South Korea women's national football team explained

Type:	women
Korea Republic
Badge Size:	140px
Nickname:	Taegeuk Ladies (태극낭자) Tigresses of Asia (아시아의 호랑이)
Association:	Korea Football Association
Sub-Confederation:	EAFF (East Asia)
Confederation:	AFC (Asia)
Coach:	TBD
Captain:	Kim Hye-ri
Most Caps:	Ji So-yun (160)^[1]
Top Scorer:	Ji So-yun (71)
Fifa Trigramme:	KOR
Fifa Max:	14
Fifa Max Date:	December 2017, September 2018 – March 2019
Fifa Min:	26
Fifa Min Date:	August 2004 – June 2005
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First Game:	13–1 (Seoul, South Korea; 6 September 1990)
Largest Win:	(Tainan County, Taiwan; 26 August 2009)
Largest Loss:	13–1 (Seoul, South Korea; 6 September 1990)
World Cup Apps:	4
World Cup First:	2003
World Cup Best:	Round of 16 (2015)
Regional Name:	Asian Cup
Regional Cup Apps:	13
Regional Cup First:	1991
Regional Cup Best:	Runners-up (2022)
2Ndregional Name:	Asian Games
2Ndregional Cup Apps:	9
2Ndregional Cup First:	1990
2Ndregional Cup Best:	Bronze medalists (2010, 2014, 2018)
3Rdregional Name:	EAFF Championship
3Rdregional Cup Apps:	8
3Rdregional Cup First:	2005
3Rdregional Cup Best:	Champions (2005)

The South Korea women's national football team (recognised as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in international women's football competitions. The South Korean women's team has qualified for four FIFA World Cups in 2003, 2015 (when they reached the round of 16), 2019 and 2023.

History

See main article: History of the South Korea national football team.

First World Cup victory (2015)

Team image

Nicknames

The South Korea women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Taegeuk Ladies" .

Kits and crest

The women's team usually use exactly the same kit as its male counterpart, along with the combinations available, as of 2023.However, there were many combinations that the men's team never used.

Rivalries

South Korea has a long-standing rivalry with Japan. The two sides met for the first time in 1990, as South Korea suffered a 1–13 defeat to the hand of Japan. South Korean women's team trailed behind Japan with just 4 wins, 11 draws and 18 losses as of 2022, in contrast to the fairly dominant performance of the men's team. The reason for South Korea's weaker performance against Japan is that South Korea started to develop women's football much later than Japan. South Korea's WK League was founded 20 years later than Japan's Nadeshiko League.^[2]

Recent results and fixtures

See main article: South Korea women's national football team results.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.^{[3] [4]}

2024

All-time results

See main article: South Korea women's national football team results.

Results by year^[5]						FIFA ranking by year^[6]
Year						Rank
Total	14	14	4	26	6
2024
2023
2022	15	15	2	18	1
2021	18	18	1	19	1
2020	18	18	2	18
2019	20	14		20	6
2018	14	14	1	16	2
2017	14	14	1	17	1
2016	18	17	1	19	2
2015	18	17	1	18	1
2014	17	17		18	1
2013	17	16		17	1
2012	16	15	1	16
2011	16	16	2	16
2010	18	18	3	21
2009	21	21	1	21
2008	22	22	2	25
2007	25	25		25	2
2006	23	22	1	23	1
2005	23	22	4	26
2004	26	24	1	26	2
2003	25	25	3	25
2002	Not introduced
1996

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

^[7]

Position	Name
Manager	TBD
Assistant Manager	TBD
Coach	Park Youn-jeong
Goalkeeper coach	Chung Yoo-suk
Fitness coach	Jung Hyun-gyu

Manager history

^[8]

No.	Manager	Year						Competition(s)
1	Park Kyung-hwa	1990	1990 Asian Games fifth place
2	Moon Jung-sik	1990–1991	1991 AFC Women's Championship group stage
3	Lee Yi-woo	1991–1999	1993 AFC Women's Championship group stage 1994 Asian Games fourth place 1995 AFC Women's Championship fourth place 1997 AFC Women's Championship group stage 1998 Asian Games group stage
4	Yoo Kee-heung	1999–2001	1999 AFC Women's Championship group stage
5	An Jong-goan	2001–2002	2001 AFC Women's Championship fourth place
6	Lee Young-gi	2002	2002 Asian Games fourth place
7	An Jong-goan	2003	2003 AFC Women's Championship third place 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup group stage
8	Choi Chu-kyung	2004	—
9	An Jong-goan	2005–2006	2005 EAFF Championship champion 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup group stage 2006 Asian Games fourth place
10	An Ik-soo	2007–2009	2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup group stage 2008 EAFF Championship fourth place
11	Lee Sang-yup	2010	2010 EAFF Championship third place 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup group stage
12	Choi In-cheol	2010–2011	2010 Asian Games bronze medal
13	Park Nam-yeol	2012	—
14	Yoon Deok-yeo	2012–2019	2013 EAFF Championship third place 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup fourth place 2014 Asian Games bronze medal 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup round of 16 2015 EAFF Championship runner-up 2017 EAFF Championship fourth place 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup fifth place 2018 Asian Games bronze medal 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup group stage
15	Colin Bell	2019–2024	2019 EAFF Championship runner-up 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup runner-up 2022 EAFF Championship third place 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup group stage 2022 Asian Games quarter-finals

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against United States on 2 and 5 June 2024.^{[9] [10]}

Caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2024 against United States.

Recent call-ups

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

^{INJINJINJINJINJINJRETINJ} Withdrew due to injury
^RET Retired from the national team
^PRE Preliminary squad

Records

^[1] Players in bold are still active with South Korea.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Ji So-yun	156	70	2006–present
2	Cho So-hyun	150	26	2007–present
3	Kim Jung-mi	147	0	2003–present
4	Kim Hye-ri	123	1	2010–present
5	Kwon Hah-nul	106	15	2006–present
6	Lim Seon-joo	105	6	2009–present
7	Jeon Ga-eul	101	38	2007–present
8	Jang Sel-gi	100	13	2013–present
9	Lee Eun-mi	90	14	2007–present
10	Shim Seo-yeon	89	1	2008–present

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Ji So-yun	70	156		2006–present
2	Jeon Ga-eul	38	101		2007–present
3	Yoo Young-a	32	87		2007–present
4	Cha Sung-mi	30	55		1994–2003
5	Lee Geum-min	27	86		2013–present
6	Cho So-hyun	26	150		2013–present
7	Park Hee-young	22	55		2005–2013
	Jung Seol-bin	22	83		2006–present
9	Park Eun-sun	20	48		2003–present
10	Moon Mi-ra	19	41		2016–present

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third placeTournament played on home soil

FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: South Korea at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record										Qualification record
width=120	Year	width=120	Round	width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30		width=30		width=30		width=60	Squad	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
1996	Did not qualify	Via FIFA Women's World Cup
2000
2004	5	2	0	3	15	9
2008	10	4	3	3	18	15
2012	5	1	1	3	7	7
2016	5	1	2	2	6	5
2020	4	2	1	1	13	4
2024	3	1	2	0	11	2
Total	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/8		32	11	9	12	70	42

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record										Qualification record
width=120	Year	width=120	Round	width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30		width=30		width=30		width=60	Squad	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
1975	Did not enter	Not held
1977
1979
1983
1986
1989
	Group stage							3		0	0	3	0	22
								3		1	0	2	4	9
	Fourth place							5		2	1	2	11	5
	Group stage							2		1	0	1	11	1
								4		3	0	1	30	5
	Fourth place							6		4	0	2	16	10
	Third place							6		4	1	1	22	5
	Group stage	4	2	0	2	14	6			Directly qualified
		3	2	0	1	5	3			3	3	0	0	22	0
		3	1	1	1	6	3	Squad		Directly qualified
	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	18	4	Squad
	Fifth place	4	2	2	0	9	0	Squad		4	3	1	0	21	1
	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	11	4	Squad		2	2	0	0	16	0
Total	Runners-up	54	28	7	19	157	77	13/20		9	8	1	0	59	1

Asian Games

Asian Games record
width=120	Year	width=120	Round	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=60	Squad
	Fifth place	5	1	0	4	2	30	Squad
	Fourth place	3	0	0	3	0	9	Squad
	Group stage	3	1	1	1	8	4	Squad
	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	6	8	Squad
	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	7	10	Squad
	Bronze medalists	5	3	1	1	14	4	Squad
	Bronze medalists	6	5	0	1	33	2	Squad
	Bronze medalists	6	5	0	1	32	3	Squad
	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	14	5	Squad
	To be determined
Total	Bronze medalists	42	22	2	17	116	76	9/9

EAFF Championship

EAFF Championship record										Qualification record
width=120	Year	width=120	Round	width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30		width=30		width=30		width=60	Squad	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
	bgcolor=gold	Champions	3	2	1	0	3	0			Not held
	Fourth place	3	0	0	3	2	9			3	3	0	0	13	1
	Third place	3	1	0	2	6	4			4	4	0	0	41	0
	Third place	3	1	0	2	4	5			Directly qualified
	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	3	3		Squad	3	3	0	0	26	0
	Fourth place	3	0	0	3	3	7	Squad		3	3	0	0	36	0
	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	3	1		Squad	Directly qualified
	Third place	3	1	1	1	6	3			Not held
Total	1 title	24	8	3	13	30	32	8/8		13	13	0	0	116	1

Minor competitions

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2006 Peace Queen Cup	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	6
2008 Peace Queen Cup	Group stage	3	2	0	1	5	4
2010 Peace Queen Cup	bgcolor=gold	Champions	3	1	2	0	2	1
2011 Cyprus Women's Cup	Sixth place	4	2	1	1	6	5
2012 Cyprus Women's Cup	Fifth place	4	2	2	0	5	3
2013 Cyprus Women's Cup	Tenth place	4	2	1	1	5	1
2014 Cyprus Women's Cup	Third place	4	1	3	0	7	3
2015 Cyprus Women's Cup	Eleventh place	4	0	1	3	3	6
2017 Cyprus Women's Cup	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	4	1
2018 Algarve Cup	Seventh place	3	1	1	1	4	5
	Fourth place	3	0	0	3	2	8

Honours

Continental

• AFC Women's Asian Cup

Runners-up: 2022

Third place: 2003

• Asian Games

Bronze medalists: 2010, 2014, 2018

Regional

• EAFF Championship

Champions: 2005

Runners-up: 2015, 2019

Third place: 2010, 2013, 2022

Minor competitions

• Peace Queen Cup: 2010

See also

• Football in South Korea
• South Korea women's national under-20 football team
• South Korea women's national under-17 football team
• South Korea national football team

External links

• Official website on KFA.or.kr
• South Korea profile on FIFA.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: KFA Archives. Korea Football Association . ko . 1 September 2018 .
2. News: https://www.chosun.com/sports/football/2023/08/10/FL7JPE5PNZCWXA7N4AXDQJBWQQ/ . ko:유럽 강호 연파...‘나데시코 재팬’ 월드컵 우승 후보 1순위 된 비결 . . ko . 2023-08-10 . 2024-02-29.
3. Web site: Women's A team - Match results . KFA . 2024-03-01.
4. Web site: Korea Republic . Soccerway . 2024-03-01.
5. Web site: South Korea [Women] » Historical results ]. worldfootball.net . 3 August 2023 . 2024-02-29.
6. Web site: Korea Republic Ranking . FIFA . 2024-02-29.
7. Web site: Coach . 30 September 2023 . . ko.
8. Web site: All-time managers - Women's A team . KFA . 2024-03-01 . ko.
9. Web site: List announcement . ko:명단 발표 . https://www.kfa.or.kr/layer_popup/popup_live.php?act=news_tv_detail&idx=26301&div_code=news&check_url=bGF5ZXI=&lang=KOR . Korea Football Association . 20 May 2024 . ko.
10. Web site: Squad List . ko:선수 명단 . https://kfa.or.kr/national/?act=nt_woman . Korea Football Association . 20 May 2024 . ko.