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South Korea
KR · FIFA #22
FIFA#22
Titles–
Appearances11
Best result4th (2002)
Group A
| # | Team | Sp | S | U | N | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 2 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 3 |  South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 4 |  Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
Fixtures
Style of play
4-2-3-1Coach: Hong Myung-bo
Hong Myung-bo, 2002 hero turned coach, builds South Korea around Son Heung-min. The move from Spurs to LAFC has left Son fresher. Compact block, quick transitions.
Tournament odds1%
Group winner20%
Quarter-final12%
Semi-final5%
Final2%
Champion1%
Squad
25 players- Coach
- Hong Myungbo
- Avg age
- 27.6
- Founded
- 1928
Goalkeepers
- Bum-keun Song28 yrs
- Hyeon-woo Jo34 yrs
- Seung-Gyu Kim35 yrs
Defenders
- Gi-hyuk Lee25 yrs
- Han-bum Lee23 yrs
- Jin-seob Park30 yrs
- Min-Jae Kim29 yrs
- Moon-hwan Kim30 yrs
- Tae-hyeon Kim25 yrs
- Tae-seok Lee23 yrs
- Young-woo Seol27 yrs
Midfielders
- Dong-gyeong Lee28 yrs
- In-beom Hwang29 yrs
- Jae-sung Lee33 yrs
- Jens Castrop22 yrs
- Jin-Gyu Kim29 yrs
- Joon-ho Bae22 yrs
- Kang-in Lee25 yrs
- Seung-Ho Paik29 yrs
Forwards
- Gue-Sung Cho28 yrs
- Heung-min Son33 yrs
- Hwang Heechan30 yrs
- Hyun-Gyu Oh25 yrs
- Hyun-jun Yang24 yrs
- Ji-sung Eom24 yrs
Source: football-data.org. Refreshed hourly.
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WC history
–Titles
11Appearances
4th (2002)Best
FAQ
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By the numbers
- 98+Years of history
- 11WC appearances
- –WC titles
- 4thBest result
- AFCConfederation
National teamAFC
- Founded
- 1928
- Nickname
- Taegeuk Warriors
- FIFA
- #22
- Group
- WM26 · A
- WC appearances
- 11 (incl. 2026)
- Best WC
- 4th (2002)
- Last WC
- 2022
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