| Country: | South Korea |
| Season: | 2015 |
| Division1: | K League Classic |
| Champions1: | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
| Division2: | K League Challenge |
| Champions2: | Sangju Sangmu |
| Division3: | National League |
| Champions3: | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard |
| Division4: | K3 League |
| Champions4: | Pocheon Citizen |
| Domestic: | Korean FA Cup |
| Dchampions: | FC Seoul |
| Wdivision1: | WK League |
| Wchampions1: | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2016 |
| Flagicon: | yes |
This article shows a summary of the 2015 football season in South Korea.
See main article: South Korea national football team results (2010–2019).
See main article: South Korea national under-23 football team results (2010–2019).
See main article: South Korea at the AFC Asian Cup. Under the leadership of manager Uli Stielike, the South Korean players underperformed in the first two matches against Oman and Kuwait. They won both matches, but expressed dissatisfaction with Stielike, who then handed over command to assistant manager Shin Tae-yong for the rest of the tournament. Goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyeon then kept a clean sheet in every match until the final, as the team eliminated Uzbekistan and Iraq in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively. Their opponent in the final was Australia, which they had already beaten 1–0 in the group stage. However, South Korea lost the final 2–1 after extra time, evoking the 1980 final between them and Kuwait.
| Group A table | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=30 | width=210 | Team | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=210 | Qualification | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | ||||||||||||
| 2 | (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | |||||||||||||
See also: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round.
See also: 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.
See also: 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification.
See main article: South Korea at the 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, but a 2–2 draw with Costa Rica and a 2–1 victory against Spain 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.[1]
| Group E table | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Qualification | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | ||
See main article: 2015 K League Classic.
See main article: 2015 K League Challenge.
When the first round and semi-final match were finished as draws, their winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and the penalty shoot-out. Suwon FC was promoted to the K League Classic, while Busan IPark was relegated to the K League Challenge.
See main article: 2015 Korea National League.
See main article: 2015 K3 League.
See main article: 2015 WK League.
See main article: 2015 Korean FA Cup.
See main article: 2015 Korea National League Championship.
| width=30 | width=225 | Team | width=30 | width=30 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daejeon Korail | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | Gyeongju KHNP | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | Mokpo City | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Changwon City | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | Yongin City | 4 | 3 |
| width=30 | width=225 | Team | width=30 | width=30 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | Gimhae City | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Cheonan City | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Gangneung City | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Busan Transportation Corporation | 4 | 1 |
See main article: South Korean football clubs in the AFC Champions League.
| Team | Result | Round | Aggregate | Score | Venue | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Seoul | Round of 16 | 7–0 | 7–0 | — | Hanoi | |
| Group H | Runners-up | 0–1 | Away |  Guangzhou Evergrande | ||
| 0–0 | Home | |||||
| 1–0 | Home |  Kashima Antlers | ||||
| 3–2 | Away | |||||
| 0–0 | Home |  Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||
| 1–1 | Away | |||||
| Round of 16 | 3–6 | 1–3 | Home | Gamba Osaka | ||
| 2–3 | Away | |||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Quarter-finals | Group E | Runners-up | 0–0 | Home | Kashiwa Reysol |
| 2–3 | Away | |||||
| 4–1 | Away | Shandong Luneng | ||||
| 4–1 | Home | |||||
| 3–0 | Home | Becamex Binh Duong | ||||
| 1–1 | Away | |||||
| Round of 16 | 2–1 | 1–1 | Home | Beijing Guoan | ||
| 1–0 | Away | |||||
| Quarter-finals | 2–3 | 0–0 | Home | Gamba Osaka | ||
| 2–3 | Away | |||||
| Seongnam FC | Round of 16 | Group F | Runners-up | 1–2 | Away |  Buriram United |
| 2–1 | Home | |||||
| 2–0 | Home | Gamba Osaka | ||||
| 1–2 | Away | |||||
| 1–0 | Away | Guangzhou R&F | ||||
| 0–0 | Home | |||||
| Round of 16 | 2–3 | 2–1 | Home | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||
| 0–2 | Away | |||||
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Round of 16 | Group G | Runners-up | 2–1 | Home | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 2–1 | Away | |||||
| 1–1 | Home | Beijing Guoan | ||||
| 0–1 | Away | |||||
| 3–1 | Home | Brisbane Roar | ||||
| 3–3 | Away | |||||
| Round of 16 | 4–4 (a) | 2–3 | Home | Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| 2–1 | Away |