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Korea Republic national football team
The Korea Republic national football team is the national football team of South Korea.
Notable Achievements
Korea Republic is the most successful Asian football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup having participated in eight World Cup tournaments, which is the most amount of appearances for any Asian country. Korea Republic became the first and only Asian team to reach the semi-final stages, at the 2002 tournament (Where it achieved 4th place), and also won the first two editions of the AFC Asian Cup. The current team, with players such as Chung Yong Lee, Ki Sung Yueng, Park Chu Young, Lee Keun Ho, Ji Dong won, Lee Dong Gook, and Koo Jacheol is easily a good contender for upcoming competitions too. With the new coach Hong MyungBo, South-Korea might earn a good place in the FIFA World cup of 2013.
Most appearances
Top scorers
Pos |
Player |
Goals |
Apps |
Career |
1 |
Cha Bum-Kun |
55 |
121 |
1972-1986 |
2 |
Hwang Seon-Hong |
50 |
103 |
1993-2002 |
3 |
Choi Soon-Hoo |
30 |
95 |
1980-1991 |
4 |
Huh Jung-Moo |
29 |
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1974-1986 |
4 |
Kim Do-Hoon |
29 |
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1994-2003 |
6 |
Choi Yong-Soo |
27 |
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1995-2003 |
6 |
Lee Tae-Hoo |
27 |
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1980-1991 |
8 |
Lee Young-Moo |
24 |
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1974-1982 |
8 |
Park Sung-Hwa |
24 |
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1974-1984 |
10 |
Ha Seok-Joo |
23 |
95 |
1991-2001 |
Korea Republic Squad World Cup
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1 Hong Deok-Young • 2 Park Kyu-Chong • 3 Park Yae-Seung • 4 Kang Chang-Gi • 5 Lee Sang-Yi • 6 Min Byung-Dae • 7 Lee Seo-Nam • 8 Choi Chung-Min • 9 Woo Sang-Kwon • 10 Sung Nak-Woon • 11 Chung Nam-Sik • 12 Ham Heung-Chul • 13 Lee Chong-Kap • 14 Han Chang-Wha • 15 Kim Ji-Sung • 16 Choo Young-Kwan • 17 Park Il-Kap • 18 Choi Young-Keun • 19 Lee Ki-Joo • 20 Chung Kook-Chin • Coach: Kim Yong-Sik
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1 Cho Byung-Deouk • 2 Park Kyung-Hoon • 3 Chung Jong-Soo • 4 Cho Kwang-Rae • 5 Chung Yong-Hwan • 6 Lee Tae-Ho • 7 Kim Jong-Boo • 8 Cho Young-Jeung • 9 Choi Soon-Ho • 10 Park Chang-Sun • 11 Cha Bum-Kun • 12 Kim Pyung-Seok • 13 Noh Soo-Jin • 14 Cho Min-Kook • 15 Yoo Byung-Ok • 16 Kim Joo-Sung • 17 Huh Jung-Moo • 18 Kim Sam-Soo • 19 Byun Byung-Joo • 20 Kim Yong-Se • 21 Oh Yeon-Kyo • 22 Kang Deouk-Soo • Coach: Kim Jung-Nam
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1 Kim Poong-Joo • 2 Park Kyung-Hoon • 3 Choi Kang-Hee • 4 Yoon Deuk-Yeo • 5 Chung Yong-Hwan • 6 Lee Tae-Ho • 7 Noh Soo-Jin • 8 Chung Hae-Won • 9 Hwangbo Kwan • 10 Lee Sang-Yoon • 11 Byun Byung-Joo • 12 Lee Heung-Sil • 13 Chung Jong-Soo • 14 Choi Soon-Ho • 15 Cho Min-Kook • 16 Kim Joo-Sung • 17 Gu Sang-Bum • 18 Hwang Sun-Hong • 19 Jeong Gi-Dong • 20 Hong Myung-Bo • 21 Choi In-Young • 22 Lee Young-Jin • Coach: Lee Hoi-Taek
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