South Korea national under-23 football team explained

Korea Republic U-23
Badge:	Flag of South Korea.svg
Badge Size:	180px
Fifa Trigramme:	KOR
Nickname:	Taegeuk Warriors The Red Devils Tigers of Asia
Association:	Korea Football Association (KFA)
Confederation:	AFC (Asia)
Sub-Confederation:	EAFF (East Asia)
Coach:	Myung Jae-yong
Most Caps:	Lee Ki-hyung (48)
Top Scorer:	Choi Yong-soo (25)
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First Game:	5–0 (Masan, South Korea; 24 March 1991)^[1]
Largest Win:	10–0 (Seoul, South Korea; 18 May 1991) 10–0 (Yangon, Myanmar; 30 June 2012) 10–0 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 19 July 2017)
Largest Loss:	3–0 (Sweden; 7 November 1995) 4–1 (Tokyo, Japan; 7 September 1999) 0–3 (Adelaide, Australia; 14 September 2000) 3–0 (Qinhuangdao, China; 10 August 2008) 0–3 (Manchester, England; 7 August 2012) 4–1 (Kunshan, China; 23 January 2018) 3–6 (Yokohama, Japan; 31 July 2021) 0–3 (Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 12 June 2022)
Regional Cup Apps:	8
Regional Cup Best:	Bronze medalists (2012)
2Ndregional Cup Apps:	6
2Ndregional Cup First:	2002
2Ndregional Cup Best:	Gold medalists (2014, 2018, 2022)
3Rdregional Cup Apps:	5
3Rdregional Cup First:	2013
3Rdregional Cup Best:	Champions (2020)

The South Korea national under-23 football team (; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA, and Republic of Korea by IOC) represents South Korea at football in the Olympic Games and Asian Games. It was founded when the Olympic football was changed to an under-23 competition. It also can be managed as under-21 or under-22 team if necessary.

History

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

London Generation (2012)

Recent results and fixtures

See main article: South Korea national under-23 football team results (2020–present). The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.^[2]

2024

All-time results

See main article: South Korea national under-23 football team results.

Results by decade

Year	GP	W	D	L	Win %	Matches
1991–1999	Matches
2000–2009	Matches
2010–2019	Matches
2020–present	Matches
Total	—

Coaching staff

Current personnel

^[3]

Position	Coach
Manager	Choi Jae-young
Coach	Song Chang-nam
	Cho Se-kwon
Goalkeeping coach	Nam Hyun-woo

Manager history

^{[4] [5] [6]}

No.	Manager	Year						Competition(s)
1	Kim Sam-rak	1991–1992	1992 Summer Olympics group stage
2	Anatoliy Byshovets	1994–1996	1996 Summer Olympics group stage
3	Huh Jung-moo	1998–2000	2000 Summer Olympics group stage
4	Park Hang-seo	2002	2002 Asian Games bronze medal
5	Kim Ho-kon	2003–2004	2004 Summer Olympics quarter-finals
6	Pim Verbeek	2006–2007	2006 Asian Games fourth place
7	Park Sung-hwa	2007–2008	2008 Summer Olympics group stage
8	Hong Myung-bo	2009–2012	2010 Asian Games bronze medal 2012 Summer Olympics bronze medal
—	Kim Tae-young	2012	—
—	Chung Jung-yong	2012	—
9	Lee Kwang-jong	2013–2015	2013 AFC U-22 Championship fourth place 2014 Asian Games gold medal
—	Choi Moon-sik	2015	—
10	Shin Tae-yong	2015–2016	2016 AFC U-23 Championship runner-up 2016 Summer Olympics quarter-finals
—	Chung Jung-yong	2017	—
11	Kim Bong-gil	2017–2018	2018 AFC U-23 Championship fourth place
12	Kim Hak-bum	2018–2021	2018 Asian Games gold medal 2020 AFC U-23 Championship champion 2020 Summer Olympics quarter-finals
13	Hwang Sun-hong	2021–2024	2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup quarter-finals 2022 Asian Games gold medal 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup quarter-finals
—	Myung Jae-yong	2024	2024 WAFF U-23 Championship champion
Total			—

Players

Current under-23 squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in April 2024.^{[7] [8]}

Current under-21 squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament in June 2024.^{[9] [10]}

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to a South Korea under-23 squad within the last 12 months.

^INJ Withdrew due to injury.
^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.
^A Call up to A team.
Overage player.

Overage players

Football at the Summer Olympics and the Asian Games have required that under-23 players enter the competitions, but they have allowed three overage players can be included in one squad. These three players are called the "Wild cards" in South Korea.^[11] According to South Korean laws, Olympic medalists and Asian Games gold medalists can be exempted from the military service, and so top-level players also compete for wild cards.^[12]

Olympics	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
	Lee Lim-saeng (DF) Lee Kyung-chun (DF)	Ha Seok-ju (MF)	Hwang Sun-hong (FW)
	Kang Chul (DF)	Kim Sang-sik (DF)	Kim Do-hoon (FW)
	Yoo Sang-chul (MF)	Chung Kyung-ho (FW)	—
	Kim Dong-jin (DF)	Kim Jung-woo (MF)	—
	Jung Sung-ryong (GK)	Kim Chang-soo (DF)	Park Chu-young (FW)
	Jang Hyun-soo (DF)	Suk Hyun-jun (FW)	Son Heung-min (FW)
	Park Ji-soo (DF)	Kwon Chang-hoon (MF)	Hwang Ui-jo (FW)
Asian Games	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
	Lee Woon-jae (GK)	Kim Young-chul (DF)	Lee Young-pyo (DF)
	Kim Dong-jin (DF)	Kim Do-heon (MF)	Lee Chun-soo (FW)
	Kim Jung-woo (MF)	Park Chu-young (FW)	—
	Kim Seung-gyu (GK)	Park Joo-ho (DF)	Kim Shin-wook (FW)
	Jo Hyeon-woo (GK)	Son Heung-min (FW)	Hwang Ui-jo (FW)
	Park Jin-seop (DF)	Seol Young-woo (DF)	Paik Seung-ho (MF)

Records

Statistics below are from matches which the KFA consider as official including non-international matches (against clubs, regional teams, and other KFA teams).

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Lee Ki-hyung	48	10	1994–1996	^[13]
2	Choi Sung-yong	44	0	1994–1996	^[14]
3	Kim Do-heon	43	3	2002–2006	^[15]
	Kim Dong-jin	43	6	2002–2008	^[16]
5	Choi Yong-soo	41	25	1994–1996	^[17]
6	Choi Sung-kuk	40	3	2001–2006	^[18]
	Kim Jung-woo	40	3	2003–2010	^[19]
8	Choi Tae-uk	39	14	2000–2004	^[20]
9	Lee Woo-young	37	9	1994–1996	^[21]
	Seo Dong-myung	37	0	1994–1996	^[22]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Choi Yong-soo	25	41		1994–1996
2	Lee Dong-gook	20	29		1999–2002	^[23]
3	Hwang Ui-jo	18	28		2012–2021	^[24]
4	Moon Chang-jin	16	31		2013–2016	^[25]
5	Cho Young-wook	14	33		2017–2023	^[26]
	Choi Tae-uk	14	39		2000–2004
7	Park Chu-young	12	30		2006–2012	^[27]
8	Jeong Woo-yeong	11	20		2019–2023	^[28]
	Kwon Chang-hoon	11	25		2015–2021	^[29]
	Cho Jae-jin	11	28		2003–2004	^[30]
	Lee Chun-soo	11	28		1999–2006	^[31]

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third placeTournament played on home soil

Summer Olympics

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

Summer Olympics record										Qualification record^[32]
Year	Round							Squad
1948–1988	Entered with the senior team									Entered with the senior team
1992	Group stage	3	0	3	0	2	2	Squad		13	10	2	1	36	4
1996	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	2	Squad		9	8	1	0	25	5
2000	Group stage	3	2	0	1	2	3	Squad		7	6	1	0	24	2
2004	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	8	8	Squad		8	8	0	0	12	0
2008	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	4	Squad		12	8	3	1	14	4
2012	Bronze medalists	6	2	3	1	5	5	Squad		8	4	4	0	12	4
2016	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	12	4	Squad		Via AFC U-23 Asian Cup
2020	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	13	7	Squad
2024	Did not qualify
2028	To be determined
2032
Total	Bronze medalists	30	11	11	8	46	35	8/9		57	44	11	2	123	19

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round							Squad
2013	Fourth place	6	3	2	1	8	3	Squad		5	4	1	0	23	3
2016	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	14	6	Squad		3	3	0	0	12	0
2018	Fourth place	6	3	1	2	8	9	Squad		3	2	1	0	12	1
2020	Champions	6	6	0	0	10	3	Squad		3	2	1	0	16	3
2022	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	6	5	Squad		3	3	0	0	14	1
2024	Quarter-finals	4	3	1	0	6	2			Squad	2	2	0	0	4	0
2026	To be determined
Total	1 title	32	21	6	5	52	28	6/6		19	16	3	0	81	8

Asian Games

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

Asian Games record
Year	Round							Squad
	Entered with the senior team
2002	Bronze medalists	6	5	1	0	17	2	Squad
2006	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	9	2	Squad
2010	Bronze medalists	7	5	0	2	17	6	Squad
2014	Gold medalists	7	7	0	0	13	0	Squad
2018	Gold medalists	7	6	0	1	19	7	Squad
2022	Gold medalists	7	7	0	0	27	3	Squad
2026	To be determined
2030
2034
Total	3 titles	40	34	1	5	102	20	6/6

Other competitions

Head-to-head record

The following table shows South Korea's head-to-head record in the Summer Olympics (since 1992), AFC U-23 Asian Cup, and Asian Games (since 2002).

Opponent
	2	2	0	0	5	2
	4	4	0	0	11	0
	1	1	0	0	3	0
	1	0	0	1	0	3
	1	0	1	0	1	1
	1	1	0	0	1	0
	4	4	0	0	8	0
	1	1	0	0	8	0
	1	0	1	0	0	0
	1	0	1	0	3	3
	1	1	0	0	1	0
	1	0	1	0	1	1
	1	0	1	0	2	2
	3	2	0	1	7	1
	1	1	0	0	3	0
	1	0	1	0	2	2
	5	3	1	1	8	5
	3	0	1	2	1	3
	2	0	0	2	1	5
	7	5	0	2	10	8
	5	3	2	0	8	2
	1	1	0	0	9	0
	2	2	0	0	6	1
	1	1	0	0	2	0
	5	4	0	1	14	4
	1	1	0	0	4	0
	1	0	1	0	3	3
	5	2	2	1	5	6
	2	1	1	0	2	1
	1	1	0	0	3	0
	1	0	0	1	0	1
	3	2	0	1	4	1
	2	2	0	0	7	2
	1	1	0	0	3	0
	2	0	1	1	2	3
	2	1	0	1	3	2
	1	1	0	0	4	0
	2	2	0	0	2	0
	1	0	0	1	0	3
	1	0	1	0	1	1
	1	1	0	0	2	1
	2	1	1	0	2	1
	4	4	0	0	10	0
	2	1	0	1	1	1
	6	5	0	1	14	11
	4	3	1	0	8	3
	1	1	0	0	5	0
Total	102	66	18	18	200	83

Honours

Intercontinental

• Summer Olympics

Bronze medalists: 2012

Continental

• AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Champions: 2020

Runners-up: 2016

• Asian Games

Gold medalists: 2014, 2018, 2022

Bronze medalists: 2002, 2010

Regional

• WAFF U-23 Championship

Champions: 2024

Minor competitions

• Dunhill Cup Vietnam: 1999
• Four Nations Tournament: 2000 (Australia), 2003 (South Africa)^{[33] [34]}
• Qatar International Friendship Tournament: 2005, 2023^{[35] [36]}
• King's Cup: 2012, 2015

Other awards

• AFC National Team of the Year: 2012

See also

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

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16. Web site: Kim Dong-jin . 2021-05-19 . KFA . ko.
17. Web site: Choi Yong-soo . 2021-05-19 . KFA . ko.
18. Web site: Choi Sung-kuk . 2021-05-19 . KFA . ko.
19. Web site: Kim Jung-woo . 2021-05-19 . KFA . ko.
20. Web site: Choi Tae-uk . 2021-05-19 . KFA . ko.
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23. Web site: Lee Dong-gook . 2021-05-19 . KFA . ko.
24. Web site: Hwang Ui-jo . 2021-05-19 . KFA . ko.
25. Web site: Moon Chang-jin . 2021-05-19 . KFA . ko.
26. Web site: Cho Young-wook . 2022-10-21 . KFA . ko.
27. Web site: Park Chu-young . 2021-05-19 . KFA . ko.
28. Web site: Jeong Woo-yeong . 2023-10-08 . KFA . ko.
29. Web site: Kwon Chang-hoon . 2022-10-17 . KFA . ko.
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External links

• Official website, KFA.or.kr