South Korea national under-23 football team

Korea Republic U-23
Nickname(s) Taegeuk Warriors
The Red Devils
Tigers of Asia
Association Korea Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach Kim Hak-bum
Captain Son Heung-min
Most caps Lee Ki-hyung
Kim Do-heon (40)
Top scorer Lee Dong-gook (19)
FIFA code KOR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 South Korea 5–0 Indonesia 
(Masan, South Korea; 24 March 1991)[1]
Biggest win
 South Korea 10–0 Philippines 
(Seoul, South Korea; 18 May 1991)
 South Korea 10–0 Macau 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 19 July 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 3–0 South Korea 
(Sweden; 7 November 1995)
 Japan 4–1 South Korea 
(Tokyo, Japan; 7 September 1999)
 Spain 3–0 South Korea 
(Adelaide, Australia; 14 September 2000)
 Italy 3–0 South Korea 
(Qinhuangdao, China; 10 August 2008)
 Brazil 3–0 South Korea 
(Manchester, United Kingdom; 7 August 2012)
 Uzbekistan 4–1 South Korea 
(Kunshan, China; 23 January 2018)
Olympic Games
Appearances 7 (first in 1992)
Best result Bronze Medal (2012)
Asian Games
Appearances 5 (first in 2002)
Best result Gold Medal (2014, 2018)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances 3 (first in 2013)
Best result Runners-up (2016)

Korea Republic national under-23 football team represents South Korea at football in the Olympic Games and Asian Games. This team mostly includes under-22 and under-21 squads.

The bronze medal winning team of 2012 Summer Olympics and the gold medal winning teams of 2014 and 2018 Asian Games were granted exemptions from mandatory military service.[2][3]

Tournament records

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games Record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
1948–1988 See South Korean national team
Spain 1992Group Stage303022
United States 1996311122
Australia 2000320123
Greece 2004Quarter-finals412188
China 2008Group Stage311124
United Kingdom 2012Third Place623155
Brazil 2016Quarter-finals4211124
Japan 2020 To be determined
France 2024
United States 2028
TotalThird Place7 / 72691163328

Asian Games

From 2002 Asian Games, at the first tournament to be played in an under-23 format.
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
South Korea 2002 Bronze6510172
Qatar 2006Fourth place640292
China 2010 Bronze7502185
South Korea 2014 Gold7700130
Indonesia 2018 Gold7601197
Total5/53327157616

AFC U-23 Championship

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Oman 2013Fourth place632183
Qatar 2016Runners-up6411146
China 2018Fourth place631289
Total3/31810443018
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Recent results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

2018

Team

Current squad

Number Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Song Bum-keun (1997-10-15) 15 October 1997 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
18 1GK Jo Hyeon-woo (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 South Korea Daegu FC WC
2 2DF Hwang Hyun-soo (1995-07-22) 22 July 1995 South Korea FC Seoul
3 2DF Kim Min-jae (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
4 2DF Kim Jin-ya (1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 South Korea Incheon United
5 2DF Jeong Tae-wook (1997-05-16) 16 May 1997 South Korea Jeju United
6 2DF Kim Moon-hwan (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 South Korea Busan IPark
12 2DF Lee Si-young (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 South Korea Seongnam FC
8 3MF Lee Jin-hyun (1997-08-26) 26 August 1997 South Korea Pohang Steelers
10 3MF Hwang In-beom (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 South Korea Asan Mugunghwa
13 3MF Cho Yu-min (1996-11-17) 17 November 1996 South Korea Suwon FC
14 3MF Jang Yun-ho (1996-08-25) 25 August 1996 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
15 3MF Lee Seung-mo (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 South Korea Gwangju FC
19 3MF Kim Geon-ung (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
20 3MF Kim Jung-min (1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 Austria FC Liefering
7 4FW Son Heung-min (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 England Tottenham Hotspur WC
9 4FW Hwang Hee-chan (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 Germany Hamburger SV
11 4FW Na Sang-ho (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 South Korea Gwangju FC
16 4FW Hwang Ui-jo (1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 Japan Gamba Osaka WC
17 4FW Lee Seung-woo (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 Italy Hellas Verona

WC Wild Card.

Previous squads

Coaching staff

Position Name
Manager South Korea Kim Hak-bum
Assistant Manager South Korea Lee Min-sung
Coach South Korea Kim Eun-jung
Goalkeeping Coach South Korea Cha Sang-kwang

Former managers

Year Name Win Draw Lose Notes
1991–1992 South Korea Kim Sam-Rak 20613 Germany Dettmar Cramer was technical advisor (1991–1992)
1994–1996 Russia Anatoliy Byshovets 17139
1998–2000 South Korea Huh Jung-Moo 2423
2002 South Korea Park Hang-Seo 610
2002–2004 South Korea Kim Ho-Gon 1756
2006–2007 Netherlands Pim Verbeek 501
2007–2008 South Korea Park Seong-Hwa 751
2009–2012 South Korea Hong Myung-Bo 1483
2013–2015 South Korea Lee Kwang-jong 1253
2015 South Korea Choi Moon-sik 210
2015–2016 South Korea Shin Tae-yong 1151

Statistics

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hyung-Jin Yoon (29 April 2006). "South Korea - International Results U-23 (Olympic) Team [South Korea (5) – Indonesia (0)]". RDFC. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Footballer to Be Spared Military Service Despite IOC Probe". Chosun Ilbo. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Medal instead of military service". The Hankyoreh Media Company. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Kelvin Leong (16 July 2018). "Malaysia to face Son Heung-min as South Korea announce Asian Games squad". Fox Sports. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Team Squad for Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang". kfa.or.kr. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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