South Korea women's national football team

Less than a year after the government of the Republic of Korea was established in 1948, the first official women's football matches were held in Seoul on 28 and 29 June 1949, as a part of the National Girls' and Women's Sport Games. While women's basketball and volleyball won public recognition through the Games, football was seen as being unsuitable for women and as being unattractive to the public; as a result, the girls' teams were disbanded soon after the event.[3]

When women's football was officially adopted at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, the South Korean sports authorities decided to form a women's team with athletes from other sports and send the team to the Games.[3] The result was defeat in all matches against Japan, North Korea, China and Chinese Taipei.[4] Nevertheless, colleges and corporations started to launch women's football teams through the 1990s and the first annual national women's football event, the Queen's Cup, was held in 1993. With these changes, South Korea was able to finish in fourth place at the 1995 AFC Women's Championship in Malaysia.[5]

When the 1999 Women's World Cup sparked interest worldwide, the South Korean ministry in charge of sports sponsored the foundation of new teams and tournaments for girls’ high school teams, university teams and company teams. To promote women’s football, the Korea Women's Football Federation (KWFF) was established in March 2001, as an independent organization in association with the Korea Football Association (KFA).[3]

South Korea finished in third place at the 2003 AFC Women's Championship and qualified for the World Cup for the first time. The Taegeuk Ladies were drawn in Group B with Norway, France and Brazil. Their first match played at the World Cup was a 3–0 loss to Brazil on 21 September 2003. They went on to lose 1–0 to France and 7–1 to Norway. Kim Jin-hee scored the first ever South Korean World Cup goal on 27 September 2003 against Norway.

Despite winning the inaugural EAFF E-1 Football Championship on home soil in 2005, South Korea failed to qualify for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The Taegeuk Ladies won bronze at the 2010 Asian Games and at the 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship, but once again failed to qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

South Korea finished in fourth place at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup and qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they made it out of the group stage for the first time. They were drawn in Group E with Brazil, Spain and Costa Rica. South Korea lost 2–0 to Brazil on 9 June 2015, but a 2–2 draw with Costa Rica on 13 June and a 2–1 victory against Spain on 17 June were enough to progress for the first time ever at a World Cup. They went on to lose 3–0 to France in the round of 16 on 21 June 2015.

Coming off a somewhat successful showing at the previous one, South Korea qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and were put in Group A with France, Norway and Nigeria. However, they could not repeat their prior success in 2015 and lost all three games and exited the tournament in the group stage, only scoring one goal in their entire run and even an own goal.

The following 20 players were named to the squad for the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament - Third round.[6]

Caps and goals correct as of: 9 February 2019 against  Vietnam.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Yoon Young-geul (윤영글)	(1987-10-28) 28 October 1987	16	0	Gyeongju KHNP
2	4FW	Choo Hyo-joo (추효주)	(2000-07-29) 29 July 2000	2	1	Ulsan College
3	2DF	Kim Hye-young (김혜영)	(1995-02-26) 26 February 1995		0	Gyeongju KHNP
4	2DF	Shim Seo-yeon (심서연)	(1989-04-15) 15 April 1989	59	0	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
5	2DF	Hong Hye-ji (홍혜지)	(1996-08-25) 25 August 1996	22	1	Changnyeong
6	3MF	Park Ye-eun (박예은)	(1996-10-17) 17 October 1996	3	2	Gyeongju KHNP
7	3MF	Lee Young-ju (이영주)	(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992	34	2	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
8	3MF	Park Hye-jeong (박혜정)	(2000-03-30) 30 March 2000			Korea University-Sejong Campus
9	4FW	Yeo Min-ji (여민지)	(1993-04-27) 27 April 1993	40	15	Suwon UDC
10	3MF	Ji So-Yun (지소연)	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991	125	61	Chelsea
11	4FW	Lee Geum-min (이금민)	(1994-04-07) 7 April 1994	45	14	Manchester City
12	3MF	Jang Chang (장창)	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996	18	0	Seoul
13	4FW	Choe Yu-ri (최유리)	(1994-09-16) 16 September 1994	25	4	Sejong Sportstoto
14	3MF	Lee So-dam (이소담)	(1994-10-12) 12 October 1994	55	6	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
15	4FW	Kang Ji-woo (강지우)	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000	1		Korea University-Sejong Campus
16	2DF	Jang Sel-gi (장슬기)	(1994-05-31) 31 May 1994	62	12	Madrid CFF
17	4FW	Kang Chae-rim (강채림)	(1998-03-23) 23 March 1998	8	0	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
18	1GK	Jeon Ha-neul (전하늘)	(1992-07-06) 6 July 1992	0	0	Suwon UDC
19	1GK	Kang Ga-Ae (강가애)	(1990-12-10) 10 December 1990	9	0	Sejong Sportstoto
20	2DF	Kim Hye-ri (김혜리)	(1990-06-25) 25 June 1990	87	1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

The following players have been called up to the South Korea squad in the past 12 months.

• EAFF Women's Football Championship

Champions: 2005

Runners-up: 2015, 2019

• Cyprus Women's Cup

Runners-up: 2017

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1991	Did not qualify
1995
1999
2003	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10
2007	Did not qualify
2011
2015	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4
2019	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7
2023	To be determined
Total	3/9	10	1	1	8	6	27	−21

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2003	Group stage	21 September	Brazil	L 0–3	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
		24 September	France	L 0–1
		27 September	Norway	L 1–7	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
2015
	Group stage	9 June	Brazil	L 0–2	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
		13 June	Costa Rica	D 2–2
		17 June	Spain	W 2–1	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
	Round of 16	21 June	France	L 0–3	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
2019	Group stage	7 June	France	L 0–4	Parc des Princes, Paris
		12 June	Nigeria	L 0–2	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
		17 June	Norway	L 1–2	Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims

EAFF Women's Football Championship record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Champions	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3
2008	Fourth place	6	3	0	3	15	9	+6
2010	Third place	7	5	0	2	47	4	+43
2013	Third place	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1
2015	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	29	3	+26
2017	Fourth place	6	3	0	3	43	7	+36
2019	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2
2021	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	7/7	34	20	2	12	144	29	+115

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup".[7]

Algarve Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
2018	7th place	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1
Total	1/27	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1