South Korea national under-20 football team

The South Korea national under-20 football team (Korean: 대한민국 20세 이하 축구 국가대표팀; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in international youth football competitions. It is also managed as under-18 or under-19 team.

Korea Republic U-20

Nickname(s)	Taegeuk Warriors The Red Devils Tiger of Asia
Association	Korea Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Kim Jung-soo
FIFA code	KOR
First colours Second colours
First international
South Korea 2–0 Thailand  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 19 April 1959)
Biggest win
South Korea 28–0 Guam  (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 6 November 2007)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1979)
Best result	Runners-up (2019)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Appearances	38 (first in 1959)
Best result	Champions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)

History

Red Fury (1983)

Having finished the qualifying tournament as third place, South Korea under-19 could not originally play the final stage in the 1982 AFC Youth Championship. However, the North Korean FA was punished with a two-year suspension for assaulting a referee at the 1982 Asian Games by the Asian Football Confederation, so South Korea fortunately advanced to the final stage instead of North Korea, the runners-up.[1] Then they qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, after winning the championship. The manager Park Jong-hwan trained his team with tactics which demanded a lot of stamina and extreme teamwork for World Youth Championship.[2] Drawn in a group with Scotland, Australia and the host Mexico, South Korea lost their first game against Scotland, but they advanced to the knockout stage by defeating the other two teams. In the quarter-finals, they faced Uruguay, and won the game 2–1 with a forward Shin Yon-ho's two goals after extra time. The news that they reached the semi-finals for the first time in a FIFA competition became a myth in South Korea,[3] a weak country in sports at that time, although it was a youth competition. The foreign press were also interested in South Korean team's achievement, describing it as the "Red Fury".[4][5] South Korea finished the tournament in fourth place after losing to Brazil and Poland,[6] and a South Korean defender Kim Pan-keun was named in official All-Star Team.[7]

Korean unified team (1991)

The Inter-Korean Sports Conferences were held on the recommendation of International Olympic Committee since 1963, but the conferences always broke down until the 1980s because both sides had not seen eye to eye. In February 1991, however, their efforts bore fruit for the first time by deciding to make Korean unified teams in table tennis and football.[8] In that same year, both South and North qualified for the FIFA World Youth Championship as winners and runners-up of AFC Youth Championship, so they urgently made allied under-20 football team for the world championship despite concerns about communication and teamwork.[9] Their challenge was ended in the quarter-finals.

Competitive records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
as  South Korea
1977	Did not enter
1979	Group stage	3	1	1	1	1	3	Squad
1981	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	5	Squad
1983	Fourth place	6	3	0	3	8	9	Squad
1985	Did not qualify
1987
1989
as Korea
1991	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	3	7	Squad
as  South Korea
1993	Group stage	3	0	3	0	4	4	Squad
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Group stage	3	0	1	2	5	14	Squad
1999	Group stage	3	1	0	2	5	6	Squad
2001	Did not qualify
2003	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	3	5	Squad
2005	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad
2007	Group stage	3	0	2	1	4	5	Squad
2009	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	9	6	Squad
2011	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	3	4	Squad
2013	Quarter-finals	5	1	3	1	8	8	Squad
2015	Did not qualify
2017	Round of 16	4	2	0	2	6	5	Squad
2019	Runners-up	7	4	1	2	9	8	Squad
2021	To be determined
Total	Runners-up	60	19	14	27	75	94

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

AFC U-20 Asian Cup record									Qualification record[10]
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959	Champions	4	4	0	0	8	3		Directly qualified
1960	Champions	4	4	0	0	16	4
1961	Fourth place	5	1	3	1	9	6
1962	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	14	2
1963	Champions	6	4	2	0	16	6
1964	Fourth place	4	2	0	2	4	9
1965	Group stage	4	1	0	3	4	5
1966	Quarter-finals	3	1	1	1	5	2
1967	Group stage	3	1	1	1	8	7
1968	Third place	7	5	2	0	18	4
1969	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	9	4
1970	Third place	6	4	0	2	11	3
1971	Runners-up	6	2	3	1	8	5
1972	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	8	3
1973	Third place	6	3	2	1	5	1
1974	Third place	6	5	0	1	11	7
1975	Did not enter
1976	Third place	6	3	1	2	7	3		Directly qualified
1977	Quarter-finals	4	1	3	0	3	0
1978	Champions	6	3	3	0	12	3
1980	Champions	4	3	1	0	9	3		6	6	0	0	23	4
1982	Champions	3	2	1	0	7	2		6	4	0	2	25	9
1985	Did not qualify								5	3	2	0	10	1
1986	Group stage	3	1	1	1	9	2		1	1	0	0	4	2
1988	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	2		2	2	0	0	11	0
1990	Champions	5	2	3	0	3	1		4	3	1	0	11	1
1992	Runners-up	6	4	0	2	18	10		2	1	0	1	2	2
1994	Group stage	4	1	2	1	7	6		3	3	0	0	12	0
1996	Champions	6	6	0	0	18	3		Qualified as host
1998	Champions	6	4	2	0	12	6		3	3	0	0	16	2
2000	Group stage	4	2	1	1	11	3		4	4	0	0	40	3
2002	Champions	6	5	1	0	13	1		2	2	0	0	26	0
2004	Champions	6	3	2	1	11	7		2	2	0	0	22	0
2006	Third place	6	5	1	0	19	3		2	2	0	0	15	0
2008	Semi-finals	5	3	0	2	7	3		4	4	0	0	39	1
2010	Semi-finals	5	3	1	1	6	4		5	4	0	1	18	3
2012	Champions	6	4	2	0	11	4		4	3	0	1	25	1
2014	Group stage	3	1	1	1	7	2		3	2	0	1	11	4
2016	Group stage	3	2	0	1	6	4		4	4	0	0	26	4
2018	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	12	6		4	4	0	0	22	0
2020	Qualified
Total	12 titles	179	105	42	32	354	145		66	57	3	6	358	37

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Kim Jung-soo
Assistant coach	In Chang-soo
Goalkeeping coach	Kim Dae-hwan
Fitness coach	Oh Sung-hwan

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Baek Jong-beom	21 January 2001	FC Seoul
12	GK	Jo Sung-bin	5 January 2001	Jeonnam Dragons
21	GK	Kim Jeong-hun	20 April 2001	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC
2	DF	Bak Jin-sung	15 May 2001	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC
3	DF	Cho Hyun-teak	2 August 2001	Shingal High School
4	DF	Nam Yun-jae	13 April 2001	Jeonnam Dragons
5	DF	Oh Sang-jun	2 February 2001	Busan IPark
6	DF	Kim Sang-jun	1 October 2001	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
14	DF	Gwon Seong-yun	30 March 2001	FC Seoul
15	DF	Choi Won-chang	9 May 2001	Incheon United FC
17	DF	Lee Jin-young	1 May 2001	Daegu FC
19	DF	Kim Ju-hwan	17 February 2001	Pohang Steelers
22	DF	Choi Se-yun	11 January 2001	Incheon United FC
7	MF	Go Young-joon	9 July 2001	Pohang Steelers
8	MF	Kwon Hyeok-kyu	13 March 2001	Busan IPark
10	MF	Hwang Jae-hwan	12 April 2001	Ulsan Hyundai FC
11	MF	Kwon Min-jae	11 June 2001	Busan IPark
13	MF	Park Gun-woo	9 August 2001	Pohang Steelers
16	MF	Lee Kang-hee	24 August 2001	Sinpyeong High School
23	MF	An Jae-jun	3 April 2001	Ulsan Hyundai FC
9	FW	Jung Han-min	8 January 2001	FC Seoul
18	FW	Oh Hyun-gyu	12 April 2001	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
20	FW	Heo Yool	12 April 2001	Gwangju FC

See also

• Football in South Korea
• Korea Football Association
• South Korea national football team
• South Korea national football B team
• South Korea national under-23 football team
• South Korea national under-17 football team
• South Korea women's national under-20 football team

References

1. "Asian U-19 Championship 1982". RSSSF. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
2. 朴鍾煥감독 오로지「팀워크」위주로 똘똘 뭉치겠다. Naver.com (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. 13 June 1983. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
3. 朴鍾煥감독이 개발한「6가지 번개작전」. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 13 June 1983. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
4. "RUN, RUN, RUN, That's the not-so-secret weapon of the seemingly unstoppable 'Red Korean Fury'". Gov.sg. Singapore Monitor. 13 June 1983. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
5. "Red Devils created global culture of street cheering". The Korea Times. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
6. "World Youth Cup (U-20) 1983 (Mexico)". RSSSF. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
7. "WYC 83 Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
8. 남북체육교류의 역사 - 남북체육회담 ①. Naver.com (in Korean). Ministry of Unification. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
9. 南北축구 단일팀「戰力상쇄 」우려. Naver.com (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. 16 February 1991. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
10. Di Maggio, Roberto; Garin, Erik; Jönsson, Mikael; Morrison, Neil; Stokkermans, Karel (22 November 2018). "Asian U-19/U-20 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)