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 Shin Tae-yong
Captain Jang Hyun-soo
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 South Korea 5–0  Indonesia
(Masan, South Korea; 24 March 1991)
Biggest win
South Korea South Korea 10–0  Philippines
(Seoul, South Korea; 18 May 1991)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 3–0 South Korea South Korea
(Sweden; 7 November 1995)
 Japan 4–1 South Korea South Korea
(Tokyo, Japan; 7 September 1999)
 Spain 3–0 South Korea South Korea
(Adelaide, Australia; 14 September 2000)
 Italy 3–0 South Korea South Korea
(Qinhuangdao, China; 10 August 2008)
 Brazil 3–0 South Korea South Korea
(Manchester, United Kingdom; August 7, 2012)
Olympic Games
Appearances 8 (first in 1988)
Best result Bronze Medal (2012)
Asian Games
Appearances 4 (first in 2002)
Best result Gold Medal (2014)
AFC U-22 Championship
Appearances 1 (first in 2013)
Best result Fourth Place (2013)

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 team of 2014 Asian Games were granted exemptions from mandatory military service.[1][2]

Tournament records

Olympic Games

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
From 1992 Summer Olympics, at the first tournament to be played in an under-23 format.
Spain 1992Group Stage303022
United States 1996Group Stage311122
Australia 2000Group Stage320123
Greece 2004Quarterfinals412188
China 2008Group Stage311124
United Kingdom 2012Third Place623155
Brazil 2016Quarterfinals4211124
Total8/82681263026

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 20064th640292
China 2010 Bronze7502185
South Korea 2014 Gold7700130
Total4/4262114579

AFC U-23 Championship

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Oman 20134th632183
Qatar 20162nd6411146
Total2/212732229
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Recent results

For more details on this topic, see South Korea national under-23 football team results.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team

Current squad

Players called for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Kim Dong-jun (1994-12-19) December 19, 1994 18 –15 South Korea Seongnam FC
18 1GK Gu Sung-yun (1994-06-27) June 27, 1994 11 –6 Japan Consadole Sapporo
2 2DF Sim Sang-min (1993-05-21) May 21, 1993 26 0 South Korea FC Seoul
21 2DF Kim Min-tae (1993-11-26) November 26, 1993 10 0 Japan Vegalta Sendai
5 2DF Choi Kyu-baek (1994-01-23) January 23, 1994 4 1 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai
15 2DF Jeong Seung-hyun (1994-04-03) April 3, 1994 16 2 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
6 2DF Jang Hyun-soo* (c) (1991-09-28) September 28, 1991 26 3 China Guangzhou R&F
3 2DF Lee Seul-chan (1993-08-15) August 15, 1993 17 0 South Korea Jeonnam Dragons
13 2DF Park Dong-jin (1994-12-10) December 10, 1994 15 0 South Korea Gwangju FC
14 3MF Park Yong-woo (1993-09-10) September 10, 1993 14 2 South Korea FC Seoul
12 3MF Lee Chan-dong (1993-01-10) January 10, 1993 11 1 South Korea Gwangju FC
17 3MF Lee Chang-min (1994-01-20) January 20, 1994 21 4 South Korea Jeju United
8 3MF Moon Chang-jin (1993-07-12) July 12, 1993 27 14 South Korea Pohang Steelers
10 3MF Ryu Seung-woo (1993-12-17) December 17, 1993 21 3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
16 3MF Kwon Chang-hoon (1994-06-30) June 30, 1994 14 7 South Korea Suwon Samsung
7 4FW Son Heung-min* (1992-07-08) July 8, 1992 48 16 England Tottenham Hotspur
9 4FW Suk Hyun-jun* (1991-06-29) June 29, 1991 10 4 Portugal Porto
11 4FW Hwang Hee-chan (1996-01-26) January 26, 1996 11 1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg

* Over-aged player.

Coaching staff

Position Name Notes
Manager South Korea Shin Tae-yong
Assistant Manager South Korea Kim Gi-dong
Coach South Korea Jeon Kyung-jun
Goalkeeping Coach South Korea Lee Woon-jae

Former managers

Year Name Win Draw Lose Notes
1991. 1. ~ 1992. 7. South Korea Kim Sam-Rak 20 6 13 Germany Dettmar Cramer was technical advisor (1991. 1. ~ 1992. 2.)
1994. 8. ~ 1996. 7. Russia Anatoliy Byshovets 17 13 9
1998. 8. ~ 2000. 9. South Korea Huh Jung-Moo 24 2 3
2002. 9. ~ 2002. 10. South Korea Park Hang-Seo 6 1 0
2002.11. ~ 2004. 8. South Korea Kim Ho-Gon 17 5 6
2006. 7. ~ 2007. 8. Netherlands Pim Verbeek 5 0 1
2007. 8. ~ 2008. 8. South Korea Park Seong-Hwa 7 5 1
2009. 12. ~ 2012. 8. South Korea Hong Myung-Bo 14 8 3
2013. 12. ~ 2015. 2. South Korea Lee Kwang-jong 12 5 3
2015. 2. South Korea Choi Moon-sik 2 1 0
2015. 2. ~ South Korea Shin Tae-yong 11 5 1

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Name Caps Goals Year
1
Lee Dong-Gook
27
19
1999–2002
2
Choi Yong-Soo
34
18
1994–1996
3
Seo Jung-Won
22
12
1991–1992
4
Lee Chun-Soo
27
12
1999–2006
5
Choi Tae-Uk
34
12
2000–2004
6
Lee Woo-Young
30
11
1994–1996
7
Cho Jae-Jin
25
10
2003–2004
8
Park Chu-Young
21
8
2006–2012
9
Seol Ki-Hyeon
22
8
1999–2000
10
No Jung-Yoon
28
8
1991–1992

Most caps

Rank Name Caps Goals Year
1
Lee Ki-Hyung
40
7
1994–1996
Kim Do-Heon
40
3
2002–2006
3
Kim Dong-Jin
39
6
2002–2008
4
Choi Sung-Yong
37
0
1994–1996
5
Kim Jung-Woo
36
2
2003–2010
6
Choi Yong-Soo
34
18
1994–1996
Choi Tae-Uk
34
12
2000–2004
Choi Sung-Kuk
34
2
2002–2006
9
Park Dong-Hyuk
31
4
1999–2002
Seo Dong-Myung
31
0
1994–1996

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Footballer to Be Spared Military Service Despite IOC Probe". Chosun Ilbo. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Medal instead of military service". The Hankyoreh Media Company. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Match Report: KOR vs HON" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.kfa.or.kr/eng/national/teamlist.asp?gubun=13002

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