South Korea national under-23 football team

South Korea 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	Lee Sang-min
Most caps	Kim Do-heon (43)
Top scorer	Lee Dong-gook (20)
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	8 (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	4 (first in 2013)
Best result	Champions (2020)
Olympic Games
Asian Games
AFC U-23 Championship

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.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Football at the Summer Olympics was a senior tournament until 1988.

Summer Olympic Games record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1948–1988	See South Korea national football team
1992	Group stage	11th	3	0	3	0	2	2	Squad
1996	Group stage	11th	3	1	1	1	2	2	Squad
2000	Group stage	9th	3	2	0	1	2	3	Squad
2004	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	8	8	Squad
2008	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	2	4	Squad
2012	Bronze medal	3rd	6	2	3	1	5	5	Squad
2016	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	12	4	Squad
2020	Qualified
2024	To be determined
2028	To be determined
Total	Bronze medal	8/8	26	9	11	6	33	28

Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games was a senior tournament until 1998.

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1951–1998	See South Korea national football team
2002	Bronze medal	3rd	6	5	1	0	17	2	Squad
2006	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	9	2	Squad
2010	Bronze medal	3rd	7	5	0	2	18	5	Squad
2014	Gold medal	1st	7	7	0	0	13	0	Squad
2018	Gold medal	1st	7	6	0	1	19	7	Squad
Total	2 titles	5/5	33	27	1	5	76	16

AFC U-23 Championship

AFC U-23 Championship record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2013	Fourth place	4th	6	3	2	1	8	3	Squad
2016	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	14	6	Squad
2018	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	8	9	Squad
2020	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	10	3	Squad
Total	1 title	4/4	24	16	4	4	40	21

Recent results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

2019

22 March 2020 AFC U23 Qual.	South Korea	8 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
17:00 (UTC+7)	Lee Dong-jun 14' (pen.), 33' Seo Gyeong-ju 39' Lee Si-heon 68' Cho Young-wook 69' Lee Dong-gyeong 72', 73', 85'	Report		Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,113 Referee: Sultan Al-Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates)

24 March 2020 AFC U23 Qual.	Cambodia	1 – 6	South Korea	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
20:00 (UTC+7)	N. Kakada 60'	Report	Han Chan-hee 4' Jang Min-gyu 8' Kim Bo-sub 57' Sovann 80' (o.g.) Lee Dong-gyeong 84', 90+3'	Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,328 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

26 March 2020 AFC U23 Qual.	South Korea	2 – 2	Australia	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
17:00 (UTC+7)	Cho Young-wook 26' Lee Dong-gyeong 63'	Report	D'Agostino 16', 24'	Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium Attendance: 455 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

11 October Friendly	South Korea	3 – 1	Uzbekistan	Hwaseong, South Korea
20:35 (UTC+9)	Kim Jae-woo 37' Oh Se-hun 71' Kim Jin-kyu 75'	Report	Jasurbek Yakhshiboev 20'	Stadium: Hwaseong Stadium Attendance: 6,539 Referee: Yin Hao Shen (China)

14 October Friendly	South Korea	1 – 2	Uzbekistan	Cheonan, South Korea
20:00 (UTC+9)	Jeong Woo-yeong 30'	Report	Bobir Abdixolikov 49' Jasurbek Yakhshiboev 81'	Stadium: Cheonan Baekseok Stadium Attendance: 7,305 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13) Friendly	South Korea	2 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 (UTC+4)	Lee Dong-jun 55' Cho Gue-sung 77'	Report

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) Friendly	South Korea	3 – 0	Bahrain	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 (UTC+4)	Oh Se-hun 48', 56' Kim Dae-won 90+5'	Report

17 November 2019 (2019-11-17) Friendly	South Korea	3 – 3	Iraq	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 (UTC+4)	Ihab Jarir 45' (o.g.) Kim Dae-won 56' Lee Dong-jun 80'	Report	Lee Sang-min 72' (o.g.) Amir Al-Ammari 90' (pen.) Mohammed Nassif 95+5' (pen.)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) Friendly	United Arab Emirates	1 – 1	South Korea	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 (UTC+4)	Mohammed Jumaa 45+3'	Report	Hamdan Nasser 47' (o.g.)

2020

9 January 2020 (2020-01-09) 2020 AFC U-23 GS	South Korea	1 – 0	China PR	Songkhla, Thailand
20:15	Lee Dong-jun 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Tinsulanon Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

12 January 2020 (2020-01-12) 2020 AFC U-23 GS	Iran	1 – 2	South Korea	Songkhla, Thailand
17:15	Shekari 54'	Report	Lee Dong-jun 22' Cho Gue-sung 35'	Stadium: Tinsulanon Stadium Attendance: 5,855 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

15 January 2020 (2020-01-15) 2020 AFC U-23 GS	Uzbekistan	1 – 2	South Korea	Rangsit, Thailand
17:15	Abdixolikov 21'	Report	Oh Se-hun 5', 71'	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19) 2020 AFC U-23 QF	South Korea	2 – 1	Jordan	Rangsit, Thailand
17:15	Cho Gue-sung 15' Lee Dong-gyeong 90+5'	Report	Al-Naimat 75'	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

22 January 2020 (2020-01-22) 2020 AFC U-23 SF	Australia	0 – 2	South Korea	Rangsit, Thailand
20:15		Report	Kim Dae-won 56' Lee Dong-gyeong 76'	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

26 January 2020 (2020-01-26) 2020 AFC U-23 Final	South Korea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Saudi Arabia	Bangkok, Thailand
19:30	Jeong Tae-wook 114'	Report		Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

25 March 2020 (2020-03-25) 2020 Afro-Asian U-23 Champions Cup	South Korea	v	Egypt	Sangju, South Korea
				Stadium: Sangju Civic Stadium

29 March 2020 (2020-03-29) 2020 Afro-Asian U-23 Champions Cup	Egypt	v	South Korea	Cairo, Egypt
				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Coaching staff

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

Former managers

Year	Name	Win	Draw	Lose	Notes
1991–1992	Kim Sam-Rak	20	6	13	Dettmar Cramer was technical advisor (1991–1992)
1994–1996	Anatoliy Byshovets	17	13	9
1998–2000	Huh Jung-Moo	24	2	3
2002	Park Hang-Seo	6	1	0
2002–2004	Kim Ho-Gon	17	5	6
2006–2007	Pim Verbeek	5	0	1
2007–2008	Park Seong-Hwa	7	5	1
2009–2012	Hong Myung-Bo	14	8	3
2013–2015	Lee Kwang-jong	12	5	3
2015	Choi Moon-sik	2	1	0	caretaker
2015–2016	Shin Tae-yong	11	5	1
2017	Chung Jung-yong	2	1	0	caretaker for 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
2017–2018	Kim Bong-gil	3	1	2
2018–	Kim Hak-bum				2018 Asian Games Gold Medals 2020 AFC U-23 Championship champions

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were selected for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship.[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Song Bum-keun	(1997-10-15) 15 October 1997	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
21	1GK	An Chan-gi	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
23	1GK	Ahn Joon-soo	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998	Kagoshima United

2	2DF	Lee You-hyeon	(1997-02-08) 8 February 1997	Jeonnam Dragons
3	2DF	Kang Yoon-seong	(1997-07-01) 1 July 1997	Jeju United
4	2DF	Lee Sang-min	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998	Seoul E-Land
5	2DF	Jeong Tae-wook	(1997-05-16) 16 May 1997	Daegu FC
12	2DF	Kim Jae-woo	(1998-02-06) 6 February 1998	Daegu FC
13	2DF	Kim Jin-ya	(1998-06-30) 30 June 1998	FC Seoul
15	2DF	Kim Tae-hyeon	(2000-09-17) 17 September 2000	Seoul E-Land
22	2DF	Yoon Jong-gyu	(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998	FC Seoul

6	3MF	Kim Dong-hyun	(1997-06-11) 11 June 1997	Seongnam FC
8	3MF	Kim Jin-kyu	(1997-02-24) 24 February 1997	Busan IPark
10	3MF	Lee Dong-gyeong	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997	Ulsan Hyundai
16	3MF	Jung Seung-won	(1997-02-27) 27 February 1997	Daegu FC
19	3MF	Maeng Seong-ung	(1998-02-04) 4 February 1998	FC Anyang
20	3MF	Won Du-jae	(1997-11-18) 18 November 1997	Ulsan Hyundai

7	4FW	Jeong Woo-yeong	(1999-09-20) 20 September 1999	Bayern Munich II
9	4FW	Cho Gue-sung	(1998-01-25) 25 January 1998	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
11	4FW	Lee Dong-jun	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997	Busan IPark
14	4FW	Kim Dae-won	(1997-02-10) 10 February 1997	Daegu FC
17	4FW	Um Won-sang	(1999-01-06) 6 January 1999	Gwangju FC
18	4FW	Oh Se-hun	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999	Sangju Sangmu

Player records

Statistics below are from matches which the KFA consider as official, but exclude caps against club teams and South Korea national team.[3]

Most capped players
#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Kim Do-heon	2002–2006	43	3
2	Kim Dong-jin	2002–2008	42	6
3	Choi Sung-kuk	2001–2006	39	3
=	Kim Jung-woo	2003–2010	39	2
5	Lee Ki-hyung	1994–1996	38	7
=	Choi Tae-uk	2000–2004	38	14
7	Choi Sung-yong	1994–1996	35	0
8	Choi Yong-soo	1994–1996	31	18
=	Moon Chang-jin	2013–2016	31	16
10	Park Chu-young	2006–2012	30	12

Top goalscorers
#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Lee Dong-gook	1999–2002	20	29
2	Choi Yong-soo	1994–1996	18	31
3	Moon Chang-jin	2013–2016	16	31
4	Hwang Ui-jo	2012–2018	14	22
=	Choi Tae-uk	2000–2004	14	38
6	Park Chu-young	2006–2012	12	30
7	Lee Chun-soo	1999–2006	11	27
=	Cho Jae-jin	2003–2004	11	28
9	Seol Ki-hyeon	1999–2000	9	22
=	Lee Woo-young	1994–1996	9	29

References

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.
"선수 명단" [Squad list] (in Korean). Retrieved 1 January 2020.
"KFA Archives". KFA.or.kr (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

External links

Korean Football Association - official site (in Korean)

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[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] "선수 명단" [Squad list] (in Korean). Retrieved 1 January 2020.

[3] "KFA Archives". KFA.or.kr (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

South Korea national football team
General	Korea Football Association History Managers Kits
Venues	Seoul Olympic Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium National Football Center (trainings)
Statistics	All-time match results Player records Head-to-head records
Players	Captains All-time players
World Finals	Summary 1954 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Asian Finals	Summary 1956 1960 1964 1972 1980 1984 1988 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019
Other tournaments	Summer Olympics FIFA Confederations Cup Asian Games EAFF Championship CONCACAF Gold Cup AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy
Rivalries	China Iran Japan North Korea
Culture	Red Devils Be the Reds! Miracle of Doha
Other KFA teams	B (reserve) U-23 U-20 U-17 U-14 Universiade Futsal Women's U-20 U-17 U-14 Universiade Futsal Beach soccer

National under-23 football teams of Asia (AFC)
Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong* India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau* Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands† Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
† Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA
*FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.