTC+9		(Report)	Park Ji-sung  70'	Attendance: 50,239 Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)

Group D table
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
South Korea	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
United States	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
Portugal	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3
Poland	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3

18 June 2002 Round of 16	South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon
20:30 UTC+9	Seol Ki-hyeon  88' Ahn Jung-hwan  117'	Report	Vieri  18'	Attendance: 38,588 Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

22 June 2002 Quarter-finals	Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	South Korea	Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju
15:30 UTC+9		Report		Attendance: 42,114 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Penalties
	Hierro Baraja Xavi Joaquín		Hwang Sun-hong Park Ji-sung Seol Ki-hyeon Ahn Jung-hwan Hong Myung-bo

25 June 2002 Semi-finals	Germany	1–0	South Korea	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
20:30 UTC+9	Ballack  75'	Report		Attendance: 65,256 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

29 June 2002 Third place play-off	South Korea	2–3	Turkey	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu
20:00 UTC+9	Lee Eul-yong  9' Song Chong-gug  90+3'	Report	Hakan Şükür  1' İlhan  13', 32'	Attendance: 63,483 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

Germany 2006

During the 2006 World Cup, South Korea achieved their first World Cup victory outside Asia by beating Togo 2–1. They then drew 1–1 against eventual finalists France, but lost 2–0 to Switzerland, which knocked them out of the tournament.

13 June 2006 Group G	South Korea	2–1	Togo	FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt
15:00 UTC+2	Lee Chun-soo  54' Ahn Jung-hwan  72'	(Report)	Kader  31'	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

18 June 2006 Group G	France	1–1	South Korea	Zentralstadion, Leipzig
21:00 UTC+2	Henry  9'	(Report)	Park Ji-sung  81'	Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

23 June 2006 Group G	Switzerland	2–0	South Korea	FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover
21:00 UTC+2	Senderos  23' Frei  77'	(Report)		Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

Group G table
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
France	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
South Korea	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
Togo	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

South Africa 2010

South Korea won the 2010 World Cup AFC qualification with 16 points – 7 wins and 7 draws in total – making them the only team unbeaten throughout the whole campaign. They then qualified for the knockout stages of the 2010 World Cup Group B with 4 points, winning 2–0 against Greece, losing 4–1 to Argentina and drawing 2–2 with Nigeria. At the knockout stage, they met Uruguay, which ended in a 2-1 loss for South Korea, eliminating them from the tournament.

12 June 2010 Group B	South Korea	2–0	Greece	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
13:30 UTC+2	Lee Jung-soo  7' Park Ji-sung  52'	Report		Attendance: 31,513 Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)[9]

17 June 2010 Group B	Argentina	4–1	South Korea	Soccer City, Johannesburg
13:30 UTC+2	Park Chu-young  17' (o.g.) Higuaín  33', 76', 80'	Report	Lee Chung-yong  45+1'	Attendance: 82,174 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)[10]

22 June 2010 Group B	Nigeria	2–2	South Korea	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
20:30 UTC+2	Uche  12' Yakubu  69' (pen.)	Report	Lee Jung-soo  38' Park Chu-young  49'	Attendance: 61,874 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Group B table
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	6	–1	4
Greece	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	3
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	5	–2	1

26 June 2010 Round of 16	Uruguay	2–1	South Korea	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
16:00 UTC+2	Suárez  8', 80'	Report	Lee Chung-yong  68'	Attendance: 30,597 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Brazil 2014

Led by 2002 captain Hong Myung-Bo, South Korea entered their eighth consecutive World Cup finals with expectations following the 2010 qualification and a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Tournament.

In their opening match against Russia, Lee Keun-ho scored after an error by goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, only for Aleksandr Kerzhakov to equalise following a goalmouth scramble. The high-scoring match that followed saw Algeria beat the Koreans 4-2. Korea outshot a 10-man Belgium side in the final game of group stage, but wound up defeated by a late goal by Jan Vertonghen.[11] The early exit lead the Korean squad to be pelted with yeot, a traditional Korean confectionery, upon arrival at Incheon,[12] and Hong to resign shortly afterwards.[13]

17 June 2014 Group H	Russia	1–1	South Korea	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá
18:00 BRT–1 (UTC−4)	Kerzhakov  74'	Report	Lee Keun-ho  68'	Attendance: 37,603 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

22 June 2014 Group H	South Korea	2–4	Algeria	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
16:00 BRT (UTC−3)	Son Heung-min  50' Koo Ja-cheol  72'	Report	Slimani  26' Halliche  28' Djabou  38' Brahimi  62'	Attendance: 42,732 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

26 June 2014 Group H	South Korea	0–1	Belgium	Arena Corinthians, São Paulo
17:00 BRT (UTC−3)		Report	Vertonghen  78'	Attendance: 61,397 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Group H table
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Belgium	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
Algeria	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
Russia	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
South Korea	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1

Russia 2018

18 June 2018 Group F	Sweden	1–0	South Korea	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod
15:00 UTC+3	Claesson  61' Granqvist  65' (pen.)	Report	Kim Shin-wook  13' Hwang Hee-chan  55'	Attendance: 42,300 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

23 June 2018 Group F	South Korea	1–2	Mexico	Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don
18:00 UTC+3	Kim Young-gwon  58' Lee Yong  63' Lee Seung-woo  72' Jung Woo-young  80' Son Heung-min  90+3'	Report	Vela  26' (pen.) Hernández  66'	Attendance: 43,472 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

27 June 2018 Group F	South Korea	2–0	Germany	Kazan Arena, Kazan
17:00 UTC+3	Jung Woo-young  9' Lee Jae-sung  23' Moon Seon-min  48' Kim Young-gwon  90+3' Son Heung-min  65'  90+6'	Report		Attendance: 41,835 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Group F table
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
Mexico	3	2	0	1	3	4	–1	6
South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
Germany	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3

See also

• South Korea national football team
• History of the South Korea national football team
• South Korea at the AFC Asian Cup

References

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External links

• FIFA match results for all stages 1930–2006
• FIFA official website